Boy Meets Maria

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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. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies. Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.

contains quite heavy topics such as child abuse, both physical and psychological. So if these issues are too horrible for you, proceed carefully.**

Not to mention, the severity of Arima’s story is contrasted by Taiga’s “comedic” obliviousness. At one point, his classmates even have to explain to him that homophobia exists. It’s absurd that a high school boy with feelings for his male-presenting classmate wouldn’t already be aware of the stigma surrounding non-normative sexualities and gender-expressions. This fact, is not only mentioned throughout the story, but is shown, in a visually explicit way, frame after frame, this scene is shown, and certainly this may have taken many people by surprise, it took me by surprise as well, but of course the sequence of frames is not there for nothing, they buy a very important function in the story, which is to show us how traumatizing it is for Arima to go through this situation, along with all the doubtful feelings he already had since his childhood, makes him take a sentimental approach to certain things in his life, as well as leaves him with a certain fixation of how people see him, where at the same time that he sees himself as a man, that he likes and is comfortable behaving as such, due to the fact of his upbringing, and also his fear of playing male roles in the theater where he performs, he tells himself that it is better that people see him as a woman, because he believes that he can fit in better in the environment he attends being seen this way, being seen by a gender in which he does not fully identify. All these facts together build the personality of Arima, a person who is indecisive about how to behave within society, a confused person who likes to appear confident, a person who feels fear, anguish, envy... Just like everyone else, don't you think? I am insanely disappointed in this book!!! It pretends its going to be progressive at the start and seems really good; I had my hopes up only to have them set on fire. I do have to say I didn't finish because at the halfway point I was so upset with it I threw it accross the room, something I've never done before. I did not feel that way with any comic since I finished reading Ao No flag, It is not only the art that is magnificent but also the characters are charismatic and you want to see them overcome their difficulties, you want to see them reach a point where they can finally overcome that obstacle that prevents them from feeling complete, from feeling human. No puedo evitar comparar a Arima con Ash lynx de Banana Fish, son demasiado diferentes como personajes individuales, pero algo similares respecto a su trauma (el abuso sexual). Creo que Arima pudo llegar a una conclusión satisfacción con su arco de personaje como lo hizo Ash porque no me gustó como Peyo lo manejó. Arima sin duda es un personaje con muchas capas que daba para más, al igual que Taiga que pudo haber tenido un mejor desarrollo.

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Yendo al tema. No sé qué intentó hacer PEYO con esto. Realmente no lo sé. Pasando del hecho de que es otra horrible historia en donde un personaje LGBT sufre de la forma más horrible, esto va un poco a la nada. La historia empieza de forma normal, yo esperaba que fuera una comedia romántica y eso era lo que me estaba encontrando. Después de que se conocen se hacen algo cercanos debido a que tienen un club en común y eventualmente el protagonista se entera la razón de por la que el interés amoroso usaba ropa de mujer y la desgracia que le ocurrió siendo un niño debido a llevarla puesta. Después de eso no pasa casi nada, hacen su obra de teatro y acaba. TLDR: A drama story that's too convenient, not that it is necessarily a problem, but it was to a point where I couldn't really take everything seriously. Otherwise great art, and even if I wasn't the biggest fan, the point came across, and that was enough for me to enjoy it (and should be for literally anyone who isn't cynical).

Verso la fine mi è scappata la lacrimuccia perché faceva così male veder soffrire Arima e Taiga ognuno con i propri demoni interiori da combattere e a tal proposito ci sono tavole che spezzano il cuore 😭 nowadays not only is a good means of entertainment that is good for your mental health but also saveLeer este primer y único tomo fue una experiencia muy linda, tanto la evolución de los protagonistas, los temas que tratan que para mucha gente llega a ser tabú (sobretodo en Japón) y lo trata de forma delicada pero directa. Y obviamente no es perfecto, trata de meter muchas cosas en 244 páginas que hacen que se acelere la trama y se solucionen cosas de manera muy rápida. 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!)