"A Place That Has Nothing to do with Me" - Asexuality, Aromanticism, & BL in I Want to Be a Wall
Honami Shirono's series, I Want to Be a Wall, follows two queer people that marry each other to please their families and society. Yuriko is an asexual woman, Gakurouta is a gay man, and they live together in a marriage of convenience.
Chapter 6 of the first volume details Yuriko's past, her realizations about being asexual, and her acceptance of herself. It's a great chapter, and it's what I talk about most in this video.
I Want to Be a Wall is available in English from Yen Press, both physically and digitally, and I highly recommend it!
Here are the links I mentioned in the video:
https://www.themarysue.com/i-want-to-...
https://butwhytho.net/2022/05/25/revi...
Anime featured in this video include Bloom into You (Yagate Kimi ni Naru), Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku, One Punch Man, One Piece, Sasaki and Miyano, and Yuri on Ice
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#aromantic
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#ace
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#gay
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#bloomintoyou
#BL
#boyslove