This kind of gender bender is always a bit puzzling. If the "turned-into-a-girl" character falls for a guy, is it het or yaoi? And if they fall for a girl, is it het or yuri?

Since the character retains their initial gender identity, then they're for all intent and purpose, a pre-op trans person, so in this particular case, this story is pure het.

And if you consider it yuri, this runs contrary to the belief that "gender isn't tied to the body".

So, in the end, it's not "yuri", "het" or "yaoi", it's just a love story between two people, regardless of gender or body.

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Not sure about this one.

Could very well turn into "later, after she learned he was actually a boy, she eventually recovered from her androphobia because #notallmen, so he turned back into a boy and they lived happily ever after and had several children."

Liliaĵa posted:

So is this like Japan's version of the "Left Twix" vs "Right Twix" debate?

Is this actually debated in the real world or is it just marketing?

It's just a meme. The chocolates are literally the same, the only difference is the shape.

it actually went on for 40 years, since the two chocolates came out.

The advent of the internet only exacerbated the "war" until a truce was signed in 2019.

But actually everyone knows deep down that Kinoko no yama are better than Takenoko no sato.

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At this point, it can go two ways: newfound friend (lover?) or bullying.

The last sentence makes me think it'll be the former.

Bisexual and Cheating tags pls.

For someone so against cheating, it didn't take her long to slip.

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I don't know what's Matsuri's game. She gives a lot of honeyed words to Wakaba, without revealing much of her intentions. It looks like she sounding her out, but for what, it's unknown. It's like she's prepared to make a move, but Komaki is light years ahead of her anyway.

Since Wakaba doesn't even get the blatant affection from Komaki, how could she understand Matsuri's innuendo? Matsuri plainly said "I like you", but Wakaba just didn't take it at face value. Meanwhile, she took the "I hate you" from Komaki at face value.

Wakaba is really dense.

Eukene posted:

The way the author hardcore sexualizes everything regardless of context continues to be very funny to me. Like wtf is the mom's sleeping posture in 7 and why is she sleeping in skin tight leather? Why are Yuni and Natsume painfully arching their backs at random moments, like in the large "So cute" panel at 13? Y'all're gonna have so much back pain in 10 years. Why is Natsume's skirt so short their her butt is visible in 11? In every case, no reason, other than that porn logic must flow.

Ok Boomer.

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Roodypatooti posted:

"An unseen force has been pushing us closer..."

Yes yes, we all know Narita-kun.

I rather think it's the readers.

Bringing real life laws into manga, lol.

People need to learn to separate reality from fantasy. Why is it that Japanese people can do it, but westerners get their panties in a twist when it depicts something that's (oh noes) illegal?

The "acktshually" people are a bore.

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SrNevik posted:

It's a recipe for the ax, because it can't go anywhere.

After 1 chapter? We have more imagination than that, surely. We reached the "I don't like this so it must/will end," stage super quick with this one. Guess I understand why. Otherwise, I'm surprised this is NMI's new manga. I did love their other one shots. All of them showed a lot of creative ideas so I wonder how straightforward or unexpected this series will be. I'd be surprised if its played in a typical way.

It's not that I don't like it. Actually, I'm pretty indifferent toward it.

I just mean that there can't be any actual "serious" romantic development between the two. The story is going to meander around with the MC feeling guilty and the brat being insufferable and them keeping on meeting each other because plot.

No one (sane) wants this to turn into an actual relationship, because it's just lolicon comedy (haha) and not a romance. If the author can drag this long enough, it'll end with a promise to get together when the brat is 18, or with a timeskip.

Much like the "Be careful Onee-san".

It's a recipe for the ax, because it can't go anywhere.

Liliaĵa posted:

Is adjustment disorder even a real thing? Or is it another way to bully neurodivergent people out of their job?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjustment_disorder

The way you're asking is like "Is depression even a real thing".

Well, Nanao is more a girlfriend than Mai is atm.

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shimejiwarrior posted:

hana had so many cute faces in this one!! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

i might just be dumb but i cant tell if prince moon is a boy or a girl T_T i thought maybe they were a handsome girl but i could be wrong

All witches are girls. Obviously.

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My message was ironical, because without scanlation, this manga would have stayed relatively unknown outside Japan and would have been cancelled. And if the scanlators stop, people are going to forget it really, really fast and the sales will be mid at best.

