Smells Like Green Spirit Paperback by Saburo Nagai

Product Details

• Publisher: Vertical Comics (2026-07-21)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 346 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781647295585
• Item Weight: 368.55 grams
• Dimensions: 19.02 x 14.02 x 2.69 cm

Enemies-turned-friends open Pandora’s Box together and search for a place where they can live their truth in this complete-in-one omnibus coming-of-age manga

A must-read for older teens and adult fans of seinen and LGBTQ+ series like Welcome Back Alice, The Flowers of Evil, and Boys Run the Riot

A single tube of stolen lipstick unlocks an unforgettable summer

Suffocated by his rural hometown and the ruthless homophobic bullying he endures at school, Futoshi Mishima has only one escape: late at night, he swipes his mother’s lipstick and delights in quietly dolling himself up. So when that liberating lipstick slips out of his pocket one day, Mishima is at a total loss—until he finds his worst tormenter trying it on for himself. The two stumble into a summer of unprecedented freedom…but as they soon discover, freedom doesn’t come without a cost, and they may not be the only ones in town with something to hide.

About the Author

Saburo Nagai is a manga artist from Japan whose first work in English is Smells Like Green Spirit published by Kodansha USA.