#kimi no sekai ni koi wa nai

[molsno]

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

[acesincomics]

This month, not one but two manga with aroace protagonists will be released in English!

Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai (Is Love the Answer?) by Uta Isaki and Watashi wa Kabe ni Naritai (I Want to Be a Wall) Vol. 2 by Honami Shirono are both coming out January 17th!

きみのせかいに恋はない Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai

Is Love the Answer?

By 伊咲ウタ Uta Isaki

A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her own as she discovers her identity as aromantic asexual. A complete story in a single volume, from the creator of Mine-kun is Asexual. When it comes to love, high schooler Chika wonders if she might be an alien. She’s never fallen for or even had a crush on anyone, and she has no desire for physical intimacy. Her friends tell her that she just "hasn't met the one yet," but Chika has doubts… It's only when Chika enters college and meets peers like herself that she realizes there’s a word for what she feels inside--asexual--and she’s not the only one. After years of wondering if love was the answer, Chika realizes that the answer she long sought may not exist at all--and that that's perfectly normal.

Available from Kodansha (Japanese) | (English)

わたしは壁になりたい Watashi wa Kabe ni Naritai

I Want to Be a Wall, Vol. 2

By 白野ほなみ Honami Shirono | Emma Schumacker, Alexis Eckerman (Eng.)

Any good love story starts at the beginning: Where and how did the lovebirds meet? Was it love at first sight? And most importantly, was there a spark? For Yuriko and Gakurouta, their initial meeting was nothing to write home about—after all, matchmaking services aren’t unheard of. But a chance second encounter on the street revealed that as an asexual woman and gay man, they might have much more in common than they initially assumed. And in that moment, they felt not a spark but something better: the seed of a friendship, ready to take root and bloom.

Available from Kadokawa (Japanese) | Yen Press (English)

[morallygay]

🟩⬜️⬛️ Animes for aro/ace people - Part 2 ⬛️⬜️🟪

The list was getting a bit too long so I decided to make a different post.

~if you see this post as a reblog, make sure to go to the original post, chances are I edited and updated it! ;)

part 1 here

“Yofukashi No Uta” / “Call Of The Night” (13 episodes)🔻

The protagonist wants to become a vampire, but for that to happen you need to be bitten by a vampire you are in love with, and he’s aro (can be both seen as aroallo or acespec). It’s not canon canon in-universe, but like, it’s canon, that’s literally what the plot is about. It has awkward wording/takes coming from the characters sometimes but it got the spirit. I haven’t finished the manga but I’ve been told that the character’s aromance is not invalidated to the end, and the story is precisely about how he doesn’t need to be “fixed”. The show tackles amatonormativity and the value of platonic relationships :). If you can’t handle or don’t like sensual/sexual stuff though, know that it’s omnipresent.

“Shimanami Tasogare” / “Our Dreams At Dusk” (4 volumes)🔻

An LGBTQ+ manga with multiple kinds of representation, including an AAA battery (character who is agender/nonbinary and aroace). Canon and they said the word! Although they didn’t differentiate between aromantic and asexual; in my translation they used ‘asexual’ and meant it as aromantic as well I assume.

“Death Note” (37 episodes)🔻🔹

Another big one but I’ll assume you don’t know about it so, basically: So misogynistic it’s gay. But also so homophobic it’s aroace. And since it’s a psychological thriller, romance is virtually nonexistent, except for a side character annoying girl who is in LOVE with the protagonist. Protagonist who does not show any interest whatsoever in romance/sex. He’s a serial killer but #diversity win I guess. I have admittedly only read the manga once when I was 12 so I may not remember these things accurately.

“Mob Psycho 100” (37 episodes + 2 OVAs)🔹

A must watch regardless. But in this context, a show about life wisdom and connection in the most fundamental human way, which makes it a very platonic show. Because of the nature of the relationships between the protagonist and the other main cast (master/‘parental’ figure, brother, intergenerational friendship), there is literally not even the place for shipping, apart from like the 1 friend his age. And these platonic relationships, oh boy, are they explored and developed and heartwarming. The protagonist has an idealized crush on a girl and that’s the only romantic element there is, and it’s handled maturely and to carry the same main themes I mentioned earlier; it’s absolutely not there for the sake of being romanticized.

! Mp100 is a phenomenal show in many ways, queer representation is not one of them. it is very much incredibly cishet. warning for transmisogynistic humor.

