My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2: 3 (My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness, 3)

Love Nagata Kabi.

Genial, la historia esta buenisima y el producto llego en perfectas condiciones, recomendado.

A+Beautiful and emotional

I haven't done reviews on the first two books in this series, which is a shame because when someone is baring themselves to the universe in such a raw fashion as this and I've related to it that hard, I feel like I should leave some note like, "hey, if you too are suffering through an identity crisis or depression or you just want a very honest read, please pick this up!"I remember really liking the first book in the series, but the first Solo Exchange Diary was a little frustrating. There was a lot of back and forth towards the end with Nagata's mental health, and while it's an honest look at how this person is dealing with their problems, it's also exasperating to see them lapse back into bad habits and bad thinking.This book picks up nearly where the first SED left off, Nagata discusses what happened with the relationship she was pursuing at the end of that volume. Then she discusses how lonely she is living alone and trying to come up with new concepts for her manga. She talks about going back to her parents house occasionally, then getting out of her lease to live there again because her loneliness has been overwhelming.The book becomes distressing when she gets brutally honest about drinking a lot and then peeing the bed several nights in row. Her mother talks with her doctor about having her hospitalized, which Nagata rejects at first, spends three days in the hospital before going home, and then spending 11 days because she saw a paper that said she may need to stay for six months. The six months thing gets cleared up by a doctor, but she still winds up leaving. I believe the end said that this SED was the last entry in the series.And you can't really help but to root for the author here. When someone is being so vulnerable with you and telling you about their struggles so openly, you can't help but hope they're out there doing better. I know Nagata Kabi is a pseudonym, so I genuinely hope the author is doing well now.

My Solo Exchange Diary Vol. 2 covers the author's life post-book deal of her first released manga My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness as she grapples with the residual aftermath of her parent's opinions of her first manga as well as battling crippling depression and loneliness that appears to remain a constant in her life.Nagata offers a real, and heartfelt, look into the jaws of depressions and presents it to the world in a tolerable pink-and-white cartoon fashion.Likes:- Nagata's openness to putting some of her deepest and darkest concerns down on paper with the bravery and releasing that information into the world for other's to digest.- Nagata's honesty with divulging the admittance into a hospital for help as well as being able to communicate that it was difficult and at times she did consider sabotaging herself to escape.- Nagata's realization that she does have family, friends and the hospital staff that display genuine concern about her mental, emotional and physical health and wellbeing.Dislikes:- Nagata herself mentioned that she believed she had been overly critical of her family and friends in the previous mangas. In this novel, Nagata seems to repetitively, and excessively, discuss her family and friends as a support system. To me personally, it felt more like she was trying to counter-act the previous remarks she made against her family rather than praising them for their support and contribution to her life and wellbeing.Overall, it made for another interesting read and great addition to the collection that Nagata has put out thus far.Also, the little add-on of Chiki-Chan's Depression at the end was a nice touch!