| International Standard Book Number |
9780593702239 (ebook)
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780593702222 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
0593702220 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964- author, artist.
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| Title Statement |
Fish and water / Gengoroh Tagame ; translated from the Japanese by Anne Ishii.
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| Edition Statement |
First U.S. edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Pantheon Books, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
190 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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| General Note |
"Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House"--Title page verso.
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| General Note |
Manga format; reads from back to front, right to left.
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| General Note |
Original Japanese version published in 2022 by Futabasha Publications, Ltd., Tokyo.
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| Summary, Etc. |
From Gengoroh Tagame, the brilliant mind behind My Brother's Husband and Our Colors, comes Fish and Water, which follows the unlikely love story of two "straight" friends. Having met at a mutual friend's wedding, Akira, a business sales administrator, and Koji, a freelance writer, quickly become close buddies. One day, during a visit with a farm client, Akira is offered a case of freshly picked cabbage. Since no one at his office wants it, and he is no cook, Akira decides to see if Koji (who loves to cook) might be interested. Koji accepts and invites Akira to join him. Lonely and in the midst of pandemic-related shutdowns, Akira welcomes the chance and one meal becomes many. Once they get past how to be COVID-cautious, they become quite relaxed with each other, creating an amusing but emotionally perplexing scenario. Eventually, Akira and Koji grapple with deciding if they are just friends, or something more.
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| Language note |
Text in English, translated from the Japanese.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Male friendship Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Man-man relationships Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
LGBTQ+ people Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
Japan Social life and customs Comic books, strips, etc.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Graphic novels.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Comics (Graphic works)
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Romance comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Gay comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Queer comics.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Manga.
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Ishii, Anne, translator.
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