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  • Published: 15 December 2021
  • ISBN: 9781646511198
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $29.99

Boys Run the Riot 3




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!

TO BE MY TRUE SELF
 
Sales for Boys Run the Riot skyrocket when the famous LGBTQ YouTuber WING introduces the brand to their fans…but in the process, also outs Ryo as transgender to the whole world! With his secret now out in the open, Ryo is left to face the confusion of his classmates—most of all from his best friend and crush, Chika—and finds that the regret of staying silent is sometimes worse than the silence itself. Meanwhile, WING has a secret of their own that will soon come back to bite them and stir up an internet mob…

  • Published: 15 December 2021
  • ISBN: 9781646511198
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $29.99

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Praise for Boys Run the Riot 3

"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

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