“Gintama” (367 episodes + specials and movies, but don't worry 'bout it)🔹

Genre: comedy. Gintama really is such a platonic show and I mean that as the highest compliment from an aspec person. If you’re looking for actual found family and other wholesome unconventional types of relationships you should know gintama is always there for you. Everything I said about mp100 just above is valid here too. Literally I don't know how to properly express how to me this show is about the celebration of platonic bonds! I literally made this meme, it's to this extent. An anime to bring up if someone pretends life (or fiction) without romance is pointless or less meaningful or whatever. And I'm not the only one who headcanons/interprets Gintoki (the protag) as aro(allo) <3.

warning: unsurprisingly for a comedy from the 2000s there is some offensive/insensitive queerphobic humour but it's (usually…) in a "they're a little confused but they got the spirit" way. Most importantly it's always humanizing. Like, the main characters would call me a slur while fighting alongside me for my rights. The LGBTQ+ community (me) has forgiven gintama.

It's unanimously beloved for a reason too, and aro ppl have all the more reason to vibe, so I recommend it in general; and don't think about the amount of episodes because I did at first and eventually I found myself devastated there were only like 50 left.

“Kimi No Sekai Ni Koi Wa Nai” / “Is Love The Answer?” (1 volume)🔻

Another manga. It is a queer manga specifically about aromance and asexuality, following an aroace character (touch repulsed) and their experience of comphet and general compallo, feeling alienated, and then learning about this identity, finding queer community and accepting herself. It delves into the topics of labels and identity, acknowledging and embracing fluidity, vagueness, and spectrums. It actually presents specific aspec microidentities I’ve never seen acknowledged anywhere else in fiction, much less explored. It made me feel like crying and kicking my legs with glee. I won’t go say everything it talks about but I truly recommend it for anyone, not just aspec people; in general but especially if you want to learn more about the world of aspec identities. (Also not that any are reading this but I recommend it to exclusionists. Like idk how you can read this and not feel it evident that aspec people are queer)

The same author also did a manga called “Mine-kun Is Asexual” prior to this one, and wrote other things on the topics of romance, sexuality and gender identity :)

“Koisenu Futari” (="two people who can't fall in love" idk the official engish translation if there is one) (8 episodes)🔻

This is a japanese drama. I have broadened the original topic of these posts a bit but I realized that with the microscopic amount of representation we have, why would I intentionally deprive people from knowing about the existence of this show? It is specifically about aromance and asexuality, and follows 2 aroace people who decide to live together and form a queerplatonic relationship. There are many other elements to the story and it touches upon multiple aspects of the aspec experience (lol aspects aspec), starting obviously with allonormativity and amatonormativity. Also our 2 main characters are both fully aroace but the show does make the distinction between aromantic and asexual, and shows a alloromantic asexual character at one point just for that clarification.

“Last Gender” (3 volumes)🔻

Similar to Shimanami Tasogare; it’s an LGBTQ+ manga. This one is centered around a sex bar which 'accepts anyone of any gender or sexuality'. It has an aroallo character, a lithromantic character, and a character who, to my understanding, would be the closest labelled as greyromantic and greysexual. That’s just for the aspec characters but there are other, particularily underrepresented, identities and kinds of people in this manga, like a pansexual person, a bigender person, polyamorous people, or ‘simply’ a gnc woman.

content warning: it’s sexually explicit. I mean the setting is literally a sex bar.

[keythekeythekey]

Such lovely queer story. I loved all the characters. Better than "Loveless"

I really loved all the galaxy themes.

[aroace-kodama-sakuko]

This is so important actually. Too often characters (and people) are reduced to their sexual orientation, but like... no? We're so much more than that.

[hikikomoriheadphonegirl]

"Magical Girl Rosette" character designs from Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai

[porcelainblush]

Is Love the Answer?, Uta Isaki

[averinna]

[mari--lace]

[sleep-tight-pupper]

... that's me!

[acesincomics]

A really great discussion about the asexual manga Mine-kun is Asexual and Is Love the Answer? Definitely check out this episode!

Chatty AF 182: Ace/Aro Representation in Anime and Manga – Part 2

Catch up on part one here!

Dee, Alex, and Cy return to their discussion of asexual and aromantic coding, and dive deep into the works of Uta Isaki!

Episode Information

Date Recorded: February 1, 2022 Hosts: Dee, Alex, Cy

Episode Breakdown

0:00:00 Intro 0:00:35 Mine-kun is Asexual and sex-repulsed vs non-sex-repulsed 0:18:06 Ace stereotypes 0:20:55 Is Love the Answer? 0:22:58 Allosexual social and societal pressure 0:31:56 Ishi, mentorship, and aromantic relationships 0:35:26 Ume and sex repulsion for heteroromantic men 0:45:33 Asexuality as an orientation vs identity 0:52:00 Hopes for future ace/aro rep in media 1:00:00 Outro

[utapri-translations-uuuu]

PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪ -QUARTET NIGHT Ver.- (Lyrics + Translation)

Please do not repost/retranslate without permission.

