Boy Meets Maria

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WARNING THERE IS AN ATTEMPT SEXUAL ASSAULT INVOLVING A CHILD IN THIS SO PLEASE READ AT YOUR OWN RISK** Arima, also known as Maria is a genderqueer character who’s gay, and uses he/him pronouns. I thought this as such an important piece of representation with how people under the non-binary umbrella aren’t obligated to be androgynous and use they/them pronouns and whatnot. Not only that, I love to see trans people, especially non-binary people receiving the love they feel they didn’t deserve but definitely needed, especially considering past trauma and past experiences. As sad as this manga was, I felt such a deep connection to the story and how trans people are portrayed.

In the end, I think it was an opportunity thrown in the trash, because raising these topics, such as the prejudice intrinsic to human beings, and how we can deal with and overcome this, as well as the discovery of sexuality in adolescence, would be great topics to discuss, but again, it was an opportunity thrown in the trash. 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.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). nowadays not only is a good means of entertainment that is good for your mental health but also save Kosei Eguchi was born on July 29, 1997. In his childhood, he often played alone, making stories with finger puppets. [1] He liked to draw and during his time in elementary school he drew comic strips. Although he had a good level as a draftsman, he was reluctant to think about it, so he communicated with others through painting. [1] his family did not agree with him becoming a mangaka, as not all of them could be successful. However, an editor at Printemps Publishing had taken an interest in Eguchi when he was studying oil painting with a view to entering the Tokyo University of the Arts. He began his professional career in 2017 with the publication of the BL manga, Boy meets Maria, under the pseudonym Peyo. [1] [2] As I stated before, I’m a queer person (genderqueer and aroace, he/him & other pronouns), so I usually love to read queer manga, especially with trans characters, such is the case with Boy Meets Maria. 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!

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. And the most comforting moments of the work are a way to convey that feeling of watching a story of heroes. But a real one, where saving is mutual. Primeramente me da pena que el autor haya fallecido, alguien que prometía con su arte, realmente me parece muy injusto. 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. Of course, that is one way to view this title, and it is unknown to me if the author actually intended to point out how such cases could stem from trauma and criticize grooming, but it is how I chose to interpret it. The Death of the Author and so on (the literary concept, not literally – though in this case unfortunately literally too, rest in peace).

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facts about a Japanese gem, manga, would be a big loss for you. There are many reasons why there are 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.

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? Taiga dreams of becoming an actor like the heroes he idolized growing up, so the first thing he does when entering high school is join the drama club. There, he meets the beautiful, enigmatic Maria and immediately falls in love with her. Not long after, Taiga is told that she is actually a boy named Maria who performs on-stage as a girl. 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.This story is kinda ironic. In a world where drama and acting are supposed to feel intense and real, it is hard to even appreciate this story for that reason, because that drama present here isn't particularly good in my honest opinion. Anzi per il suo stile e l'atmosfera molto matura e seria mi è quasi sembrato un seinen a tematica lgbt che mi ha vagamente ricordato tipo Oltre le onde e She likes homo, not me.

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. 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 art isn't particularly phenomenal, but it is good enough to have lasting pleasant memories of, which is honestly something I didn't expect this manga would have. It's just… really clean and stylish enough to have its own personal identity attached to it. Nothing more, nothing less. I suppose on every odd occasion, the powerful scene has its artistic works elevated slightly, but that's usually just to bring out the most of what is currently visible. All in all, it's pretty good.

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En este caso, la dualidad de género del protagonista está marcada por dos acontecimientos traumáticos y entiendo los comentarios de personas trans sobre que siempre se intenta justificar lo que no se comprende con algún "trauma del pasado". A mi modo de ver, este es el único punto "débil" de esta obra. A parte de eso, creo que refleja bien el proceso de aceptación de uno mismo del protagonista y sobre todo, cómo la gente que le rodea ve esta dualidad de género. 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 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.