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君のことが好きで言えない [Kimi no Koto ga Suki de Ienai] #1
No puedo decirte que te quiero, vol. 1
La historia se ambienta en un mundo en el que, debido a los efectos producidos por el impacto de un meteorito hace treinta años, la gente de la Tierra ahora solo puede enamorarse de personas de su mismo género. Kazusa Takanashi, sin embargo, es una joven que siente algo por su amigo de la infancia, Ayumu Nakagawa… ¡que es heterosexual! Kazusa lleva toda la vida fingiendo que no siente nada por él para encajar en la sociedad y que nadie la considere un bicho raro, pero todo cambia cuando un día le confiesa sin querer sus sentimientos…
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First published August 12, 2021
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February 6, 2023The only way straight people can have empathy for gay people is to imagine them as the minority. THIS IS SO FUNNY TO ME THE HELL
maybe ill read this if i want to laugh cause..really?
maybe ill read this if i want to laugh cause..really?
January 29, 2023
After a meteor made the whole world gay (look, I didn’t write it), Kazusa finds herself the last heterosexual standing. Which is enough of a struggle, but she’s also crushing hard on her childhood friend Ayumu, who’s a guy. Can she survive in this world of somewhat tortured storytelling?
I won’t say that this story’s heart isn’t in the right place. By flipping the script so that homosexuality is the norm (the guys bro-ing out over BL manga is pretty great), this gives the story room to say a lot of things about gender and relationships.
What isn’t so great is how wobbly this premise is. It’s been 30 years since homosexuality became the norm, which opens up an ungodly array of questions that the story has no intention of answering. There’s also the yikes factor of putting the minority, especially a persecuted one, as the majority - I flashed back to the very poorly realized John Travolta vehicle White Man’s Burden. This gets a pass from me, but it won’t from everybody.
It’s heavily implied that prejudice against heterosexuality is rife, which is a unique take on things, yes, but it isn’t given quite enough to take flight. Minus one classroom scene where Kazusa stands up for Ayumu’s gayness, it’s a surprisingly tolerant world out there, which does beg the question sometimes of what the point is.
And if you’re wondering how they reproduce and other science facts? Just repeat to yourself it’s just shojo and I should really just relax… shame I can’t take my own advice.
But I actually rather enjoyed this book, odd premise and all, because what we’re meant to focus on is Kazusa’s struggle with her gender identity and her somewhat-forbidden love for Ayumu. And that relationship is kind of great. These two have chemistry - they talk and act like human beings, tortured and hormonal ones in Kazusa’s case, and it’s great.
Here’s why this story starts working from the first moment - gender preference aside, Kazusa is interesting and I really like her as a character. She’s confused, she’s experimenting, she likes to draw. She is an emotional mess being tormented by her feelings and what it would mean not just for her to act on them, but for Ayumu.
If the story does anything especially good with its premise, it’s to show just how ferociously isolating it is to be one way when everybody else around you is firmly the opposite. With that big story caveat still there, it at least tries to do something with it.
When somebody else comes out in secret, it’s both a clever twist to where the story appears to be going and doubly heartbreaking when a potential match doesn’t work out because there’s no guarantee of compatibility from one point of commonality.
Ayumu is much more taciturn, but he’s the perfect childhood friend. Whenever Kazusa needs him, he’s there. And Ayumu’s grandfather was the one person the strange change didn’t end up affecting, so there’s lots and lots of broad hinting that Ayumu himself might be immune.
Of course, that’s going to be a whole mess and, again, ridiculous as the backstory is, what the mangaka wrings out of it is really rather satisfying. The ends pretty much justify the means, honestly. Even if it’s annoying me to no end that I have to append an asterisk to every single good point in this darn book.
I also really liked Kazusa’s ex, Tsukiko, who is a little more nuanced than she appears at first glance. Honestly, she initially looks like a mean girl ice queen archetype who exists solely for Kazusa’s hetero bona fides to be established.
Watching her become something so much more interesting, and seeing the reasons why that’s the case, was one of the highlights of the first volume for me. She really turns out to be far more and adds far more than I expected.
