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4.21 AVERAGE
4.21 AVERAGE
I am SO happy that I was able to get this on Libby, because seeing manga about asexuality is a pretty big thing!
I wish teenage me could’ve read this and not stumbled through life until my 30s before even hearing of the term asexual. So much of this manga was incredibly relatable, the characters felt real in their confusion about sexualities, I want to stand on a mountaintop and hand this manga to people who have been told that love, relationships, sex, attraction, etc. are all “normal” things people want in life, but don’t understand WHY it has to be normal. If that makes sense.
Anyway, 10/10, 5 stars, highly recommended!
I wish teenage me could’ve read this and not stumbled through life until my 30s before even hearing of the term asexual. So much of this manga was incredibly relatable, the characters felt real in their confusion about sexualities, I want to stand on a mountaintop and hand this manga to people who have been told that love, relationships, sex, attraction, etc. are all “normal” things people want in life, but don’t understand WHY it has to be normal. If that makes sense.
Anyway, 10/10, 5 stars, highly recommended!
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is...fine. I'm just tired of every book with ace or aro rep being a 101 lesson about the orientation, with a main character that's wide-eyed and completely unaware declaring "wow! I didn't even know this was an option!" Glad it exists for young ace and aro kiddos, wish we had more diverse options, where there isn't a dictionary definition in-story and a glossary at the end--this is fiction, please!
(Im)patiently waiting for representation that moves past this phase. 2.5 stars.
(Im)patiently waiting for representation that moves past this phase. 2.5 stars.
This is an amazing standalone one book manga about a girl exploring her being on the asexual spectrum that is very nuanced. I think this provides a great alternative to Loveless as a book that represents all different kinds of ppl on the ace spectrum much better rather than just sticking to one binary of being ace like in Loveless (ie aro ace). And the book doesn’t just focus on topics of being asexual, but also extends to more personal aspects of romantic expectations in a relationship (eg. how different ppl define cheating) and the complexity of sexual identities. Establishing a cast of colorful characters who mostly all fall on the LGBTQ+ spectrum but all have their own different and more personal side of interpreting their sexuality and gender identities.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was really good! I wish I could hang out with these lovable and sweet characters in real life! The main character, Chika, is cute and definitely relatable, although she's painfully naive and doesn't seem to be able to think for herself until someone else tells her to, haha. I guess I'm more like the professor, where I figured it out early. Speaking of the professor, is it normal in Japan to just... go over to a professor's house? And then MOVE IN with them??? (Sorry for spoilers. But I'm just a bit flabbergasted at that.) I kind of wish that more of the story was about things other than Chika and her sexuality though. I would have liked to see the characters interacting without talking about asexuality all the time. My favorite part was when the friends stayed up all night watching anime. Overall, I think this is a really cute and informative manga that I would recommend to anyone!!! Especially to curious allosexuals (Non-asexual people) who want to expand their mind!
hopeful
informative
fast-paced
I adore this. The Asexual and Aromantic coming-of-age representation in this is spot on.
It's informative while being sweet and warm-hearted. I did find it to be a bit info heavy at times. But I think that's because I read this over a long period of time instead of continuously, which is my fault.
The art is fantastic and the characters are unique and heartbreakingly wholesome.
DEFINITELY recommend for anyone curious about ace/aro or looking for good representation.
It's informative while being sweet and warm-hearted. I did find it to be a bit info heavy at times. But I think that's because I read this over a long period of time instead of continuously, which is my fault.
The art is fantastic and the characters are unique and heartbreakingly wholesome.
DEFINITELY recommend for anyone curious about ace/aro or looking for good representation.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
tl;dr there are points I as someone who identifies as asexual relate to. there were different kinds of asexual people represented which was amazing, the themes were good but as an overall story it fell flat. Characters were a bit flat, we didn’t really get a chance to know them besides through giant info dump convos & certain characters like the professor just occasionally goes into lecture mode.
- why do i think the student-professor relation is a lil weird…not saying there’s any relation (chapter 1) but do profs just invite their studentswhy do i think the student-professor relation is a lil weird…not saying there’s any relation (chapter 1) but do profs just invite their students to their houses?? and damn they really jumped into talking about stuff when they just met. a lil rushed feeling
- psych prof =/= therapy…..? i guess she young & i dont have anything super against this other than damn it happened so so fast
- see i dont quite get her moving in w the prof either like….esp shes in the psych prof program??
- mentions fujoshi (腐女) but doesn't rllyyyy talk about it
likening sexual orientations to being fujoshi is also kinda…weird…? Not that it’s bad but it’s more nuanced and to place it in the same discussion as sexual orientation didn’t sit quite right - there’s a whole rant from the prof abt his marriage + being asexual & just lists a bunch diff kinds of experiences…..
- these characters r quite flat
lol - what the main character does to try to explicitly define romance is very much the type of thing I would do ahahaha it just sounds like me
- I don’t realllyyy follow main character and ume relationships either…like I don’t really understand how it led up to this? I guess just common background…it’s just the age? Gap I think idk. like I said I feel like we never actually got to know these characters in a non-dumpy way