Manga Readers Outgrow Gender Labels
The page, bright beneath a thumb, has become a poor witness for old assumptions: its panels can move from romance to combat without asking the reader to present a gender credential. That quiet freedom matters more than another genre fad. Manga's audience is beginning to look less like a pair of sealed rooms than a crowded common table.The industry has been lazy about this. The old bins leak. Audie...More
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