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It happened after school one rainy day... A group of friends have stayed behind to prepare for the next day's school festival. One moment they are idly telling ghost stories but the next an enormous earthquake strikes and the entire school seems to fall down around them. They awake to find themselves trapped in a parallel version of their school. A school abandoned and disheveled and whose calendar dates back to 1927. Can they find a way out of this nightmare or are they doomed to the same fate that befell the other victims whose corpses that lie numerous throughout the school?

From acme:It's a collection of oneshots by various artists, each one taking cross-dressing as its theme (or having cross-dressing ensue at some point).Afuretara Saigo by KOJIMA LalakoIdol Junan by NIMODA AiJersey ga li by FUDAGAWA WakaKimi e no Dakaisaku by TAKIMOTO TakiKoisou Hyouhon by AOYAMA ToomiUradoori no Hime by YUKIMURABoyfriend by SHINOMIYA ShinoChinki Otoko by YOSHIIKE MasukoBoku no Otokonoko-chan by Hakamada NatsukiHimitsu by YOSHIDA YuukoOosaka no Kuma-san by MATSUSHITA KickSorairo Hitokoi by SUZUKURA HalNarazumono no Naifu by YAMADA TorikoKonna Kanji de Hajimarimasu by TATENO TookoDareka Uso dato Ittekure! by MITO HitomiSpell on Frill by AYUMI Saki

Shuusei has a dream of his friend, Hinata, wearing a maid's uniform. When they next meet, Shuusei reacts strangely, and Hinata eventually confronts him. Explaining his behavior, Shuusei is asked to meet Hinata at his home, where he'll soon understand...

Mei no Naisho revolves around the life of the title character Mei Haruna, an effeminate young boy who was raised by his witch mother as a girl, and always thought of himself as female. His mother was the only family he had, so after she died, he transfers to an all-girls high school and comes to reside in the school's dormitory with his talking familiar cat Abel, and his roommate Fuuka Honjou, who is also a member of the public morals committee. Shortly after arriving at the school, his new friends discover after a magical display in the dormitory community bath that he is actually male, though this comes as quite a shock to him despite him being aware of the physical differences between him and normal girls. Despite him being found out, and after some helpful intervening of the perverted student council president, the principal of the school decides that he can stay at the school. The next day, Mei comes to school with Fuuka and apologizes for hiding the fact that he was a witch, and informs the others how he is apparently male. The other students quickly accept him as one of their own, and are impressed how he can use magic.

Hime's younger brother Kaguya joins the public morals committee because he wants to save Hime from the clutches of the student council vice president.

Hinata is a student at a prestigious all girls private school and looks up to Tsugeyama Saki, the shining star of the school. As the younger sister of Saori, the head mistress of the school, Saki is the most popular girl at school with her warm personality, beauty, top academic skills and is pretty much the perfect girl.Hinata suddenly learns that her parents got extremely into debt, fled the country and pretty much left her out to dry. The headmistress Saori, out of compassion and seeing the Hinata's importance to the school, makes Hinata an offer to become a butler in return for providing room and board for her. Not having much choice, she accepts and is assigned to none other than Saki. Hinata soon finds out that Saki puts on a faade at school and is not the perfect girl everyone thinks she is.Source: MangaHelpers

From StarryHeaven:Tanakamori Asami, 16 years old. Because of her father's debts, she's forced to transfer from her elite school to her current one Her new school is entirely full of strange people, in fact it's kinda like a zoo But there, she meets the beautiful Akira. Thanks to the charismatic Akira, Asami slowly, slowly she gets used to her new school. However several trials appear to Asami such as her family's finances, her classmates, and even in love. Her everyday life is bursting open in this romantic comedy!

