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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Thank you for making this #ASAW special 💚

To all of you,

This is the last day of this year's Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week. How was it for everyone? Did you learn something new? Did you have fun?

For us, it was an insightful and fun experience! There is real value in witnessing different people's perspectives and experiences, and having a space to express our own was a pleasant, empowering experience. Heck, admin R said it was healing!

While the finale of this week has arrived, the real work hasn't, and it doesn't quite end. Creating a supportive and safe space is not something that only takes a week, it takes time and effort from multiple people.

Continue to nurture the fire you have inside of you! It's a great source of warmth for yourself and the people around you, aromantic or not.

Keep making your arospec works. Keep talking about the things you love. Keep speaking and listening. Last but not the least, keep being who you are. The world is much more colorful because you're here. What makes you different is enough.

'til the next one!
Thank you for being a part of this project. ♡

arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Happy fourth day of #ASAW! 💚 Today we wanna know about the frustrations that come from being an aro fan, here's just some of them, but feel free to add your own!

Aro fan pet peeves bingo

From left to right, top to bottom

- feeling forced to amato to enjoy media
- character arc trashed for romance
- depth and intimacy only explored in romance
- lack of non romantic media
- "I see them as friends" "are you homophobic?"
- ending with forced romance
- struggling to find like minded fans
- ambiguity in a ship means romantic
- "aros don't like romantic media/ships"
- *makes intimate art* "that's so romantic!"
- non romantic story's fandom filled with romance
- using "aros can still date" as a gotcha
- overabundance of romantic fics
- too many romantic cliches
- aro hc getting shut down
- aro character mislabeled as aroace or vice versa

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic 2010-2019, 9 seasons

The poster for the show.

A group of different colored ponies are shown in the poster.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013-2021, 8 seasons

The poster of the series.

Eight police officers on a rooftop. One of them in the middle is carrying a dog.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Uma Musume Pretty Derby 2018-2024, 3 seasons, 1 special, 2 movies

Poster of the anime.

A group of girls lined up wearing different clothes, looking like they're about to run.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Cool Doji Danshi (Play It Cool, Guys) 2022-2023, 1 season, 1 ONA

Poster of the anime.

4 characters are shown. A working adult and 3 different young adults.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Hobbit and LOTR trilogies (2012-2014, 2001-2003)

Poster of The Hobbit.

A man carrying a sword with a serious face.

Poster of The Lord of the Rings.

Seven different characters are shown in the poster.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)

Poster of the film.
Two men in front of the sea. The man on the left has a dog next to him. The man on the right is looking at the other man.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Natsume Yuujinchou (Natsume's Book of Friends) Ongoing, 32 volumes released Shoujo - supernatural, drama

The cover of the manga.

A guy is wearing elegant clothes. He has a piece of paper in his mouth. A violet book rests on his arm and some pages of it are in the air, all over him. In front of him is a big, round white cat with big gray and orange markings on the top of his head and on his back.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Tongari Boushi no Atelier (Witch Hat Atelier) Ongoing, 15 volumes released Seinen - fantasy, adventure, drama

The cover of the manga.

A girl with yellow-green hair. She's wearing a robe and a cone-shaped pointed hat.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Housekisho Richard-shi no Nazo Kantei (The case files of Jeweler Richard) Ongoing, 5 volumes released Josei - mystery, drama, slice of life

The cover of the manga.

Two men are shown on the cover. The one in the front has blond hair, wearing an elegant suit, has a kind of serious facial expression and his left hand rests on his right arm while his left pointing finger is on his chin.

The other man is behind him wearing informal clothes. He has a dark hair and a cheerful facial expression.

Red gems appear in different places on the cover.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu (The Summer Hikaru Died) Ongoing, 8 volumes released Seinen - horror, slice of life

The cover of the manga.

A white-haired male student posing happily with a piece sign.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yagatte Kimi ni Naru (Bloom into You) Completed, 8 volumes Shounen - GL, romance

The cover of the manga.

Both with a faint blush on their cheeks, two female students are right next to each other. The one on the right is taller. She's looking at the other's face with a smile while touching her cheek. The other is looking at her face kind of seriously, lips slightly apart.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Barakamon (licenced as Barakamon) Completed, 18 volumes Shounen - comedy, slice of life

The cover of the manga.

