In her interview with Pixiv, Nagata talks about how “I’ve always been drawing as far as I remember”. In the end, she chose to talk about her own life in an honest and relatable way. At that point, she had figured out that she wanted to draw manga for a living, but she struggled to find something to talk about. It was, to her, a way of being seen both by others and herself. My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness was first published on Pixiv, as Nagata explains in the manga. My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness © Kabi Nagata 2016 Nagata’s hidden passion for drawing Once she finally gets to explore both, she flourishes and starts to find her place in the world.
Two features are particularly important for Nagata: her love for art and her love for women. Topics similar to the ones of Welcome to the N.H.K., where the main characters are hikikomori alienated from society.įor each struggle, she describes what her illnesses meant to her and how she got through them. One crisis after another, she desperately tries to cope with a society that seems to reject her she survives episodes of self-harm, eating disorders and intense depression. She has to face adulthood she is not ready for.
The story starts as soon as she leaves high school. The narration is fragmented, following her thoughts but sometimes leaving the reader behind. It is not an easy task to describe what Nagata goes through in My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness. But page after page, the narrative almost feels like small talk with a close friend. The blunt writing style contrasts with the cute, pink-dominated visuals, which can disorient the reader at first. My lesbian experience with loneliness is an autobiographical comic about depression, inadequacy, and sexuality. For her, this comic was the beginning of an intimate revolution: the revolution of self-discovery and self-acceptance of Nagata herself.
Nor that it would have a significant impact on its genre.
When 29-years-old Kabi Nagata published her first manga in 2016, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, she had no idea it would win two awards ( Crunchyroll Anime Award in 2017 and Harvey Award in 2018).
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