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Boku wa Mari no Naka

Also known as Inside Mari.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Ecchi , Mystery , Psychological , Thriller

College dropout Isao Komori wakes up one morning to find himself in the body of a high school girl. How did this happen and what happened to the girl whose body his is possessing?

Tags: Female Protagonist , Body Swapping , Dissociative Identities , Gender Bending , Seinen , Philosophy , Hikikomori , Primarily Female Cast , Psychosexual , LGBTQ+ Themes , Rehabilitation , School , Male Protagonist , Masturbation , Primarily Teen Cast , Unrequited Love , Nudity , Tragedy , Bullying , Disability

Kimi no Na wa.

Also known as your name..

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Supernatural

A story of two people determined to hold on to one another. Mitsuha, a high school girl from a town deep in the mountains, dreams of an unfamiliar life in Tokyo. Taki, a high school boy from Tokyo, dreams that he is a girl living in the mountains. As the two begin swapping lives, a miraculous story is set in motion.



Tags: Body Swapping , Time Manipulation , Urban Fantasy , School , Gender Bending , Heterosexual , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Coming of Age , Memory Manipulation , Urban , Rural , Tragedy , Primarily Teen Cast , Mythology , Trains , Shrine Maiden , Alternate Universe , Religion , Seinen , Time Skip

Hina-chan Change

Also known as Hina Change.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

Two childhood friends, Hina and Ren, shared a magic that could "swap minds." But one fateful day in high school, Ren impulsively uses Hina's body to approach the one he loves! A story of broken taboos and secret love.



Includes two extras and an epilogue.

Tags: Body Swapping , Gender Bending , LGBTQ+ Themes , Love Triangle , School , Female Protagonist , Bullying , Shounen

[Oshi no Ko]

Also known as [Oshi no Ko].

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who’s in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he’s about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol’s weapon!



Notes:
Nominated for the 14th and 15th Manga Taisho, the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, the 67th Shogakukan Manga Award in the general category and the 46th Kodansha Manga Award.
Winner of the 7th Next Manga Award in the print category.
Includes two extra chapters.

Tags: Revenge , Idol , Acting , Tragedy , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Reincarnation , Female Protagonist , Twins , Detective , Work , Time Skip , Urban Fantasy , Otaku Culture , Age Gap , Love Triangle , Suicide , Anti-Hero , Heterosexual , Primarily Teen Cast , Female Harem , Bullying , Educational , Denpa , Tsundere , Primarily Female Cast , Urban , Pregnancy , Filmmaking , VTuber , Cosplay , Incest

White Note Pad

Also known as WHITE NOTEPAD.

Status: Finished
Genres: Psychological , Slice of Life , Supernatural

One year ago, high schooler Hana Odamaki (age 17) and auto factory worker Shogo Kine (age 38) suddenly switched places in body and mind. Now, after a year in each other's shoes, the two run into each other again. The man who found himself as a young maiden has brushed up his vessel's femininity and become an amateur model, while the girl in the body of a middle-aged man was treated as an amnesia case and lost any steady employment. They may have been reunited with "themselves", but what should they do when they can scarcely recognize the person they once were...?



Tags: Josei , Body Swapping , Fashion , Female Protagonist , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Work , Urban , Heterosexual

Kasane

Also known as Kasane.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

Kasane's face is so hideous, you couldn't bear to look twice at her—and her ugliness has forced her to walk a harsh path in life. But her mother left her something: a tube of lipstick. The power of this lipstick will change everything about her downtrodden life.



Note: Nominated for the 8th Manga Taishou Award.

Tags: Shapeshifting , Acting , Body Swapping , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Revenge , Anti-Hero , Bullying , Denpa , Crime , Urban Fantasy , Rehabilitation , Torture , Disability , Survival , Primarily Female Cast , Heterosexual , Coming of Age , Incest , Primarily Adult Cast , Seinen , Magic , Philosophy , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Mythology , Yandere , Prostitution , Time Skip , Suicide , School Club , School

Kanojo ni Naru Hi

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance , Sci-Fi

Miyoshi was always competing and losing against his childhood friend, Mamiya, who was good at everything. One day, Mamiya collapsed from illness and was hospitalized for several weeks. When he returned to school, it turned out he was genetically female, and now he has decided to try living his life as a girl, much to Miyoshi's horror.

Tags: Gender Bending , Shoujo , Coming of Age , Heterosexual , College , Primarily Adult Cast , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , LGBTQ+ Themes , Bisexual , Transgender , School , Teens' Love

TS Gakuen no Nichijou

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Romance , Slice of Life

TS Gakuen is a boys' school where several students with OTMS syndrome, which causes them to temporarily become female for various reasons, are enrolled, The story depicts the daily life of these students and their thrilling school life.

Tags: Crossdressing , Male Protagonist , Gender Bending , School , Medicine , Primarily Teen Cast , Bisexual , Conspiracy , Yuri

Ranma 1/2

Also known as Ranma ½.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Ecchi , Romance

Years ago, Genma promised his old friend Soun Tendo that Ranma would marry one of Soun’s three daughters and carry on the family’s martial arts school. Except that the girl picked to be Ranma’s bride doesn’t seem to like him, Ranma keeps getting into fights…and did we mention that whole changing into a girl thing?



Tags: Gender Bending , Love Triangle , Ensemble Cast , Henshin , Martial Arts , Shapeshifting , Mixed Gender Harem , Cohabitation , Episodic , Female Harem , Primarily Teen Cast , Male Protagonist , Femboy , Shounen , School , Nudity , Tomboy , Arranged Marriage , Ghost , Demons , Animals , Curses , Magic

Skip to Loafer

Also known as Skip and Loafer.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Romance , Slice of Life

Excellent student Iwakura Mitsumi has always dreamt about leaving her small town, going to a prestigious university, and making positive change in the world. But she’s so focused on reaching her goals that she’s not prepared for the very different (and overwhelming) city life that awaits her in a Tokyo high school. Luckily, she makes fast friends with Shima Sousuke, a handsome classmate who’s as laid-back as she is over-prepared. Can this naive country girl make it big in Tokyo with Sousuke by her side?



Notes:
Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award.
Winner of the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the Best General Manga category in 2023.

Tags: Coming of Age , Female Protagonist , School , Primarily Teen Cast , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Rural , Seinen , Iyashikei , Urban , LGBTQ+ Themes , Acting , Transgender , Love Triangle