starduststyx 's review for:

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

2.0

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So many mixed feelings about this. Liked how honest the mangaka was and was just him exploring the many thoughts that have crossed his mind now that he's getting older and trying to figure out what feels good to him as an older trans person. I do think there's just several cultural differences that made me tilt my head because there's some context i know I'm missing and sone parts that maybe got lost in translation or something! But between that and the same-y paneling throughout the entire book it was a bit of a slog to get through which is a shame because i really wanted to like it! the age gap and obvious power imbalance between the mangaka and his partner ( and the other couple who were interviewed ) made me reaaally uncomfy. like i kept being like...there's no way he syarted dating him before he was 21 right??? right??? i haven't done the math but it still felt weird esp with the last mini section having a couple who have an incest kink 😭😭😭😭😭

last complaint is...the racist octopus lips. when will ppl stop doing that. if you can care about trans ppl you can care about black/brown ppl 😭