October 22-28 is Ace Week 2023, so I’d like to give a spotlight to some manga I have enjoyed that have also touched on asexuality.
I Want To Be A Wall by Honami Shirono
A 3 volume Josei manga about the lavender marriage between Gakurouta, a closeted gay man who pines for his childhood friend, and Yuriko, an aromantic, asexual BL fangirl.
She Loves To Cook, and She Loves To Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki
An ongoing yuri Josei manga with a TV adaptation about two women who bond over food. The series recently introduced Yako, an asexual lesbian, and it’s possible that protagonist Nomoto may be on the ace spectrum as well.
Is Love The Answer? by Uta Isaki
A single volume josei manga about Chika, a young college student who has always considered herself an “alien” because she has no desire for romance or physical intimacy, but finds community with people like herself.
Our Dreams At Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare by Yuhki Kamatani
A 4 volume Seinen manga about a closeted gay boy who gets to know the patrons of a drop-in center who all turn out to be part of the LGBTQ community. Someone-san might be considered a deuteragonist of the story.
I’d also like to mention two yuri manga I haven’t finished yet- I have only read the first volume of both- but because of what others have said I know they feature asexual characters!
Catch These Hands! (murata)
Doughnuts Under a Crescent Moon (Shio Usui)
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Shimanami Tasogare - Yuhki Kamatani
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yuhki kamatani’s shimanami tasogare || 悠希鎌谷の『しまなみ誰そ彼』
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And The Kamatani Character of All Time is...
...Yoite from Nabari no Ou!
Yoite started this tournament as seed #2 and garnered a total of 374 votes across all of the matches he was in!
Thank you everyone for voting and participating! This concludes the All-Kamatani Tournament Bracket!
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hani!! mika and hibino for @clipartdinosaur !!!! i had so much fun drawing this and have barely been able to contain myself until now!! hope you like it!
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for this year’s International Asexuality Day i’d like to shout out Yuhki Kamatani, one of my favorite comic artists ever. i’ve been a big fan for about 8 years now and it’s been incredible going from hoping desperately for random blogs to translate their manga to seeing their work sold in any random bookstore i walk into. Hiraeth: The End of the Journey and Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare are both translated into English in their entirety now, with Shonen Note: Boy Soprano currently being published in English for the very first time. please, if you haven’t already, give their work a try!
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Nabari no Ou 20th anniversary on May 18th, everyone remember to say Happy Birthday when the time comes
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