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.