Boy Meets Maria

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Creo que no es ninguna sorpresa que Japón, en temas de identidad de género, tiene la cabeza todavía metida en el culo. No me parece algo necesariamente malo: su cultura es muy distinta de la occidental y, lógicamente, evoluciona por vías distintas. Actualmente, hay autores (y aquí uso el significado neutro de la palabra) como Yuhki Kamatani o, de manera muy imaginativa, Haruko Ichikawa, que han sabido explotar el potencial del manga para tratar identidades no normativas. Por desgracia, en el manganime, lo queer tiende a entenderse como a) yaoi/BL o b) yuri, y normalmente de maneras más sexualizadoras y fetichistas que normalizadoras o reflexivas. Entiéndase con esto que estoy generalizando, y que autoras como Kanna Kii merecen mi respeto por haber dedicado una serie entera, aún en publicación, a una relación homosexual bastante normalizada. Sin embargo, creo que no me equivoco si digo que el yaoi y el yuri tienden a fantasear e idealizar sus relaciones. Son un paso adelante, pero creo que todavía queda mucho camino para llegar a lo que se está logrando en producciones occidentales (entendiendo que por aquí también queda mucho camino por recorrer). No fim do dia, acho que foi uma oportunidade jogada no lixo, pois trazer esses temas, como o preconceito intrínseco ao ser humano, e como podemos fazer para lidar e superar isso, bem como a descoberta da sexualidade na adolescência, seriam ótimos temas a serem debatidos, mas novamente, foi uma oportunidade jogada no lixo. But it really felt like much of the story was crammed in because of the low number of chapters to fit it in, if we had more than 1-2 volumes I'm pretty sure it would be a 10 from me El principio es MUY divertido, normalmente las situaciones me hacen gracia y ya, pero con este me he reído de verdad en varias páginas. Después el tono del manga da un giro, a un suceso terrible y sigue con las consecuencias de aquello.

The editorial department for Kodansha's Monthly Shonen Magazine announced on Saturday that manga creator Kōsei Eguchi passed away on August 19. Eguchi was 23.

Wanted to start off saying the art is outstanding and consistent, great visual storytelling and made me laugh in some brilliantly composed panels

The book explores gender fluidity. Maria, has some trauma in her past and it makes it difficult for her to figure out if she is a girl or a boy. There is more to it than this, but I don't want to give much more away. I see people give trigger warnings yes people should take that into account. TLDR: A drama story that's too convenient, not that it is necessarily a problem, but it was to a point where I couldn't really take everything seriously. Otherwise great art, and even if I wasn't the biggest fan, the point came across, and that was enough for me to enjoy it (and should be for literally anyone who isn't cynical). Don't read it if you merely suspect that you won't be able to bear it. It is awful and it's not worth it. As I stated before, I’m a queer person (genderqueer and aroace, he/him & other pronouns), so I usually love to read queer manga, especially with trans characters, such is the case with Boy Meets Maria.I will say that I think not everything really felt resolved. Maybe that's because I didn't want it to end, but I think if it had a longer duration or another volume, it would really give more time to flesh out the character's development further and give a rather satisfying conclusion that didn't just leave abruptly. Though I suppose with Arima's character, it made sense that by the end we didn't really know their identity, but still I don't know. Creo que había mucho que mostrar, hubiera funcionado siendo una historia más larga donde podría mejorar muchos aspectos y arreglar otros mientras exploraba a sus personajes hasta darles un buen cierre.