So, by stopping the scanlation (if they do), they'll probably contribute to its future cancellation.Quite the irony no?

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inb4 the scanlators stop to "support" the American publishers, like the good boys they are.

I'm sure you'll all enjoy the wait of one or two years.

XadarxBlack posted:

wait, so this will STILL be translated here? right? just not on manga dex right?

Yeah. It's been nuked on MD, but it doesn't mean it won't be posted here.

inRemote posted:
Sorry bud, wasn't having a go at you, just Brains "trans is just a label and nonbinary people can be cis actually" Genius here. You cannot convince me anyone who says ""alternative sexualities/gender communities" is arguing in good faith

Still a bad faith gross misrepresentation

My point wasn't that "trans people don't exist" or "trans people should stay out of media", just that in this particular instance, Ren just doesn't conform to what's expected of her gender and immediately people, in and out-universe, try to put a label on her, whether trans, enby, or something, which is EXACTLY what makes the character suffer in the first place.

Ren is Ren. Not a flag.

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Nobody was pushing anything, only suggesting that could be the case, especially when being forced to act in that gendered way and suffering deeply because of it is an experience many trans people share.
Especially with a scene like this this, come on. Those characters aren't "pushing her to be trans", they're treating her as an other for not living up to womanhood, which nobody here did when they implied to share a similar struggle with her and relate as a trans person.

Nobody was pushing anything, only suggesting that could be the case, especially when being forced to act in that gendered way and suffering deeply because of it is an experience many trans people share.
Especially with a scene like this this, come on. Those characters aren't "pushing her to be trans", they're treating her as an other for not living up to womanhood, which nobody here did when they implied to share a similar struggle with her and relate as a trans person.

Just "suggesting that could be the case" is exactly what made Ren suffer in the first place. It's the constant noise around her about defining who she is. Whether it's girl, boy, trans, or non-binary, it looks like after puberty, Ren was constantly surrounded by static noise about putting her in a little box, how she should act, or not, or even ask if she'd considered GRS.

That's what the spread pages 12-13 expresses : Ren is fed up and just wants the noise to stop.

So that's why Matsuri's cheerfully babbling away about random stuff and NOT about her gender/sexuality or whatever was like music to her and made the noise stop for a time. That's what she means when she says Matsuri created a world where she could be herself. By never trying to fit her in a little box, but just being the friend of "Ren".

And unsurprisingly, there's also a lot of noise around here from people trying to say Ren is trans or whatever, trying to put a label on her. People invested in the "alternative sexualities/gender" communities, which are numerous around here, tend to want to put labels on everyone. But some people don't want to be labeled. She's Ren, not a label and these people would probably hurt her too, even if not out of malice.

luinthoron posted:

Past trauma, and the girl who helped her overcome it. ^_^

And what a way to make half the people here feel bad, seeing how people pushing the idea that she might be trans, whichever way, was exactly the problem here...

^This.

Rosenakahara posted:

"I'm more pure" into immediately trying to fuck her friend in the cinema is hilarious.
I don't understand how she still thinks her friend isn't into her after almost having sex while a movie was going on and said friend being totally okay with it.

^This

The MC is braindead if she thinks that Nene would be okay if it was a guy doing this.

I think Ai is faking being happy, because she feels guilty towards Kon.

But as soon as Kaede will reenter the picture, she'll drop everything and say "Sorry" to Kon.

Ai's happiness with Kon is an "ordinary" happiness. Saying "welcome home", working in the day, sleeping together, preparing dinner, lazing on a day off. A very simple happiness. It's suited to Kon, but is it suited to Ai?

Ai's happiness with Kaede is "fireworks" happiness. Going to see the stars, going on random road trips, bungee jumping... a life on the edge, like they're going to die tomorrow so they don't want any regret. A thrilling happiness.

Ai's like a moth to a flame. She's been burnt, will get burned, but she doesn't care. Kon is going to suffer.

Now, I'm curious.

butches-and-chicken posted:

Ren is probably more enby than trans.

Even if Ren doesn't identify as woman and/or as a man, Ren would be still trans, as being enby is in the trans flag.

Not all enby people want to be labelled as trans.

They've been put under the trans umbrella, but every person decide what they identify as.

Ren is probably more enby than trans.