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Synonyms: Lily
Japanese: Magnolia


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Type: Manga
Volumes: 7
Chapters: 45
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 28, 2010 to Nov 28, 2013
Genres: Fantasy Fantasy, Romance Romance
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: ARIA
Authors: naked ape (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.181 (scored by 12541,254 users)
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Ranked: #63232
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Popularity: #5535
Members: 3,567
Favorites: 20
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Volumes: /7
Chapters: /45

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Crown "Prince" Ayato has neither the body of a boy nor the body of a girl. What Ayato does have is a pair on "wings" located on "his" back, that he'll lose when he falls in love.

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Characters

Wolf, Yugo
Wolf, Yugo
Main
Godwin, Ayato
Godwin, Ayato
Main
Godwin, Sui
Godwin, Sui
Main
Aimee, Lily
Aimee, Lily
Main
Oliver, Nagi
Oliver, Nagi
Main
Black, Robert
Black, Robert
Supporting
Godwin, Albert
Godwin, Albert
Supporting
Black, Alexandria
Black, Alexandria
Supporting
Clive, Hollier
Clive, Hollier
Supporting
Orway, Saiga
Orway, Saiga
Supporting

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4 Recommended
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Feb 18, 2022
CodenameRadical
Recommended
This is a very nice story, overall. It's very relatable, even. There's not much to say, except to talk about how rushed it was in the last third, to the point of feeling practically abandoned.

Characters are brought in and not explored. Backstory is referenced and not explored. Realizations are made, and no time is taken to adjust. The main point of conflict is really never properly investigated or talked about. It just "is". The main character has to make a decision that will result in transformation, and ... we really never see the result. We're just told, in the most technical sense, what it was. ...
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May 4, 2018
OfTheRose95
Recommended
As someone who trans/nonbinary themselves I tend to gravitate toward genderbender/crossdressing stories a lot. The concept for the manga overall is exciting however the ending was most definitely rushed and because of that that it spoiled some of the enjoyment for.

Personally, I think they could have really stretched out the story much longer, there were many other plotlines with other characters that I felt were worth exploring. Especially the dynamic with the Black twins, Ayato was the only one struggling with their gender and familial duty.

Even at the end when Ayato "choose" their gender I still would have been interested to see how ...
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Oct 17, 2014
PeachYogurt31
Recommended
Magnolia was unexpectedly good. It reminded me very much of Afterschool Nightmare which I, to my surprise, had also enjoyed reading.

I really like stories that try to explore gender on a biological level. Ayato, the main character has physical characteristics of both binary genders. Ayato struggles with finding Ayato's true gender and throughout the story, a range of people try to influence Ayato's decision.

The art is phenomenal and the characters are pretty diverse in personalities. There's a strong physiological theme and many of the characters suffer through their own dilemmas, not just Ayato.

Even though I enjoyed it, I do have to ...
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