Read metamorphosis manga3/15/2024 And now, she has this young woman full of life suddenly looking up to her and offering to show her a brand new world. She pretty much knew what every day would bring. Her students (she teaches calligraphy) are a pain. Her children are grown and live overseas. For a widow in her 70s, life doesn’t tend to hold that many surprises anymore. On the flip side, Ichinoi was comfortable in her routine. And yet her simple presence and easy attitude is precious guidance for Urara. Not only is Ichinoi way out of the standard BL demographic, she’s an adult who is accepting of a hobby generally perceived to be embarrassing. Who tries to make friends with this unusual customer at the bookstore. It’s shy and withdrawn Urara who reaches out first. And in those moments, it’s crucial to have someone who can help you out.Īnd this is where the relationship between these two comes into play and the book really shines. She’s at that age where you’re supposed to be a little lost. She does have friends, she isn’t bullied, her mother is busy but seems nice and they have a good relationship. There’s nothing tragic about her life or anything. Urara is a shy girl who hasn’t quite figured out where she belongs. But even more than that, I wish I had known someone like that when I was a teenager. I hope I can grow up to be that graceful. But there’s something very lovely about the grace with which she is portrayed. Ichinoi is in many ways just an ordinary woman, albeit a pleasant and intelligent one but not exceptionally so. In charged of her life and unburdened by the little things, she knows how to appreciate and enjoy simple pleasures. She is also a kind and emphatic woman who worries about how others may feel. She is past being embarrassed by who she is or what she likes and doesn’t worry about what others may think. She has a wealth of experience, joy and grief to bolster her and her character. Ichinoi is a woman who has lived an entire life. But with a premise that unique, you still can’t really know what to expect. You get pretty much exactly what’s on the tin. But there’s a warmth and humour to the delivery that makes it feel almost comfortable.īL metamorphosis isn’t a twist story. It’s morose as she had mentioned having outlived her husband a few pages previously. There’s a running gag of sorts that the volumes of the BL Ichinoi is reading only come out once every 6 months so she is struck living until 90 in order to find out what happens. I need to gain a bit of manga self control.Ī few days later I was holding my brand new copy of BL Metamorphosis and by the evening I was managing my disappointment that the next volume was only due out in July. A missing volume of Devils and Realist, the latest volume of Bungo Stray Dogs, the first volumes of Yuri is My Job as well as Ran and the Grey World (which looks really pretty), volume 3 of the way of the Househusband and I preordered the Latest Natsume which should be out in a month or so!!!! OMG Natsume!!! (You guys are so lucky a new season hasn’t been announced yet, I would never ever stop talking about it). I ordered it on the spot….and ended up ordering a whole bunch of other manga as well. And we get to reference the world of Boy Love for giggles? Sign me up! A female friendship between a teenager and an unrelated much older woman base entirely on mutual interests? I’m not sure I’ve ever explored that type of relationship in fiction before. When Urara offers to help Ichinoi explore this whole new world of fiction, the two dive into the BL fandom together, and form an unlikely friendship along the way.” (it’s written on the back of the book…) When she returns to the bookstore to buy the next volume, the high school girl working there-Urara, a seasoned BL fan-notices a budding fangirl when she sees one. ” Ichinoi, a seventy-five-year-old woman living a peaceful life, unwittingly buys a boys’ love manga one day, and is fascinated by what she finds inside. Still, the insane premise I had imagined based only on the title had me intrigued so I figured I would look up the synopsis at least and if it sounded like one of those melodramatic titles I could take it right out of the brain drawer and put it out of my mind all together. I wasn’t really in the mood for BL at the time, not that I have anything against it. When in doubt, add BL… and I sort of filed it away in my brain drawers for another day. I thought it might be some hilarious Sci Fi, B movie with BL thrown in for good measure. One of the volumes caught my eye, mostly because the title was a bit odd and I hadn’t even heard of it before: BL Metamorphosis. A little while ago I saw a tweet by Allison showing off some new quarantine reading and got me in the mood for some myself:
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