This is a good start to something that might actually be really special, despite my grousing about that premise. But, I also think it boils down gender to a straight-up (ahem) binary that is necessary for the story but doesn’t quite make, again, much sense.
4 stars - if you can get over the starting stumbles, the character work in this is actually pretty great and it brings a lot of high drama while staying mostly behind the line for big melodramatic swings. Looking quite forward to the next volume.
I won’t say that this story’s heart isn’t in the right place. By flipping the script so that homosexuality is the norm (the guys bro-ing out over BL manga is pretty great), this gives the story room to say a lot of things about gender and relationships.
What isn’t so great is how wobbly this premise is. It’s been 30 years since homosexuality became the norm, which opens up an ungodly array of questions that the story has no intention of answering. There’s also the yikes factor of putting the minority, especially a persecuted one, as the majority - I flashed back to the very poorly realized John Travolta vehicle White Man’s Burden. This gets a pass from me, but it won’t from everybody.
It’s heavily implied that prejudice against heterosexuality is rife, which is a unique take on things, yes, but it isn’t given quite enough to take flight. Minus one classroom scene where Kazusa stands up for Ayumu’s gayness, it’s a surprisingly tolerant world out there, which does beg the question sometimes of what the point is.
And if you’re wondering how they reproduce and other science facts? Just repeat to yourself it’s just shojo and I should really just relax… shame I can’t take my own advice.
But I actually rather enjoyed this book, odd premise and all, because what we’re meant to focus on is Kazusa’s struggle with her gender identity and her somewhat-forbidden love for Ayumu. And that relationship is kind of great. These two have chemistry - they talk and act like human beings, tortured and hormonal ones in Kazusa’s case, and it’s great.
Here’s why this story starts working from the first moment - gender preference aside, Kazusa is interesting and I really like her as a character. She’s confused, she’s experimenting, she likes to draw. She is an emotional mess being tormented by her feelings and what it would mean not just for her to act on them, but for Ayumu.
If the story does anything especially good with its premise, it’s to show just how ferociously isolating it is to be one way when everybody else around you is firmly the opposite. With that big story caveat still there, it at least tries to do something with it.
When somebody else comes out in secret, it’s both a clever twist to where the story appears to be going and doubly heartbreaking when a potential match doesn’t work out because there’s no guarantee of compatibility from one point of commonality.
Ayumu is much more taciturn, but he’s the perfect childhood friend. Whenever Kazusa needs him, he’s there. And Ayumu’s grandfather was the one person the strange change didn’t end up affecting, so there’s lots and lots of broad hinting that Ayumu himself might be immune.
Of course, that’s going to be a whole mess and, again, ridiculous as the backstory is, what the mangaka wrings out of it is really rather satisfying. The ends pretty much justify the means, honestly. Even if it’s annoying me to no end that I have to append an asterisk to every single good point in this darn book.
I also really liked Kazusa’s ex, Tsukiko, who is a little more nuanced than she appears at first glance. Honestly, she initially looks like a mean girl ice queen archetype who exists solely for Kazusa’s hetero bona fides to be established.
Watching her become something so much more interesting, and seeing the reasons why that’s the case, was one of the highlights of the first volume for me. She really turns out to be far more and adds far more than I expected.
This is a good start to something that might actually be really special, despite my grousing about that premise. But, I also think it boils down gender to a straight-up (ahem) binary that is necessary for the story but doesn’t quite make, again, much sense.
4 stars - if you can get over the starting stumbles, the character work in this is actually pretty great and it brings a lot of high drama while staying mostly behind the line for big melodramatic swings. Looking quite forward to the next volume.
November 19, 2024
Why are you gey?
Who says I'm gey?
You are gey.
In this manga... literally everyone is gay... because of a meteor... manga logic everyone, gotta love it.
SO everyone is gay except our MC, Kazusa, who has a cutesy crush on her childhood friend (cue me screaming, crying, throwing up because it's my fav troupe). After breaking up with her girlfriend (don't ask me what that's about) she's forced to confront her feelings for Ayumu (the ml?) and has to navigate the world being the only heterosexual (the horror *le gasp*).
