I had a lot of fun with this comedic gender feels manga. "Cocoa" has been making friends in an all-girls sweets group, but she has a secret - he's actually a guy who just likes crossdressing, and he visits the meetings mostly to stare at her crush. However... her crush is ALSO a guy who likes crossdressing. Now what?

I think the way identities are talked about in this manga can be seen as "problematic" by Western modern standards, but like, you have to look past that to the intent. There's no intentional malice or transphobia here, just a bunch of characters exploring their gender expression and getting into comedic (but sometimes embarrassing) double identity shenanigans about it.

Also, although she is a side character, there is an actual trans woman (who is also a lesbian), which I thought was a nice contrast with the guys who like crossdressing.

Overall, I think identity is complicated and fluid, and cultural norms differ, so I don't want to use any labels to describe these characters that weren't used in the work itself - but I enjoyed their shenanigans a lot.

Author seems so sweet! The artwork was great! Maybe it is just because I haven’t read a lot of manga, but I did fibd myself to be kind of confused at some points.

I liked the premise of this one and I really wanted to like it but it just felt a little flat to me. I think if it was ONLY Opera and Cocoa, is have liked their story better. Also the fact that crossdressing was found out so early kind of ruined it for me a bit.

This manga is SO stinking cute. I love the fluidity of gender here and the emphasis that it doesn’t matter what your gender is - it matters who you want to spend your time with! I also really adore how each character is so different on how they look and act and how they perceive themselves. It’s so original and unique and quirky… and all in all, freaking adorable!

I’m always a little nervous when a manga highlights cross-dressing (it’s often rather ick from a western perspective - sometimes super sexualized and otherwise predatory), HOWEVER this one was wholesome and had lots of really funny moments where the moral of the story is “you can never assume someone’s gender”. I was especially fond of random background character Sacchan who kept overhearing all of these beautiful women coming out as men and reacting hilariously.

Also mad props for Taro, the trans woman, for shutting down any insinuation of “we’re all guys here” but also letting herself be open and have good conversations with her friends.

I also really liked the message of like recreating yourself FOR yourself to inspire your confidence and to be more able to enjoy yourself. Definitely looking forward to Cocoa and Opera going on more adventures.