At 30, I Realized I Had No Gender: Life Lessons from a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery by Shou Arai

3.35 AVERAGE

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rowanreads's review against another edition

4.5
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An interesting peek into the life of a 50-year-old intersex nonbinary person in Japan. His views on sex and gender are different from mine but relatable.

luinjuurituon's review against another edition

2.0
This manga really wasn't for me. I found it boring and was unable to finish reading it.
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lunarflwrs's review against another edition

4.0
This was quite an interesting read. I laughed out loud at a couple panels, and the conversations were fascinating. Arai, though considering himself non-binary, struggles quite a bit between presenting masculine, feminine, or androgynous, and that's understandable. He does place quite a lot of weight into others' opinions of his appearance, however.

readingbytheletter's review against another edition

3.0
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juliabutwithbooks's review against another edition

3.0
reflective medium-paced
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angelofdeath39's review against another edition

4.75
funny informative lighthearted
Not bad. I really enjoyed hearing about their story (even if there was a fair amount of sexual content, especially at the end)
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ippoddity's review against another edition

3.5
funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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untypica's review against another edition

3.0
informative
This is a good book for people to read, I think it has important information and experiences.

That’s being said, I personally didn’t enjoy it. Often it felt disjointed and I had a hard time understanding what was happening. 
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arwainian's review against another edition

a really interesting glimpse into the life of a middle aged queer person in Japan, specifically an intersex nonbinary man living with a younger gay cis male partner. it was also a bit of a strange one to read, bc it seems like Arai has been doing auto-bio comics for ages as well as queer/trans-life-advice comics, and this collects a bunch from a certain time period without much of a narrative link between them. Maybe i'll check out Arai's other work, but yeah. while it's always cool to read slice of life trans auto-bio stuff, i did feel like every chapter was a "i guess we're doing this now" one after another after another
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sarawezzie's review against another edition

4.5
informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced