Tensei shitara Ore ga Heroine de Aitsu ga Yuusha Datta

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I believe this is the 2nd manga series I have started reading about gender-bent characters apart from the first one with the "gender-bent co-workers."

The plot is relatively simple since we have two high school students who got whisked away in another world. Sure this sounds typical but one of the MCs was put in a female body, which by itself is unique. Luckily that isn't the only appeal, this series focuses on the two MCs navigating this fantasy world and overcoming things by facing it head-on.

There isn't anything special or talented about the MCs, they are practically borderline ordinary. The same could be said ... with this series, it's not mind-blowing or exceptional. It's just....the same usual stuff.

It is a good read though, nothing horrifying or sexual, really it stays in the middle and it works wonderfully.

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▶Summary and recommendation: -----------------------------------------------------------------
❗️An uncomfortable read for those who cringe at tropes and perverted storytelling.

This is a smorgasbord of anime tropes, and a direct, inferior copy of [Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout]. I wholeheartedly recommend reading that instead of this if you like the premise of this manga.

▶Story: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Right out of the gate it starts laying it on thick with the tropes. The protagonist who is turned from a guy into a girl immediately becomes your typical Anime damsel. Weak and in need of protection, she ... immediately falls in love with her friend who became the strong and overpowered hero.

The story rushes ahead at breakneck speed and throws the characters into near sexual situations.

Within just a few chapters and the girl has already almost been raped by a tentacle, almost become a prostitute, and joined a maid café. Obviously so that the reader can see her in a maid outfit.

Continuing with the tropes, the manga even has a Japanese Exceptionalism food chapter, where the Japanese protagonists introduce the "inferior and ignorant" inhabitants of the isekai world to real 'superior' Japanese cuisine.

▶Characters: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It is clear that the author is attempting the classic comedic duo of one straight man and one funny man. But they both just come across as shallow closeted perverts.

▶Artwork: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The artwork does not stand out as either bad nor good. It services the story.