Shimanami Tasogare - Vol. 4 Ch. 18

[MangaDex]

 

[owlette]

Mai is so cute, i wonder why she seemed very open from the very beginning and even disliking her mom's actions. i guess children really are more open-minded than adults sometimes?

 

[Vickamoose]

I'm really, really happy that Anon is probably asexual, but it definitely feels off to see Tchaiko and his partner say that means she isn't looking for a romantic relationship at all, since asexual and aromantic are two different things. I still don't understand how she manages to... fly lmao. As someone who's ace too, it's nice to have some representation.

 

[betsybugaboo]

@vickamoose I thought that was weird, too, but from what I found, it looks like the term asexual is used almost entirely for aroaces in Japan.
Also, hi fellow ace!!

 

[Gyges]

Anon might be schizoid as well, if shes based on a real person. There's a tendency in that group to want to observe from the sidelines, some say because of a fear of being "consumed", and to seek "oneness" in solitude and controlled disassociation.

 

[Nick_Asano]

@Vickamoose Right? Also there really needs to be a word for people who are sexually attracted to the opposite sex but romantically attracted to the same sex. I don't think bisexual or pansexual quite cuts it.

 

[AlexandraH]

@Nick_Asano there is the split attraction model where if your romantic attraction is different from your sexual attraction, you just mention it in front exchanging the -sexual part with -romantic. So the type of case you mentioned, it’d be homoromantic heterosexual. I myself for example am homoromantic bisexual. There’s good room for variation with different combinations.

 

[Nick_Asano]

@AlexandraH I see. I feel dumb now. In my case I'd be a biromantic heterosexual with room for flexibility.

 

[Betony]

I'm happy to learn that Anon is ace. <3
And ughh poor Saki. Outed just like that to her family...

 

[uraumi]

Panromantic ace here :, ) Constantly falling in love with people, never feelings any physical attraction can get kind of awkward. It sometimes feels like there's a glass wall, even though there isn't one.

 

[gda19]

I heard the author is asexual. Seems like they're writing themselves in to the story

 

[FluentInManganese]

Hmm... it's a human instinct to feel lonely (hardly a positive experience!) from prolonged solitude; the Kurzgesagt video on loneliness explains it pretty well. Maybe she doesn't experience that as a result of genetic and environmental factors? Is that how it works in real life? Also, I really hope Touma will be OK with his dad finding him in the lounge. He looks like a very confident person, even if he is evidently insecure or emotional at times.

 

[bcc33010]

Nice to see you guys here expressing yourself. The world should respect more diversity, really. For me, pansexual and asexual seems identical first but now I understand it.