Ranked #10344

No Bra (Manga)

No Bra: Please note this manga is somewhat Yaoi (Guy on guy). Just to warn u guys first :)

Story: No Bra follow the story of Tokyo high schooler Masato. In the begining, Masato was noticed that a childhood friend is going to live at his house. Like any harem, that childhood friend is a cute girl. However...

Nomura Yuuki is a male cross-dresser (and possibly gay)
I guess everyone can see where this is going ;)

The Story of No Bra is original. While it may be odd for some, it is an alright comedy and an intersting but eerie eechi vibe.

Art: Your normal shounen harem kinda art ( see ichigo 100%, IO and MxO). Nothing particular fancy and nothing too odd about it.

Characters: Seeing that you have a gay cross-dresser. The characters surrounding him(/her!?) is original. The indecisive male lead takes on a whole new challenge (about his gender prefrence), which is pretty interesting to read. Not much to say about the others characters though...

Enjoyment: While I have been positive here, it does have its faults. While it does have originality and is quite funny, the concept of the "struggling gender preference" may be overused and does take up massive manga squares. But that shouldn't be too much of a problem :).

This manga is recommended to older audiences. The sensitive theme of this manga may leave yound readers with a disgusting aftertaste. read more

Please take into consideration that this series was not my style and this review is simply to explain why. Many others seem to enjoy it; unfortunately, I did not.

So it's about a boy who winds up having a cute girl for a roommate...except the girl is really a boy. What I expected to find was a romance coupled with a bit of difficulty and lots complex emotions. What I got was a very basic plot with shallow and flat characters.

Contrary to what the synopsis says, Yuki is not a crossdressing boy who enjoys wearing womens' clothing. He is a biological male who self-identifies as a female. He doesn't simply dress like one, he lives the lifestyle of a female and wishes to be accepted as a female. This alone should be enough to build a spectacular story around, but there's simply not enough substance and it only plays a surface part in the overall storyline.

Masato has to cope with his emotions while he lusts after two girls he likes (and any character who will show him their panties). He is constantly wavering between whichever character is currently showing him attention. The relationships aren't very fleshed out and contrived. Ultimately, it was a light/quick read from start to finish.

If you are wanting to read about the complexities of teen romance, the social difficulties of being genderqueer and the search for understanding and acceptance, look elsewhere. If you want to read a typical school life ecchi comedy that's almost-sorta-not-really yaoi, then you'll probably like this. read more