Something far more heartbreaking. So, I was pleased with the direction this manga took. However, the story got me to thinking about something that made me kinda sad. The only difference between the Japan of now and the Japan portrayed in this manga is that women can vote. In over 100 years, homosexuals are still seen in the same dim and narrow light. It is disheartening that an economic and social superpower like Japan is still so startlingly far behind the rest of the liberal world in terms of LGBT rights, education, understanding and acceptance. Then again, Japan has always been more conservative than liberal.
Something far more heartbreaking. So, I was pleased with the direction this manga took. However, the story got me to thinking about something that made me kinda sad. The only difference between the Japan of now and the Japan portrayed in this manga is that women can vote. In over 100 years, homosexuals are still seen in the same dim and narrow light. It is disheartening that an economic and social superpower like Japan is still so startlingly far behind the rest of the liberal world in terms of LGBT rights, education, understanding and acceptance. Then again, Japan has always been more conservative than liberal.