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

[Machine Translation] Our summer, our dreams were sparkling, dazzling, and sad. In a corner of the countryside surrounded by mountains and fields, two boys meet, get hurt, and learn about reality. This is a coming-of-age story about boys who seek a place where they can be their "true selves" somewhere in this world, and that they want to tell most now. (Synopsis) Mishima, a student living in the countryside, is bullied by his classmates. The reason is that Mishima is "homoerotic. Mishima, who actually likes men, has no way to resist, and the only thing that keeps him going is the cross-dressing he does behind his back. One day, while Mishima is enjoying his time alone on the rooftop as usual, he sees Kirino, the leader of the bullying group, holding a lipstick that he had lost earlier in the day. He was secretly trying to apply the lipstick that Mishima had used on his own lips. ......

「オレたちの夏、夢はキラキラして、まぶしくて、切なかった。」そこは山と畑に囲まれたド田舎の片隅。2人は出会い、傷付き、そして現実を知る。この世界のどこかで“本当の自分"でいられる場所を求めた少年達の、今、一番伝えたい青春ストーリー。 【あらすじ】 ド田舎に住む学生、三島(みしま)はクラスメイトの男子からイジメを受けていた。理由は三島が“ホモっぽい"から。実際に男性が好きな三島は抵抗するすべもなく、隠れてする女装だけが心の拠り所となっていた。ある日、三島がいつもの様に屋上で1人の時間を満喫していると、自分が以前なくてしまった筈の口紅を持ったイジメグループのリーダー・桐野(きりの)を目撃してしまう。彼はこっそりと三島の使った口紅を自らの唇に塗ろうとしていたのだった……。