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Boys Run the Riot 2
  • Published: 8 October 2021
  • ISBN: 9781646511174
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

Boys Run the Riot 2

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A transgender teen named Ryo finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the world of street fashion. This personal, heartfelt, fictional story from a transgender manga creator made waves in Japan and will inspire readers all over the world!

A transgender teen named Ryo finds an escape from the expectations and anxieties of his daily life in the world of street fashion. This personal, heartfelt, fictional story from a transgender manga creator made waves in Japan and will inspire readers all over the world!

AGAINST THE WORLD
 
Ryo and Jin have started their own fashion brand, Boys Run the Riot. Now they just have to get the word out there! But the world of fashion is a cutthroat business of patronizing adults, and the boys will have to get creative—and save some cash—if they want to get their brand off the ground and be taken seriously. Working part-time is hard enough, but for Ryo, being transgender makes it even harder. In work, friendship, and romance, he struggles to decide whether to come out as his true self. However, when he befriends his cool coworker Mizuki, the closet door begins to open…
  • Published: 8 October 2021
  • ISBN: 9781646511174
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99
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Praise for Boys Run the Riot 2

"Fashion can be a signifier of 'seeming feminine' or 'seeming masculine'. In that way, it has a certain metaphorical resonance with gender. Becoming trapped by that 'seeming' is painful, but, at the same time, you can change what you seem like. I liked that. ...

"Of course, 'transgender' is one label, but everyone's circumstances and experiences, as well as their emotional reactions, are different and can't be lumped together. This work draws on my own feelings, and I think the truths will pile up as I draw the story of Ryo's growth." -Keito Gaku, author