Uesugi-kun wa Onnanoko wo Yametai - Ch. 3

[MangaDex]

 

[Elizviel]

Bros gonna bang his homie 🫣

 

[Guyincognitus]

Alright. I've seen enough.

 

[Playerbase]

Grammar feels a little off in this chapter.

 

[NickieTheFool]

This feels a bit like a translation done by someone who's first language isnt english or even a first translation. It's not bad but theres room to improve with the grammar.

 

[MidnighTea]

... it's hard to believe this is a shoujo manga, huh? Girls these days must be way more cultured than they were back in my day. I approve.

 

[thatother1dude]

Grammar feels a little off in this chapter.

This is by someone different from either of the other translators. Speaking of, they just put out chapters two and three, holy crap.

... it's hard to believe this is a shoujo manga, huh? Girls these days must be way more cultured than they were back in my day. I approve.

Shoujo has a long history of gender non-conforming themes--the author of Uesugi-kun has done multiple series centered on crossdressing boys. It's not a wild stretch for a story to feature a fantasy gender change; Kanojo ni Naru Hi was a straight-up drama about the idea that started serialization in a shoujo magazine a decade ago.

Also, after over three decades in the original print version of Ciao (currently the best-selling shoujo magazine), this is the author's first work in the digital magazine/website Ciao+. It's perhaps not a coincidence given Uesugi-kun is about, as digital manga magazines seem to stray more from what's typical for the nominal demographic.

 

[MidnighTea]

Shoujo has a long history of gender non-conforming themes--the author of Uesugi-kun has done multiple series centered on crossdressing boys. It's not a wild stretch for a story to feature a fantasy gender change; Kanojo ni Naru Hi was a straight-up drama about the idea that started serialization in a shoujo magazine a decade ago.

Also, after over three decades in the original print version of Ciao (currently the best-selling shoujo magazine), this is the author's first work in the digital magazine/website Ciao+. It's perhaps not a coincidence given Uesugi-kun is about, as digital manga magazines seem to stray more from what's typical for the nominal demographic.

Ironically, it's less the genderswap bit that I find amusing but the pantyshot. Like, wow, that's some fanservice for a shoujo work. But yes, I remember genderswap works like Guilt-na-Zan back in the day.

And I've personally interacted with fujoshi on twitter who swear by genderswap (TSF) and consider it a subset of their beloved BL. There's a whole movement happening right now.

 

[glad-barfs]

@SorgeligSovn Page 7 seems to be missing in this chapter:

Spoiler: screenshots

 

[egg-kun]

It's not gay if you accidentally pray to turn into a girl and can't go back because you can't find a way to reverse it

 

[the_blip]

@SorgeligSovn why snipe someone else's work? And do such a poor job of it too. Let the other team work on it, they know what they're doing and have given a very reasonable timescale for their releases.