Ball and Chain 1

Takarajimasha 'This Manga is Amazing! 2025' Women's Edition 3rd place
Bungeishunju 'CREA Late Night Manga Awards 2024' 4th place

Keito (late 20s, office worker), feeling a wavering gender identity, is about to marry as a "woman."
Though the marital relationship is cold, Aya (50, married) has been playing the role of "wife."

The gender assigned at birth,
The role of "wife" that I have been playing as if acting since some time ago...

"But was there another choice?"

Feeling a "discomfort" being forced into or treated by the mold of "normal."
A story of two "queer" people trying to reclaim their true "selves."