The premise was kinda funny and interesting so I enjoyed reading it. I thought the inner conflict with Kazusa was very normal for a shoujo romance and the added element of being the "only heterosexual" was.... im not sure but it was interesting. I'm not sure why Kazusa was making such a big deal to hide it... maybe later on the story will mention how the government does experiments... idk... but it could be for the simple fact that she doesn't want to be ostracized from her high school friends. I'm not sure how Ayumu feels but the author somewhat hints that he has feelings for Kazusa so I can't wait to see it in future chapters.
Overall rating: 4/5 stars
Who says I'm gey?
You are gey.
In this manga... literally everyone is gay... because of a meteor... manga logic everyone, gotta love it.
SO everyone is gay except our MC, Kazusa, who has a cutesy crush on her childhood friend (cue me screaming, crying, throwing up because it's my fav troupe). After breaking up with her girlfriend (don't ask me what that's about) she's forced to confront her feelings for Ayumu (the ml?) and has to navigate the world being the only heterosexual (the horror *le gasp*).
The premise was kinda funny and interesting so I enjoyed reading it. I thought the inner conflict with Kazusa was very normal for a shoujo romance and the added element of being the "only heterosexual" was.... im not sure but it was interesting. I'm not sure why Kazusa was making such a big deal to hide it... maybe later on the story will mention how the government does experiments... idk... but it could be for the simple fact that she doesn't want to be ostracized from her high school friends. I'm not sure how Ayumu feels but the author somewhat hints that he has feelings for Kazusa so I can't wait to see it in future chapters.
Overall rating: 4/5 stars
February 14, 2023
Me ha gustado este mundo al revés y cómo refleja el miedo y la inseguridad de no pertenecer al grupo hegemónico porque te hace parecer un bicho raro ante una gran mayoría.
Kazusa es hetero en un mundo donde un meteorito volvió a la gente homosexual hace 30 años y está enamorada de su amigo de la infancia. El miedo de que se descubra que no es como los demás hace que guarde el secreto y que también quiera proteger a su amigo. Pero, poco a poco, se dará cuenta de que todos queremos se correspondidos en el amor por mucho que sintamos que lo que sentimos no es correcto.
Reseña completa en: https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...
Kazusa es hetero en un mundo donde un meteorito volvió a la gente homosexual hace 30 años y está enamorada de su amigo de la infancia. El miedo de que se descubra que no es como los demás hace que guarde el secreto y que también quiera proteger a su amigo. Pero, poco a poco, se dará cuenta de que todos queremos se correspondidos en el amor por mucho que sintamos que lo que sentimos no es correcto.
Reseña completa en: https://unabibliotecaentremundos.blog...
November 6, 2024
I picked this one up based on the cover and without reading the premise, and it's too funny.
It plays with the concept of "what if straight people were the minority and are the ones to get hate crimed"
As a queer person that is hilarious. Now you as a straight person can put yourself in the shoes of the everyday life of gay people but still get a decent shojo manga that reads like any other.
A little confused but got the spirit for sure.
The art is also cute.
It plays with the concept of "what if straight people were the minority and are the ones to get hate crimed"
As a queer person that is hilarious. Now you as a straight person can put yourself in the shoes of the everyday life of gay people but still get a decent shojo manga that reads like any other.
A little confused but got the spirit for sure.
The art is also cute.
June 23, 2024
3,5 Sterne
Homonormative Welt – durch einen Meteoriteneinschlag sind vor 30 Jahren alle Menschen homosexuell geworden. Eigentlich interessantes Umkehrspiel. Bisexualität und andere scheinen ausgeschlossen zu sein. Von homosexuellen Beziehungen bekommt man fast nichts mit, da es um die zwei Protagonist*innen geht, Mädchen und Junge, die (höchstwahrscheinlich) heimlich ineinander verliebt sind. Das Zwischenmenschliche ist schön dargestellt. Mal sehen, was der 2. Band dieser Dilogie mit sich bringt.
