by Giovanni Stigliano Messuti

Phuong and Phuong, a boy and a girl sharing the same name, attend their senior year at an elite middle school in Hanoi. Splitting their time between school and family in hopes of improving their status, Phuong finds solace in the understanding presence of her homonymous classmate, who also faces the same struggles. Despite ambition driving her away from his company, Phuong will finally make the brave decision to break away from her mother’s reach, preventing her partner from committing a tragic gesture.

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Perhaps the first Vietnamese manga – or mạn họa, we should say – to make it to the European market, “Endless Summer” (TV: Mùa Hè Bất Tận) by Lâm Hoàng Trúc can be appreciated for its homage to the Japanese coming-of-age genre, in combination with some national features that allow the reader to dive...