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moonyreadsbystarlight's review against another edition
informative
reflective
3.5
This was a combination of memoir and educational bits. They discuss sexuality and gender in Japanese culture as well as other topics like menstruation and gender dysphoria, while also yelling their story of romance, friendships, and coming to their own. It was interesting and I liked seeing some of the development that the author goes through when it comes to the importance of finding a partner.
I did find the memoir component stronger than the educational component. I think the setup of some previously serialized manga memoirs is disjointed to me, which is more of a personal preference (for instance I recall feeling the same way about My Solo Exchange Diary, though I really love some other volumes in that series).
I did find the memoir component stronger than the educational component. I think the setup of some previously serialized manga memoirs is disjointed to me, which is more of a personal preference (for instance I recall feeling the same way about My Solo Exchange Diary, though I really love some other volumes in that series).
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual content, Blood, and Death of parent
Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
Minor: Biphobia
Explicit discussion of menstruation and gender dysphoriartaire's review against another edition
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Biphobia, Body shaming, Mental illness, and Transphobia
catcherinthepi's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.0
This book is hilarious and surprisingly raunchy. I'd treat it more as a memoir and less of an informational read, since some of Miyazaki's takes can definitely be read as problematic (there's some biphobia, man-hating, and a not very nuanced conversation on medical transition). But since I don't really know where the Japanese queer community stands on a number of issues, I can't really say how representative these perspectives are of where they are at this point in time, and therefore I don't want to judge the author too harshly. Obviously that doesn't mean that these things shouldn't be called out, but this is a subculture within a very different, often strangely conservative, culture about which I really don't know very much.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Biphobia
sucreslibrary's review against another edition
fast-paced
0.5
an incredibly narrow-minded, biphobic, misogynistic, homophobic, lesbophobic and fatphobic memoir of a selfish person with extremely limited views on sex, sexuality and women in particular. trans people should approach with caution and I highly discourage any cis person from reading this because it is lacking in nuance and has offensive and condescending attitudes about so many different experiences. I sure hope the hype around this dies down now that it's out because if I have to see it on trans book lists for years to come I may commit a violent crime.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Dysphoria
Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Transphobia
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