“Bullied gay teen bonds with tormentor over lipstick, seeking acceptance in rural Japan.”
Smells Like Green Spirit
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Bullied gay teen bonds with tormentor over lipstick, seeking acceptance in rural Japan.
Viciously bullied for being gay, junior high schooler Mishima struggles to belong in his hopelessly rural hometown. In fact, the only time he really feels alive is when he dolls himself up with a stolen tube of his single-mother's lipstick. But that pocket of joy is forever changed when he loses the lipstick, only to find soccer team ace Kirino, one of Mishima's worst tormenters, trying it on in secret on their school roof. So begins a bittersweet summer of searching for a place where the two can be their true selves, but Pandora's box is not always so easily opened... (Source: Kodansha USA)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 15 × 2 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 00m approx
- Published Aug 2011 – Feb 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M25630 catalog