![]() ![]() ![]() What happened then, and why did her life start to crumble? There are a lot of reasons for it, and Nagata tells it all. Her discovery of her own preference comes at 28, but the story starts way before that, when the author finished high school and dropped out of university after only six months. Regardless of the title, this graphic novel deals only in passing with the author’s sexuality. The author reflects about roughly ten years of her life, as she cycled between periods of depression and moments of personal epiphany, through a journey of self-discovery that lands her in the situation depicted on the cover: in the arms of a lesbian escort, inside a love hotel. ![]() ![]() I also didn’t expect the cutesy art style to deal with depression, crippling anxiety, self-harm, eating disorders, and suicide ideation, so BE WARNED: this graphic novel is deeply personal and quite raw sometimes. I’ve never read much yuri (female homoerotic manga) and I was very curious about this graphic novel when I saw it I was intrigued by the autobiographical angle, something I wouldn’t normally expect from a Japanese author, especially a lesbian. Verdict: candid and honest, it deals with very heavy themes without being an angstfest. Title: My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness ![]()
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