Homonormative Welt – durch einen Meteoriteneinschlag sind vor 30 Jahren alle Menschen homosexuell geworden. Eigentlich interessantes Umkehrspiel. Bisexualität und andere scheinen ausgeschlossen zu sein. Von homosexuellen Beziehungen bekommt man fast nichts mit, da es um die zwei Protagonist*innen geht, Mädchen und Junge, die (höchstwahrscheinlich) heimlich ineinander verliebt sind. Das Zwischenmenschliche ist schön dargestellt. Mal sehen, was der 2. Band dieser Dilogie mit sich bringt.
January 25, 2023
I really enjoyed the art, and so far the characters are very sweet, with your typical shojo wackiness.
The concept is interesting, but will likely need to be handled very delicately because it could go really wrong or be taken badly in a lot of ways.
I think I get what they're trying to do with it, but it remains to be seen if they will continue to pull it off.
The concept is interesting, but will likely need to be handled very delicately because it could go really wrong or be taken badly in a lot of ways.
I think I get what they're trying to do with it, but it remains to be seen if they will continue to pull it off.
February 2, 2023
The premise is interesting, but it still feels like an everyday shojo manga. I’ll keep reading, though!
March 11, 2025
I like the artwork but the characters didn't really pull me in, not inclined to pick up the rest of the series.
February 11, 2023
Sería un 3’5 ⭐
El dibujo es muy bonito, y los colores escogidos para la protada son simplemente 💗
La historia es liguera, lo normal en historias con tonos cortos. Me gusta la visión que da en general, el de amar y sentir que no esta bien porque no es el de la mayoría o el mejor visto.
Y hay muchas escenas muy graciosas y algunas demasiado cursis 🤣
Eso si... Los meteoritos no podían ser más cursis 💗
El dibujo es muy bonito, y los colores escogidos para la protada son simplemente 💗
La historia es liguera, lo normal en historias con tonos cortos. Me gusta la visión que da en general, el de amar y sentir que no esta bien porque no es el de la mayoría o el mejor visto.
Y hay muchas escenas muy graciosas y algunas demasiado cursis 🤣
Eso si... Los meteoritos no podían ser más cursis 💗
May 28, 2024
Well. I figured I would read this, since it's licensed in English and only two volumes. I thought perhaps it could be a very interesting exploration of homophobia through a weird-ass lens... But after reading it, I'm actually still unsure if it's just a story harbored from fear of heterophobia or genuine pro-LGBT sentiment. Just. What? I guess we'll see with the next volume.
Let me just say, this English edition absolutely pops off. The font and lettering for the cover is the best in all editions I could see on GoodReads. Just makes me mad that a thing like this that absolutely no one on God's earth asked for got a release in English with a gorgeous cover and actually requested shoujo get left in the dust. Unreal...
Let me just say, this English edition absolutely pops off. The font and lettering for the cover is the best in all editions I could see on GoodReads. Just makes me mad that a thing like this that absolutely no one on God's earth asked for got a release in English with a gorgeous cover and actually requested shoujo get left in the dust. Unreal...
March 14, 2023
I was honestly pretty pumped to read the gay meteor book but unfortunately it's really boring.
Like, the premise of 'what if a meteor hit earth and turned everyone gay except for this one girl' is so boldly dumb and ill-advised, I couldn't help but pick it up. Sadly, the thrill wears off after the first chapter or two and what you're left with is a very standard shojo with a shy girl and a cool boy who are shy and cool around each other, respectively.
Credit where credit's due, though, the art is very solid. Maybe one of the better looking shojos I've seen in recent years.
Like, the premise of 'what if a meteor hit earth and turned everyone gay except for this one girl' is so boldly dumb and ill-advised, I couldn't help but pick it up. Sadly, the thrill wears off after the first chapter or two and what you're left with is a very standard shojo with a shy girl and a cool boy who are shy and cool around each other, respectively.
Credit where credit's due, though, the art is very solid. Maybe one of the better looking shojos I've seen in recent years.
March 21, 2023
Ciencia ficción azucarada.
Una fantasía de trama: hace años cayeron unos meteoritos con forma de corazón que modificaron la sexualidad de la población, volviendo a todos la gente homo. Por lo que nuestra protagonista vive su heterosexualidad en secreto, sufriendo por un amor no correspondido. El problema es que queda poco desarrollado y termina por caer en la estupefacción.
