So this next series has two things in common with our last review: a title that begins with "bl" and a story about people unexpectedly falling in love with a kind of art.
BL METAMORPHOSIS (Metamorphose no Engawa), by Kaoru Tsurutani. First published in 2017 and first published in North America in 2020.
PLOT:
Ichinoi is a 75-year-old widow who up to this point has been content to while away her days with household tasks, teaching calligraphy classes, and plenty of reading. While browsing the local bookstore, she finds herself picking up a BL manga. It turns out that Urara, the teenage clerk at the bookstore, is also quite the secret fujoshi and is a particular fan of that series. Together, the two forge a cross-generational friendship that brings some necessary comfort and support to both their lives.