Kanji:

【All】 歌で一つになる世界が

プリンスのLOVEなのさ

時代、世代越えちゃってさ

キスの答えLet's探しに行こう

(Forever)

PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【Ra】 「ついてきてくれてる」って

【Rj】 ごめん…わかっているのにね

【Ai】 不器用なボクらはいつだって

【Ca】 「信じてついてこい」しかない

【Rj・Ai】 「ありがとう」なんかでは　らしくないから

背中を合わせてる4人でいたい

【Ra・Ca】 誰一人見たことない景色の先の

未来の光

【All】 絶対魅せると誓わせて

I want you to be part of my life

【All】 歌で一つになる奇跡-QUARTET NIGHT-

この声で教えよう

黙って恋をすればいい

大人のMusic感じたいのならば

(Kiss me)

PRI LOVE UNIVERSE

【Ra・Ai】 この現在(しゅんかん)は二度と

【Rj・Ca】 ないからこそ大事に

【Ra・Ai】 この想い

【Rj・Ca】 この想い

【Ra・Ai】 この願い

【Rj・Ca】 この願い

【Ra・Ai】 君と

【Rj・Ca】 君と

【Ra・Ai】 ぎゅっと

【All】 抱きしめながら

「ずーーっと愛してる」

【All】 そしてこのLOVEは

重力なんて引きちぎって☆(スター)に

キラキラと輝くんだ

銀河のような夢に

さあLet's 'SONG'

【All】 歌で一つになる世界が

プリンスのLOVEなのさ

地球、宇宙超えちゃってさ

キスの答えまた探して

【Rj・Ca】 PRI☆LOVE

【Ra・Ai】 ∞UNIVERSE♪

【Rj・Ca】 みんな歌おう

【Ra・Ai】 音を楽しく

【All】 PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【All】 Lalala...

Rōmaji:

【All】 Uta de hitotsu ni naru sekai ga

Purinsu no LOVE na no sa

Jidai, sedai koe chatte sa

Kisu no kotae Let’s sagashi ni ikou

(Forever)

PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【Ra】 “Tsuitekite kureteru” tte

【Rj】 Gomen… wakatte iru no ni ne

【Ai】 Bukiyō na bokura wa itsu datte

【Ca】 “Shinjite tsuite koi” shika nai

【Rj・Ai】 “Arigatō” nanka de wa rashikunai kara

Senaka o awase teru yon’nin de itai

【Ra・Ca】 Dare hitori mita koto nai keshiki no saki no

Mirai no hikari

【All】 Zettai miseru to chikawasete

I want you to be part of my life

【All】 Uta de hitotsu ni naru -karunai-

Kono koe de oshieyou

Damatte koi o sureba ī

Otona no myūjikku kanjitai no naraba

(Kiss me)

PRI LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【Ra・Ai】 Kono shunkan wa nidoto

【Rj・Ca】 Nai kara koso daiji ni

【Ra・Ai】 Kono omoi

【Rj・Ca】 Kono omoi

【Ra・Ai】 Kono negai

【Rj・Ca】 Kono negai

【Ra・Ai】 Kimi to

【Rj・Ca】 Kimi to

【Ra・Ai】 Gyutto

【All】 Dakishime nagara

“Zutto aishiteru”

【All】 Soshite kono LOVE wa

Jūryoku nante hikichigitte sutā ni

Kirakira to kagayaku nda

Ginga no yōna yume ni

Sā Let’s ‘SONG’

【All】 Uta de hitotsu ni naru sekai ga

Purinsu no LOVE na no sa

Chikyū, uchū koe chatte sa

Kisu no kotae mata sagashite

【Rj・Ca】 PRI☆LOVE

【Ra・Ai】 ∞UNIVERSE♪

【Rj・Ca】 Min'na utaou

【Ra・Ai】 Oto o tanoshiku

【All】 PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【All】 Lalala...

