Maybe I am a little biased here but this story holds a special place in my heart.

This is a story about high school student Tasuku Kaname and the people around him as a part of the LGBTQ+ community. As a bisexual Asian woman that is living in the more liberal part of the world, my head and heart hurts thinking about how to live in such an oppressive world like Japan. As a part of the LGBTQ+ community, I think almost everyone can feel themselves as Kaname himself when he sees the rejection from the world for being who he is. It hurts me when my beloved mom casually throw out homophobic comments and it hurts when everyone around me told me that my religion does not accept me.

I have grown past that and become stronger and gotten so lucky that I have people that loves me and that is why I love Shimanami Tasogare so much because that is what is about. It's about Tasuku Kaname and his found family of the LGBTQ+ communityj to foremost love and accept themselves before loving the world before them and finding happiness.

It is a slow build with realistic characters that are both wholesome and so very human. We are shown how easy it is for society and their cruel words to push someone to the edge but we are also shown how it can strengthen people (wholesome lesbian couple!!!).

So far, it touches the gay, lesbian, transgender part of the community. Maybe we'll see pansexual, aces and aros and so many other representatives. Combined with this there is also the background theme of magic that is keeping them all in one spot. That magic would a woman called anonymous who would listen to all your stories but would never ask. A grounding subject that makes everything in this manga magical and tells me that all my problems would not and should not be the end of the world.

Combined with absolutely gorgeous art and then the wonderfully written and lovable characters that all have their ups and downs, I personally don't see why anyone can't at least read one page.