Shojo manga's relationship to gender performance can sometimes be kind of fraught, but this series strives to be a little more understanding. Does it work out?
PLOT:
Asuka Matsumune is a high school boy with a lot of traditionally feminine interests. He's good at sewing and knitting, he's a great baker, and he loves shojo manga. Alas, to appease his paranoid mother he has to play the part of a cool, manly, kendo-playing boy. He ends up catching the eye of Ryo Miyakozuka, the daughter of a kendo master who fails at every attempt she makes at being traditionally feminine and declares that she could only love a truly masculine man. Asuka adores her, but can he ever reveal his true self to her?