Translation:

【All】 A world united through song

That is a Prince’s love

It transcends eras and generations

Let’s go find the answer to this kiss

(Forever)

PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【Ra】 We’re sorry that even though

【Rj】 You’ve been following us,

【Ai】 We're clumsy and all we can say is

【Ca】 “Trust us and follow us”

【Rj・Ai】 A “thank you” doesn’t feel quite right

So we want to stand back to back

【Ra・Ca】 And promise to show you the

Light of the future

【All】 Beyond a scenery nobody has seen before

I want you to be part of my life

【All】 A miracle united through song

We’ll teach you about it with our voices

Just be quiet and fall in love

If you want to feel the music of adults

(Kiss me)

PRI LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【Ra・Ai】 This moment will never happen again

【Rj・Ca】 So let’s cherish it

【Ra・Ai】 This feeling

【Rj・Ca】 This feeling

【Ra・Ai】 This wish

【Rj・Ca】 This wish

【Ra・Ai】 With you

【Rj・Ca】 With you

【Ra・Ai】 While

【All】 Holding each other tight

“I will always love you”

【All】 And this LOVE

Will break away from gravity and

Sparkle in the stars

In a dream that resembles a galaxy

Come on, Let’s ‘SONG’

【All】 A world united through song

That is a Prince’s love

It transcends the Earth and the universe

Let’s search for the answer to the kiss again

【Rj・Ca】 PRI☆LOVE

【Ra・Ai】 ∞UNIVERSE♪

【Rj・Ca】 Let’s all sing

【Ra・Ai】 Enjoy the sound

【All】 PRI☆LOVE∞UNIVERSE♪

【All】 Lalala...

[tetrix-anime]

27 Summer 2024 Anime I'll Be Posting

2.5-jigen no Ririsa (2.5 Dimensional Seduction)

Atri: My Dear Moments

Boku no Tsuma wa Kanjou ga Nai (My Wife Has No Emotion)

Dungeon no Naka no Hito (Dungeon People)

Giji Harem (Pseudo Harem)

Gimai Seikatsu (Days with My Step Sister)

Hazurewaku no "Joutai Ijou Skill" de Saikyou ni Natta Ore ga Subete wo Juurin suru made (Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells)

Isekai Shikkaku (No Longer Allowed In Another World)

Isekai Yururi Kikou: Kosodateshinagara Boukensha Shimasu (A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring)

Katsute Mahou Shoujo to Aku wa Tekitai shiteita. (The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies)

Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen Season II (Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World Season 2)

Koi wa Futago de Warikirenai (Love Is Indivisible by Twins)

Kono Sekai wa Fukanzen Sugiru (Quality Assurance in Another World)

Madougushi Dahliya wa Utsumukanai (Dahliya in Bloom)

Make Heroine ga Oosugiru! (Too Many Losing Heroines!)

Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human)

Mayonaka Punch

Megami no Café Terrace Season 2 (The Café Terrace and Its Goddesses Season 2)

Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyuutan (A Nobody's Way Up to an Exploration Hero LV)

Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka? (Why Nobody Remembers My World?)

NieR:Automata Ver1.1a

Ookami to Koushinryou: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf (Spice and Wolf: Merchant Meets the Wise Wolf)

Ore wa Subete wo "Parry" suru: Gyaku Kanchigai no Sekai Saikyou wa Boukensha ni Naritai (I Parry Everything)

Oshi no Ko Season 2

Sengoku Youko: Senma Konton-hen

Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai Is an Otokonoko)

Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan (My Deer Friend Nokotan)

Shinmai Ossan Boukensha, Saikyou Party ni Shinu hodo Kitaerarete Muteki ni Naru. (The Ossan Newbie Adventurer, Trained to Death by the Most Powerful Party, Became Invincible)

Shoushimin Series (How to Become Ordinary)

Shy 2nd Season

Tokidoki Bosotto Russia-go de Dereru Tonari no Alya-san (Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian)

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria (Wistoria's Wand and Sword)

VTuber Nandaga Haishin Kiri Wasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream)

Yozakura-san Chi no Daisakusen (Mission: Yozakura Family)

Anime previews I may not post because the previews are available only after the episode is available (usually because it is available on streaming platform ahead of TV broadcast):

Isekai Yururi Kikou: Kosodateshinagara Boukensha Shimasu (A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring)

Maougun Saikyou no Majutsushi wa Ningen datta (The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s Army Was a Human)

Mob kara Hajimaru Tansaku Eiyuutan (A Nobody’s Way Up to an Exploration Hero LV)

Anime previews I will not post, but might post contents of it (e.g. artwork from magazine):

Elf-san wa Yaserarenai. (Plus-Sized Elf)

Isekai Yururi Kikou: Kosodateshinagara Boukensha Shimasu (A Journey Through Another World: Raising Kids While Adventuring)

Kimi ni Todoke 3rd Season (Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You Season 3)

Mayonaka Punch

Na Nare Hana Nare (Narenare -Cheer for You!-)

Shy 2nd Season

Tsue to Tsurugi no Wistoria (Wistoria's Wand and Sword)

VTuber Nandaga Haishin Kiri Wasuretara Densetsu ni Natteta (VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream)

Spring 2024 Anime List

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Read this manga. Now. It will change you.

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki