Sweet Blue Flowers, Vol. 1: Volume 1
By (Author) Takako Shimura
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
10th October 2017
2nd November 2017
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
400
Width 146mm, Height 210mm, Spine 33mm
519g
A genre-defining saga of love and friendship between girls.
Akira Okudaira is starting high school and is ready for exciting new experiences. And on the first day of school, she runs into her best friend from kindergarten at the train station! Now Akira and Fumi have the chance to rekindle their friendship, but life has gotten a lot more complicated since they were kids
Fumi is glad Akira is back in her life. Even in kindergarten, Akira knew how to stand up for herself, and she was always willing to stand up for Fumi too. But Fumis first love recently got married, and Fumi is grappling with a broken heart and the fact that her sweetheart was another woman Can Akiras open heart help dispel the gloom Fumi has been caught up in
Takako Shimura debuted in 1997 with the one-shot Boku wa, Onnanoko (Im a Girl), a collection of short stories about queer youth . She is known for stories focusing on LGBTQ topics, including the critically acclaimed Wandering Son.