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2016 - 2017: 2v 12c Yuji Mase, a university student who is rather popular with girls without his knowledge, taciturn and withdrawn type. In fact, he hides a secret wound that will be revealed during the visit of his sister hairdresser-stylist: he does not feel at ease in this body of a man that he's in ... MU Tags: Angst Arranged Marriage Bisexual Character/s Cross-dressing Duty vs Freedom Family Gender Identity Infertility LGBT Character in Non-Yaoi/Yuri Manga LGBT Issues LGBT Themes Loneliness Make-up Playboy/s Reflections on Human Existence Self-Harm Tomboy/s Transgender Character/s Transgender Protagonist Trauma University Student/s Unrequited Love Unrequited Love Stays Unrequited Unresolved Romance Review: This is like Honey & Clover but not as nice as Honey & Clover. I love the romance in this. Not all romantic feelings have a good ending. Despite the MC and Masaki losing their love, they still talk to each other and openly embrace each other's weaknesses and pain while smiling. Bonding through the pain is an understatement. The MC knowingly and openly loves the ML all the years they have been together as friends, and he never forces his feelings on the ML. That is one of the most significant forms of love - love isn't selfish; it's selfless. Etsuko is selfless, Masaki is selfless, the MC is selfless, and the other girl who confesses to Masaki is also selfless. Masaki is at the centre of all the 3 love interests, 2 women and a man (the MC). He accepts the other girl's proposal to date as a rebound relationship, albeit elopes, and to be more specific, cheats on her with Etsuko, while being this self-centred and selfish person that he is when he contemplates double suicide when Etsuko suggests they do it almost subtly, Masaki leaves Etsuko by calling the other girl he has abandoned to make her drive to some remote location to get him out of there. All 3 love interests go through a lot because of Masaki, this ML is the baddest lmao This story unravels through the lens of the MC, the man who will never be able to become a woman, although he desires it and his body dysmorphia consumes him. It is tragic, it is a struggle he goes through alone, the loneliest ever when he can't become the image he has of himself. Using the analogy from Masaki's essay, the fire in the forest will only keep growing bigger and bigger once it starts and will never be content with what it has achieved. They began to want more and more and dared to keep striving to become what they wanted to be, be it in the image of another gender that is entirely different from theirs, be it in a sport that they do not have a natural physique to support the dream or the talent and physical attributes to excel as a pianist virtuoso. As the bar owner said, it's all futile despite all the attempts because there will never be any future when you realize you are never meant to become what you are not born with. A man can never become a woman. An infertile woman can never bear children, but that does not mean the woman is less than that. However, in this context, Etsuko feels inadequate since she can never give Masaki what he wants, leaving something like a legacy behind in this world, something a part of him. Etsuko can never give birth to his child due to her health condition. No matter how much they love each other, their love will amount to nothing if there is no future for the both of them together. That was the saddest part of this story. Masaki is poor and has nothing to offer to Etsuko, whereas Etsuko, who is living with the pressure by her parents to marry an elderly man and is infertile, couldn't give Masaki an addition to the family that they so wanted to build. They were so young and felt inadequate that they couldn't protect their love. Masaki's family is financially strained, and he struggles silently, never opening up to others about his true feelings. He hides behind so many of those indifferences he exudes to others because, deep down, he's hurt but powerless. The MC who cares about the ML does what he can to help the ML. When the ML gets the job, he could've continued studying, but chooses to stay in the trade and earn money, still feeling unmotivated, still feeling depressed, still longing for Etsuko, still very aware that the MC loves him to the moon, and back, and he unabashedly mentions it to the MC as they enjoy each other's company as best friends. MC's feelings have slowly become more bearable for him to be open about it, and he's slowly moving on from the romantic feeling (slowly, slowly). Overall, I find this bittersweet.

I've already read this manga, but haven't read the other related manga (just found out about them from MU). I'd love to read them some time later. W Juliet (1997 - 2002): 14V 79C W Juliet II (2006 - ?) Spin Offs Grand Sun (2007): 3V 17c Kyou mo Ashita mo. (2008-12): 11V 63C Gokuraku Doumei (2005-06): 4V Sixteen-year-old tomboy Ito Miura has been chosen to play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet! The problem? She doesn't want the male role! So, who will be Juliet? The favorite for the part, beautiful and vain Tsugumi, must compete with the cute new transfer student, Makoto Amano. But Makoto has a secret, and if rival Tsugumi, or anyone in the school, finds out, it could ruin Makoto's life, dragging Ito down as well! Source: VIZ Media Tags Comedy Drama Romance Shoujo Crossdressing School Life MU Tags: Acting Actor/s Actress/es Androgynous Character/s Androgynous Female Lead Androgynous Male Lead Androgynous Protagonist Assertive Female Lead Beautician/s Beautiful Couple Betting/s Bishounen Character Growth Chef/s Club/s Cool Female Lead Cross-dressing Dead Family Member/s Dead Parent/s Death of Loved One/s Dojo Drama Club Dream/s Eloping Couple Goal/s Handsome Male Lead High School High School Student/s Huge Cast of Characters Kidnapping/s Long-Haired Male Lead Love Polygon Love Triangle/s Male Disguised as Female Martial Artist/s Multiple Couples Older Brother Out of Print in English Overprotective Sibling/s Proactive Protagonist Protective Lover Pursuing One's Dream Quirky Character/s Reverse Trap School Play/s Secret Identity Secret Relationship Siblings Sickly Character Strict Parent/s Strong Family Strong Female Lead Strong Male Lead Stubborn Female Lead Stubborn Protagonist Supernatural Elements Talented Female Lead Talented Male Lead Theater Tomboy/s Trap Twin/s Younger Brother Younger Sister

