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 ...
Excellent intro to asexuality & aromanticism. Story is ok
Story about a college freshman discovering and coming to terms with the fact that they asexual & aromantic. I'm the process, she finds some similar (and different colleagues), and a place to belong. While the MC is both ace & around, other types and nuances of the ace-aro spectrums are portrayed or elaborated on as well. Depending how familiar you are with the topic, there might not be a ton to gain, but even as someone who's known about their own ace identity for years, still I found it enjoyable, and picked up some good vocab.
My only critique would be that sometimes the story isn't the most riveting, or necessarily gives way to explaining the topic (especially earlier on). I actually had put it down back in 2024 (my vocab was much weaker then), and only picked it up again in 2026. I'm glad I finally did though, as it's really nice to see any aro-ace representation in manga.
Anyway I think it's worth a read, particularly if you're not that familiar with - or don't have first hand experience of - asexuality/aromanticism.