Showing posts with label Why I Adopted My Husband. Show all posts
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

REVIEW: Why I Adopted My Husband (manga memoir) by Yuta Yagi, translated by Katie Kimura

Why I Adopted My Husband is a manga memoir. I bought my copy new.

Review:

Yuta Yagi and Kyota are a gay couple in Japan. Because gay marriage isn't legal nationwide in Japan, in order to get legal protections similar to a married couple, the two of them utilized a loophole by having Kyota adopt Yuta. In addition, this allowed them a way to not actually come out to most family - Yagi came out to his mom, but otherwise both men just presented this adoption as a convenient way to protect themselves in the future while technically still leaving them both with the option to marry women. (I had to wonder how dense some of their family members were if they all really believed the "we're just close friends" explanation, but I guess willful blindness is a thing.)