Manga With Trans Themes And/Or Characters

MtF. Ignore chapter 40. As I am FtM I can’t properly speak on how well Marika serves the mantle of trans girl representation but her journey of self acceptance somewhat mirrors my own as a trans man. There are points where the manga backtracks on said development for seemingly no reason, ruining what is otherwise adequate trans rep, re: ignore chapter 40

This one might throw you for a curveball. FtM. When I initially read this I had to do a double take cause this isn’t the kind of representation you’d expect from a cisgender author, but Fujimoto hits the nail on the head. Togata’s coming out is raw, his suffering is real and encapsulates the feeling of being ‘trapped in the wrong body’ to a sickeningly real degree with Togata’s blessing being regeneration.

Overall good read but Tetsuo's body is often exploited in a fan-servicey manner which is unnecessary and potentially dysphoria inducing. This manga is also, sometimes painfully, a product of its time; the author clearly had no idea how HRT worked as Tetsuo's voice goes back to "normal" when he's off Testosterone.

FtM. No, the trans man is not a lead character, no he does not feature in an m/m romance. He's a gangster that appears in a single chapter who makes some offhand comments about how big his tits used to be.

Adequate MtF representation with a bittersweet ending, however look elsewhere if you’re hoping for FtM rep. Our main trans boy, throughout the course of the series, is subject to sexual assault and unrelenting pressure to remain a woman. In the end they decide to do just that, citing that they didn’t really want to be a man, they just despised being a woman. Typical.

Classical transhet FtM. You will cry.

Hibari-kun is a trans girl but there is a trans male supporting cast member. As with most of these entries, Stop!! Hibari-kun is a product of it's time and doesn't always handle it's representation in a sensitive manner. That being said, the author's reasons for writing Hibari-kun are very heartwarming and genuine. I encourage you to read some interviews from him.

The blue Zombie girl is trans and while I haven’t watched or read it, it made weebs mad on twitter and white trans women weebs wouldn’t shut up for days so that’s gotta be something