Fake by Sanami MatohThe first thing I heard about this series was that there was a new manga out about a couple of gay New York City cops. Yeah, that strips a few gears, doesn't it? A Japanese comic book about New York Cops? And they're partners who fall in love? I figured it would be pretty bad in one way or another but I was curious to see how a Japanese manga-ka would portray New Yorkers. I've seen some pretty laughable errors made by North American fanfic writers trying to portray Tokyo, would a pro do any better at getting the details right on a foreign culture?
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