Amamiya counsels Sora about how to deal with who he is. A mentorship and platonic friendship ensues as Sora comes out to him and agrees to paint a mural in the shop, and 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. Sora’s world changes forever when he meets Mr. His best friend and childhood confidante is Nao, a young woman whom everyone thinks is (or should be) his girlfriend, and it would be the easiest thing to play along-she knows he’s gay but knows, too, how difficult it is to live one’s truth in his situation. He wants to live honestly as a young gay man in high school, but that is still not acceptable in Japanese society.
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. Publisher’s webpage (with contents sample pages)ĭimensions : 7.54 x 1.3 x 10.28 inchesĪ mesmerizing coming-of-age and coming-out graphic novel by the genius writer-artist of the Eisner Award–winning breakout hit My Brother’s Husband Our Colors English Translated All in one volume
