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Kimi no Kokoro ni Hi ga Tsuite

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life , Supernatural

A couple who can no longer communicate, a schoolgirl who wonders about relationships, a new love at sixty, a student who wants to wear make-up... Whatever their gender, whatever their age, they have all buried their feelings deep down. But one day, Homura appears in front of them, eager to awaken the fire in their hearts and change their lives forever...

Through eight stories, move from hesitation to affirmation and from questioning to acceptance. Then you too will become a soul on fire.

Tags: Josei , Episodic , Agender , Aromantic , Primarily Female Cast , Youkai , Bullying

You to Bakemono ni Naru Chichi ga Tsurai

Also known as A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father’s alcoholism and her own journey through guilt to understanding her father’s illness. She rejects the common belief that family members can and should be forgiven for anything they do, no matter how much harm they cause.



Note: Includes the epilogue.

Tags: Autobiographical , Family Life , Drawing , Non-fiction , Estranged Family , Female Protagonist , Josei , Time Skip , Tragedy , Suicide

Hattatsu Shougai to Issho ni Otona ni Natta Watashitachi

Also known as My Brain is Different: Stories of ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders.

Status: Finished
Genres: Slice of Life

This intimate manga anthology is about the struggles and triumphs of individuals learning to navigate daily life with a developmental disorder. The comics follow the stories of nine people, including: a junior high dropout finding an alternate path to education; a former "troublesome" child helping kids at a support school; a so-called problem child realizing the beauty of his own unique quirks; and a man falling in love with the world with the help of a new medication. This inspiring volume illustrates their diverse anxieties and finding self-empowerment in a world not quite built with them in mind.



Tags: Educational , Autobiographical , Disability , Biographical , Rehabilitation , Non-fiction , Hikikomori , Anthology , Suicide , School

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 , Bullying , Rehabilitation , Primarily Adult Cast , Bisexual , Non-fiction , Seinen , School , Disability , Drawing , Body Image , Work