When Boundaries Are Removed — Complete

An omnibus volume collecting volumes 1–3 of the essay series "When Boundaries Are Removed" by freelance writer Nao Ishikawa, who identifies as non-binary and aromantic/asexual and advances minority perspectives.
A queer, off-kilter collection of thoughts.

Format: Bunkobon (Japanese paperback format)
Pages: 208 pp.

Contents:
Introduction 6
When boundaries are removed...? 10
What is X-gender? 14
"Don't know" and "Don't want to know" 19
I basically don't fall in love 24
The theory that invisible things don't exist 30
Expression is insufficient 35
Increasing information 40
It's okay to stay in an unpleasant state 44
If it's bad, just quit 49
Regret doesn't help, but 53
Farewell to nightmares 58
Why am I working, how have I worked? 62
Even if it's no-stress 66
People I'm bad with 71
Lack of imagination 74
Echo chamber? 78
Mismatched stride 83
Words of a curse 88
Sensitive to guilt 92
Afraid of the readiness to be shot 96
Not obliged to be "like" 101
Conflict over the desire to read 105
Piling up once again 109
What to call myself 113
BL is just BL 117
The fashionable minority 123
Learning from predecessors 130
Just a story about how the drama "Slow Train" was incredibly good 136
The Expo is fun — part 1 146
The Expo is fun — part 2 152
The Expo is fun — part 3 165
I'm not good with children, but 173
To those who don't need to rush their lives 178
Photograph allergy 182
An age to resist 186
Not everyone is okay 190
Self-esteem improvement project 195
Preparedness to be alone 199
Afterword 204