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Tomoko suspects that her elder son, Hiroki, is gay. He hasn't told her outright, but he's also not the best at hiding things, and by the time of this manga, his first year in high school, she's all but certain. And you know what? She's okay with that, because he's her son and she loves him. The end. This volume is also notable because DAIGO gets a chapter from his perspective. It doesn't answer the question of whether or not he's aware that Hiroki likes him romantically, nor does it reveal if he reciprocates. But what it does show us is that Hiroki is an important person to DAIGO and that he wasn't sure how having a girlfriend would affect their friendship. If anything, he was willing to continue to put his friendship with Hiroki first, but Hiroki himself quashed that idea. The whole thing implies that this close friendship may not be forever, because the boys could want very different things from each other. But that bittersweetness is part of growing up, and it's good to see that DAIGO, too, is grappling with it.

sexuality or discrimination. The gags are all in good taste and mostly play on Hiroki's awkward and overly flustered reactions once he realizes his mistakes (e.g. saying boyfriend instead of girlfriend).Nov 20 From the U.S. to Japan, You Can Control the Life-Size Moving Gundam from the Comfort of Your Own Home Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gay (Our Son is Probably Gay) is written from a mother's point of view who suspects that her eldest son (Hiroki) is gay, since he is very bad at hiding things. Several Japanese retailers are listing that the fourth compiled book volume of Okura's I Think Our Son Is Gay ( Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gay) manga will be the final volume. The volume will ship on November 22. The manga follows Tomoko Aoyama and her eldest son Hiroki. Hiroki is secretly gay but is embarrassed to reveal his sexuality, unaware that his own mother already knows it. While Tomoko has accepted her son and supports him, she refuses to out her son as she wants Hiroki himself to admit his sexuality by his own accord. Other supporting characters including Yuri, Tomoko's younger son and Hiroki's brother, who despite having no interest in romance, has attracted many girls attention and is also aware of his brother's sexuality, Akiyoshi, Tomoko's husband and the boys father, who is constantly travelling for work who love his sons but sometimes unintentionally hurts Hiroki's feelings due to his negative and outdated views on homosexuality, Daigo, Hiroki's classmate and his secret crush and Asumi, Hiroki's childhood friend who develops feelings for Hiroki but is unaware of his sexuality. Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives—going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and romance…and his mom can't help but notice his slips of the tongue when he's talking about who he likes.

Now, Hiroki is throwing himself into his afterschool activities with bestie Daigo despite nursing a potential broken heart, and he’s even found a new hobby: Dancing! The heartfelt stuff is really good - Hiroki’s dad travels for work and the way he means well but completely throws off the family dynamic and can’t read the room when he is there is a nice contrast to everything Tomoko does. There’s also a satisfying ending to this volume that shows she had to learn to be the ally she’s become.

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What's It About? 15-year-old Hiroki is gay and his mom, Tomoko, knows it. He hasn't come out to her, but her observations (and the fact that Hiroki wears his heart on his sleeve) has made it apparent to her. Tomoko quietly attempts to support her son, whether it be about his crush on a male classmate, or trying to get through her casually homophobic husband. Tomoko is Hiroki's #1 fan, and she's dedicated herself to supporting him emotionally until he's comfortable enough to tell her his feelings himself.

Hiroki is arguably less important to all this than Tomoko, though he gets a couple of good moments. Mostly he’s just a typical teenager, though gay, and it doesn’t translate into anything interesting in the storytelling. He plays video games and hangs with his friends like everybody else, but I can do that on my own time too so this book needs a bit more oomph. Claudine is a manga by the prolific Riyoko Ikeda, who also published The Rose of Versailles and Dear Brother. The Rose Of Versailles and Dear Brother are also manga that explore LGBTQ themes, with The Rose Of Versaille's Lady Oscar breaking gender roles and Dear Brother being a tragic drama with multiple gay women. However, Claudine is revolutionary for featuring one of the first transgender protagonists in manga. The manga follows the protagonist, Claude, as he comes to terms with his gender identity and falls in love with multiple women throughout his life.

