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As an actual drama relating to trangender or other queer issues, this manga is atrocious and not in any way representative for trans people.
However, as a comedic manga written by an oblivious author who thinks he is the most progressive "ally" in the world it is second to none and if you aren't put off by the mild transphobia, certainly worth the read.

The writer seems to have written the trans character (Nono) based on vaguely remebered details from the wikipedia article about trans people, our POV character is not the trans character but instead a (probable) author self-insert (Nao) who "saves" Nono on mutiple occasions, ... Nono makes no decisions about her transistion herself but is instead compelled to action by Nao and the manga does not at any point really think Nono is a girl.
Basically nothing in this manga is accurate to the actual experiences of trans people.

It deals with other subject matter about equally well, giving no insight into the subject that couldn't be gleaned by looking up the definitions of the words themselves. It plays at grand ideas and theories but none of them actually make any sense. It also incorrectly states that getting aids will kill you, which hasn't been the case since before this manga or the book it was based on came out.

If you want to gain an understanding of trans people or are made uncomfortable by transphobia, do not read this manga, however, if you want to read something unintentionally humorous by it's sheer misunderstandings and absurdity absolutely do read this manga.