Is Love the Answer?
Published on 17. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-64651-649-0 (ISBN)
Description
A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman coming into her
own as she discovers her identity as aromantic 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 allthat that's perfectly normal.
own as she discovers her identity as aromantic 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 allthat that's perfectly normal.
Reviews / Votes
"Is Love the Answer? is very much a 'coming out, but to yourself' kind of story, and it does a lot of things I wish other queer stories would do... As a neat and nice single volume story, I would love for Is Love the Answer? to make its way into libraries everywhere for teens and even adults." -TheOASG"Doesn't offer any clear-cut answers, nor does it settle all of its characters into a comfortable happily ever after. But what it does do is teach the questions to ask and stress that it's okay if you don't come up with a definitive answer, now or ever. There is no such thing that's 'normal.' There's only who you are, and whoever that is, it's perfectly fine." -Anime News Network
"Very authentic and wonderfully written... An amazing story of self-acceptance that I think everyone should read." -Library Lady of NYC
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Kodansha America, Inc
Target group
Interest Age: From 16 years
Dimensions
Height: 205 mm
Width: 143 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
302 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64651-649-0 (9781646516490)
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Person
Uta Isaki is a Japanese manga writer and artist best known for their yuri (girls' love) and comics centered about characters navigating their experiences and relationship with their gender and sexual identities. They are known for their short stories Mine-kun is Asexual, Silkscreen, and other stories which have appeared in Eclair: A Girls' Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart and Eclair Blanche. Is Love The Answer? Is their first solo work to appear in print in English.