such a great book, on many many aspects i could really relate with natsuko and it talks about female problems in such an honest and unapologetically open way, while still being able to portray natsuko as a rather lonely person, rhis book really makes u think and feel with the characters, such a great book on unmarried women, their struggles with themselves, men and their sexuality, one pf the few books talking about not being interested in sex but not dragging it too much in the asexual/lgbt way, but more in the "why do i have to be like this" way