Man, this is hard to write, because I love this kind of formula, and the action and the people and everything is pretty darn good. The whole girl getting dressed up in disguise and is gorgeous and super cool is one of my favorite tropes. Genderbender too? SO AMAZING. I love Tsukasa a lot, she's kind of dumb at times, but she has a nice heart and a strong will and she's great, so great.

As I read the manga, however, I just couldn't make myself like Ryuuji. Given that he's literally one of the most important parts of the manga, a love interest and everything, this made my reading of Tokyo Crazy Paradise hard going.

He's not a horrible person, but the way he treated Tsukasa at times was verging on sexual harassment, if not just that. He kind of bullied her a ton, which I don't really find amusing in love interests, and sure he got better, but I still couldn't find it within me to think, "Oh but look he's changed for her kya kya they're so cute/hot/adjective."

In the manga, it was always depicted in a "Oh Ryuuji and your silly shenanigans!!" way, but I found it kind of gross to get through. I didn't really want Tsukasa with anybody really, but if I had to choose, it would not be him, my sincere apologies to the 99.99% of the readership who ship it hard. It wasn't my cup of tea.

Also, while I'm ok with nudity, (if it's there, whatever man!), the constant input of "Tsukasa has breasts!, look at them, also they are huge, and she is fourteen and super hot and the way dudes look at her is totally expected, (and for love interests, complimentary). Like, I didn't need that at all. I wanted Tsukasa being awesome, kicking ass and being super pretty. I didn't want her shown as a sex thing since she was supposed to be my cool protagonist with flaws.

In general, this wasn't for me I think. Heavy mixed feelings, sorry. At times, I adore this, at times I hate it, so I have to give this a 5 overall.