Heart of Thomas discussion

[oyceter]

coffeeandink and I are trying to do a series of posts that are conversations about specific works. We decided to kick it off with a conversation about Hagio Moto's The Heart of Thomas.

This is the first of what hopefully will be a series of conversations about narratives of assorted kinds. In each, we’ll attempt to give enough background about the events of the narrative to enable people unfamiliar with it to follow the discussion, but we’re aiming for critical readings rather than reviews. There will be many spoilers.

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The Heart of Thomas (トーマの心臓) by Hagio Moto (萩尾 望都) was published in 1974. It is one of the first works of shounen ai (a genre now often called "boys' love" or BL) and is considered a manga classic. The first English edition was translated by Matt Thorn and published by Fantagraphics in 2013.

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Come read and discuss! Especially because we couldn't think of a conclusion and are thus depending on commenters to do so ;).

Comments

[likeadeuce]

Oh, excellent! I happen to have a (borrowed) copy of HoT at home and this is a good incentive to finish it. (I stopped it not because of the content but because the hardcover is a doorstop and I hurt my back in the middle of reading it; correlation, not causation, but I was reluctant to pick it up while injured!)

PS, it was great to meet you last weekend, hope you had a good con.

[oyceter]

Yay, more people reading Hagio Moto!

It was really good seeing you too!