my lesbian experience with loneliness series

She isn’t “cured” in any way but instead plagued with more questions about the way she doesn’t communicate with people outside of her family, fostering a rather Freudian attachment to her mother. Therefore, Kabi seeks a lesbian escort agency, but when she meets with the escort, it’s not what Kabi expects. Through this, Kabi also deals with loneliness and a lack of physical intimacy. Without knowing who she is and where she’s supposed to be, Kabi wallows in grief, disrupting her stability and further disappointing her parents, who seem to only care about Kabi getting a full-time job. But most importantly, she cannot find a sense of belonging. She loses her sense of self, which to Kabi means having security, direction, and purpose. She can’t seem to get out of bed on most days or even eat, spiraling Kabi into a terrible eating disorder. After leaving college, Kabi tries to hold down part-time jobs, but her anxiety and depression get in the way. Living at home as a 28 year old may not be anyone’s dream, but sometimes that’s where life drops us. These books illustrate Kabi’s experience as an adult navigating life as a Japanese college dropout living at home with her parents.

Kabi does NOT hold back when discussing her bouts of anxiety, sexual frustrations, awkward and unhealthy familial bond, and of course loneliness. As graphic memoirs are trending, especially ones written and drawn by webcomic artists, Nagata Kabi’s My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness and her sequel, My Solo Exchange Diary, stand out as queer stories with quite a bit of frankness.

My lesbian experience with loneliness series