of her story is shown in this way and she manages to convey that despair that she had during her life. Doing so improves the work a lot. Boy Meets Mariais a BL manga one-shot written and illustrated by PEYO. The one-shot is published and localized in English by Seven Seas Entertainment, translated by Amber Tamosaitis, adapted by Lora Gray, and lettered by Danya Shevchenko. It features a cover design by Hanase Qi. The manga focuses on two teenagers: Taiga and Arima. Taiga’s always worshiped the heroes he’s seen on TV. And now that he’s started high school, his fateful encounter with a certain girl compels him to make her his heroine. And she was known as the Madonna of the drama club, Maria. After seeing her perform on stage, Taiga falls ...... MORE Taiga’s always worshiped the heroes he’s seen on TV. And now that he’s started high school, his fateful encounter with a certain girl compels him to make her his heroine. And she was known as the Madonna of the drama club, Maria. After seeing her perform on stage, Taiga falls head over heels and confesses his feelings to her and is tragically shot down. And to his surprise, the beautiful lady is actually a beautiful boy… HIDE

Por supuesto, también tengo otros problemas: el guion es flojo. Excesivamente lineal, demasiado típico. Su mejor baza es justamente la serie de temas que pretende tratar, de modo que puedo comprender que la trama pase a segundo plano para centrarse en esos temas, pero creo que eso no sucede. Desde ideologías tan conservadoras como que "los hombres deben proteger a las mujeres" hasta continuas sorpresas argumentales, pienso que PEYO no tenía muy claro cómo hilar todos sus conceptos. Hay casualidades a punta pala para unir esos puntos argumentales que no me han permitido disfrutar de la lectura, y que el protagonista tenga la típica ideología de personaje shônen me da la sensación de que no hay mucha complejidad ahí. Como es lógico, la relación simbiótica de los protagonistas es una idea genial y que ambos hagan cambiar al otro sin darse cuenta por estar demasiado centrados en evolucionar ellos mismos funciona muy bien para crear el gran final. El problema es el que ya he comentado antes: que no hay tiempo. Creo de verdad que si el autor hubiese dedicado un poco más, dos tomos, a esta historia, no habría tenido ninguno de estos conflictos más allá de ideologías que no comparto tan enraizadas en la obra que no se podría hacer mucho. A lo que quiero llegar con toda esta perorata es a que Boy meets Maria es un nuevo paso adelante dentro del queer en manga porque, aunque no considero que haga todo bien, sí se atreve con bastantes cosas. Para empezar, trata con la disforia de género, subvirtiendo en cierto modo el rígido sistema del yaoi. Me gusta esa viñeta introductoria de capítulo con Arima/María entre los lavabos masculino y femenino. No es una metáfora muy elaborada, pero funciona para establecer tanto las virtudes como los defectos del tomo: que 1) el personaje no tiene clara su identidad de género y eso va a ser un punto esencial de la trama, y 2) el manga se rige por códigos binarios. Hacia el final, PEYO parece asumir la posibilidad de no entrar en ninguna de las dos categorías, pero no me parece que haga un gran favor con ello porque se deja caer de manera demasiado sutil. Aunque, sin duda, es el desenlace que yo quería que tuviera, siento que podría haberse hecho mucho más al respecto. No creo que esto haya valido la pena. La historia no iba ningún lado y definitivamente no fue la suficientemente buena para compensar el daño emocional que me causó leerla. Me tomo 10 días sentirme lo suficientemente tranquila para poder hablar sobre este manga y escribir una reseña. Another thing I really liked is the conversation about Hirasawa's sexuality. He likes who he likes, and he doesn't feel the need to put a label on it. I think this is great for people still figuring out their sexuality. Just like who you like, and there is no pressure to put a label on it!That's really all I have to say about Boy Meets Maria. It's pretty highly acclaimed, and I can see the reason why people liked it, but I already explained why this wasn't particularly something I enjoyed. It's a little sad though, stories like these are to enjoy, and I don't really have the highest of standards, but I really only want consistency and not another experience where nothing makes sense or is outrageously annoying (ReLife former, Golden Time latter). It's sadder that the creator of this manga has actually passed away too. They seemed to be going strong with another manga after the creation of this one. A sad loss for the industry indeed. But I thank Eguchi Kousei for making Boy Meets Maria even if I wasn't the biggest fan. Y es que ese es precisamente el problema: PEYO quiere tratar muchos temas, desde la disforia de género hasta la homosexualidad, la bisexualidad, la pederastia e incluso la violación. Nada de esto se lleva realmente mal; por desgracia, tampoco puedo decir que me haya convencido el resultado. El centro de todas mis diatribas internas es, precisamente, el personaje de Arima/Maria (que voy a llamar así por esa dualidad que parece mostrar hacia el final del manga). Después de un incidente traumático como el que se muestra gráficamente en el manga, me sorprende que actúe de algunas maneras. Comprendo que sea un personaje contradictorio, pero cosas como tener de plato favorito aquel en el que pensaba durante el incidente traumático me hacen arquear una ceja. No niego que pueda suceder; lo que me molesta es que el tomo se vea limitado por su brevedad y no explore este tipo de decisiones de manera significativa. Como superviviente de abuso, Arima/Maria se me antoja demasiado plano/a. ¿Por qué no mostrar el conflicto que deriva de la disforia mezclada con aquel evento? Sin duda, tienen relación. ¿Por qué no profundizar en la evolución del personaje desde el incidente hasta el presente? No me parece que el tema pueda tratarse a la ligera y el manga rebosa en comedia. Me parece perfecto que PEYO emplee el humor para amenizar el tono, pero hay un tiempo y un lugar para usarlo, y algunas escenas parecen rehuir del drama cuando más lo necesitan. El principio es MUY divertido, normalmente las situaciones me hacen gracia y ya, pero con este me he reído de verdad en varias páginas. Después el tono del manga da un giro, a un suceso terrible y sigue con las consecuencias de aquello. It was enjoyable and refreshing to see the main character be openly queer, not minding that the girl he fell in love with is actually a boy. He acts the same way he'd act if it was a girl! Just as silly, fun, and endearingly annoying, not for a second being afraid to show his love openly to the rest of the school- because why wouldn't he? His personality reminded me of Tamaki Suoh from Ouran High School Host Club (in a good way!)

