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Monday, December 12, 2022

Holiday Review #12: TO STRIP THE FLESH

Yet again, if you want trans (particularly transmasc) representation in comics, manga remains the best place to find it and this year brought another fine example.

TO STRIP THE FLESH (Toda Oto Tanpenshu Niku wo Hagu), by Oto Toda.  First published in 2020 and first published in North America in 2022.



PLOT:

Chiaki has known he was trans since he was a kid, but for years he felt beholden to his late mother's wishes and his dad's misunderstandings.  The only way he and his dad can connect is through working on his dad's hunting Youtube channel, even if it's only to do the butchering while the livestream ogles his chest.  It's only when Chiaki's dad is diagnosed with cancer that Chiaki finally takes action and the two of them are forced to reflect and reconnect.