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I Think Our Son Is Gay - Wikipedia

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うちの息子はたぶんゲイ (Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gei)
I Think Our Son Is Gay
Volume 1 cover art
Genre	Comedy, slice of life^[1]
Manga
Written by	Okura
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Magazine	Gangan Pixiv
Demographic	Josei
Original run	August 16, 2019 – February 21, 2023
Volumes	5

I Think Our Son Is Gay (Japanese: うちの息子はたぶんゲイ, Hepburn: Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gei, literally "Our Son is Probably Gay") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okura. The series was initially serialized on Twitter from November 2018 to December 2022. It started serialization on the Gangan Pixiv website in August 2019. Its chapters have been collected in 5 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

The manga follows Tomoko Aoyama and her eldest son Hiroki. Hiroki is secretly gay but is embarrassed to reveal his sexuality, unaware that his own mother already knows it. While Tomoko has accepted her son and supports him, she refuses to out her son as she wants Hiroki himself to admit his sexuality by his own accord. Other supporting characters including Yuri, Tomoko's younger son and Hiroki's brother, who despite having no interest in romance, has attracted many girls attention and is also aware of his brother's sexuality, Akiyoshi, Tomoko's husband and the boys father, who is constantly travelling for work loves his sons but sometimes unintentionally hurts Hiroki's feelings due to his negative and outdated views on homosexuality, Daigo, Hiroki's classmate and his secret crush and Asumi, Hiroki's childhood friend who develops feelings for Hiroki but is unaware of his sexuality.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by Okura. It was initially serialized on Twitter from November 2018 to December 2022. It started serialization on the Gangan Pixiv service on August 16, 2019, with more chapters added between the original ones.^[2] Square Enix collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from August 22, 2019,^[3] to February 21, 2023.^[4]

In July 2020, Square Enix announced they would also be publishing the series in English.^[5]

Volume list

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 22, 2019^[3]	978-4-75-756233-2	May 11, 2021^[1]	978-1-64-609092-1
2	March 21, 2020^[6]	978-4-75-756585-2	November 23, 2021^[7]	978-1-64-609112-6
3	November 21, 2020^[8]	978-4-75-756943-0	July 18, 2022^[9]	978-1-64-609126-3
4	November 22, 2021^[10]	978-4-75-757580-6	November 8, 2022^[11]	978-1-64-609162-1
5	February 21, 2023^[4]	978-4-75-758413-6	February 20, 2024^[12]	978-1-64-609257-4

Reception

Ash Brown from Manga Bookshelf praised the first volume, calling it an "absolute delight".^[13] Danica Davidson from Otaku USA also praised the first volume, calling it "endearing".^[14] Lynzee Loveridge from Anime News Network rated the first volume an A, praising the characters, plot, and artwork.^[15] Sarah from Anime UK News also praised the first volume, stating it "delivers an entertaining and feel-good read".^[16] Like previous critics, Takato from Manga News also praised both the plot and artwork.^[17]

References

^ ^a ^b "I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 1". Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ". Gangan Pixiv (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ 1" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ 5" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ Mateo, Alex (July 30, 2020). "Square Enix Manga & Books Licenses Otherside Picnic, I Think Our Son Is Gay Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ 2" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 2". Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ 3" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 3". Square Enix. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ "うちの息子はたぶんゲイ 4" (in Japanese). Square Enix. Retrieved December 8, 2021.
^ "I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 4". Square Enix. Retrieved April 3, 2023.
^ "I Think Our Son Is Gay, Volume 5 (Final Volume!)". Square Enix. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
^ Brown, Ash (June 2, 2021). "Bookshelf Briefs 6/2/21". Manga Bookshelf. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Davidson, Danica (May 20, 2021). "I Think Our Son Is Gay Is a Laid-Back, Endearing Family Manga". Otaku USA. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Loveridge, Lynzee (May 14, 2021). "I Think Our Son Is Gay Volume 1 Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Sarah (May 27, 2021). "I Think Our Son Is Gay Volume 1 Review". Anime UK News. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
^ Takato (June 23, 2021). "Je crois que mon fils est gay Vol.1". Manga News (in French). Retrieved July 12, 2021.

External links

Official manga website at Comic Pixiv
I Think Our Son Is Gay (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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