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“Rejected gay man befriends homeless youth; two societal outcasts find unexpected connection and shared struggles.”
Don't Call Me Dirty
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7.11
1,067 readers · 4 favorites
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Synopsis
Rejected gay man befriends homeless youth; two societal outcasts find unexpected connection and shared struggles.
In a long distance sorta-relationship with his crush, Shouji is crestfallen when weeks of ghosting turns into a confession; his boyfriend just isn't gay. Having struggled with his sexuality for years, Shouji throws himself into his work to distract himself from the rejection, but when a young homeless man called Hama shows up at the shop, Shouji finds himself curious to learn more about him and, hopefully, befriend him. Attempting to make their way in a society that labels each of them as "dirty" and "outcasts," as they grow closer the two men find they have more in common than either of them could have anticipated. (Source: Tokyopop)
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7.5
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Score distribution
median 7.5
mode 7
σ 0.50
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “No reviews yet? I guess I'll break the ice. My biggest gripe is the dialogue/translation. When discussing the central theme of 'being dirty', the writer/translater make it very vague, so I found it...”
- 8 “Read “Don’t Call Me Dirty” for Pride Month: a manga about two men who each have very little self worth, yet who can see goodness in the other once they meet. Made note of it a year or two ago when...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Nov 2016 – Mar 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M56448 catalog