![]() Bowen Yang, writer and actor, "Saturday Night Live" Tagame returns with an affecting coming-of-age/coming-out saga, presented in 21 episodic chapters. This is a world full of grace and tenderness for people at all stages of coming into their own." Alexander Chee, author of How to Write an Autobiography " Our Colors is a beautiful coming-of-age story describing the complicated inner feelings of characters whose coming out narratives are at least as nuanced as their day-to-day relationships with each other. ![]() Kikuo Johnson, author of No One Else "Only Tagame could create this deeply moving and original story that at first seems to be about an older gay man mentoring a younger one-and instead, becomes about how they help each other heal." Rich with visual metaphors, Tagame's cartooning masterfully reveals the inner life his protagonist battles to conceal." Amamiya paid a high price for his freedom of identity, and when a figure from his past suddenly appears, it becomes a prime example of just how complicated life can be. Amamiya counsels him (platonically) about how to deal with who he is. A mentorship and friendship ensues, as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop, and Mr. ![]() Amamiya, a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop, and who is completely, unapologetically out as a gay man. Sora's world changes forever when he meets Mr. His best friend and childhood confidant is Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend and it would be the easiest thing to play along-she knows he is gay but knows, too, how hard it is to live one's truth in their situation. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. ![]() About the Book "Originally published in paperback in Japan in three volumes as Bokura no shikisai by Futabasha Publishers LTD., Tokyo, in 2018"-Copyright page.īook Synopsis A mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist of the Eisner Award-winning breakout hit My Brother's Husband Set in contemporary suburban Japan, Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda: a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds, governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. ![]()
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