The art was absolutely so beautifully constructed and the panelling was very well done. And many of the ideas explores really reminded me of Shiminami Tasogare (Our Dreams at Dusk) which is one of my favourite mangas. Creo que había mucho que mostrar, hubiera funcionado siendo una historia más larga donde podría mejorar muchos aspectos y arreglar otros mientras exploraba a sus personajes hasta darles un buen cierre. I want to touch upon are the themes of this manga and how they didn't really invoke anything out of me as I thought it may have.

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Arima is a very interesting character who brings to the table an important discussion, which is gender identification, and how this can impact our lives in almost all areas, because this is often what guides our social relationships, because the conversations we have with our male friends will probably not be the same as the ones we have with our female friends. So even today it is very important to have a clear sense of whether or not the person in our social circle identifies with their gender of origin, because this, happily or unfortunately, will define how our relationship will be. Now, whether this is a good or bad thing, I can't really say. No fim do dia, acho que foi uma oportunidade jogada no lixo, pois trazer esses temas, como o preconceito intrínseco ao ser humano, e como podemos fazer para lidar e superar isso, bem como a descoberta da sexualidade na adolescência, seriam ótimos temas a serem debatidos, mas novamente, foi uma oportunidade jogada no lixo. Y los momentos mas reconfortantes de la obra son una manera de transmitir esa sensación de estar viendo una historia de héroes. Pero una real, donde el salvar es mutuo.

Insomma gli argomenti sono vasti, attualissimi e difficili da assimilare, infatti sono rimasta stupita che siano stati affrontati con crudezza e realismo senza girarci attorno. PEYO's Boy Meets Maria is a beautiful, beautiful manga, full of pain and full of hard moments that are framed by a great search for identity by the two protagonists. A story that is told in an excellent way in 6 chapters. A real gem. The story is perfect because it marks Taiga's quest to be someone else's "hero" from the start. And that someone else is Maria. nowadays not only is a good means of entertainment that is good for your mental health but also save Lo desgarradora y triste de su historia se muestra de esta manera y logra transmitir esa desesperación que tuvo durante su vida. El hacerlo así, mejora la obra muchísimo.

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Primeramente me da pena que el autor haya fallecido, alguien que prometía con su arte, realmente me parece muy injusto. No me convenció que Arima tenga disforia por un trauma, porque estaría recayendo en el prejuicio de ser trans es "provocado" o "causado" por un trauma. Ciertamente no todas las experiencias de las personas trans no son iguales, pero mayormente por los medios se ha repetido mucho este caso, esperaba que esta vez fuera diferente.

Don't read it if you merely suspect that you won't be able to bear it. It is awful and it's not worth it. Kosei Eguchi ( Japanese: 恵口 公生, Hepburn: Eguchi Kōsei, July, 29 1997 – August 19, 2020), also known as Peyo, was a Japanese manga artist. [1] He is best known for creating Boy meets Maria.The synopsis is there for you to understand the beginning, so I won't go over that too much other than the title also does a good job at summarising the beginning. You'd think it is a light novel-esque bait title, but respect for this title being actually coherent to the story and short to read, but that's beside the point. What When I finished reading it, I couldn't help but feel that I wanted more, I wanted to know more about the artist, more about his works, but tragically when I looked up his name in Google, I found out that the author had died at the early age of 23 years. (Article : https://www.crunchyroll.com/es/anime-news/2020/08/29-1/kimio-alive-manga-creator-kousei-eguchi-passes-away-at-the-age-of-23-on-august-19 ) I really like the aesthetics of this manga, because at the same time that it is "normal" and even a little "generic", the author has managed to create some personality in his artistic style, due to the way he works inseparably the art of the narrative, and this is something very difficult to explain in words, but I will try. I will say that I think not everything really felt resolved. Maybe that's because I didn't want it to end, but I think if it had a longer duration or another volume, it would really give more time to flesh out the character's development further and give a rather satisfying conclusion that didn't just leave abruptly. Though I suppose with Arima's character, it made sense that by the end we didn't really know their identity, but still I don't know.