Boy Meets Maria

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This manga isn’t supposed to be generalizing trans people’s experiences, but more of a specific experience. At very first, I assumed this would be just another overrated generic BL story, just this time with some cross-dressing gimmick.

This juxtaposition is depicted on the book’s first page: Taiga’s bedroom in blue, replete with action figures and model cars; Arima’s bedroom in pink, with assorted cosmetics and soft toys. I apoligize if my grammar is bad, english is not my first language) This is the manga that while reading ive cried the most, it is truly amazing how this manga blossoms into something so out of control to a calm and deserved ending.I still wholeheartedly believe that the message this manga was trying to share was so powerful and relatable. And the most comforting moments of the work are a way to convey that feeling of watching a story of heroes. There are some moments of increased sketchiness and I actually like those moments more than the more clean-cut stuff, I think. On the next page, Hirosawa steps boldly out of the panels, breaking the form to serve the manga’s function. Not every story needs to have perfect representation, for sure, but it should at least do better than this.

Not only that, I love to see trans people, especially non-binary people receiving the love they feel they didn’t deserve but definitely needed, especially considering past trauma and past experiences. PEYO’s dynamic artwork and writing combine to create a story about trauma, identity, gender, and performance (and gender as performance) that is sweet and messy and, at times, deeply painful, but ultimately optimistic. Thankfully, the manga relies heavily on the understanding that victims of abuse and trauma deserve support systems, not only comprised of their peers, but also those in positions of power willing to help. Of course, that is one way to view this title, and it is unknown to me if the author actually intended to point out how such cases could stem from trauma and criticize grooming, but it is how I chose to interpret it.On some level, I wish the entire series was drawn in that style, though the remainder is still high quality (if a bit more bland). Desde el título se nota lo bien pensado que está todo y se entiende que su intención era más allá que escribir una historia de amor. Bị ám ảnh tuổi nhỏ cấu xé, cùng định kiến giới tính quấn thân, Arima cứ lẩn quẩn tìm kiếm con người thật của mình. Otro punto fuerte es el como el teatro o la misma actuación se usa para expresar los sentimientos de María. Trauma suffered in their early years informs their need to project images into the world that might protect them from further harm.

I've seen nothing but rave reviews for this and I'm really glad people enjoyed it and had it resonate with them, I'm just not one of them. Everything that unfolds through this way of seeing is constructed as a true story of heroes, saving someone else. However, an editor at Printemps Publishing had taken an interest in Eguchi when he was studying oil painting with a view to entering the Tokyo University of the Arts. In comics, a scene only has impact if it has a good plot behind it, just like a good story, at least in comics, will depend on the art talking to the reader, and when this happens, we have this wonderful mix, where you can't think of manga as separate art and text, because everything is one thing. People looking for a nuanced exploration of gender and sexual fluidity, or a sweet love story, or a hard look at what trauma does to people, or even just a fun trashy BL manga would all be disappointed by this book.Então novamente, é difícil explicar meus sentimentos quanto a arte desse mangá, mas ela consegue ser única, mesmo sendo “genérica”, e isso é sensacional. O mangá consegue nos apresentar um personagem surpreendentemente tridimensional, narrativamente falando claro, com conflitos realmente interessantes, que trazem à tona temas muito pouco comentados nessa mídia de mangás e animes, como a identidade de gênero, a busca pela descoberta de si próprio, e acima de tudo, a mensagem de que nem sempre é fácil entender se quem somos é porque escolhemos ser, ou se aquilo foi construído por nossas influencias externas.