The artwork makes it appear as if it’s a manga from the moe genre. It’s certain to have your heartstrings pulled by Ritsuka and feel some tension between Ritsuka and Soubi.
This manga based on high school is extremely adult-like and will completely immerse you into these Loveless fantasies. Ritsuka’s dark and sinister childhood is revealed shortly thereafter and plays a significant role in the character of Ritsuka. However, that’s not entirely what the brother of Ritsuka was instructed by Soubi to accomplish, and the reader will soon find out. Soubi claims to know who killed his brother Ritsuka, but is not permitted to reveal the details since the oath he swears to keep was taken away. Soubi emerges from the left-field and informs Ritsuka that he was the brother who was killed, as well as that he had been among his brothers’ fighters.
Ritsuka is a student at the new school and gets to know Soubi via a brand new acquaintance who he met. It is centred around the two main characters, Ritsuka and Soubi. They lose the features once they are an adult, or lose them following s*x. In this world of fantasy, people are born with cats’ ears and tails. Loveless was written by Yun Koga and is a manga that is a fantasy-based gay comic. In addition, the story unfolds over several years, which shows the reality of how difficult it can be to keep a relationship going for longer than that, particularly when you have divergent views on key topics. The plot takes a while to get going, but that will give you time to learn about the characters. Iwaki and Katou face a variety of challenges in their careers along with emotional challenges and personal challenges they have to tackle together. The manga is fascinating and provides an oasis of calm even if you’re not at all a fan of the rapid-paced plots. The film’s director chooses to cast them. Instead of working together, Katou and Iwaki go in a head-to-head battle and turn an audition into a fight. Naturally, they would like to be auditioned for the same role.
They see one another as rivals with their respective potential to rise to fame. Some are classics, some contemporary and well-known, and some seem to have stayed a bit under the radar.Also Read: 19 Sad Manga That Will Move You to Tears Here are some of the titles I have found in my search for queer literary fiction. Luckily, while not always in the mainstream, there are already a lot of people writing about the experience of being queer as an adult.
I’m extremely hopeful for Gen Z and the following generations, and I trust that, as they start taking over publishing, things will change for the better and we will have more and more diverse books. YA makes it easy to find many kinds of characters and stories, but the club I organise isn’t always open to read YA, which I understand.Īlthough there is already a good selection of books with same-sex relationships (not enough, when you compare it to the selection portraying heterosexual relationships), I still have trouble finding varied literary fiction with asexual or demisexual characters, nonbinary representation, and polyamory, for example. It’s a humbling and interesting way to spend more time thinking about social matters, our own privileges, and how we can aim to open the horizons of those who make part of our circles.Īlthough there is a lot of queer literature out there - if you make an effort to find it for yourself - by hosting these meetings, I realised that there are still themes lacking in literary fiction. No one in this group is an expert we stay respectful and open to learning, using the tools at hand, and exchanging stories. They became something to bring people together (online) during a pandemic, and they provided a way to continue to learn in community.įor Educate Yourself Book Club - where we read books on subjects like racism, feminism, LGBTQIAP+ identity, fatphobia, and ableism - we pick fiction and nonfiction books we want to read together, and then we discuss what we have learned, bringing the books and our personal stories to the table. In 2020, the bookshop I work for decided to start a couple of book clubs, and I offered to become the host and organise these meetings. The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena is a love story for our time and a propulsive journey through the lives of two women trying to find somewhere, or someone, to call home.