Tengo que decir que me gusta la portada y el dibujo con color, pero en blanco y negro no destaca mucho. Es una curiosidad, veamos como remata la historia en el tomo dos.
Una fantasía de trama: hace años cayeron unos meteoritos con forma de corazón que modificaron la sexualidad de la población, volviendo a todos la gente homo. Por lo que nuestra protagonista vive su heterosexualidad en secreto, sufriendo por un amor no correspondido. El problema es que queda poco desarrollado y termina por caer en la estupefacción.
Tengo que decir que me gusta la portada y el dibujo con color, pero en blanco y negro no destaca mucho. Es una curiosidad, veamos como remata la historia en el tomo dos.
August 1, 2023
this is so terrible i couldnt get through the first few chapters pls 😭😭 its funny but its being 100% serious i just cant. the whole premise is the entire world is gay except for them and i just. i cant
May 17, 2023
Well this was pretty trash
dnf
May 20, 2023DNF 60%
"Vapor trails are the same as feelings of love" had me cringing out of existence.
"Vapor trails are the same as feelings of love" had me cringing out of existence.
December 10, 2023
Interesting concept but it’s still not interesting??? I’m kinda bored and I don’t care about the characters…
May 8, 2023
I give this a solid 3.5/5. I know I've read that this manga had some backlash/controversy and I do kinda understand where they are coming from. However, I don't really think this story was any commentary on that subject in the slightest, and I'm sure the author meant no offense. I rather just think they were taking a stab at a unique way of portraying a "gender bend".
As far as a story goes, it's pretty standard shojo with the ditzy, clumsy main character and the handsome childhood best friend who she's in love with. The author takes the clumsy bit a little too far as she falls into his arms like...a lot.
I'm curious to see where the story goes though so I'll probably continue to read the volume as they come out.
As far as a story goes, it's pretty standard shojo with the ditzy, clumsy main character and the handsome childhood best friend who she's in love with. The author takes the clumsy bit a little too far as she falls into his arms like...a lot.
I'm curious to see where the story goes though so I'll probably continue to read the volume as they come out.
December 27, 2023
The premise of the book is an interesting one. We quickly find out that a meteor caused all individuals to become gay. One person remained heterosexual. An astronaut who was in space at the time. We slowly realize that although heterosexuality was literally existant the day prior, those that were once heterosexual quickly began to chastise and ridicule the one person that was still heterosexual. It is now taboo to be anything but gay.
There are a lot of hidden messages in this duology. Positive for sure. The ending is open ended so to speak and some revelations created more questions than answers.
My biggest gripe with the duology is how slow it felt at times and how easily I got distracted because of it.
There are a lot of hidden messages in this duology. Positive for sure. The ending is open ended so to speak and some revelations created more questions than answers.
My biggest gripe with the duology is how slow it felt at times and how easily I got distracted because of it.
November 11, 2025
It's an interesting concept, but clumsily executed. Like 30 years isn't enough time for the idea of heterosexuality to be considered abnormal or stigmatized like homsexuality is today.
Also, you would have had heterosexual couples when the meteor hit that had kids and the like. Surely, many families would have stayed together despite the parents no longer be attracted to each other which wouldn't make that coupling so out of place in this world.
Also, I want more information on how reproduction works and would the social norms actually be what's shown. I dont know. I dont think enough thought has been put into the concept or world building. Like, I think I've thought more about it than the creator.
Also, you would have had heterosexual couples when the meteor hit that had kids and the like. Surely, many families would have stayed together despite the parents no longer be attracted to each other which wouldn't make that coupling so out of place in this world.
Also, I want more information on how reproduction works and would the social norms actually be what's shown. I dont know. I dont think enough thought has been put into the concept or world building. Like, I think I've thought more about it than the creator.
January 27, 2023
really really cute so far, with a very unique premise. I'm not sure yet how I feel about the twist here (homosexuality is the norm, with heterosexuality being abnormal)...I do think it's kind of a delicate topic to turn on its head. writing about a historically oppressed group being oppressors could go terribly, especially if the group normally doing the oppressing becomes the oppressed. think reverse racism...big no no. with that being said, so far this is being handled well and isn't leaning into victimhood or oppression.
the art is adorable, and the other non-romantic relationships are very sweet!
the art is adorable, and the other non-romantic relationships are very sweet!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 19, 2023
For all the girls that have fallen in love for their gay best friends this is a ode to you.
