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manga titles that are (or at some point were) set in elite/boarding schools

Mangas in which one or more of the main characters are trans.

For all my bitches and bros and non-binary hoes. 🏳️‍⚧️

Focus here is on manga where either a main character is trans or a significant story arc focuses on trans characters and issues of trans identity. Otoko no ko and crossdressing series will be ignored unless there are explicit trans messaging in there. Likewise, gender-bending series that approach sex change on supernatural terms (Boku Girl) or through sci-fi mechanics (11-nin iru!) will likely be ignored unless there's some sort of grounding element that makes queer identity explicit. Finally, any series that's just like, blatantly transphobic (F. Compo) will be ignored. Some wording will be vague to avoid spoilers.

In order:
- Claudine! (1978) - Transman protagonist
- Stop! Hibari-kun (1981) - Transwoman love interest/deuteragonist
- Paros no Ken (1986) - Transman protagonist
- Double House (1998) - Transwoman protagonist
- Hourou Musuko (2002) - Everyone's trans
- Boku wa, Onnanoko (2003) - Transwoman protagonist in titular story
- Homunculus (2003) - Important transwoman character
- IS - Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei (2004) - Trans and intersex protagonists
- J no Subete (2004) - Transwoman protagonist
- Ai no Shintairiku (2004) - Transwoman protagonist
- Densen Complex (2006) - Transwoman love interest/deuteragonist in Love Horizon
- Mascara Blues (2007) - Transwoman protagonist in "So I Can Be Myself - A Long Dream"
- Yuureitou (2010) - Transman protagonist
- Smells Like Green Spirit (2011) - Transwomen protagonists
- Bokura no Hentai (2012) - Transwoman protagonist
- Kodomo wa Wakatte Agenai (2014) - Important transwoman character
- Shimanami Tasogare (2015) - Multiple trans characters
- Umareru Seibetsu wo Machigaeta! (2016) - Transwoman autobiography
- Kono Koi ni Mirai wa nai (2016) - Transwoman protagonist
- Hanayome wa Motodanshi. (2016) - Transwoman autobiography
- Boku ga Watashi ni Naru Tame ni (2016) - Transwoman autobiography
- Fukakai na Boku no Subete o (2018) - Non-binary protagonist, everyone's trans
- Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku (2018) - Transwoman protagonist
- Boys Run the Riot (2020) - Transman protagonist

WARNING: You might binge this

Manga featuring characters who dress like the opposite sex either as a hobby or in everyday life. This will include both women and men.

Quite a few of these are not tagged as Crossdressing by MAL, that's one of the reasons for this list.

The manga that also have an anime adaptation will not be featured here.

~~~~~ Over 50 ~~~~~
Itoshi no Vanilla-chan

Some of the best drawings in manga. Whether it is because of the level of detail or because of its creativity and uniqueness, these manga have beautiful artwork. This list only includes one manga per artist.

Of course this is very subjective and only consists of manga I’ve read. Feel free to comment more manga on my profile for me to check out and I might include in this list!

very much based on my personal tastes, everything here has a larger story and plot, as well as depth of character. some may have romance and smut. most are rather dark.

work in progress, feel free to send me recs!

A list of manga titles that I think are fucked up in some way, be it in the psychological sense or in matters of gore/violence. Each title has its own set of trigger warnings, I suggest looking them up on mangaupdates for more detailed tags.

collection of BL with heavily loaded content and dark themes

what to expect from this list ::

≫ trigger warnings
≫ distressing, disturbing and difficult content
≫ dark storylines
≫ heavy overtones

collection of BL that messes with your head

what to expect from this list ::

≫ psychological content with thriller themes
≫ deep lore, deep metaphor, and layers of complexity
≫ mindblow moments
≫ complicated explorations of characters
≫ may contain difficult and distressing content

this list has more emphasis on NSFW themes. for a whole wholesome list, check out my other stack:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/27612

what to expect from this list ::

≫ high school, classroom and clubroom settings
≫ classmates and students (no teachers or authoritative figures)
≫ boys in school uniform
≫ dormmates and private school dormitories

Boys Love mangas for those who prefer sad, messed up stories. Beware of the TWs of each title.

for all things queer (mixed genres)
*Genderless Danshi and Madoka no Himitsu aren't explicitly lgbt if I remember correctly, but it does deal with gender nonconformity

! alphabetically ordered !

(Willing) cross-dressing/gender non-conforming/drag queen/drag king characters that are not canonically transgender in manga. (I did include some debatably trans characters/characters that are sometimes tagged as trans.)

Anime version:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53553


Not on MAL (yet):

Dansou Joshi to Josou Danshi ga Kekonshimashita
Agaru Yamada (cross-dressing woman) (protagonist)
Anzu (cross-dressing man) (main)

Wagahai wa "Otoko no Ko" de aru!
Nanami Igarashi (cross-dressing man) (protagonist)