Through its social channels Issues of Star Comics officially presented Boy Meets Maria, Peyo’s debut work, which will premiere at the Turin International Book Fair. The queer series is enriched with a love story that transcends gender binary.
Star Comics will bring Dragon Ball and Detective Conan to the Turin International Book Fair, but not only. The Ultimate Edition of Akira Toriyama’s work and volume 100 of the Gosho Aoyama series is accompanied by thePreview of Boy Meets Maria.
The story follows the events of Taiga, a rowdy high school student who one day attends the drama club show at the school he attends, falls madly in love the dancer and actress known by the nickname Maria. The young man soon comes to terms with reality. The beautiful Maria is a boy named Arima.
In Boy Meets Love, illusion and reality are confused through a deep and delicate story that leads the reader to self-acceptance. In this single volume240 pages, some in color and in the format 15×21 cm, the two protagonists learn to see the world through different eyes.
The manga is presented for the first anniversary of the Star Comics Queer series officially available from May 25thbut previewed at the Turin event, Boy Meets Love comes in two versions, one standard and the other with a limited edition illustrated card as a gift.