Art is very pretty but the set up of the story is a bit silly “A world we’re homosexuality is the norm after a meteor crashes on Earth changing everyone to only be attracted to someone from your same sex and being Heterosexual could get you ostracized”
Our main character is a girl in love with her childhood best friend a boy who is aloof and people gossip about him being straight… but is he really?
It's a cute shojo with all the feels of being in a one sided love and the shame of going against the norm. Already starting the next volume.
Art is very pretty but the set up of the story is a bit silly “A world we’re homosexuality is the norm after a meteor crashes on Earth changing everyone to only be attracted to someone from your same sex and being Heterosexual could get you ostracized”
Our main character is a girl in love with her childhood best friend a boy who is aloof and people gossip about him being straight… but is he really?
It's a cute shojo with all the feels of being in a one sided love and the shame of going against the norm. Already starting the next volume.
October 10, 2025
The premise is already eeeeeh, but could've been interesting if handled well. However this manga (at least the first volume) refuses to do the heavy lifting of proper worldbuilding. If homosexuality is the norm, wouldn't it be more normal for boys and girls to mix and hang out with each other? How do they reproduce? How on earth could a time span of mere 30 years change things so drastically? If being heterosexual is bad, where's the discrimination? It's all just so sillyyyyyy and all for the sake of telling a mostly conventional shojo love story, I can't take it seriously.
May 21, 2023
Very interesting premise. A series of meteors hit the earth 30 years ago and made everyone gay.
I know what you're thinking how has humanity survived this long? I can only assume professional surrogates exist in this universe. I hope they make BANK. In all seriousness it's not explained nor will it be or any of the logistics of a world where everyone is gay. Since the series is only 2 volumes long. Already requested the 2nd volume from the library. Looking forward to reading it.
I know what you're thinking how has humanity survived this long? I can only assume professional surrogates exist in this universe. I hope they make BANK. In all seriousness it's not explained nor will it be or any of the logistics of a world where everyone is gay. Since the series is only 2 volumes long. Already requested the 2nd volume from the library. Looking forward to reading it.
May 10, 2023
This story was surprisingly adorable! It was a really unique approach to people understanding on how someone queer may feel in a world full of heterosexual people. I am so excited to see where this one goes, and I know we only have one more volume, which is a bit disappointing. I had a really good time with this one.
September 5, 2023
9/23 2.5 Stars. A unique and intriguing premise, if wildly unbelievable, mostly because of the excessive number of romances at the high school. What really lowered the rating for me was how the "is he, isn't he" was dragged out the entire volume and will continue into the next one - there was no real progression in this volume. I guess I'll try volume 2, but there better be some progress.
September 10, 2024
Definitely a unique series. It follows a girl who has a crush on her guy childhood friend in a world where everyone’s gay, kind of like a reverse Blue Flag. An interesting concept, but I found a lot of scenes were pretty repetitive, since she’d do something clumsy every 2 pages and he’d catch her/help her and then she’s swoon over him.
The art was good. Overall it was an okay read.
The art was good. Overall it was an okay read.
May 4, 2025
It’s not that I dislike the story or the characters. It’s that there’s zero world building and I’m left with too many questions that go unanswered. Too much suspension of disbelief is required for this reversal of perspective for me to take it seriously, despite what would be an otherwise cute high school romance.
January 18, 2023
So cute thus far! I want more! I love the concept where she feels like she can’t tell anyone she’s in love with a boy and can’t tell anyone about it because it’s “wrong”. She is so adorable, and I cannot wait for more!
January 24, 2023
Before story
Mostly think of being pressured by society about what's right and what's wrong of what love is. Its good to think about the what if this was the norm anymore. Hope to read vol. 2 soon.
Mostly think of being pressured by society about what's right and what's wrong of what love is. Its good to think about the what if this was the norm anymore. Hope to read vol. 2 soon.
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