Early morning a couple days ago, since I had not much to do at the office, I dropped by to the Virgin store and hunted for a quick read when I found this manga "In the clothes named fat". I couldn't help reading from cover to cover.
The graphism is not my cup of tea, but it's not here to show off but to serve the story and the characters. Noko is the fat girl in today's fat-phobic society. Her boyfriend likes sex with her but hides her and keeps her into submission. At work, the situation is the same and, since she has such a low self esteem, she keeps getting trampled on by everyone. She's got to react, and she'll start a diet... all for the worse. That's for the pitch.
The story and the main character are very interesting and the author draws a very disgusting picture of our attitude towards fat people. Come on people! Be a bit open minded! Aren't you sick of all these unhealthy unsexy skeleton-models every everywhere?
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