Welcome Back, Alice is the latest work by Shuzo Oshimi, the author of Blood on the Tracks, Happiness, and The Flowers of Evil. Childhood friends Yohei, Kei, and Yui are reunited in high school. But what seemed like a straightforward love triangle between the three of them takes an unexpected turn when Kei shows up looking and dressed like a girl. In this story of adolescent awakening, perversion, and love, Oshimi sets out to explore the boundaries of gender, sexuality, and identity.
Promise you’ll only look at me. Yo can’t believe his luck—high school’s only just started, and he’s dating Mitani, the girl of his dreams. She tells him to stay away from their other childhood friend, Kei, and that should be easy. Kei might look pretty with his long hair and slender features, but in Yo’s eyes, he’s still a guy. And yet, when things finally get intimate between Yo and Mitani, he realizes something isn’t right...