Reviews and Comments

I've read it in German but will write the review in English: Since 10 years ago, cis men in the world of this manga are capable of getting pregnant as well, though at a lower possibility rate than women. Each chapter deals with a different men and women affected by this. It starts with the workaholic Kentaro Hiyama who accidentally becomes pregnant and has to deal with the consequences.

I really enjoyed reading this manga! I was pleasantly surprised about how it deals a lot with discrimination and also sexism. The pregnant men face obstacles for being a rare phenomenon and can experience discrimination for being seen as less masculine. But it also deals a lot with obstacles for pregnant people in general. In every chapter we see a different perspective on the topic. E.g. one is from the perspective of a woman who already was pregnant in the past and now her husband is pregnant and he expects more support from her than he had given her during her pregnancy. But the stories all end on a positive note.

Kudos to the publisher of the German version Tokyopop, who added to the summary text that it is about cis men. (Because otherwise I would have expected it's about trans men. But the manga doesn't mention trans people at all.) And Tokyopop also added a short text at the beginning explaining the word cis to people unfamiliar to the word, and explaining how the manga does not mention trans people and stuff.

I really enjoyed reading it!
The main character Tar and their anxieties were quite relatable for me. And it was very refreshing for me to see such a character as a main character and hero.

In the story Tar and their TT-RPG group get teleported into the world of their game. They take over some traits and skills of the characters they invented for the game. I really love how, while being in a fantasy world and being able to do magic is like a dream come true, they run into multiple problems. Like suddenly they really have to sleep together in a crowded tent. Or like fighting and killing with a sword was fine while playing the game and giving your character a challenging drawback sounded nice, that's not something you want to do or have in real life. They have to solve all the problems in creative and non-violent ways which to me is very interesting.

A very comforting book. 😌

I binged this book in a few days now. 👀 It's good! Very suspenseful, it kept me up too long for two nights. I like the main characters and the setting. The "binding" idea is very interesting, too, and wonderfully explored. Though I'm glad I didn't really read the summary because it includes stuff which is a mystery to the main character for quite a while and it was nice to find it out together with him. xD

It contains strong violence and quite a lot of various kinds of abuse, which is written out - or at least vaguely circumscribed. There is an intimate scene of two minor character, which the main character does hear but not see. But the intimate scenes of the main character himself are so abruptly skipped, that it took me a while to understand that they happened. 🙈 I really don't understand why! Only straight sex allowed in a novel with MLM main characters or what??

The book has three parts and I read them like this: 1, 3, 2. Works as well. 😆

I've read the German edition "Die verborgenen Stimmen der Bücher" which translates to 'the hidden voices of the books'. Imo "Die Bindung", meaning binding but also bond/tie or relationship, would have been a nice title as well, so I don't know why they changed it...