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(3.64/5)An excellent drama and a unique transgender story, with just the right amount of romance.
The basic premise of Mimoza no Kokuhaku is simple, the main character's childhood friend Ushio is a transgender girl, and the story chronicles the fallout, both positive and negative, of her coming out to the school. While the premise is unique, and the way Ushio is portrayed as the beautiful, kind, and loveable heroine is nothing short of groundbreaking in the LGBT light novel space, that alone is not what makes this book special. Above all Mimoza no Kokuhaku is a tightly written drama with def
Tags: LGBTQ, School Life, Romance/Love triangle
Summary: Protagonist Sakuma's childhood friend Ushio comes out as trans. Focuses mainly on Sakuma making a new friend Natsuki, Sakuma and Ushio mending their broken relationship, and the reaction that Ushio coming out gets at school.
Review (light to moderate spoilers throughout): I really wanted to like this, and I did enjoy some elements, but it felt overall lackluster. I'll start with the negatives: The transphobia is relentless and is pret
Strong start, then loses momentum
I think 汐 is a great character and the scenes where we got to know her and in which she shared her thoughts and feelings were the best. Sadly, the second half of the book focuses on some side character and some weird conflict regarding that. It is dragged out and we get almost no 汐 which makes the second half of the book, in my opinion, far less enjoyable and kind of a drag to get through.