Hanjuku Joshi - Vol. 1 Ch. 1 - My First Girls School

[MangaDex]

 

[NeonWinter]

This is my second time reading this, and I had completely forgotten about the trans subtext

 

[ElderD]

That got rapey real quick...

 

[valjeanlafitte]

I remember when female characters could be boyish and male characters could be girlish, and both could even resent being born their gender without people automatically reading 'trans subtext' into it (usually without any supporting evidence). Good times.

 

[valjeanlafitte]

Not a fan of the rapey stuff either, but it's at least partly justified in the next chapter.

 

[Heirou]

didn't expect this to get so rapey, I'm more into wholesome stuff, really like the art tho

 

[alanmfruiz]

Uh, was really sweet until the end. Not really my thing.

 

[Empyrette310]

This is my second time reading this, and I had completely forgotten about the trans subtext

It's about as close to not being subtext as it can be while still being subtext.

 

[MacinteuchPlus]

I remember when female characters could be boyish and male characters could be girlish, and both could even resent being born their gender without people automatically reading 'trans subtext' into it (usually without any supporting evidence). Good times.

"I wish I was born a boy" is pretty clear, it's not reading into things, we're directly told about it, now if you have an issue with trans people existing that's another issue

 

[seseagain]

"I wish I was born a boy" is pretty clear, it's not reading into things, we're directly told about it, now if you have an issue with trans people existing that's another issue

Her gender identity issues are due to internalized homophobia though aka "only boys are allowed to like girls, therefore I should've been a boy"

Still, one of the few yuri manga which actually deals with stuff like gender besides "but we're both girls", which is especially refreshing considering that this came out in 2008/09, when more recent works completely gloss over how sexuality can lead people to question their gender identity as well. Morishima Akiko really writes much more realistic yuri than usual imo.