Madoka no Himitsu
Madoka's Secret

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If you love people defying gender stereotypes, this story is for you!

Madoka is a boy who loves being pretty and wearing dresses. However, after people mock his tastes, he tries to act in a more "masculine" way in his new school. But funnily, in this new school, his neighbor is a girl who also defies gender stereotypes; she has short hair and acts in a very "masculine" manner!

Throughout the story, both characters become friends and learn that gender stereotypes are dumb, and will happily continue their hobbies with confidence; it doesn't matter if you are a boy and wear dresses, nor if you are a ... "boyish" girl!

A great feel-good story with adorable protagonists.

A cute story about a very pretty boy and a very handsome girl (or in my headcanon a trans girl and a trans man). The art's cute and the plot is simple. Not much room for character development but I liked them all the same.

I wish it was long and dove more into the hardships of trying to break gender norms, but I suppose we have Wandering Son for that. If you're looking for something short, sweet as sugar, and super cute, this is worth the hour or so you need to read it all.

I need to say more because of the character minimum ... limits so what else. I like the sister and sibling characters though they could be more fleshed out. The art as I said is cute and it really captures the femininity and masculinity of the main two. Everything is resolved rather easily which is a bit unrealistic but I suppose there's only so much the mangaka can do considering how few chapters they were given to work with.

Probably won't read it again any time soon and I wish they included a time jump to the future (where presumably they are just as cute as they were as kids and happily dating) but oh well.

Alright, I'ma keep this professional.
SPOILER WARNING

Summary.
Madoka Yamada, a young elementary schooler loves to dress up in the outfits his sister makes. They are often beautiful and frilly. He meets a girl named Itsuka (who he initially mistakes as a boy) and they slowly get to know eachother, thus becoiming friends. Madoka however does not want his friends to know he likes pretty outfits, so he hides it while at school, and initially hides it from Itsuka's older brothers, who by the way, are completely fine with him liking "girly" clothes. This duo wanders through the park while helping Madoka's sister with a photo shoot, ... and runs upon a girl who takes a photo of them and sends it to the whole class, which leads to bullying. THe teacher had later announced that there would be a play, and the bullies nagged at a crossdressed main cast of our lead characters, and the teacher agrees to an entirely genderbent Cinderella story, which completely derails after the girl who sent everyone the photo dips on the play. THrough this play Itsuka's bullies learned to accept their classmate as he is, and our main antagonist is shown to have had a crush on our main girl Itsuka, and was jealous of Madoka and Itsuki's friendship. Da da da we have one odd ending.

STORY - 9.5/10
I mean it's the standard cliche -- "Girly boy x Tomboy" friendship and acception story. I like the premise and the story completely.

ART - 10/10
Gotta love those outfits. Everything Madoka's sister could make was so serene and beautiful, and I would love to wear those outfits. Wait- can I hire the author to design me an outfit. .3.

CHARACTERS - 9.8/10
Again, cliche, but I like it.

DID IT SERVE IT'S PURPOSE?
Yes, It absolutely did, a good representation about the inner minds of people. I think many people do tend to do things out of spite and jealousy, and some people find their differences to be shameful, which they shouldn't be but that's the sad truth.

OVERALL - 10/10 It was a lovely masterpiece and deserves more love