A little boy is standing with his feet shoulder width apart, arms crossed with a big smile. Behind him is a guy, also standing with his feet shoulder width apart, but his hands are in his pockets and he has a serious look on his face.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Watashi wa kabe ni naritai (I want to be a wall) Completed, 3 volumes Slice of life

The cover of the manga.

Two characters wearing kimonos, sitting next to each other.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Kimi no Sekai ni Koi wa Nai (Is love the answer?) - Isaki Uta Completed, 1 volume Josei - coming of age, drama

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Kimi to Uchuu o Aruku Tame ni (Spacewalking With You) - Doronoda Inuhiko Ongoing, 24 chapters released, licensed in English, 2023, & Sofa Josei - slice of life

The cover of the manga

Two guys are in a messy classroom looking like there's no gravity inside it. Books are floating in the air, furnitures and other things are out of balance. Yet, the one on the left looks cheerful while floating and the other on the right is sitting (?) cross-legged on a floating upside down chair, which is also floating on another student table. He also has earphones on while looking unamused.

A manga that focuses on the relationship of two unlikely friends for the people around them. Kobayashi, a yankee struggling with his life who finds everything annoying, meets the transfer student Uno and his life starts to change.

Uno is seen as a weird kid, but Kobayashi doesn't feel like that's something bad, and actually truly respects him and learns from him. Without really trying, they impulse the other to try new stuff, meet new people, and grow together.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Metamorphose no Engawa (BL Metamorphosis) - Tsurutani Kaori Completed, 5 volumes, licensed in English, 2017-2020, Comic Newtype Slice of life, coming of age

The cover of the manga.

An old lady and a young girl are sitting next to each other on a porch, each holding a book amid the other books around them and drinks.

Sometimes, no matter the age difference we may have with someone, something we both love can be the thing that brings us together. That's what happens with Ichinoi, a 75 year old woman, and Urara, a 17 year old high school girl.

The story focuses on their relationship together and their relationship with BL manga. While they're constantly conscious of the problems the other phase, and how different their personalities are, they still manage to push the other to learn and grow.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Hitori de Ikiru wa Mamanaranu (You can't live on your own!) - Tsuno Mizoko Completed, 3 volumes, licensed in English, 2021-2023, Comic Qurie Josei - slice of life, drama, romance

The cover of the manga.

Four women are doing their own thing on the cover. The first woman, shocked, is holding two boxes. The box placed on the top is open and three things inside of it are falling out. The second woman's gaze is on the first, looking shocked and kind of scared. She's on the phone and it's resting on her shoulder, looking like it's sliding off her shoulder. The third one is staring at something else while holding her pink phone and the last one is walking or running while carrying a big instrument bag on her back.

The series focuses on four 28 year old friends that met in middle school that are living together. Since they're near their 30s, they start to feel the pressure society puts on people when it comes to marriage and settling down.

All of them want different things in life, and some of them aren't completely sure of what is it they want, just what they don't want.

By the end of the series, each of them find their own paths, the ones that feel true to who they are.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Seshuusei Triangle (Hereditary Triangle) - Hayashi Fumiya Completed, 2 volumes, licensed in English, 2021, Comic Beam Seinen - drama, slice of life

The cover of the manga.

Three people underneath a big sakura tree. On the left is a guy holding a camera, in the middle is a guy holding his suit and briefcase and on the right is a lady holding her own hands.

What happens when two friends fall in love with the same girl after she picks one of them? The author knew that usually one ends up heartbroken and resentful, but what if nobody in this triangle hates each other no matter what and, in fact, they all love and treasure each other deeply?

Complex emotions that nobody teaches how to deal with appear, and while there is romance, the focus on the love the main characters had for their friend is the true focus of this story.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Makai Ouji, Devils and Realists - Takadono Madoka, Yukihiro Utako Completed, 15 volumes, licensed in English, 2009-2018, Comic Zero-Sum Jousei - fantasy, comedy, drama

The cover of the manga.

