Episode 25

"KOH-BOKU" by Sonoo Michiru

June 25, 2026 · 50:01

Today, Scout and Matt discuss KOH-BOKU, famous for foreign readers introducing its creator to the phrase "Old Man Yaoi." They discuss the success and failures of tropes, representations of aging in manga, and the strange gender dynamics going on in this book.

(00:00) - "KOH-BOKU" by Sonoo Michiru
(00:46) - Front Matter
(01:54) - Plot Summary
(02:22) - Old man yaoi!
(03:28) - This is bare bones yaoi
(04:38) - “Old man yaoi”?
(06:09) - Michiru’s first manga
(06:55) - The “tropes”
(14:22) - Matt says 1 good thing
(16:13) - The art
(19:44) - Scout likes the ambiguity
(23:01) - SPOILER ZONE
(28:11) - The gender of it all
(31:37) - Go read Love in the Palm of His Hand!
(32:44) - A couple great moments
(38:42) - Intersubjectivity
(42:26) - Further Reading

Further Reading

Sonoo Michiru has a lot of oneshots that focus on similar demographics and topics - she loves some guys who have jobs and want to kiss.
Love in the Palm of his Hand is the other yaoi manga we’ve covered on In Sequence and I stand by that being a real good example of the genre.
Black Blood by Hayate Kuku
Wet Sand by Doyak
Lover Boy by ZEC
SHWD: Special Hazardous Waste Disposal by sono N

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Editing this week by AJ Fillari.
Cover art by Scout Wilkinson.
Intro/Outro music by Boqeh.

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