Reviews

Until I Love Myself, Vol. 1: The Journey of a Nonbinary Manga Artist by Poppy Pesuyama

manyf33lings's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

Very comforting

ineffable97's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Sexism

Moderate: Dysphoria and Eating disorder

animatorinator's review

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

babymoomoocow's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

3.25

This somewhat reminded me of Nagata Kabi's memoir manga. It's very honest, and a little sad. I hope that Pesuyama feels much better after getting their story out there. Personally I really enjoyed learning about what it's like to be genderqueer in japan. I've read some of the other books Emily Balistrieri has translated and she does a great job. I enjoyed keeping some of the japanese words in there (romanized of course) to learn about pronouns, honorifics, and slang.  

I'm excited to pick up the next book because this one ends in somewhat of a cliffhanger. 

francisdee's review

4.0

Very relatable. Took me a couple of tries to get through it because it kept being a bit /too/ relatable and close to my own experience. Hope the author found writing this cathartic.

lcvesbooks's review

5.0

i hope the author is doing ok. my heart goes out to them.

emerentina's review

emotional informative inspiring reflective

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, and Self harm

jackphoenix's review

emotional reflective fast-paced

5.0

Beautifully drawn and stuffed with vulnerability, this incredible work of manga memoir is a must-read.

setaggu's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Bullying, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Sexual harassment, Eating disorder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief, Sexism, Bullying, Sexual content, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Cursing, Gaslighting, Vomit, Self harm, Violence, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia

myotinae's review

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

4.5