It's an upside down shot of a blonde man wearing formal and fantasy-like clothes. He's holding a pocket watch with a star of David on it.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Pandora Hearts - Mochizuki Jun Completed, 24 volumes, licenced in english, 2006-2015, GFantasy Shounen - action, supernatural, psychological

The cover of the manga.

A blond male character wearing seemingly noble clothes while holding a golden pocket watch with his right hand.

This is a story of many mysteries that slowly get discovered as the plot thickens, and yet the bonds the characters have take a very important role, specially when it comes to the main trio; Oz, Alice and Gilbert.

Love and devotion aren't romantic, and these characters prove it time and time again as they fight while trying to protect each other.

The trope of found family that didn't get a forced romance between the boy and girl in the end.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Ikoku Nikki - Yamashita Tomoko Completed, 11 volumes, not licensed in English, 2017-2023, Feel Young Josei - slice of life, drama, family life

The cover of the manga.

A desk and bookshelf which messily had many papers and books stand behind two characters.

The first character is a woman with messy black hair sitting on her computer chair. She's wearing loose, comfortable clothes and she's looking away without smiling.

The other character is on the right. She's a young girl wearing what looks like a school uniform, but wearing a dark blue cardigan as a top. She's holding a journal with her two hands with a confused, kind of absent-minded face.

Makio, a reclusive 35-year-old novelist, took her friendlier 15-year-old niece Asa in after her parents, including Makio's own sister, suddenly passed away. She suggests Asa to write on a journal about the things she feels and doesn't, and what people say to her and don't.

Their story explores grief, the challenges and warmth that come with connecting with others, clashing personalities, becoming comfortable in your personhood and the meaning of family.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Kemutai Hanashi - Hayashi Fumiya Ongoing, 43 chapters released, not licensed in English, 2021, Comic Nettai Slice of life, drama

The cover of the manga.

There are two guys on the cover. The one on the left is extending their arms out, looking happy at the other guy below him while he's standing on top of a short concrete wall that separates the sea and land. The other one on the right looks at him from below, hands in his big jacket's pockets as he stands against the concrete wall.

Takeda and Arita are ex classmates who met again as adults, eventually growing their relationship. Both understand that they're not lovers, but they're also not friends nor family. And yet, they love each other and want to stay and live together.

The story shows how hard it can be to confront others who don't understand that kind of relationship, others who get uncomfortable by not being able to determine the type of relationship they have nor add labels to it.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Nani Sore Ai Ka yo - Roji Completed, 1 volume, not licensed in English, 2024, Canna comics Slice of life

The cover of the manga.

Two male characters looking at each other appearing like they're having fun teasing the other. Different flowers are displayed near them. The first guy has blond hair, wearing a white dress shirt and apron that had "Yoshida Flowers" on it and the other is wearing a black turtleneck underneath an unbuttoned suit.

lida and Yoshida, two straight guys, meet through a mutual friend who nicknames them the "most fearsome duo" as they're both quick witted and snarky. Without being able to stop thinking about the other, they start a project together for Yoshida's flower shop.

Their confusion about their feelings as they get to know each other better gets center stage in the story, because they truly understand each other and feel that, finally, they found the fun they were looking to end their dull, boring days.

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arospec week! @arospecweek.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

For this aromantic spectrum awareness week, we don't only want to share our inputs, but also ask for yours! Here is the link to the askbox: www.askabox.com/answer.php?s... Likes & reposts are very appreciated! #Aromantic #ASAW #AromanticSpectrumAwarenessWeek

For this aromantic spectrum awareness week, we don't only want to share our inputs, but also ask for yours! Is there anything you would like the people you love to know about how it is to be aromantic? Anything you'd like to tell society about their views?

Beyond media, we are real people with real wants and needs, and so by the end of this week we'd like to share all of your thoughts into a single message board.

Let's gather our voices, we are not alone.

An example of a message sent on the askbox

Askbox title: Aroventing
Description: What would you like people or loved ones to know?

Question 1 (mandatory answer)
You can use a name or just a symbol
Example text: <3

Question 2 (mandatory answer)
Message:
Example text: it would be nice if people stopped assuming that when I talk about love, it's romantic love, as if the love that I feel for someone is immediately less for not being romantic

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