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A review by saifighter
Until I Love Myself, Vol. 1: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist by Poppy Pesuyama
3.0
It took me a while to read this. And I really love the themes and ideas explored in this essay manga. But there was something about this duology. I struggled to finish it. The author does an amazing job of drawling how an emotion feels. Its probably the best part of the books. There exploration of their trauma is really great. But something about the non-binary part of the story feels incomplete. I'm not asking that everyone's gender discovery story has to be neatly tired up in a bow. But while the trauma of the sexual harassment is all on the table, the gender stuff feels like its at arms length with the reader. I'm sorry to say that this was a little disappointing. I don't see myself re-reading this series, so I'll probably end up selling my copies.