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Non-spoiler review below:

"Gender bender" is one of my favorite troupes and its tag is always on my radar. That said, not all of them are Boku Girl or Bokura no Hentai.

Yuri na Watashi to Akuma na Kanojo (?) tells the story of Yashiro Nonoyama, a girl that has androphobia that discovers her first love transfered into her class and is named Mikoto Saionji. Mikoto immediately recognizes Yashiro and starts to hang out with her. Oh, they make out too because why not?

She says there's a deep reason for it tho..


...and that's it, as far as non-spoiler goes.
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Let me tell you right now that if you are a reader who is sensitive to negative portrails of feminility, implied sexual assault (I understand that this is kinda~ debatable BUT this is a no-spoiler review so let's leave it at that) or a tad bit of agressive-almost-smutty behaviour, you should either put these in a box while reading or else.

That said, I liked the art and pacing (up until the introduction of a certain person *cough cough* Maria) and disliked story and the ending, since both are contrived and kinda suck, actually.

tl:dr below

If you put away your SJW googles you can read it BUT don't expect a deep and thought out story with believable characters with clear and compeling motivations. You won't have that.
Instead you will have steamy kissing scenes between girls, some very light smut and a manga that doesn't overstay its welcome.

It's my first review here and I decided to start with something simple. For starters, I like fanservice. Even this on-your-face-no-brakes-allowed fanservice that exists in works like To-Love-Ru and... here.

Fanservice is the best (and probably only) reason anyone would read ths, since it's well drawn, sexy and the "teens are horny yo" vibe works very well with its characters.

So far, the supernatural element is hinted at and used mainly as:
a) occasional nekomini
b) what passes for characterization


Art and fanservice are the only positives.
... Negatives?

STORY is a typical bland harem series with generous amounts of fanservice that pushes the boundaries of what can be published in a non-hentai magazine. It doesn't mean it's bad but it means that it won't really go anywhere else. If story is the starting point, this manga made a cabin on it and lives there happily.

CHARACTERS are also pretty bland. Main guy is wimp and a pushover but he has a good heart and apparently can't remember much of his childhood life (I won't spoil it more tho). His weak character is what allows the advances of all the other girls so he may be forgiven, I guess.
Main girl is... well, main girl. She acts very cat-like (so far we don't know how far is this true), so, expect possessiveness, sexual advances on and off "mating season", quiet demeanor and a loyalty to her man.
Also she is tall af so it counts points for me too lol

My ENJOYMENT wasn't that high because, well, I read it before in To-Love-Ru or in Zero no Tsukaima (except fanservice of course) or even in the great Sora no Otoshimono. BUT if you really like this harem shenanigans or simply aren't as seasoned as I am (it's not a really good or bad thing I just watch anime and read manga for a while), go ahead and enjoy it.


Girls are hot (main girl at least is and she has a lot of space to show it), plot knows not to overgrown its importance, pacing is ok too.

RATINGS:

STORY - 3
ART - 7
CHARACTER - 4
ENJOYMENT - 6
OVERALL - 5


OVERALL is simple addition of all divided by 4, btw