Our Colors (Hardcover)

(W/A/CA) Gengoroh Tagame. Set in contemporary suburban Japan* Our Colors is the story of Sora Itoda* a sixteen-year-old aspiring painter who experiences his world in synesthetic hues of blues and reds and is governed by the emotional turbulence of being a teenager. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school* but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society. His world changes forever when he meets Mr. Amamiya* a middle-aged gentleman who is the owner and proprietor of a local coffee shop and is completely* unapologetically out as a gay man. A mentorship and platonic friendship ensues as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop* and Mr. Amamiya counsels Sora about how to deal with who he is. But it won't be easy.