Shin Japan Archipelago of Toads and Frogs - The Mornings That Ring

(from ebookjapan): This ambitious work by the heretical genius George Akiyama depicts Sei, the protagonist of "Japan Archipelago of Toads and Frogs," as he struggles with his sexuality even in his middle age, interspersed with episodes from his childhood. Sei, a middle-aged mangaka who always wakes up with ringing in his ears, recalls his childhood days when he used to enjoy the sound he could hear by placing his ear against the train tracks. Recalling that his mother used to wear something that showed the fullness of her breasts as she liked to do back then, the middle-aged Sei is somehow horrified and ......!?