Manga Check-in: Ame Nochi Hare v.1 ch-5

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Chapter 1: I previously read the first 16 chapters. Let's see how much I remember! In this chapter, we meet the guys who will be part of the 'spell' and a girl from the girl's academy who will get involved. The transformation happens and all but one of them come together in a classroom.

Chapter 2-3: The guys realize it happens when it rains a lot. Haruto, the dorm supervisor who's been letting them stay over it when it happens, contacts the girl's academy headmistress for help. Haruto helps Hazuki try on the girl's school uniform but trips and lands on him right when his friend Jouji walks in;;

I'm curious if Haruto has a secret and who Kaoruko thought of when they were talking.

Chapter 4: Hold up...Haruto already had one girl's uniform in his house, there was the girl from the flashback and her saying she needed to tell Kaoruko something... I want to guess that Haruto is a trans man but I may be reaching because it's a gender bender manga...

Chapter 5: Why assume all the 'girls' were from America, why couldn't they say they were from like Spain so that they wouldn't have to worry about someone trying to speak to them in English?

Hazuki gets invited to a movie by Asumi and forgets he's a 'girl' and it's not a date, but the other guys support him. Also meanwhile they talk about their love lives. 'Maki' had a fiancee? 'Madoka' currently has one. No one else is dating. Hazuki turned back into a guy and gets stuck in the women's bathroom at the theater.

I found my initial notes the first time I read it! From 2013...

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Chapter 2: I really like how the appearance change from male to female was mostly subtle. They didn't all sprout moe eyes and super long hair or big boobs. It'd be really nice if this manga were more about the characters rather than 'how different the genders are'/how much it can be exploited.

I look forward to finding out more about the characters! They all seem really interesting so far, but I haven't been about to remember all their names yet.

Chapter 4: It doesn't matter what body parts they have, they're all still guys in gender. I like that they don't talk to each other any different than when in their usual state. I also liked the part where they noticed they were sitting with their legs open on the train and had to fix that, because they were wearing skirts. XP Nice touch.

Chapter 5: Sometimes I just don't get how guys think about girls (mainly how it's depicted in some shoujo manga). :/ They're not cattle, just because some guys are physically stronger doesn't mean they have all the advantages against girls.

Poor Maki, I wonder what his secret is... Same with Haruto, seems like there was a girl in his past?

Hazuki/Asumi is cute, if it was yuri I'd be okay with that pairing.