I Thot You Was a Toad's manga / #cross dressing(4)

Several beautifully written stories. The last, about a young man haunted by the death of his stepbrother, but offered the possibility of moving through the grief by a lover, is my favourite. In the first, Haruki does not want a new stepmother, but he is reconciled to it by a touching admission from his stepbrother, Yuki, who crossdresses as a girl. Years later, Yuki makes his living as a female model. Haruki is attracted to him, and the situation is too complicated. The artwork is very pretty and the story is very gentle and sweet. There is too much emotional content for these stories to be considered fluff, but they are very sweet and affirming.

Ostracized and bullied by classmates, Mishima accepts his homosexual nature and relieves his feelings by cross-dressing, until it becomes clear that the bullying covers other issues in his classmates. This manga swerves between depressing realism and, unlikely as it seems, comedy. The introduction of an adult with psychiatric issues keeps it from getting too campy.

A cinematic treatment of a story about an aging actor, his last chance for a successful career with a film about gay men in Monte Carlo, and the young actor coaxes and seduces him into taking that very risky role. The characters fit so comfortably in this story, even the humorous sex scene was naturalistic and believable.

Cutesy-wootsy story about an otaku's relationship with a classmate with a habit for crossdressing, and his friends from school who get confused over the otaku's seeming unfaithfulness.