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Summary:

"From one of Japan's most notable manga artists: a heartbreaking and redemptive tale of mourning and acceptance that compares and contrasts the contemporary nature of gay tolerance in the East and the West. Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, formerly married to Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended 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. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented, revelatory look at and journey into the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation has the chance to change the preconceptions of and prejudices against it"-- [Provided by publisher]

Author/Creator:

Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964- , author, artist

Contributors:

Ishii, Anne , translator

Languages:

English
Japanese

Language Notes:

Item content: English
Translated from (original): Japanese

Main Work:

Otōto no otto [by Tagame, G.] (English)

Subjects:

Fathers and daughters — Japan — Comic books, strips, etc.

Families — Comic books, strips, etc.

Gay men — Japan — Comic books, strips, etc.

Japan — Comic books, strips, etc.

Fathers and daughters

Families

Gay men.

Japan

Genres:

Graphic novels

Comic books, strips, etc.

General Notes:

"Originally published as Otouto no Otto by Futabasha Publishers Ltd., Tokyo, in 2014"--Title page verso.
Reads from right to left.
Great Graphic Novels for Teens. Top Ten. (YALSA) 2018.

Creator Demographics:

Japanese

Physical Description:

volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm

Call Numbers:

PN6790.J33 T255613 2017

ISBNs:

9781101871515 (v. 1, hardcover)
1101871512 (v. 1, hardcover)
9781101871539 (v. 2, hardcover)
1101871539 (v. 2, hardcover)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2016047082

OCLC Numbers:

961923878