-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----

At 01:55 AM 8/7/96 -0400, you wrote:
>>Drat, they would do that.  Aoi is one of the more curious characters.
>>The only North American comic that I know exploring the distinction 
>>beteen transvestite and homosexual is AM Comic's "Pervert Club".  
>>It might be that awareness and acceptance of this distinction is 
>>part of the cultural difference between Japan and North America.    
>
> This has to do with "her" wanting to have a boyfriend and living completely
>as a woman at all times.  Transvestites only dress as the opposite sex on
>occasion.
>(See, I really did learn something in my sociology class!)
>
>It *is* nice to see that Aoi is treated as normal as any other character in
>YUA, rather than just a freak show.

        Mind you, Aoi shocks quite a few of people who may very well find
his umm... disposition distasteful and unappealing.  The other main
characters accept him (eventually) and Fujishima portrays him without malice
or derision, but the general reaction from people he meets in the manga _is_
shock.  There is a particular fight scene that was very amusing. ^_^  I
remember only one person who accepted Aoi without surprise and she knew him
from high school.

        I noticed that Fujishima-san is quite merciless on other 'hentai'
groups in the YUA manga though. ^_^;;  Seems he's targeted them, almost.
Much of the manga is about the Miyuki/Natsumi generally beating the crap out
of panty-thieves, arson/peeping tom, etc.

                                                --C h a e


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: 2.6.2

iQB1AwUBMggzwqwxELHbcUd9AQEjPwL9E02oldt/vq3WmjxMmrlNfL+L+Nj/+6ur
mmkSzs28v0sZVpu/5N+Jrqu7kiEmpPXqjs35fNlmlmiM3e/2AHEJVAdFJrIoGAX2
1G/yRFytaD77LR9LYLXn4RgM8FYV737P
=Gn0Q
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--
                       chaean@hom.net  chaean@best.com
			 http://www.best.com/~chaean
		"I'm strangely attracted to Camille Paglia..."
			       "Is that wrong?"