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emiphemeral's review against another edition
3.75
Un one shot très touchant sur le parcours de transition de genre de Yuna. Un regard très franc et honnête sur les difficultés et les embûches vécues, avec une touche d'humour qui allège le tout. Seul bémol : le manga a parfois des allures de guide, par son ton souvent très pédagogique, doublé d'un effort notable d'exhaustivité.
littlebookterror's review
medium-paced
3.5
The art, panelling and overall character design is pretty basic but this is a genuine insight into trans lives in 2016 Japan. Yuna is really open about her process of changing her body and her papers, her feeling throughout her hospital stay and some general information on terms and laws that influenced her decisions.
It's interesting that the book itself only focuses on a very short time period - she is out about her identity, on hormones, she seems to be happy in her life otherwise and there is no big deliberation or concern on her parts.
It's interesting that the book itself only focuses on a very short time period - she is out about her identity, on hormones, she seems to be happy in her life otherwise and there is no big deliberation or concern on her parts.
winterbee's review against another edition
This was an easy (and funny) read for a difficult topic. As with graphic novels, I think manga are good ways to address political issues.
dielesemotte's review
funny
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical content and Dysphoria
reki_oeo's review
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
Fand das Buch super, weil es zugleich lustig und mega informativ war. Nur an den Formulierungen hats meiner Meinung nach ab und an gehadert. Bins von der queeren Community um mich rum anders gewöhnt. Ist aber auch klar, das Thema hat seit 2016 noch viel mehr Publizität bekommen und es gab auch viel mehr Diskurs über die richtige Sprache beim Sprechen über das Thema "Transgender". Also- ich fands super, auch als Überblick für uninformierte geeignet, jedoch zum Thema Sprache zusätzlich Frau Google einen Besuch abstatten :) (z.B. https://www.transwelcome.ch/de/informationen/richtig-kommunizieren/)
beesbumblebooks's review
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
This manga was super informative on the politics of gender affirming operations in Japan. A lot of things I didn't know, a lot of things I found out were or are very similar in Germany. I learned a lot about the operation and what it does to ones body and about law. I liked that the author said how it was an personal experience and that she tried to be sensible about language and tone of the book. There was a lot of hilarious moments which made the topic a bit silly, but since it was a personal experience it didn't seem ridiculous.
The language was very binary, which I'm not used to anymore in queer contexts. There was a lot of calling it "man to women operation" about how someone's in a wrong body. The gender dysphoria was described as an illness, but it is important to note that the author explained the words the politics use to describe transgender persons. Also it's just the language that I'm used to, which doesn't have to be correct.
Anyway, I had a good time.
The language was very binary, which I'm not used to anymore in queer contexts. There was a lot of calling it "man to women operation" about how someone's in a wrong body. The gender dysphoria was described as an illness, but it is important to note that the author explained the words the politics use to describe transgender persons. Also it's just the language that I'm used to, which doesn't have to be correct.
Anyway, I had a good time.
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