My Brother's Husband (volumes 1-2 complete)
First off, best title ever.
This is a really sweet and charming story, about love and family and acceptance. Single dad Yaichi and his young daughter Kana receive a visitor from overseas: a Canadian called Mike, widower of Yaichi's estranged twin brother Ryoji.
It's kind of slice of life, where Yaichi and Kana introduce Mike to Japanese customs, take him sightseeing, and make him part of their lives for those three weeks. Kana takes everything in stride, and enthusiastically welcomes Mike as her uncle. But Yaichi struggles with his own prejudices, conscious and unconscious. We learn about the status of gay people in Japan - where gay marriage is still not legal - and the subtle and overt homophobia that exists.
Over the course of the story, Yaichi comes to a new understanding of his relationship with Ryoji, and how he feels about Mike as a part of his family. The bond that grows between Yaichi and Kana and Mike is moving and satisfying.
The manga was adapted into a TV series in 2018.
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This is a really sweet and charming story, about love and family and acceptance. Single dad Yaichi and his young daughter Kana receive a visitor from overseas: a Canadian called Mike, widower of Yaichi's estranged twin brother Ryoji.
It's kind of slice of life, where Yaichi and Kana introduce Mike to Japanese customs, take him sightseeing, and make him part of their lives for those three weeks. Kana takes everything in stride, and enthusiastically welcomes Mike as her uncle. But Yaichi struggles with his own prejudices, conscious and unconscious. We learn about the status of gay people in Japan - where gay marriage is still not legal - and the subtle and overt homophobia that exists.
Over the course of the story, Yaichi comes to a new understanding of his relationship with Ryoji, and how he feels about Mike as a part of his family. The bond that grows between Yaichi and Kana and Mike is moving and satisfying.
The manga was adapted into a TV series in 2018.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth, where there are
comments. Comment here or there.