Fish and Water Tiny Splendor and an impressively layered story

and an impressively layered story aided by historical consultants on the creative team—is that it's simply a good noir

and transformation — a physical manifestation of grief

unexpected

brother and sister meet again at the father’s funeral

faithful yet fiercely independent

Fish and Water Tiny Splendor and an impressively layered storyBy Gengoroh Tagame. Published by Pantheon. Hardcover, 192 pages, B&W, 2022 (2026 printing) A new graphic novel from Eisner award winning graphic novelist Gengoroh Tagame, which asks: what if The Odd Couple were Japanese, living in the middle of COVID 19, and just might be . . . gay? From Gengoroh Tagame, the brilliant mind behind My Brothers Husband and Our Colors, comes Fish and Water, which follows the unlikely love story of two straight friends.