When the Boundaries Were Removed — complete

A collected volume compiling volumes 1–3 of the essay series "When the Boundaries Were Removed" by freelance writer Nao Ishikawa, who is non-binary and aromantic asexual and forges ahead as a member of a minority.
A book of thoughts written from a queer, slightly off-kilter perspective.

Format: Bunko (pocket paperback)
Pages: 208

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Contents
Introduction 6
What if we removed boundaries...? 10
What is X-gender? 14
"I don't know" and "I don't want to know" 19
I don't fall in love in the first place 24
The theory that things you can't see don't exist 30
Not enough expression 35
Increasing information 40
It's okay to stay as-is, even if it's unpleasant 44
If you hate it, you can quit 49
Regret doesn't change the past, but 53
Farewell to nightmares 58
Why do I work again? How have I been working? 62
No-stress, that said 66
People I'm not good with 71
What lack of imagination means 74
Echo chamber? 78
Mismatched stride 83
Cursed words 88
Sensitive to guilt 92
Afraid of the readiness to be targeted 96
Not about being "as expected" 101
The conflict over the desire to read 105
Piling up yet again 109
What to call myself 113
BL is just BL 117
Fashionable minorities 123
Learning from those who came before 130
Just a note about how the drama "Slow Train" was amazingly good 136
The expo is fun — Part 1 146
The expo is fun — Part 2 152
The expo is fun — Part 3 165
Not good with children, but... 173
To those who don't need to rush through life 178
Photo allergy 182
An age at which one can resist 186
Not everyone can be okay 190
Self-esteem improvement plan 195
Resolving to be alone 199
Afterword 204