A collection of extras from creators in Shueisha's Margaret shōjo manga magazine to raise funds for the victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster. Akuma to Love Song (2006 - 2011): 13V 91C Party! - Hana - Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Charity Mangabon (2011): 1V Akuma to Love Song: Encore (2021 - ?) Comedy Shoujo Slice of Life Anthologies School Life Related Series Usotsuki Lily (Adapted From) Sold Out! (Adapted From) Akuma to Love Song (Adapted From) High Score (Adapted From) Honey x Bullet (Adapted From) Yume Miru Taiyou (Adapted From) Angel Baby Cupid (Adapted From) Ojou-sama wa Oyome-sama (Adapted From) Himitsu no Hanazono Apato (Adapted From) Sugars (YAMAMORI Mika) (Adapted From) Badminton Girl (Adapted From) Parfait Tic! (Adapted From) Good Morning Kiss (Adapted From) Party! - Sora - Higashi Nihon Daishinsai Charity Mangabon (Alternate Story) Artist(s) AKANE Hazuki Anthology ASABUKI Mari HAZUKI Megumi KENJO Sakura KOMURA Ayumi KONAMI Shouko MAKI Youko MIKI Maki NAKAHARA Momota NANAJI Nagamu OOHASHI Kaoru OOI Kanako OZAKI Minami SAKURANO Mika SHINJO Mayu SHITARA Masako TAKANO Ichigo TAKASUKA Yue TAKEUCHI Mick TANAKA Minako TOUMORI Miyoshi TSUYAMA Chinami UEMORI Yuu YAMAMORI Mika YAMASHITA Kazumi MU Tags: Boss-Subordinate Relationship Collection of Stories Cross-dressing Crossover Fashion Manager Multiple Protagonists Random Plot Short Female Lead Tall Male Lead SCHOOL LIFE | ROMANCE | SHOUJO SHOUNEN | MANGA 2000s

2021: 1V 5C Comedy Romance Shoujo Action Fi Clingy Male Lead Dark-Haired Male Lead Male Yandere Possessive Male Lead Teasing Male Lead Yandere Male Lead Gangs Yakuza High School Students Student-Adult Relationship

2021: 1V 4C Romance Shoujo Anthology First Love High School Students Love Confessions Multiple Couples

There's a Sequel in 2022 LDK (2009 - 2017): 24V 96C Moero S-kei Seifuku Danshi! (Side Story) (2011): 1v 7c LDK Pink (Sequel) (2022 - ?) Aoi Nishimori is a high school girl who lives alone in her own apartment, but to her surprise, she discovers that the prince of her school, Shusei Kugayama, has moved in next door! To add to this, a series of crazy happenings result in the two living together under a single roof! Shusei is known to be a heartless guy, and Aoi particularly hates him after he coldly rejected her best friend, so a life of cohabitation seems like a recipe for disaster. And yet, Aoi somehow can’t stop her heart from pounding when she’s with Shusei … Source: Kodansha Comedy Drama Romance Shoujo Love Triangle School Life

Or Something Like It (2018) On Manga Plaza: https://mangaplaza.com/title/0303000066/ The FS: https://www.mangago.me/read-manga/no_you_na/ Suddenly, her life was turned upside-down.... Kinaho lived alone until one day, her boyfriend Akito brought with him two young relatives: a pair of brothers who had just lost their parents. All at once, Kinaho finds herself living under one roof with not just Akito, but serious-to-a-fault eighth grader Toma and innocent five-year-old Haruhi. As the days pass in confusion, this group starts to forge a new relationship: a family... or something like it. Drama Josei School Life Slice of Life Side Notes: - Haven't read it here (have read from official site). IMO this is a good manga, worth reading. - Tagging system here is a bit different (I'm just following mgg's tags)

I've already read this manga, but haven't read the other related manga (just found out about them from MU). I'd love to read them some time later. W Juliet (1997 - 2002): 14V 79C W Juliet II (2006 - ?) Spin Offs Grand Sun (2007): 3V 17c Kyou mo Ashita mo. (2008-12): 11V 63C Gokuraku Doumei (2005-06): 4V Action Comedy Drama Romance Shoujo Bodyguards MU Tags: Absent Parent/s Abusive Parent/s Bishoujo Bishounen Bodyguard-Boss Relationship Bodyguard/s Changed by Love Crime Fighter/s Disguise/s False Incest Female Bodyguard Female Fighter/s Future Genius/es Heir/Heiress Illegitimate Child/ren Independent Female Lead Inventor/s Japan Kidnapping/s Male Lead Falls in Love First Master-Servant Relationship Past Plays a Big Role Rich Male Lead Rich Protagonist Smart Male Lead Strong Female Lead Strong-Willed Female Lead Stubborn Female Lead Stubborn Male Lead Stubborn Protagonist Vigilante/s

The thing about this kind of love 2020 - ? Romance Shoujo School Life Annoying Female Lead Best Friends Blunt Male Lead Childhood Friends Handsome Male Lead Love Interest Change Persistent Female Lead Playboy Male Lead Teasing Male Lead