#LGBTQ+ manga

[maddiesbookshelves]

Tsukutabe and The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All are getting published in France this month and if anyone thought I wasn't gonna buy them, they were extremely wrong

[franticvampirereads]

This was so sweet. Like, sweeter than I was expecting. I loved that Hiroki wasn’t really subtle about being gay, but he also wasn’t ready to tell his parents. I also loved that Tomoko, the mom, knew or at least had an idea that her son was gay, and was ready to jump in with love and support the second her son was ready to tell her. She was so enthusiastic and encouraging and was also ready to throw hands if someone hurt her son. This was so fun and it had me giggling to myself the whole time I was reading. This is getting five out of five stars.

[yaoi-world]

♥♥ Happy Valentines ♥♥

[ra1nrei]

after school mate <333

[justfinishedreading]

To Strip the Flesh by Oto Toda

What attracted me to this manga was that it’s about a trans man, Chiaki, before and after his transition, it’s about his difficulty connecting with his father after the death of his mother, about trying to connect through a shared interest in hunting but being excluded because of gender. While there is tension between Chiaki and his father it is clear that there is also love and I appreciate that this story shows that even when there is love, understanding each other can be difficult and relationships are complex. Other themes are explored such as health and the importance of friendship.

I would have happily read a full volume of Chiaki’s story, or other stories about transitioning but unfortunately this volume is a collection of unrelated tales, some are a little bizarre or random, it feels like after To Strip the Flesh got attention the publisher tried to find whatever else Oto Toda had drawn to fill up the volume. Of these stories two make some sense to be included in this volume: one about a very strange thing that happens to a boy, which helps him understand the physical pain and overflowing emotion experienced by his mother when she gave birth to him… it involves a watermelon. The second story has something related to how we perceive body image and… I suppose the nature of love and devotion, I guess. A few of the stories are just one or two page comics, they’re fine but after the strength of the main story, To Strip the Flesh, most of everything else feels random. 

Review by Book Hamster

[yurimother]

Viral Yuri Manga 'The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All' Released in English

On Tuesday, Yen Press released the first volume of Sumiko Arai's popular Yuri manga The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta) digitally and in paperback.

The manga, which started its weekly run on X (formerly Twitter) in 2022, follows gyaru Aya Oosawa, who develops a crush on the alt clerk at the CD shop she frequents, unaware that it is her female classmate, Mitsuki Koga. Yen Press further describes the series:

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know―this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can't help but be extremely aware of the other’s crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question―but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn’t be so bad...

The series became incredibly popular after its release online, with fans internationally drawn in by the series' distinctive artwork, character designs, and green-color pallet. According to the English publisher, the manga was one of the most demanded series in the recent past and is set to become one of Yen Press's biggest releases of the year.

In April 2023, Kadokawa published the first volume of The Guy She Was Interested In in Japanese. The manga began serialization on Pixiv Comic the same month. The series also won Kadokawa's 2023 Next Manga Award in the web manga category. The second collected volume was released in Japanese in April and is scheduled for English release on February 18, 2025.

The series is translated into English by Ajani Oloye.

You can check out Volume One of The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All in English digitally and in paperback: https://amzn.to/3YxI0kW

Edit: 10/24/24 - Corrected a character's name in the description.

[your-local-femboy-bitch]

Chapelle Roan: Damn if only I had some inspiration for the next song.

The helpful feminonomenon:

[phine-art]

Enjoy my rendition of Lt. surge

[wolfgangleblanc]

I drew Ritsuko again. It's way too much fun 💅🏻 More Evangelion fanart for the world I guess...

[elierlick]

There's a very cute manga about coming out as nonbinary in the 1990s by a 50-year-old writer Shou Arai, At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender: Life Lessons From a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery. You can order it here.

[newblvotg]

[saltyinternetflower]

We all know the answer!

[franticvampirereads]

This was so cute! I loved that Hirano was completely oblivious about Kagiuras feelings, but also somehow kind of has a little crush on him? It was so funny and had me giggling. I also really appreciate Hanzawa seeing right through both of them and just cringing about what dumb dumbs these two were being. I really liked this one and I can’t wait to see what kind of shenanigans Hirano and Kagiura get into in this series. Volume one is getting four out of five stars from me! 😊

[its-jack-merridew]

pov: you're dating a soft top

[yurei-uwu]

[yurimother]

Independent Yuri Magazine 'Galette' Crowdfunds First English Edition

Galette, the independent creator-owned Yuri manga magazine, has successfully crowdfunded its first English edition on Kickstarter. As of writing, over 300 backers raised 3.7 million Yen (25,000 USD), more than doubling the project's initial goal of 1.8 million Yen (12,000 USD) with 14 days left in the campaign, which launched on August 2.

The project hit three of its four stretch goals, adding a book cover and new color illustrations and pages from the various contributing authors.

The first English edition of Galette includes a translated selection of titles previously published in the Japanese edition. These works are:

Liberty by Izumi Kitta and Moto Momono

The Last Winter Sun Shower (Girl Friends extra edition) by Milk Morinaga - Girl Friends is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment

That Woman in the Infirmary by Miyuki Yorita

Fluffy, Fuzzy, Dreamy. by Mera Hakamada

The Girls' Arcadia by Haru Yatosaki

Sky Blue Melancholic by Ringo Hamano

I Want You to Show it Only to Me by Nekohariko 22

This is the first of seven planned English volumes of Galette. Each volume will be crowdfunded, and after all seven are released, Galette plans to publish Japanese and English editions simultaneously. Future volumes will not be published if any volume fails to meet its required funding goal.

Galette is an independent magazine that began publishing quarterly in 2017. The magazine just celebrated the launch of its 31st issue. It is largely crowdfunded through memberships, along with sales of print and digital editions of the magazine, the spinoff publications Galette Meets and Petit Galette, and publication of collected volumes and works from the magazine, including Moto Momono's The Rain and the Other Side of You (licensed in English by Digital Manga Inc.) and Milk Morinaga's My Cute Little kitten (licensed by Seven Seas Entertainment).

You can check out the Kickstarter for the English Edition of Yuri Manga Magazine Galette and contribute to the project today.

Disclaimer: YuriMother has pledged to the Kickstarter Source: Official Kickstarter Page, Galette X account