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
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