#is love the answer

[aroaessidhe]

aro & ace books: asian authors (adult/NA)

this is about the author's identity, not necessarily the characters!

The Bruising of Qilwa - fantasy novella - aroace MC - Persian-American

After The Dragons - urban fantasy novella - gay ace-spec MC - Chinese American

Kaikeyi - historical fantasy - aroace MC - Indian American

The Circus Infinite - space opera - mlm ace MC - Chinese American

Small Gods of Calamity - paranormal novella - bi ace MC - Korean American

The Graven Trilogy - space opera - acespec MC - Japanese American

Convenience Store Woman - contemporary litfic - aroace coded MC - Japanese

Breasts & Eggs - contemporary litfic - ace MC - Japanese

Come Drink With Me - fantasy novella - aro-coded MCs / aro themes - Chinese New Zealander

Is Love The Answer - contemporary manga - aroace MC, SC - Japanese

The City of Dusk - high fantasy - ace woman & bi demi man (2/5 MCs) - Indian American

She Who Became The Sun - historical fantasy - acespec coded MC - Chinese Australian

The Vanished Birds - space opera - ace SC - Filipino American

A Milky Way Home - contemporary romance - demiro-ace MC, demi-aroace MC - Taiwanese

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

info included here is brief! please see my database for full details of the books

[molsno]

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

[aroaceineveryplace]

[yelenaa-romanova]

Fellow aces, you know of Loveless, so here's a new gem 💜

[lilradridinghood]

finally got around to posting another BookTube video~

[pocketseizure]

from Uta Isaki's asexual pride manga Is Love the Answer?

[joseinextdoor]

Chatty AF: Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga

It's Ace Awareness Week, making it the perfect time to plug the two-part aspec rep podcast I did with Cy and Alex for Chatty AF! Because what better way to learn than through geekery? 💜🖤

✨️ Transcripts Included ✨️

Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga - Part 1: General Discussion and Animanga Grab Bag

Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga - Part 2: The Isaki Uta Appreciation Hour

[rosie-moon]

There is no love in your world (きみのせかいに恋はない)

[lex-blogs]

"You don't have to conform to some generic idea of what asexuality is. If you think you're asexual, that's enough."

- Shinobu Ishii, Is Love the Answer?

[tarobii]

I just finished reading the manga Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki and oh my god

I am not articulate enough to fully explain how much I love this but I will try

I honestly didn't think it would hit me so hard but seeing a character figure out that shes aroace was so.. nice

the story didn't invalidate it at all and even talked about some of the bs people say abt aroacespec people (you just need to try it, you're a prude, etc.)

and the protagonist is genderqueer too!

it was just really super nice seeing a character I could almost fully relate to when it comes to sexual/gender orientation

and! and! the story addresses how sexuality and gender is fluid and labels aren't all-encompassing

like it explicitly says not every ace person has the same experience!!! there are many facets to asexuality!!!!! (and this applies to other orientations too!!)

omg and theres also a moment where the protagonist realizes she feels some kind of attraction to a fictional character (but not exactly romantic) and holy crap I FELT THAT

and I felt SO VALIDATED when that happened

cuz I have my fictional not-quite-crushes and sometimes I wonder if that make me not ace but no! I still am!!

I didn't realize how much I needed aroace representation until I read this, and now I sorely wish there was more

or at the very least I hope more people (queer or not) find and read more stories like this

I wish there was more understanding between people when it comes to this

goodness this made me so emotional sorry for the long post but seriously go read Is Love the Answer?

[aroaessidhe]

aro & ace books with a university setting!

Ace of Hearts - m/f marriage of convenience romance, sex-repulsed ace MC

Dear Wendy - two aroace MCs, friendship/anonymous rivalry

Loveless - aroace coming-of-age/coming out

Is Love The Answer - aroace coming-of-age/coming out

Tears In The Water - identity questioning & sports romance, with an acespec MC, demi LI, and aroace side characater

The Society for Soulless Girls - witchy thriller, one MC is maybe ace/demi (though it doesn't really solidify if she is or not)

Let's Talk About Love - m/f romance with a biace MC

Create My Own Perfection - fantasy short story with an aroace MC

Fallen Thorns - paranormal coming of age with an aroace MC

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

info included here is brief! please see my database for full details of the books

[jjs-brainrot]

Welp, just read Is Love The Answer? and it is now going to be my go to manga to throw at people's faces when explaining the ace spectrum.

The feeling of being an alien because you aren't on the same sexual/romantic wavelengths as everyone else, the sense of relief you feel when you find out there are other people like you and the worry that you might not fit into a particular brand of asexual. All of it just hits so home to my personal experience coming to terms with my asexuality.

Between having multiple ace/aro characters on different ends of the ace spectrum, the way the manga repeatedly makes the point that the ace spectrum is very nonconforming and fluid and that you don't need to play up or downplay your attractions to fit in the identity, this might be the most "I wish I had a time machine to give this to my past self" manga I've ever read. It would have def made my younger self's life a lot easier...

All of this while being a single 6 chapter volume that you can read all of in less than an hour. It's an easy recommend to everyone from me.

[twigstarpikachutroll22]

Okay but that one part of Is Love The Answer where Chika mediates a discussion between a couple that are upset with each other because one thinks the other has cheated, and her being aroace allows her to be the first to recognize the problem is that they have different (and conflicting tbh) ideas about what constitutes cheating, what violates the terms of a monogamous romantic and sexual relationship, what they’re okay with and not okay with when it comes to that, and they hadn’t communicated those to each other beforehand, and at the end of the discussion the couple decides to break up but there are a lot less hard feelings all around than there otherwise would have been >>>>>>>>>>>>>>

[breakpoint-alchemist]

I recently got my own copy of this fabulous manga! I original read it on an app (as you do when you're broke, don't come at me), so when I saw this at the store, I knew I had to buy it and support the writer/artist! This book made me feel so seen, because in most media, even LGBTQ+ media, asexuality/aromanticism get ignored so often, not to mention nonbinary folk, and those things are the main focus here (more the aspec stuff, but one of the main characters is x-gender and they are great) and I love it so much! I just wanted to share this with others. And who knows, sometimes when you scream into the void, the void screams back.

[averinna]

Happy asexual week go read "is love the answer" "I want to be a wall" and "miss kiryuu doesn't know love" thanks