winner of the 2018 eisner award for best u s edition of international material asia yaichi is a work at home suburban dad in contemporary tokyo formerly married to natsuki father to their young daughter kana their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking affable canadian named mike flanagan who declares himself the widower of yaichi s estranged gay twin ryoji mike is on a quest to explore ryoji s past and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in what follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still closeted japanese gay culture how it s been affected by the west and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it please note this book is a traditional work of manga and reads back to front and right to left
gengoroh tagame
pantheon books
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