Senpai wa Otokonoko
Senpai Is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate

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the art is PHENOMENAL. a large reason for my high score is simply because of how well done and fitting the art is. i even bought the first 6 volumes in japanese just to look at it all over again and i dont even speak japanese lol. The story was pretty good. there were some parts where things were a little vague but i think it was for artistic purposes.

My main complaint is that it feels kind of corny in some places, at least in the english localization. Maybe it is less so in the original work. Not a huge deal, and not distracting ... either.

My Crossdressing Senpai is one of those tales which a glimpse to the everyday life of a highschooler, the problems one faces while in highschool and the various difficult choices he/she has to make.

This story starts with a basic confession, and at first I thought that it was one of those cliche romances, confession, rejection and then the boy and girl fall in love. Yes, it is kinda like that, granted. But the in between points it connected, and how it tackled different things and then finally how it ended, is just beautiful.

Each and every character has given me, and I am sure the other ... readers too, some lessons, lessons we must learn from.

1. From Makato, we learned that the way you are and what you like, is YOUR normal, it should not be affected by what others say around you.

2. From Ryuji, we learned that sometimes giving up is for the better good.

3. From Aoi, we learned that we should choose what we want, and not let others affect us. For example, I'll give a common one, your career, the one I am personally facing, your parents should not affect what you want to do, and you should decide what YOU want for yourself.

The plot focuses on each character one at a time, from Makato to Ryuji to Aoi, showing there struggle, and finally how they reached their conclusion.

And ofcourse, there are fun elements too.

Overall, it was wholesome, with some sad elements and some tears in b/w. 10/10 would recommend

It starts very strong and loses energy and strength about a third through, and continues to drag until the ending.

What I like is the premise. What I like is the characters: and all of them. I know a lot of people hate Aoi for making the love triangle but she's pretty adorable. Maybe a little bland but I think they handle her well and she serves her purpose in starting the manga. Makoto and Ryuiji as well- honestly every character in this manga is kind of cute and enduring. These characters and the premise are ... strong I became invested enough to keep reading even though I didn't particularly the second two thirds of this manga. Even though I didn't like two thirds of the manga, I like the main trio enough to consider it alright, and I'd probably read another issue.

I think mangas about cross dressing men are inherently strong. There's built in conflict, built in character development, built in character attributes and a defining outline for how the story has to go- and again, it's all really enduring, charming. An easy read especially for a bad day.

The problem this manga has is Makotos conflict about his internal perception is solved way too early, Ryuji's internal conflict about loving Makoto is also solved too early; and as much as I like Aoi her conflict about her parents is not interesting in the slightest. The love triangle starts strong but as time passes and with each successive issue, the reader is left wondering; why is this still going on? Can Makoto just make up his mind already? Increasingly, the love triangle is forced to escalate itself to keep the readers invested; however with each issue there is less room to escalate and at a point it feels like none of the characters actually care about each other as they seem allergic to accepting the feelings of the others.

Anyways, 5/10 I think the art is nice too