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Trans representation

I've been on the look for some mangas with trans characters, specifically with trans men.
So this is a list of the mangas i've read on the trans tag and my opinions on them, have in mind i have shitty memory and forget names 2 seconds after reading them
All(19) / manga(19)

Double House

 8.9(132 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Haruno Nanae
Genre(s): Drama / Gender Bender / Josei / Shoujo Ai / Slice Of Life

Short but good, one of the leads is a trans woman and the other a masculine cis girl. The talk about frames is super relatable as a person that doesn't fit well in a lot lf frames

10 08,2021

Otokonoko Doushi Renai Chuu

 7.9(249 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Ooshima Kaoru,Fumi Fumiko
Genre(s): Comedy / Drama / Ecchi / Gender Bender / Romance / Slice Of Life / Yaoi

The main character's partner is a trans girl (the mc still reffers to her as a girlboy though...)
Idk it was pretty confusing and i don't like that it's tagged as yaoi :/

10 08,2021

Hanayome wa Motodanshi

 9.6(685 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Chii
Genre(s): Romance / Slice Of Life

It's about a trans woman telling about her transition. If you're interested about how people transition in japan this is pretty insightful

10 08,2021

The Story of a Girl Who Likes Girls, and a Girl Who Used to be a Guy

 9.3(673 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Yuu
Genre(s): One Shot / Romance / Slice Of Life / Shoujo Ai

Sweet story about a girl who encounters an ex-classmate who she unknowingly inspired to come out and transition :)

10 08,2021

Trans Star

 8.4(48 voted)
Complete
Author(s): ohara hiroki
Genre(s): Comedy / Gender Bender / One Shot / Romance / School Life / Shoujo Ai

Unlike the title says this is not actually about transgender people. The main character's crush catched an illness that makes them suddently switch sex (and gender with time).
SPOILER: it ends up with her accepting that she fell in love with her crush as a person and not for her sex/gender. It doesn't have trans themes but i liked the end :)

10 08,2021

Kyou Kara Yonshimai

 6.2(29 voted)
Complete
Author(s): SATOU Nanki,KIZUKI Akira
Genre(s): Shoujo

The main's character older sibling comes back after years as a woman. It has some bigoted comments and a lot of fanservice, also the ending was weird af?.
I kinda feel bad for the trans girl since she's still being told how wrong she is and even her girlfriend telling her to not transition. Just weird overall?

10 08,2021

Yuzu no Koto

 8.7(145 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): arai shou
Genre(s): Shoujo / Comedy / School Life

Main character's friend comes out as trans after summer vacation.
A rare ocassion of a trans and gay man (in a chapter it's mentioned he has a crush on a male actor)
I like how it tackled the "trans men are lesbians who transitioned because they like women" myth, as i've personally been told i can't be trans because i'm into men :/

10 08,2021

Sakura-chan to Amane-kun

 9.1(331 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Asazuki Norito
Genre(s): Gender Bender / Romance

One of the characters is a trans boy, it's not confirmed if the other main character is a trans girl or just likes crossdressing. It was dropped though
Also there's a tr*p joke in the second-to-last chapter by the translator at that wasn't nice

10 08,2021

Boys Run the Riot

 9.6(262 voted)
Ongoing
Author(s): Gaku keito
Genre(s): Drama / Psychological / School Life / Slice Of Life

Great manga about a trans man also made by a trans man iirc.
The mc meets a dude who was held back a year and after connecting through their love of fashion he comes out to him and they start a fashion brand.
[SPOILER] I sadly relate to the "connects with a dude who's cool just for him to only try to date you because he refuses to see you as a man" bit :'(

10 08,2021

Haru ga kita

 8.5(125 voted)
Complete
Author(s): Mochino Kome
Genre(s): Yaoi / Drama

One side character is a trans man, besides that it's your usual yaoi story with a ton of triggering subjects.
Like it's one line where he showers with his nephew and explains why he doesn't have a pp, he also mentions how big his chest was before having top surgery.
In my opinion it's not worth reading if you're just looking for trans rep, if you like bl and are ok with the triggers then yeah go and read it (i'm sure in the comments there's a trigger list, if not i'll update it myself)

10 08,2021

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TiredSapphic October 22, 2023 3:44 am

This is such a nice list! Thank touu