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Ball and Chain Omnibus 01 (Manga) Vol. 1-2

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Release
March 30, 2027 Not yet released
ISBN
9781968054465 Not available yet
Original title
ボールアンドチェイン
Romanized title
Booru ando Chein
Author / Contributor
Minami Q-ta
Publisher
Manga Mavericks Books
Imprint
Manga Mavericks Books
Demography
Josei
Genres
Drama, Slice of Life
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21st Century Gender Identity Japan Non-Binary Character/s Non-Binary Protagonist Webtoon/Webcomic
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"Maybe I could have chosen something different..."

Keito is a late-20s company employee who's planning to get married as a "woman," despite not feeling cemented into a specific gender or sexuality.Meanwhile, Aya is a married woman in her 50s who continues playing out the role of "wife" despite being in a marriage that's long since gone cold.

They both struggle with a gender that was decided upon birth and the "wife" role that became nothing more than a pantomime at some point.

This is a story of two queer people who harbor doubts about how they've been treated and shoved into a "normalized" box, and try to take back their true selves.

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