A lot happens in Volume 3 of Saito Chiho-sensei’s Torikaebaya (とりかえ・ばや ). Sarasojuu’s friend and peer, Tsuwabuki, has fallen for Sarasojuu’s wife, Shinohime. Alone and unable to understand why her husband does not make love to her, Shinohime falls willingly into his arms. Both Tsuwabuki and Shinohime are overcome with shame and can’t face Sarasojuu, who […]
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LGBTQ Manga: Torikaebaya, (とりかえ・ばや) Volume 2
In my review of Volume 1 of this gorgeous manga version of the classic Heian story, Torikaebaya (とりかえ・ばや), I discussed the story’s history. Today, we’ll talk about the protagonists of the story. Two children born on the same day to the same father, but different mothers – a girl, Sarasojuu, who is now living as a […]
LGBTQ Manga: Torikaebaya (とりかえ・ばや) Volume 1
The Heian period was a period of intense artistic creation in Japanese history. Like the Italian Renaissance or the Chinese Tang period; the cycle of life quality for the well-to-do hit a high and with it came the leisure and drive to create. So much of what we in the West consider “Japanese” culture flourished in […]
Revolutionary Girl Utena: After the Revolution
Tenjou Utena was a girl who wanted to become a prince. She actually did rescue a princess…and became the power to revolutionize the world. But at what cost? 20 years have gone by and the members of the student council are still trapped in their own drama. The girl who gained the power to change […]
Yuri Manga: Bloom Into You, Volume 6 (English)
The moment has arrived….the school festival is here and now, at last, the Student Council will perform a play. Touko will achieve the thing her late sister was never able to do. She will be able to put her sister’s phantom behind her. And then what? In Bloom Into You, Volume 6 Touko will have […]
