Crossplay Love: Otaku x Punk Vol. 1: Otaku X Punk 1

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Höpfler, Melanie (2021-11-07). "Kazé Manga stellt weitere Lizenzen für das Frühjahr 2022 vor"[Kazé Manga announces more licenses for spring 2022]. Crunchyroll (in German). Sony. Archived from the original on 2022-10-17 . Retrieved 2022-10-17.

This is definitely much lighter fare, and pretty focused on the comedic aspect of this dynamic, but (so far) in a sweet and playful way. a b "【2月9日付】本日発売の単行本リスト". Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2019-02-09. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2021-05-21.Gut finde ich allerdings, dass hierbei nicht nur deren Zusammentreffen abgebildet werden, sondern Leser:innen die Chance bekommen beide in ihrer üblichen Umgebung kennenzulernen. Kakioroshi 1: Sayu to Konomi no Otoko no Ko" ( 描き下ろし① さゆと好みの男の子, "Bonus #1: Sayu and the Boy She Likes") This book knows how to weaponize its silly premise for all it’s worth. Hana and Mei, aka Hanae and Shuumei, keep their sparks flying, but it’s not without complication after complication because of just about everything, including their preconceptions of one another’s male selves. Ridiculous, cute fun, that falls apart if you think about it too much but it's not like the series is trying to be a hard-hitting documentary. It mostly plays as comedy. Right now, it's really enjoyable. There's no real explanation (yet?) of why Hanae chose to take a job crossdressing in a cafe, or if any of his coworkers know. His boss is a man, and the rest of his coworkers seem to be cis girls, so it's not a themed cafe in that way. Since he doesn't change at work, it seems like he might be keeping it a secret from everyone - but I'd think his boss would have to know his birth name etc for employment purposes. (This came up in Boys Run the Riot, Vol. 1, where the main character was trans and had struggled to find a workplace that'd accept him as a guy.)

Da Vinci (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. 2019-06-23. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. The side characters are surprisingly strong, it’s an all male main cast, but everybody is full of secrets or a little more layered than you’d expect. Except that one guy they introduce at the end, who I didn’t especially like, but on the balance this is a good group. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. I’m pretty open about the fact that BL is not really my genre, so I will also be pretty open and say that having the two guys crossplaying as cute girls is probably the most effective silver bullet that could ever be used to have me exploring the genre again.a b "女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い". MAGXIV (in Japanese). Mag Garden. Archived from the original on 2023-03-01 . Retrieved 2023-11-27. Kakioroshi 1: Sayu to Konomi no Otoko no Ko After" ( 描き下ろし① さゆと好みの男の子 after, "Bonus #1: Sayu and the Boy She Likes – After") Does cosplay and/or crossdressing permit people to express themselves as they would not otherwise be able? Absolutely. But where among this means of self-expression are the limits of willful articulation (desire) and the boundaries of experiential wonder (need)? CROSSPLAY LOVE: OTAKU x PUNK v1 is shallowly written and focuses closely on these two characters' dynamic, with a passing glance to their best-friend circles and their bland school lives. But bubbling beneath the surface is an intriguing slice of contemporary discourse on the application of (gendered) costuming to express or receive genuine affection. Crossplay Love was nominated for the 2019 Next Manga Award [31] and the 2020 Denshi Comic Awards [ ja], [32] the latter of which called it a great series with an intriguing premise. [33] The manga's web edition had been viewed 15 million times as of February 2019, [34] and was popular with readers. [4] Animania [ de] and Splashcomics both considered it a good cross-dressing comedy for fans of the genre, recommending it to readers who have enjoyed similar manga like Mikiyo Tsuda's Princess Princess. [35] [36] Crunchyroll News recommended it to readers who like "fluffy" romantic comedies, and included it in a feature on "fantastic" LGBTQ manga. [37] a b c d "Die Schönheit vom Café". Animania [ de] (in German). No.3/2022. Animagine. April–May 2022. p.81.

Sort of. The strange and peculiar lives of this manga's characters converge in such a funny little way that what might otherwise be fertile ground for fetishistic humor instead gives way to deliberately awkward wholesomeness. A mild-mannered girl falls for a rough-around-the-edges girl? Maybe. Except the mild-mannered girl is a reclusive (male) otaku, and the rough-edges girl is (male) delinquent with a soft side. CROSSPLAY LOVE: OTAKU x PUNK v1 is a simple meet-cute via crossdressing. The convenience of its narrative artifice notwithstanding, the story might be cleverer than readers are readily aware.

Mateo, Alex (2022-12-23). "North American Anime, Manga Releases, November 20-26". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2022-12-17 . Retrieved 2022-12-17. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2020-05-09. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. Bonus #2: Shimazaki and the Trail He Blazed" ( 描き下ろし② 嶋崎と新開拓, Kakioroshi 2: Shimazaki to Shinkaitaku) Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2019-12-10. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. In the bonus chapters, we find out that Hanae - who goes to cosplay events as himself, rather than as his alter ego Hana - really loves the art of crossdressing, or just of cosplay in general. There's a famous male cosplayer he adores, who does both male and female cosplay, and has huge numbers of equally adoring fans.

You can generally expect each situation for one character to have a parallel shortly afterwards, so both girls admit that they absolutely hate the type of person who their crush appears to be in the real world in separate chapters. One meets the other while the other isn’t in crossplay, that sort of thing. Nonetheless, it’s silly fun and really kind of charming. Hanae’s initial narration is pretty savage and I thought we were in for some serious judgemental manga, but it’s thankfully just a reflection on his self-loathing and poor esteem. There’s basically zero hesitation on Shuumei’s part to shed his punk aesthetic and dress like a girl if it gets him closer to Hana. in Thai). Dango Manga. Archived from the original on 2022-06-13 . Retrieved 2023-10-26– via Meb Market. Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2019-02-10. Archived from the original on 2021-05-21 . Retrieved 2021-05-21. Mateo, Alex (2021-12-08). "Seven Seas Licenses 7th Time Loop, Crossplay Love, SHWD Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on 2021-12-09 . Retrieved 2021-12-08.Natalie (in Japanese). Natasha, Inc. 2021-09-10. Archived from the original on 2021-09-10 . Retrieved 2021-10-13. Rosner, Elias (2022-05-30). "Soliciting Multiversity: Top 15 Manga for August 2022". Multiversity Comics. Archived from the original on 2022-10-20 . Retrieved 2022-12-27. Anyway, we'll see! I'm more intrigued than I'd thought I was going to be. The friends are fun, too; Shuumei's buddy/gang member is particularly interesting, and in a regular BL I feel like that would've probably been the romance. (Turning down 25 confessions because no girl is ever going to matter to him as much as Shuumei does...that's a tough act to follow.) I question whether there’s enough substance for some people, this story is hilariously formulaic when it’s mirroring our two leads’ experiences, but if the premise is at all amusing I wager you’d have a good time. It’s a fun take on crossplay and, no, it’s not as thoughtful a look at the notion as, say, Love Me For Who I Am, but that story had similar real world blinders on, so it’s more a difference of the intent than anything. This wants to entertain and it does it pretty darn well. a b c d "女装して谷上 弓弦事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い". Mangapedia (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 2021-01-25 . Retrieved 2021-05-21.