I Want to Be a Wall is a manga by Honami Shirono. It follows an aromantic asexual woman and a gay man who enter a lavender marriage together. Originally published from 2020 to 2023 across three volumes by Kadokawa, an English translation by Emma Schumacker was published by Yen Press from 2022 to 2024.
Synopsis Yuriko, an aromantic asexual woman, and Gakurouta, a closeted gay man, marry each other. Despite their mutual lack of romantic attraction to one another, Yuriko, who is invested in Boys' Love manga, and Gakurouta, who secretly yearns for his childhood friend, an unmarried heterosexual gardener named Sousuke, are determined to make their marriage work and the two gradually form a close platonic bond.
Release The manga consists of three volumes. Release Date (original)Release Date (English)1December 1, 2020 ()May 17, 2022 ()2February 28, 2022 ()January 17, 2023 (3April 1, 2023 ()June 18, 2024 (
Reception Reception to the manga was largely positive, with many reviewers commenting on the asexual representation. Anime News Network described the manga's depiction of Yuriko's struggles in a society that is often unaccepting or unaware of asexuality as being "so real it hurts[.]"
School Library Journal called the first volume "a rare comedy that presents an asexual lead with sincerity."
Briana Lawrence of The Mary Sue compared Yuriko's experiences discovering her asexuality to her own experiences realizing she was bisexual.
Paulina Przystupa of WomenWriteAboutComics commented on how the manga tackled the Boys' Love genre from the perspective of a gay man, with Gakurouta becoming invested in one of Yurkio's manga.
Sarah of Anime UK News reviewed all three volumes, giving the first volume a rating of 7 out of 10 and the two subsequent volumes rating of 8 out of 10.
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