Fish and Water

“Tagame’s work combines a charming sitcom sensibility with simmering sexual desire, recognizing that humor and heat go hand in hand. It’s also a great story about how food brings people together, and Tagame uses meals to build intimacy by satisfying both physical and emotional hunger.”
—A.V. Club

“Sweet. . . . Tagame’s manga art is better than ever: in addition to his renowned talent for capturing brawny men in various states of undress, he also displays a flair for depicting cuisine. This lighthearted bromance-to-romance should charm the socks off fans of queer love stories.”
—Publishers Weekly

“In meticulously drawn black-and-white inked panels . . . Tagame reveals a charming love story. . . . Manga aficionados will likely notice inventive, tempting foodie parallels with Fumi Yoshinaga’s delectable, ongoing What Did You Eat Yesterday? series. . . . Tagame particularly excels in capturing nuanced emotions and gifts audiences intimate access to a couple tentatively falling in love. . . . Satisfyingly swoon-worthy fun indeed.”
—Terry Hong, Shelf Awareness

“Tagame’s food illustrations look delicious . . . making it easy for readers to connect with Akira’s intense excitement over meals with his friend. . . . Through moments of domestic intimacy, this story captures the joy of building a loving relationship.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Fans of cooking manga like What Did You Eat Yesterday? and Confessions of a Shy Baker will find much to like here.”
—Booklist

“Fish and Water is . . . a collective embrace of everyday moments in life and falling in love. . . . One of the best romance graphic novels I have had the pleasure to read.”
—Gay League