Boku to Kanojo no XXX

Damn! This is one of a kind! Rarely does any story have borderline yaoi/yuri and still makes me carry on reading.

The Gender Bender genre may be considered weird for many people. But it's definitely not as bad as you think! In fact, it's good! This manga sort of explores forbidden love, trust and friendship. It shows the power of love in this world!

This manga is very romantic and has elements of comedy. The storyline is also very interesting. Has anyone actually thought 'what if i switched genders and fell in love with someone?' This manga shows how Momoi and Akira deals with this situation.

Once you read the first few chapters, you are drawn in to the story. There is no turning back. The only choice is to keep reading.

First of all the summary really caught my interest because imagine, a feminine boy and masculine girl switching bodies ( there might be an interesting development between the two). I was really interested in the beginning (well it made me laugh) but as I got into the later part, I got disappointed. I thought having their bodies switched would change each other's personality but it didn't, instead the two decided to remain as they were. What I didn't like was in the end, it turned into yaoi/Yuri. It was unexpected and I didn't liked it. For me, I wasn't satisfied with the ending. I just don't. I felt like it lacked something. I also didn't liked it when Akira didn't end up with Momoi (whyyyyyyy I really shipped them but my ship got wreckeddd). I was hoping Momoi would change the same goes for Akira but no! Anyways, the overall score is 6, the art was nice so I gave it 10,l but I didn't enjoy it much so 5 and same with the story and characters.

Want to state this at the start of the review. But i might come back and lower this to a 3 in the future.

Just nothing but Annoying, Cringy, Unfunny and stupid moments.

Biggest hate i have for this entire story is that the two MC's don't even get together. It's so annoying to watch some guy's best friend almost rape him multiple times just because he's now a chick. I can't even properly explain how much this entire story annoyed me and the biggest problem is this right her.

Also things like the chick that goes into the guy's body is just a total asshole that goes and sleeps with other women while dating her best friend and also telling the guy that's in the women's body not to even hold hands with anyone or be sad.

2nd worst thing about this is that they don't even return to their original bodies ffs. That's the one thing you always do in body swap stories because no one wants to see two people in the wrong body and i feel that i don't need to explain why it's wrong.

I feel that my 2nd issue wouldn't be as bad if the two of them fell in love while being in each others body but even then that would still be bad.

I would have loved it shit tons more if it ended with both of them back in their original bodies and have the chick still dating her best friend ( They never told her that her boyfriend is actually her best friend and that her boyfriend has been going around cheating on people) Have the guy not be in love with his friend ( Need i remind you that his friend has tried raping him multiple times when he was a girl) Like i never really like gay romances because they never seem natural and seems weird in stories. But this is made even worse when one of them has tried RAPPING HIS BEST FRIEND. Like honestly they just gloss over this shit like it's nothing and acts like it doesn't lead to mental trauma. Hell, if the story found the need to have the two guys be together then jsut have his gender be changed or some shit.

I just can't put into words how much this annoyed me and it's no wonder it took me over a week to finish when i have to deal with some of the worst cast of characters in a manga i'v seen in the past month or two.

Again worst part is that the two MC's don't fall in love. The one thing the entire audience is wanting and rooting for and not for the guy to fall for the rape guy and the cheating girl to get the friend who is completely innocent. I still don't know why they went this route of them not falling in love and switching bodies back but it easily lowers this score to anything decent to kind of bad.

Only thing i can say is that the girl's personality is funny the first few chapters but after that i stopped caring after she threatens the other MC for the millionth time with violence if the MC show's any type of human emotion. I do think that the Personality is best fitted for the girl body though.

Overall i can't recommend this at all and suggest you avoid unless you need you blood to boil a bit.

Edit: Fuck i didn't even mention how crappy it is for the guy in the girls body because he no one missing him and no one caring about him besides the rape guy. His own family likes the girl as their son better then him and it's honestly depressing. Like fuck sake, Not only does this dude lose his body but he also realizes he is alone in this world ( Not counting rape dude) and doesn't even have anyone to talk to about because if he does then the chick will beat the shit out of him.

I picked this up off the shelf of my local bookstore. It looked cute, so I decided to give it a try. And boy, this has to be the biggest regret of my manga-reading life!

First off: The story- fairly original. I mean, a feminine boy and masculine girl switch bodies and see what the "other side" is like? I can get behind that! Unfortunately, that is brought down by the reinforcement of sexual stereotypes and disgusting character interactions.

Akira is a PIG! While she has an issue with Momoi looking at/ touching her body (And how can he not? He has to bathe sometime!), she has no issue with using his body in any way she deems fit- from touching/exploring to sleeping with girls! And then has the nerve to say that if Momoi dares touch her body inappropriately, then she'll be so ruined for marriage that she'll embarrass him in horrible horrible ways! And to top it off, one of the other main chracters acts like a soon-to-be rapist, cornering Momoi and getting as close as physically possible to rape (and again, the story reinforces insulting sexual stereotypes by making Momoi like it. Most girls would be completely and utterly disgusted, so I was not amused!)

And to top it off, the art was bad. Not only did the characters look indifferent under normal circumastances, with generic and somehat badly-done character designs, but for the most part they were ugly blocky bodies or chibi characters.

So if you find this in your local bookstore, pass by it and read Skip Beat! or ARIA instead. You'll be the better for it.

I dont even know where to begin....

The catagories this manga is listed as are about as far from the nature of the story as it could be. This is in no shape or form a romantic comedy, it is a psychological tradegy drama - the notion it could be anything else but a tragedy can only be due to either not having read the entire story or simply not paying mind to what is going on. The score will be based on MAL's listed genres.

