Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

Is Love the Answer? by Uta Isaki

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 meets peers like herself that she realizes there’s a word for what she feels inside–asexual–and she’s not the only one. After years of wondering if love was the answer, Chika realizes that the answer she long sought may not exist at all–and that that’s perfectly normal.

Biographical Notes:

Uta Isaki is a Japanese manga writer and artist best known for their yuri (girls’ love) and comics centered about characters navigating their experiences and relationship with their gender and sexual identities. They are known for their short stories Mine-kun is Asexual, Silkscreen, and other stories which have appeared in Éclair: A Girls’ Love Anthology That Resonates in Your Heart and Éclair Blanche. Is Love The Answer? Is their first solo work to appear in print in English.

Title Notes:

A FAN-FAVORITE AUTHOR’S FULL-LENGTH PRINT DEBUT — Uta Isaki is already popular in English for their digital short stories Mine-kun is Asexual and Silkscreen, and their contribution to the popular yuri anthology series Éclair. Isaki’s dedicated fans are excited for Is Love the Answer?–the author’s first full-length work.

RARE ASEXUAL REPRESENTATION — Isaki’s genuine and heartfelt portrayal of a college student discovering her identity as aromantic asexual will resonate with asexual, queer, and questioning readers on their own journeys of self-discovery.

BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL AND “THE COMING-OUT NARRATIVE” — Is Love the Answer? earns its place next to queer/ace manga and graphic novels that go beyond the coming-out narrative, such as Bloom Into You, Loveless, and Our Dreams at Dusk: Shimanami Tasogare.

PERFECTLY-ALIGNED READERSHIP — Manga buyers are more likely to identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community compared to general book buyers, with 20% (+5%) of manga buyers identifying as LGBTQ+.

Ages 16 & up.

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