![]() ![]() The funny thing about my local library, and by funny I mean frustrating, is that all manga and graphic novels are put under the Young Adult category, even if that’s not true or technically not appropriate (but this is a rant for another time). Her description of it inspired me to look it up at my local Library. ~Book Recommendation: I found out about this book via Joce SquibblesReads (YouTube Video). 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. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji’s past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. 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. Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. My Brother’s Husband marks his first all-ages title and earned him the Japan Media Arts Award for Outstanding Work of Manga from the Agency of Cultural Affairs. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries across Europe and America. He is the author of dozens of graphic novels and stories, which have been translated into English, French, Italian, and Korean. In 1994, he co-founded the epochal G-Men Magazine and by 1996 he was working full-time as an openly gay artist. After graduating from Tama University of Art, Tagame worked as an Art Director while writing manga and prose fiction, contributing illustrations for various magazines. Gengoroh Tagame was born in 1964 and lives in Tokyo. Yaichi is wearing a navy-blue and white baseball-jersey with light brown trousers.įormat and Price: Hardback from my local library Kana is wearing a pink jacket, a white t-shirt with verticle blue stripes, a navy-blue skirt with white polka-dots. Mike is wearing a grey t-shirt with an upside-down pink triangle on it, a pair of khaki shorts, and blue flannel shirt over the top of the t-shirt. In the foreground are three characters, from left to right are Mike, Kana, Yaichi. ![]() In the background of the cover, is a modern contemporary Japanese house and a grey cinder-block fence around it. Image Description: The book-cover of My Brother’s Husband – Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame. ![]()
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