Nov 29, 2022
Note: This review is based on the now out of print paperback-only release by Project H. This manga was never fully scanlated, and to read it you'll have to track down the official print copies on the resale market. You've been forewarned.
Despite having been licensed by the publisher now known as Project Hentai, Nyotai-ka is more of a gender bender romcom than a porno. It definitely errs more on the side of comedic than spank bank material. Our protagonist, Manaka Makoto, has never been popular with the ladies. Despite a successful career, at 24 he's never even had his first kiss. He desperately wishes he
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could be more popular and envies the way women can get attention from the opposite sex so easily, to the point where he wishes and even likes to pretend that he himself was a beautiful woman. Unfortunately for Makoto, a bored goddess hears his wish and decides to make it a reality, transforming him into a woman and erasing the entire world's memory of him as a man. Hilarity ensues as Makoto tries to navigate the world as a smokin' hot OL.
For the most part, the plot (and by plot, I mean sequence of ecchi situations) focuses on the relationship between and love triangles involving Makoto, whose gender swapping gets increasingly more and more out of control, and Chihiro, a woman who's Makoto's senior at work that eventually also becomes entangled in the gender swapping phenomenon. The two are challenged by love rivals of all stripes and gender, struggles (and sexual harassment) in their careers, new spirits stirring the pot, side characters that get wrapped up in their supernatural woes, and the occasional wannabe rapist. Did I say occasional? I meant constant. The streets of Japan sure don't seem very safe for the (wo?)men of this manga.
Sex scenes in this manga, while frequent, are pretty subdued especially when compared to the mangaka's other, explicitly pornographic works. Aesthetically these scenes along with the rest of the series' artwork are kind of plain and nothing to write home about, but it doesn't matter. This manga's really funny, and occasionally even endearing. It's a dumb romantic comedy written for an actually adult audience that's horny and kinky as heck, the sort of turn-your-brain-off fun usually reserved for shounen ecchi series targetted at a more teenage audience, but with a romance plot that comes off as more fleshed out and mature than any shounen ecchi can manage.
In short, it's a seinen sex comedy that bends gender until it nearly breaks that still actually bothers to have a plot and developed romance alongside some pretty good laughs. If that sounds like a good time to you, you'll probably find this series fun. But those looking for a more serious romance with drama as well as those looking for actual porn, will probably enjoy it far less.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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