num_pages: 352
description: Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki father to their young daughter Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.(Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga and reads back to front and right to left.)
language: English
title: My Brother's Husband, Volume 1
publisher: Pantheon