Otomen

Name: Otomen
Author: Kanno Aya
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
Released: 2007
Status: Ongoing


Plot:
Masamune Asuka is an otomen. In other words he's a guy who likes cute stuff, reads shoujo manga, likes sewing and loves sweets. Unfortunately his mother doesn't approve him being himself because Asuka's father left home when Asuka still was little child, because his father wanted to be a woman. This is why Asuka's mother wants his son to be manly. Well, Asuka is the champion in kendo and is descriped as a manliest man of the school. But luckily he found a girl who he loves and who accepts him as who he is and a friend who actually uses Asuka as his model for his shoujo manga serie. This way Asuka starts little by little accepting what he likes until someone has to make it even harder...

Characters:
Masamune Asuka ~ He's a girly boy, who practices kendo and is thought as the most handsome guy of the school. He's good at cooking and has a bad habit to buy everything cute. Asuka has a silver gray hair and sharp eyes.
(Sry, don't remember the last name) Ryo ~ She's a manly girl, complete opposite of Asuka. Maybe that's the reason they get along so well. She doesn't know how to cook or sew but she's good with woodworks. Also she can do karate, thanks to her strict and very manly father who doesn't allow any weakness. Ryo has dark hair and is descriped as pretty.

Read? Me? Why on earth?
Let me explain! This is complete opposite of normal shoujo mangas. In this one the girly and shoujo heroine is a boy, Asuka. And the real man is a girl who is showed lesser in the serie. Usually in shoujo manga you have as a main character a female but this time it's a male which is extremely refreching. And romantic isn't in spotlight in this serie even though it has it, but most of the time the manga is focused on Asuka and his way to accept himself and some people around him. The more fun this serie makes his male friend (whose name I can't remember, sorry my horrible head... T__T) who uses Asuka as his model for his manga serie. And the reason for this is because Asuka is more feminine than any other girl. All the best moments consists of people calling Asuka Ryo's wife or a little kid calling Asuka his mum and Ryo his dad. This just so weird and at the same time so freakin' cute that you can't resist reading more of this awesome serie.
Also this is a story of how being different is okay and amazing thing. You should just be yourself. No matter what gender you are or what you like, tell that to people. Even though some of them might not understand you, there's still always someone who understands and likes same things. I've experience with this kind of things so this story really touches me. (Living in small town is just so freaking hard...)
Btw, if you don't like waiting and you've read all the chaps up to 21 or something, you can find more chaps on other pages. ;) Just type 'Otomen manga online' on google or some other searching engine and you'll find many links with more chapters on them. I highly recommend this serie for all shoujo lover and also all those yaoi lovers. ;) Even though you can't find any boys love in it, you can find so many hints instead that.

WARNING! Contains some spoilers? :) So be careful while watching~ 

This MMV is so nicely done that it's better watch it. Plus it tells a lot of the serie and so on. I don't take any credits of this or any other video that I'll share or I've shared. ^^