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As a slice of life manga, ‘I Think Our Son is Gay’ is an upbeat and humorous chronicle of the awkward stage between adolescence and adulthood, but the values explored in the series go beyond its feel-good storyline. Touching on topics ranging from asexuality to being forced out of the closet, the manga also provides the opportunity for cis-identifying readers to learn about how to be better allies to LGBT friends and family members. Hiroki’s at that age, but he’s not exactly skewing heteronormative and his mother, Tomoko, has begun to notice. Actually, given how ridiculously poor Hiroki is at hiding things, he might as well just join a pride parade and call it a day. So yeah, there perhaps isn't all that much to this volume at first glance. It isn't deep or exploring anything all that astounding, and it might best be called “gentle.” But that's what makes it so good – creator Okura doesn't appear to be writing this to make a point or to change the world in any dramatic way. Instead it's simply about acceptance and how one mom genuinely wants the best for her child. (And, perhaps, about how bad said child is at hiding things from her.) It's light on the conflict, but that's frankly something of a relief, because so many books for and about LGBTQIA+ people focus so closely on the difficulties of being queer or the way it makes someone “different” or “Other,” much in the same way that many of them make a character's coming out the central point of the story. That's all important and should be discussed, but having a story that's more about the way that Hiroki's mom and brother still love him and how he's no different from other boys his age is a welcome change to this particular body of literature. Blue Flag, by mangaka KAITO, seems like a generic love triangle at first glance. Taichi has always felt inferior to his popular friend Touma, and thus keeps his distance as they approach their senior year. Then, a quiet girl named Futaba admits her love for Touma and asks Taichi for his help in winning Touma over. Taichi avoids Futaba at first, but the two soon become closer. However, a surprising twist threatens their blossoming romance, and Taichi realizes he definitely doesn't know Touma as much as he thought he did. A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their daily lives in this hilarious and heartwarming LGBTQIA+-friendly family comedy!

Tomoko is no stranger to change. With two boys in high school and a husband who’s away on the job a lot, being able to adapt to new situations comes with the territory. Square Enix Manga & Books is publishing the manga digitally and physically in English, and it describes the story: I imagine that there is more drama on the horizon, which may sell the story for people who don't care for slice-of-life manga, because Dad has a lot of unlearning to do. But for me the draw here is the simple fact that Tomoko supports her son and loves him, letting him know in a thousand little ways that he can tell her whatever, whenever. I'll take that gentle, loving reassurance over any number of dramatic stories. Although Yuki takes a much lesser role in the series, this volume continues the hints that he isn't all that into romance. When Asumi's mother and other neighborhood women crow that if he's gone to the movies with a girl she must be a girlfriend, Tomoko feels uneasy. She knows that Yuki is not interested in dating, and she cannot quite pinpoint why she feels uncomfortable with the other women's assumptions. It may not be gearing up to say that Yuki is aromantic and/or asexual, but the fact that Tomoko's discomfort is included is important because it recognizes that there is no timeline for when or if someone becomes interested in dating. The crucial thing is to let people be themselves at their own pace, and the brief inclusion of Yuki's life helps to show that. It's also important that Yuki himself raises the possibility of no longer going to the movies with people to avoid the type of speculation he has been subjected to. As always, I Think Our Son Is Gay points out problematic elements of social expectations with a light touch, making them all the more resonant.It is a rather lighthearted story of an accepting and loving family and the eldest son trying to keep his secret while coming to terms with his own sexuality and developing first crushes. Okura launched the manga on the Gangan pixiv service in August 2019. The manga's third compiled book volume shipped in Japan in November 2020. Square Enix Manga & Books shipped the first volume on May 11. To this end, she discusses things with Mr. Tono, her gay coworker (without actually saying why she's asking). Tono is an interesting character because he's the only out character in the series so far, making him the de facto reassurance for Tomoko that things will be okay for her son. But he also shows her how unthinkingly cruel the world can be. Tomoko watches uncomfortably as coworkers treat Tono like a character rather than a person, assuming things about him based solely on media stereotypes rather than who he is as a human being. Although Tomoko rarely says anything to them, we can see her registering each microaggression and careless assumption, and how those affect her thinking and worldview. For example, when a TV program runs a segment that attempts to “test” someone's heterosexuality as a joke, Tomoko is forced to realize that she might have found it funny before. But now it just makes her think about how unfunny that “joke” is and how hurtful it could be. Her first concern is always for her son's comfort and well-being, which is, incidentally, a significant aspect of positive allyship.