Mine-Kun is Asexual is incredibly different from the regular material I review. I specialize in Yuri and LGBTQ women in manga. However, I was way too intrigued with this title to turn down the opportunity to review it. Not only is asexuality horrifically underrepresented in media of ANY form, but it is named right the title (at least in the English version), a fantastic feat considering most LGBTQ labels in manga are at best implied. The excellent team at Irodori Sakura did such an incredible job on this highly polished doujinshi. They have my eternal gratitude for their dedication to licensing such niche titles so that readers can experience more genuine queer manga.
While the manga focuses on Mine and his asexuality, he is actually not the main character. The story follows Murai, his friend, who confesses and begins a relationship with Mine. It feels less like a journey exploring a character’s asexuality and more so a vivid description of what it is like to navigate a relationship with someone of that identity. This difference is neither good nor bad, and Isaki Uta does an excellent job portraying the nuances of the relationship and the complexities of asexual identities. For example, Mine explains that he has romantic feelings for both men and women; in other words, biromantic, but is asexual. While some asexuals can be physically affectionate and even intimate, he does not like to.
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