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skyturtles's review against another edition
5.0
Excellent Japanese to English translation. Explains disparities between the cultures of Japan and the English-speaking world. The "Western" or 洋風 style of binary gender presentation of course differs greatly from that seen in a country with fundamentally different attitudes towards familial piety, sex, and societal harmony. *shakes fist at evangelical Christianity*
akihitoreads2312's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
I loved it very informative and light hearted look at aging and being gender queer
eeefann125's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
tetrootz's review
emotional
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Infertility, Mental illness, Infidelity, Body shaming, Incest, Pregnancy, Death, Grief, Fatphobia, Medical content, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Cultural appropriation, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Deadnaming, Dysphoria, Homophobia, Outing, and Medical trauma
readthesparrow's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
msrcreation's review against another edition
I really try not to dnf books as much as I can. But I read this around the same time I read other graphic memoirs and I realized the differences that made me love those others but not care for this one. Now this is a memoir. It's someones experience and I'm not stopping this because of that or saying it's "bad" because of that. The weird pacing, the way panels are situated which cause everything to feel out of place and hard to read, the confusing moments where you don't really know who you are looking at character wise, and just the flow of each page are what is making me dnf this. Who knows maybe one day I will pick this back up but for now I think I'm done.