My Brother's Husband Volumes 1 & 2

Description: Eisner Award Winner The acclaimed global sensation now in one volume a beautifully rendered meditation on the struggle for gay acceptance in today's Japan" (CNN) Yaichi is a work - at - home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki and 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 to be 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. As Mike continues his journey of discovery concerning Ryoji's past Yaichi gradually comes to understand that being gay is just another way of being human. And that in many ways remains a radical concept in Japan even today. In the meantime the bond between Mike and young Kana grows ever stronger and yet he is going to have to return to Canada soon a fact that fills them both with impending heartbreak. But not before more than a few revelations come to light.(Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga and reads back to front and right to left.)
Title: My Brother's Husband Volumes 1 & 2
Barcode: 9780375715181
Publication Date: 2/11/2020
Series: Pantheon Graphic Library