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Mateo, Alex (July 30, 2020). "Square Enix Manga & Books Licenses Otherside Picnic, I Think Our Son Is Gay Manga". Anime News Network . Retrieved July 12, 2021. This one hit me right in heart. Okura's manga series is equal parts sweetness and poignancy as we follow a mother of two Tomoko as she aims to support her elder son, 15-year-old Hiroki. Hiroki is a sturdy, affable kid who wears his emotions right on his face. He's easy to read and becomes flustered whenever the subject of romance up around his mom. He isn't fooling anybody when it comes to matters of the heart, but Hiroki isn't ready to come out to his family that he's gay. So his mother waits in the wings while quietly supporting him in hopes that he'll feel comfortable and they'll be able to talk about his current crush and other matters openly. I imagine that there is more drama on the horizon, which may sell the story for people who don't care for slice-of-life manga, because Dad has a lot of unlearning to do. But for me the draw here is the simple fact that Tomoko supports her son and loves him, letting him know in a thousand little ways that he can tell her whatever, whenever. I'll take that gentle, loving reassurance over any number of dramatic stories. Takato (June 23, 2021). "Je crois que mon fils est gay Vol.1". Manga News (in French) . Retrieved July 12, 2021.

Okura launched the manga on the Gangan pixiv service in August 2019. The manga's third compiled book volume shipped in Japan in November 2020. Square Enix Manga & Books shipped the first volume on May 11.Sarah (May 27, 2021). "I Think Our Son Is Gay Volume 1 Review". Anime UK News . Retrieved July 12, 2021. A doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she thinks is probably gay, go about their daily lives in this hilarious and heartwarming LGBTQIA+-friendly family comedy! Despite belonging to a family of four, the Aoyama residence is typically home to three due to father Akiyoshi's job. While he's away at work, mom Tomoko and her two beloved sons Hiroki and Yuri go about their everyday lives—going to school, making dinner, doing homework, etc. But now that Hiroki's in his first year of high school, his thoughts are turning ever so slightly to sex and romance…and his mom can't help but notice his slips of the tongue when he's talking about who he likes.

Nov 20 From the U.S. to Japan, You Can Control the Life-Size Moving Gundam from the Comfort of Your Own Home To this end, she discusses things with Mr. Tono, her gay coworker (without actually saying why she's asking). Tono is an interesting character because he's the only out character in the series so far, making him the de facto reassurance for Tomoko that things will be okay for her son. But he also shows her how unthinkingly cruel the world can be. Tomoko watches uncomfortably as coworkers treat Tono like a character rather than a person, assuming things about him based solely on media stereotypes rather than who he is as a human being. Although Tomoko rarely says anything to them, we can see her registering each microaggression and careless assumption, and how those affect her thinking and worldview. For example, when a TV program runs a segment that attempts to “test” someone's heterosexuality as a joke, Tomoko is forced to realize that she might have found it funny before. But now it just makes her think about how unfunny that “joke” is and how hurtful it could be. Her first concern is always for her son's comfort and well-being, which is, incidentally, a significant aspect of positive allyship. Tomoko suspects that her elder son, Hiroki, is gay. He hasn't told her outright, but he's also not the best at hiding things, and by the time of this manga, his first year in high school, she's all but certain. And you know what? She's okay with that, because he's her son and she loves him. The end.

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sexuality or discrimination. The gags are all in good taste and mostly play on Hiroki's awkward and overly flustered reactions once he realizes his mistakes (e.g. saying boyfriend instead of girlfriend). So yeah, there perhaps isn't all that much to this volume at first glance. It isn't deep or exploring anything all that astounding, and it might best be called “gentle.” But that's what makes it so good – creator Okura doesn't appear to be writing this to make a point or to change the world in any dramatic way. Instead it's simply about acceptance and how one mom genuinely wants the best for her child. (And, perhaps, about how bad said child is at hiding things from her.) It's light on the conflict, but that's frankly something of a relief, because so many books for and about LGBTQIA+ people focus so closely on the difficulties of being queer or the way it makes someone “different” or “Other,” much in the same way that many of them make a character's coming out the central point of the story. That's all important and should be discussed, but having a story that's more about the way that Hiroki's mom and brother still love him and how he's no different from other boys his age is a welcome change to this particular body of literature. Supportive Tomoko has an inkling Hiroki might be gay, but she's going to let him figure it out for himself. Unfortunately, Hiroki has little talent for keeping his “secret,” so he might die of embarassment before all is said and done!

The heartfelt stuff is really good - Hiroki’s dad travels for work and the way he means well but completely throws off the family dynamic and can’t read the room when he is there is a nice contrast to everything Tomoko does. There’s also a satisfying ending to this volume that shows she had to learn to be the ally she’s become. For our son who's likely gay and hiding it it may still be difficult to talk about "anything with his family". I just want him to know that his mom, his dad and his little brother all care him about very much." Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gay (Our Son is Probably Gay) is written from a mother's point of view who suspects that her eldest son (Hiroki) is gay, since he is very bad at hiding things.

Blue Flag, by mangaka KAITO, seems like a generic love triangle at first glance. Taichi has always felt inferior to his popular friend Touma, and thus keeps his distance as they approach their senior year. Then, a quiet girl named Futaba admits her love for Touma and asks Taichi for his help in winning Touma over. Taichi avoids Futaba at first, but the two soon become closer. However, a surprising twist threatens their blossoming romance, and Taichi realizes he definitely doesn't know Touma as much as he thought he did. The manga follows Tomoko Aoyama and her eldest son Hiroki. Hiroki is secretly gay but is embarrassed to reveal his sexuality, unaware that his own mother already knows it. While Tomoko has accepted her son and supports him, she refuses to out her son as she wants Hiroki himself to admit his sexuality by his own accord. Other supporting characters including Yuri, Tomoko's younger son and Hiroki's brother, who despite having no interest in romance, has attracted many girls attention and is also aware of his brother's sexuality, Akiyoshi, Tomoko's husband and the boys father, who is constantly travelling for work who love his sons but sometimes unintentionally hurts Hiroki's feelings due to his negative and outdated views on homosexuality, Daigo, Hiroki's classmate and his secret crush and Asumi, Hiroki's childhood friend who develops feelings for Hiroki but is unaware of his sexuality.