Manga like 30-sai de "Seibetsu ga, Nai!" to Hanmei shita Ore ga Arafif ni Natte Wakatta Koto.

Seibetsu X

Also known as X-Gender.

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Romance , Slice of Life

At 33 years old, Asuka Miyazaki realizes that they like women! Asuka, however, is neither a woman nor a man–instead, they’re X-gender, which is a non-binary identity. Follow Asuka through the pages of this autobiographical manga as they record the ins and outs of their journey to finding love with a woman.



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Autobiographical , Agender , Primarily Adult Cast , Coming of Age , Non-fiction , Seinen , Educational , Bar , Drawing , Suicide , Disability , Pandemic

Jibun no Karada wo Yurusu made

Also known as Until I Love Myself: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

A bravely blunt autobiography about confronting the tangled traumas of gender dysphoria and workplace sexual harassment.

Nonbinary manga artist Poppy Pesuyama is excited when forms offer the option to choose "neither" for gender and thrilled about their new job working as an assistant for mangaka X! But then he sexually harasses them, treating them first like a girl and then like something less than human. It only lasts a few months, but in some ways it never ends.

Born into a body they hate and still reeling from the abuse they faced seven years ago, Pesuyama begins to rail at their past, their friends, and even their mother as they try to come to terms with who they are and what happened to them.



Tags: Autobiographical , LGBTQ+ Themes , Agender , Transgender , Bisexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Bullying , Rehabilitation , Non-fiction , Seinen , School , Disability , Drawing , Body Image , Work

Boku ga Watashi ni Naru Tame ni

Also known as My Journey to Her.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

After graduating university, Yuna spent several years going through the motions and working an office job. Until one day, while in pursuit of an essential missing piece of her life, she receives a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, which opens up new doors for her. As she takes on medical treatments and tries out new makeup and outfits, she sees just how lonely and difficult the process of transitioning can be. But in 2015, when Yuna travels to Thailand for her gender-affirming surgery, the support of her siblings, new strangers, and documenting her experience through manga helps her begin to heal in more ways than one. Told in an honest and, at times, humorous tone, this memoir is a blend of manga and detailed prose that does not shy away from sensitive topics, such as suicidal ideation, transphobia, and the simultaneously harrowing, yet joyous, experience of gender-affirming surgery.



Tags: Transgender , Autobiographical , LGBTQ+ Themes , Seinen , Female Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Foreign , Educational , Language Barrier , Urban

Otokonoko Doushi Renai Chuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

Former porn star turned author Kaoru Ooshima details his autobiographical account of his daily life as a pansexual cross-dresser and what led him into working in the adult film industry. Along the way, he meets another porn star similar to him who he calls Michelle and the two start dating.

Tags: Autobiographical , Crossdressing , 4-koma , Non-fiction , Transgender , LGBTQ+ Themes , Male Protagonist , Work , Heterosexual , Boys' Love , Anal Sex

Hanayome wa Moto Danshi.

Also known as The Bride Was a Boy.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Drawn in the style of diary comics with an upbeat, adorable flair, this is a charming tale about Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition–as well as falling in love with a man who’s head over heels for her. Now they want to get married, so Chii’s about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride!



Tags: LGBTQ+ Themes , Transgender , Educational , Autobiographical , Josei , Female Protagonist , Non-fiction , Family Life , 4-koma , Primarily Adult Cast , Chibi , Heterosexual