4th Reprint!! [Recommended by Kaho Miyake, best-selling author with over 800,000 copies sold] A book that frankly discusses the "to have or not have children issue"! Hot topic widely covered by media after release!!

The book "I don't even want to give birth, why do I have my period!" (written by Tsuki Tsukioka), released on December 5th by Asuka Shinsha Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, President: Naohisa Doi), has been covered by many media outlets and is currently in its 4th reprint. Featured on Instagram's "Yoshida and Haba's Bookshelf"! It was introduced by Reika Yoshida, designer and director of TODAYFUL! It has an extremely straightforward title with a good rhythm. Regarding the issue of having or not having children that follows women throughout their lives, a clear answer cannot be given, but the overly honest writing of the author, who is currently in the 'not having' camp, makes it relatable even for me, who is in the position of having a child. It is a book that raises the resolution of women's specific anxieties and difficulties in living, not only for women with the same worries, but also for men who read it. Quote: Instagram "Yoshida and Haba's Bookshelf" (March 10) "President Online", "Asahi Shimbun", "Daily Shincho" "Croissant", "telling,", "anan", "NHK Radio" and more; it's currently a hot topic introduced in various media! Recommended by Kaho Miyake, author of over 800,000 copies sold and winner of the Shinsho Award 2025! Your life belongs only to you. Not to society, your parents, or anyone else. Tsukioka-san's words will surely and gently illuminate your lonely choices. [Content Introduction] Overwhelming support from women in their 30s! The first book by Tsuki Tsukioka, speaker on the podcast "The Grass is So Blue on the Other Side" and a DINKs (provisional). I don't feel "I want to be a mother." But I also can't give a final answer of "I won't be a mother." Why can't I feel like giving birth, and why can't I declare that I don't want to? My own body, the mother who gave birth to me, friends who became mothers, the world I've lived in, and the society I'm living in now. A collection of essays discussing the "issue of having or not having children" from various angles. Women in their 30s, said to be at the prime age for marriage or childbirth. "Don't you have kids yet?" "You should enjoy yourself before the baby is born." "It's better to have kids early." They sometimes receive comments based on the premise that "women marry and have children." However, whether to "have" or "not have" children is an individual's freedom! The author, a DINKs (provisional) who cannot give a final answer on whether she "wants to have" or "doesn't want to have" children, or whether she will "have" or "not have" them, talks frankly about the "to have or not have children issue" that she thinks about so much every day that her brain boils. Chapter 1: Doubts and Anxieties about Childbirth Itself A letter of challenge to my mother, sometimes an apology letter The parent's ego of wanting a child, my "inheritance" of not having a child Is "this world worth living in"? I'm not refusing to have kids just because I hate them Schrödinger's mother Chapter 2: The Difficulty of Playing "Mother" in the Reiwa Era Are childless couples irregular? The mother as the "general manager of the household" The curse of "Mothers are strong" VERY and the "Gorilla" timetable Chapter 3: Identity Lost by Becoming a Mother Time and money of me, by me, for me "Mother" and "Individual" The difficulty of accepting the function of "becoming a mother" Chapter 4: Societal Anxieties in Raising a Child Is "Mount Child-rearing" Everest-class? The dwindling hope and the summer smelling of death Grandmother, "old man," and care Chapter 5: Anxieties, Fluctuations, and Resentments toward the "Choice Not to Have Children" That Still Won't Disappear I don't even want to give birth, why do I have my period! When the wave of "Maybe it's better to have them" surges When I listed the "reasons for not having children", there were 40 of them I thought a "woman who doesn't give birth" was an "un-evolved Pokémon" The shock that "That wonderful person was also a mother" In the shadow of "Respect the child-rearing generation" Chapter 6: Perspectives on a Life Without Children Train your "anti-chaos muscle"! The happiness of having children, the happiness of not having children Parents and the childless, distance and boundaries There are 200 colors of being childless [Author Information] Tsuki Tsukioka Writer/Columnist Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1993. After graduating from university, she worked in web media editing and internet program planning and production. Currently, she writes essays and interviews as a writer and columnist. In addition to themes such as working styles and rural migration, she broadcasts about the choice of not having children as a married/DINKs (provisional) person. Currently streaming the Podcast program "The Grass is So Blue on the Other Side" with a married colleague who is raising children. Serializing "We Who Will Not Become Mothers" on Mynavi Woman. Won an essay award at the Creative Award 2024. X (formerly Twitter): @olunnun [Product Information] "I don't even want to give birth, why do I have my period!" Author: Tsuki Tsukioka Price: 1,760 yen (tax included) Release date: Tuesday, December 5, 2024 Publisher: Asuka Shinsha Format: 46 size, softcover, 240 pages

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