Is Love the Answer?

Chika’s uncertainty begins with a familiar social assumption: that everyone will eventually fall in love. In high school, having no crushes and no desire for physical intimacy leaves her wondering whether she is somehow different. College brings her into contact with peers whose experiences help her recognize aromantic asexuality as a name for what she feels—and as an identity she does not have to navigate alone. Uta Isaki’s complete, single-volume story centers the gap between expectations about love and the varied ways people experience it, tracing Chika’s shift from self-doubt toward self-understanding.