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My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 1
by Nagata Kabi
Following the successful online Japanese publication of My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness Nagata was given a second series to write about her life, in diary-entry like installments. This volume collects the first 12 entries in which she struggles to become financially independent and move into her own apartment. Her paralyzing depression leads to many false starts: she spends about one month in her own place before turning around to move back home, partly because she wasn't able to afford to buy the bare necessities to furnish a place and partly because she didn't have the mental energy to plan ahead. She thinks deeply about her lack of community, and tries hard to reach out and strengthen high school friendships, with mixed success. Half way through the book she moves out a second time, partly to gain more privacy to work on her comics, which she has not shared with her parents. When she eventually does, they do not respond well. The final few chapters deal with a handling the pressure of internet comments and a crush. This story is just as messy and honest her first book, but because it is about chronicling events which are still unfolding, it's a little less cohesive- like life.