# Boku no Papa to Papa no Hanashi (ぼくのパパとパパの話) = The Story of My Dad and Papa
Boku no Papa to Papa no Hanashi is one of the best BL mangas I have ever read in my youthful lifetime (XD, I'm not even in my mid-20s). Lemme explain how beautiful (hopefully you get interested ^^):
Boku no Papa to Papa no Hanashi is about two parents: Nao and Ai.
1) They start dating at university
2) Japan legalizes gay marriage (I hope someday they will in real life)
3) so -> they get married and adopt a child who is named Hiro.
Jeez. This manga is ABSOLUTELY beautiful inside and out. The art is adorable and is drawn well. I personally love the art style! The characters are well developed and you can easily identify their personalities. Nao is someone who hides his feelings and cares a lot about the people around him. He is quite an independent person and is more on the reserved side when it comes to interactions. Ai is the opposite XD. He is a very open person and is always ready to make people smile with his easygoing personality. The part that I love about Ai is how he doesn't care what other people think and he goes on living his life with love to give.
I don't think I'm inspired by how open he is about his sexuality because everyone has their own reasons, so it would be disrespectful to say that (especially because I'm a straight person so who am I to be like OOO wow, that's great!), but I do love how he never really gives a damn XD. He thinks of it as: "Yeah, I'm gay, so what?". The things that people generally overthink about, Ai is like: "It is what it is and that's okay 'cause I'll deal with it my own way." He stands up for himself and educates people. I find that to be inspiring because man, did I learn a lot from him.
The two have a healthy relationship, so when they adopt Hiro, the love just increases. Hiro is a cute and mischievous child. The two adopt him when he is zero years old and the story shows what his childhood is like up until the age of eight (that's how the manga ends). Through Hiro's childhood, you can see how Nao compares his relationship with his parents to Ai's. Remember how I said that Nao hides his feelings? But guess what?
They COMMUNICATE about it, I know, CRAZY RIGHT?
It's so common to find toxic relationships in BL manga for some reason, but this manga tells a story of two kind university students who grow up to be caring parents of a cute little bean. How can you not appreciate it? I've read a ton of manga and it's so common to have two main characters go through a misunderstanding or an argument that doesn't get resolved until 20 chapters pass. Nao and Ai's relationship is one where they're both independent yet can lean on each other and not have to be awkward for eternity.
Now to everything else the story gives:
THE LESSONS TAUGHT IN THIS STORY ARE IMMACULATE. Simple yet immaculate! I can't give away much because I don't want to spoil anything, so I'll just say that this manga touches on so many topics. The story is short, but that doesn't mean it carries barely any meaning. I have read mangas that are more than 40 chapters with almost no meaningful lessons attached to it so being a short or long manga doesn't matter. It never did. It doesn't just include the difficulties of taking care of a child, being gay, and family issues, but the story also touches on the expectations of being any kind of human being. Like, there were some topics that I'd never encountered in a BL manga so I kept getting surprised while reading. It was like opening a gift every time I started reading a new chapter!
I'm so glad that I've found a BL that really captures a beautiful relationship, and teaches the importance of words that people say and the meanings that they carry. I'm a supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and gay marriage, but I learned that sometimes, words that seem to be nice can also be looked at as not motivating or loving. Reading this made me less ignorant and more educated.
This is such a beautiful story from a pretty new mangaka (Roji). The story is so pure and executed so well; I adore it. ╰(✿´⌣`✿)╯♡
Everything about it is just so stinkin' meaningful, so I highly recommend it! (┳Д┳)
Thank you for reading <3