Smells Like Green Spirit SIDE:B (POE BACKS Be comics)

[Machine Translation] I like cross-dressing. I like boys. It is a secret of one summer that cannot be spoken. A gay boy's coming-of-age story that will make adults cry. ( synopsis ) He is interested in cross-dressing, likes the same sex, and is somehow different from others... By confiding their unspoken concerns, Mishima, the bullied boy in class, and Kirino, the bully, form a strong bond. The dreamy stories they tell each other on the rooftop during recess become the only place where they can forget about the suffocating realities of their lives. However, their brief peace begins to crumble when Yanagida, a social studies teacher, catches Mishima's eye. Mishima and Kirino confront the rumors that circulate in their small country town, the mother's high expectations for her son, and the answers that both Mishima and Kirino come up with. What must a person leave behind in order to be happy... The boys' struggle with this conflict that everyone faces in life is heartbreaking and piercing.

女装が好き。オトコが好き。それは口に出来ない一夏の秘密。大人が泣けるゲイ男子の青春。 【あらすじ】 女装に興味がある、同性が好き、"人とはどこか違う"…口に出来なかった悩みを打ち明ける事でクラスのいじめられっ子だった三島といじめっ子だった桐野は固い絆で結ばれていた。休み時間の屋上で語られる2人だけの夢物語は現実の息苦しさを忘れさせてくれる唯一の居場所になる。しかしそんな束の間の平和も、三島が社会科の教師・柳田(ルビ:やなぎだ)に目をつけられてしまった事からガラガラと崩れ始める。小さな田舎町に駆け巡るウワサや息子へ多大な期待を寄せる母の想い、その全てと対峙しながら三島と桐野、2人が導きだす答えとは――。人は幸せになる為に、何を置き去りにしなければならないのか…誰しもが人生で向き合う葛藤に挑む少年達の姿がグサリ、グサリと心を突き刺す。