The primary "comedy" is nothing but overused tropes - an old pervert and a massive siscon. Feeling massively out of place in the setting and artstyle, the supposedly fun scenes simply leaves you with an eyeroll instead of a chuckle.

Our protagonist (Akira) find himself unwillingly forced into the body of his love interest (Nanako) whom turns out to be one of the most egotistical and unlikeable characters you could imagine. Throughout the story it becomes more and more apparent that the supporting characters are all antagonist - his supposedly "bestfriend" since childhood attempts to rape him on multiple occasions, which for some reason just gets brushed off as "whatever". Everyone surrounding Akira shows no empathy towards his situation even as they learn it, including his family which much to Akira's distress turns out to having disliked his former self and with open arms essentially letting Nanako steal his identity. As if the rape attempts by Senbongi wasn't disturbing enough, how Nanako's best friend pays no mind to what trauma induced the dramatic change in "Nanako" cannot help but leave you to wonder if the story is about how easy it is for sociopath's to "hide" in front of their social circle.

As the story progress you can feel nothing but empathy and sadness for Akira's torment. The supporting cast slowly but surely shows to be nothing but narcissists who abuse Akira to futher their agenda. Akira is continuous exposed to physical and psychological torture from everyone which culminates in the complete and utter destruction of his self-consciousness and soul.


In regards to MAL's listed genres this is a spectacular failure that should be avoided.
If viewed as what it really is - a psychological tragedy - it is actually quite good if you can ignore the horribly misplaced "comedy".

Well, knowing the publication was discontinued makes me feel a little better about dropping this series...

My conclusions at the end of volume one were as such: Fairly entertaining. Good for a light read. And I probably would have continued if the rest of the published volumes were already in my possession for some reason. But it was not something I'd be willing to spend money on to continue. (I found volume one for, like, a dollar at the local flea market, and at that point, manga is manga. I'm willing to give anything a try when I'm getting it practically for free.)

There was nothing really captivating about this that pulled me into the story. I didn't feel any real drive to find out what happens next. I didn't feel super connected to the characters or anything and I didn't find the story concept to be terribly original. I mean, with the sheer number of body-swap stories out there, you have to try a little harder than this to stand out.

I decided to read this manga after reading hana kimi and Tokyo crazy paradise and then I enjoyed gender blenders a lot. It wasn't as good as these two but it was pretty hilarious I laughed a lot and enjoyed it a lot
For story I give 6 it's really original but very annoying the way it goes at the beginning is a bit too slow that I actually went thru some pages only by looking at the pictures
For the art I give 7 it's really funny the way the artists draws the different expressions of each character
For character I give 6 sometimes momoi and Akira really pissed me off the way he can't stand up for himself and the way she had all the control and messed with his life as she pleases however as the events unfold the characters evolved and they became more agreeable
For enjoyment I give 8 it's actually a hilarious manga
Overall it's 7 a funny manga but if u get irritated by characters with weak personalities I don't recommend it and also it has a bit of yaoi

Do i start from the fact that this manga made me feel so uneasy that i decided to write a review about it although i never bother writing one most of the time?

To be fair, i enjoyed reading it in the beginning, it was interesting and i couldn't excatcly predict what what going to happen next so i continued reading it. I finished it in two sittings, the first sitting was fun but it was during the second sitting that i started to feel really pissed off considering how patient i was trying to be. They kept repeating te same damn mistakes and I’m gonna start telling you how much of a prick Momoi was to Akira. She not just violated his body and used it as she wished but she also had the nerve to threaten Akira not to even look at her body?? She slept around with girls and yet got mad if Akira had some weird THOUGHTS? Like are you for real? There are just so many disgusting stereotypes in just this one manga i couldn’t honestly take it.
And let me state my unpopular opinion that a boy’s virginity is NO LESS important or special than a girl’s. And thus Momoi is disgusting.

Now I’m going to talk about how much i loathed Senbongi :) He’s just a selfish bastard for using Akira. Akira CLEARLY didn’t like being a girl but Senbongi just kept bugging him and making him feel uneasy even though he SAID many times how he didn’t want to be treated like that and how he wanted him to look at him the way he was before because he still viewed himself as a GUY!. Then there was that time when i thought he was actually a good guy and that he actually liked Akira for who he was and not for his sex but then he starts avoiding him after Akira gets back to his own body?? For real! I can’t start to describe how bad i felt for Akira. And the ending was just wrong on sooo many levels.

It's rare when I find a manga that makes me smile the whole time I'm reading it, this is one of them!

This is an absolutely fantastic manga, the best gender-bending manga I've read as of yet.

The relationship between Akira and his/her best friend is so 'closet steamy' and cute. And the real Momoi is having a ball living in Akira's body and enjoying the "joys" of young healthy male-hood. The relationship between all the characters are so great, the interplay enjoyable, and the manga itself is such a blast; romantic, a little bit smutty, and with a touch of yaoi/yuri play to make it even better.

Can't wait to read more! :D

i just realized that any manga by morinaga ai are all weird. weird but surprisingly hilarious. i found myself laughing out loud and not just smiling. but i was seriously confused since this would make a yaoi/yuri manga. a bit disturbing but since the guy is too pathetically girly and the girl uber manly it doesn't bother me anymore. but senbongi, he knew akira's a guy and yet...he says he loves him! i'm at a loss there.@_@
in the recent chapter, it looks like the switching device is fixed so i'm wondering if they'll finally return to their respective bodies or seeing as it was morinaga who created this, the ending would be totally unexpected.

has an interesting storyline but the chapters are dragging. but every chapter sure has humor in it.