Raiatea
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Thanks a lot for translating this one, Seraphic Deviltry!
This one leaded me into believing that Okadaya is a gay mangaka like Gengoroh Tagame. The feeling that he orchestrated here is really like taking us to the heart of a man who yearn for a long time. It's like yeah this is how men fall in love with each other, far better than those het couple cosplaying as mlm. And somehow Raiatea reminds me of Gaiman's Stardust.
This is my review from another site:
It's so rare finding Japanese manga talking about Race discrimination. So effing rare and it's astonishing. But the person who got discrimination "fortunately" lived outside Japan and from low population country. I mean Okadaya took safe route when there's another option to talk about for example discrimination toward Black men in Japanese society.
Also it's rare (for me) in BL manga seeing something from male's perspective. Other BL mangas sure have male characters but their view isn't that profound as this one. This is how some men see love. Love for some men means accomplishing something or conquering something. Nozomu (Zomu) here wants to accomplish something that has been delayed for 20 years. He's clutching that yearning for that long. This kinda reminds me of fictional characters written by male writers. And somehow reminds me of Neil Gaiman's writing.
I don't say BL manga written by male mangaka is better than others. It's just different from the usual. It's not a mainstream. The soul, the spirit, the core or whatever its name is different and makes me go "aaah, that's why"
This one leaded me into believing that Okadaya is a gay mangaka like Gengoroh Tagame. The feeling that he orchestrated here is really like taking us to the heart of a man who yearn for a long time. It's like yeah this is how men fall in love with each other, far better than those het couple cosplaying as mlm. And somehow Raiatea reminds me of Gaiman's Stardust.
This is my review from another site:
It's so rare finding Japanese manga talking about Race discrimination. So effing rare and it's astonishing. But the person who got discrimination "fortunately" lived outside Japan and from low population country. I mean Okadaya took safe route when there's another option to talk about for example discrimination toward Black men in Japanese society.
Also it's rare (for me) in BL manga seeing something from male's perspective. Other BL mangas sure have male characters but their view isn't that profound as this one. This is how some men see love. Love for some men means accomplishing something or conquering something. Nozomu (Zomu) here wants to accomplish something that has been delayed for 20 years. He's clutching that yearning for that long. This kinda reminds me of fictional characters written by male writers. And somehow reminds me of Neil Gaiman's writing.
I don't say BL manga written by male mangaka is better than others. It's just different from the usual. It's not a mainstream. The soul, the spirit, the core or whatever its name is different and makes me go "aaah, that's why"
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