There’s another that’s only two pages, but it shows how hurtful our words can be by using fish, of all things. A few standouts, in my opinion, include a son who is fed up with his mother, only for him to learn the hard way why she keeps plastering a smile on her face to cover the pain she feels about her life. Some still have that message of familial bonds and accepting yourself, but the delivery is a bit quirky-but not in a bad way.
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The rest of the manga is full of short stories by Toda that range from being creatively touching to straight-up horror. It’s a good way to show how important it is to let trans people live the way they choose and how it will strengthen the relationships they have with themselves and with others around them. What I truly appreciate about To Strip the Flesh is that not only do we see a resolution between Chiaki and his father, but with that comes an entire chapter where Chiaki gets to live the way he’s always wanted with his father realizing just how reserved his son had been this entire time. Only someone who has been hurt by heartfelt love could write this scene.” “His dad’s apology is heartfelt, but it’s because it’s heartfelt that it’s so weighty – it’s the kind of comment that can shake you to your core. “The scene that hit me the hardest was the one where Chiaki gets hit by that stray shot and his dad is crying, ‘I put a wound on a little girl’s body,’ and Chiaki is thinking, I quit saying I was a boy,” says Motigi. Wanting to keep your parents happy is something that’s relatable, and a lot of kids (especially queer kids) decide that it’d be best to prolong their own happiness if it’ll keep their parents happy. It’s also easy to see why Chiaki is struggling to take that last step-even if he wants to AND has a doctor telling him that he should. I’m not trans, but it’s easy to see how hard it is for Chiaki to live his life the way he’s been living it. I always want more people to read stories like this. I hope we can all keep learning together without jumping to conclusions about people.” I believe everyone has their own sexuality and gender identity. “In ‘To Strip the Flesh,’ I portrayed a transgender person, but not all FTM (female to male) people think the way Chiaki does. “There’s so much information out there being updated all the time, so I’m going to keep reading, too,” says Toda. These feelings are mirrored in Chiaki’s story, which Toda notes isn’t the only transgender story out there. He’s already been doing things secretly that his father hasn’t noticed (like taking hormones) but when his doctor suggests SRS (sex reassignment surgery) Chiaki refuses even if he meets all the criteria. Now that Chiaki could potentially lose his father, he decides to look into getting married. When Chiaki’s father reveals that he has colon cancer, it puts a sort of countdown clock on that “beautiful bride” wish. Before her death, her wish for Chiaki was to be a “beautiful bride,” which adds to why Chiaki’s father is so adamant about Chiaki doing things that “women would do.” He’s not vicious about how he thinks Chiaki should be living his life, but that doesn’t make it any less hurtful when he continues to treat Chiaki as his “daughter.” He feels like an old-fashioned kind of guy who thinks he’s doing the right thing for the sake of his child, especially after the death of Chiaki’s mother. What I like about the relationship between Chiaki and his father is that you can tell that he isn’t a bad person.
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