ChurchHatesTucker ☑#MangaMonday 63 “Otonari Complex” by Saku Nonomura
Makoto is a boy who sometimes crossdresses. His neighbor Akira is a tomboy. Though frequently mistaken for a couple, they’ve been friends since childhood. But lately Makoto has been thinking he’d like to be more.
This #manga is marketed under “#LGBT+ Topics,” which… it is if you squint. Makoto and Akira are a boy/girl pair of childhood friends obviously destined to be together in the end. Makoto’s crossdressing is treated like a hobby.
Akira’s is the more interesting story. As a kid she was bullied for being tall and boyish. Unfortunately, she internalized that to the point of considering herself unlovable. She doesn’t appear to have ever considered a romantic relationship and has a way to go to meet Makoto’s feelings.
Complete with three of five volumes in English (Seven Seas.) The fourth drops tomorrow. A J-Drama adaptation aired this year.