Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Volume 1

by Yuhki Kamatani

Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare (1)

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"Not only is high schooler Tasuku Kaname the new kid in town, he is also terrified that he had been outed as gay. Just as he's contemplating doing the unthinkable, Tasuku meets a mysterious woman who leads him to a group of people dealing with problems not so different from his own. In this realistic, heartfelt depiction of LGBT+ characters from different backgrounds finding their place in the world, a search for inner peace proves to be the most universal experience of all."--

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Oh wow, what a gut punch. This is really not BL, but a slice of life tale of the horrors of being a teenager and particularly a teen's struggle to come to terms with his sexual identity.
Outed when a high school classmate sees gay porn in his phone's browsing history, Tasuku Kaname denies in public but despairs in private that everything is now ruined for him in this homophobic environment and contemplates ending it all when a mysterious figure leads him to a drop-in center where he finds a group of people who aren't without their own problems but can assure him, it gets better. Great characters, great message, much much emotion.
Tasuku-san is a deeply conflicted and closeted gay teen who finds solace in a drop in center for LGBTQ community looking for the courage to be openly gay in a homophobic society. After being accidently outed at school and become a victim of verbal bullying, Tasuku-san considers taking his own life until he meets the elusive Someone-san. Their chance encounter leads him to a drop in center that is part sanctuary and part confessional. Everyday he visits, Tasuku comes closer and closer to accepting himself and smashing the closet he's trapped in.
Wow, what a start to a series! The artwork is beautiful, the emotions are feel very real and raw, and I love the overall atmosphere created in the story; in many ways it reminds me a lot of Mariko Tamaki's graphic novel "This One Summer". I'm so invested already, and in multiple characters and their plots! I'm really happy I have the next two volumes at hand so I can start them IMMEDIATLEY.
something about this is very painful in a happy way
Story is bringing slowly but interested to read the next one.
Un inizio senza dubbio promettente. Mi piace molto il modo in cui con delicatezza ci viene presentata la condizione del protagonista, la sua sofferenza per l'incapacità di accettare la sua omosessualità e il dolore per la pesante omofobia che è costretto a subire dai compagni di scuola e suoi presunti "amici", mi ha fatto una tenerezza infinita e sono curiosissima di scoprire come si evolverà la vicenda e capire il modo in cui interagire con i suoi nuovi amici lo aiuteranno a crescere.
Carinissima l'idea del salotto di confronto in cui poter esprimere se stessi e trovare una parola gentile e un aiuto, sarebbe utilissimo per tutti di questi tempi visto il clima sempre più duro e di odio che siamo costretti a sopportare.
Meraviglioso show more il modo in cui viene dato spazio ai personaggi "secondari" Mi sono commossa un sacco a sentire la storia di Saki e della sua compagna di vita e spero presto di scoprire altro su di loro, di vederle magari sposarsi realizzando il loro sogno e di conoscere meglio anche gli altri personaggi e soprattutto qualcosa in più sulla misteriosa signora Qualcuno.
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Canonical title
Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare, Volume 1
Original title
しまなみ誰そ彼 1
Alternate titles*
Shimanami Tasogare 1
Original publication date
2015-12-11
People/Characters
Tasuku Kaname; Someone-san; Tachibana; Toma Tsubaki; Daichi Haruko; Utsumi Natsuyoshi (f/k/a Natsumi Natsuyoshi) (show all 9); Saki; Tchaiko; Misora Suji
Important places
Onomichi, Japan
First words
What's with this, Tasuku? You watch gay porn?
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"So you did turn out to be a homo, Tasuku-san."
"What?"
Original language
Japanese
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Genres
LGBTQ+, Graphic Novels & Comics, Teen
DDC/MDS
741.5Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawingComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips
LCC
PZ7.7 .K364 .OLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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Reviews
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Rating
½ (4.34)
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7 — English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Spanish
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Paper, Ebook
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1