Boys Run the Riot

A manga about a teenager transman Ryo who struggles with finding acceptance from the world around him. He teams up with the new transfer student Jin to start their own fashion brand.

We’ve discussed this on a previous episode or two.

I’m pretty conflicted about this series. This is a transgender narrative drawn by a transman manga artist Keito Gaku. That’s already an impressive feat unto itself. But some aspects of the story seem forced like a generic narrative you see in commercial media. It’s hard to say if these choices were mandated from editors at the publisher or from Gaku himself. I’m interested in revisiting the series for the podcast and having a discussion about it when the final 4th volumes comes out.

You can pick up English editions from Kodansha.

~dakazu