A collection of stories:1-3. Tadashii Ace no Kouryakuhoua.) Hiroto Fujiki is the ace on his high-school baseball team. He takes an interest in one of his groupies, only to find out that "she" is not who "she" appears to be.b.) Ayumu Tsumori is acting as the manager of his school's baseball team, and he borrows a book from his sister to help improve their chances in an upcoming match. Following the book's instructions, Ayumu starts cross-dressing for the team.c.) Masaki Mizuhara fills in on his sister's baseball team, and catches the eye of the team's ace pitcher Hirona Fujiki, the sister to Hiroto from the first oneshot.4. Hypnotism TrickWhen Touri Hirahara is hanging out with his two friends Kashiwagi and Kunieda, Kashiwagi says he can use hypnosis, so Touri decides to fake being hypnotized. However, things get out of hand when Kashiwagi "hypnotizes" him into believing he's a girl.5. Ani TsuraKazuki Hasegawa started drifting apart from his younger brother Kazuomi after he started getting interested in anime, specifically a certain magical girl anime he's particularly obsessed with. Kazuomi has been doing bad on his tests, so Kazuki agrees to dress up as Kazumi from the magical girl anime so that he'll put more effort into studying.6. Khaki P to Sumire-himeRei Kawasumi is the vocalist of his high school band Violets, but they're not very popular, so Rei goes to ask the advice of Haruhiko Tsuchiya, a popular composer who posts his songs online under the name Khaki P. Tsuchiya tells Rei that to gain popularity, he has to not only cross-dress, but also sound and act like a girl.7. Moshi BareRin Aihara transfers to a new school, but tries to keep her intense love of baseball a secret.

[From JanimeS]:Dohun Yu has just left England to persue his father in Seol. Out of the blue his money and passport are stolen! Whats worse is that instead of his own luggage he accidentally took his sister's! After days of starvation with only a single bun to fill his stomach an advertisement offering room, board, and pay falls right into his lap! The thing is...the ad is looking for girls.

Maki-kun goes to look at the results of his high-school entrance exam results and meets a beautiful girl. Could this be a fated encounter? He's thrilled to find out that the same girl, Aikawa Kizuna, not only ends up going to his school, but is in his class. However, he's not so thrilled when he find out that Aikawa isn't a girl! Not a girl, and not really a guy, kind of both--and Maki finds himself getting along with popular Aikawa, getting pulled in to his pace!

aka. Cheeky AngelMegumi Amatsuka, a rough and tumble nine-year-old boy, always dreamt of becoming the "manliest man on earth." Upon receiving a book of magic from a sorcerer whom he saved from a group of local thugs, Megumi summons a genie in order to make a wish. But due to a sick twist of fate, the genie turns out to be an evil one, and Megumi winds up being the "womanliest woman on earth"! Six years later...Megumi is the most desirable girl in school, but deep within her hot-mama faade is the same trash-talkin', punk-stompin' boy.

There is a legend in the kingdom of Paros -- a legend of the Sword. It is said that if one who is unfit to rule should wield it, it will mean the ruin of the kingdom. As sole heir to the throne of Paros, Princess Erminia must accept the Sword and a husband when she comes of age on her next birthday. But the princess refuses to wed any man who is less of a man than she -- which excludes every man in the kingdom! Just when Erminia is ordered by her father the king to wed her foster brother Yurias, she has a fateful encounter with the unfortunate, beautiful maiden Fiona..!?

Nao, Yuki, Tomo and Rio are four brothers working as maids in their family's maid cafe Cherry Girls.

Pursued by the mob, a young child seeks the protection of White Dragon, a deadly assassin with the ability to disguise his gender, and kill using... water.

--- that is the only weapon that can oppose the mysterious life form visiting the earth.The protagonist, Kirasagi Hayato, aims to become a using this Hundred. He managed to get into the battleship university .However ---"I wanted to see you, Hayato!!!""H-How do you know my name?"Around the roommate, Emil Crossford, who somehow knows him well (?), Hayato gets an uneasy feeling.What's more, just after the entrance ceremony, he gets asked for a duel by the campus' strongest martial arts master Claire Harvey...!?The ultimate academy battle begins here!

From Manga UpdatesHinata Saotome is suddenly asked out by En Shinohara, a gorgeous boy in her grade. What she doesn't know, though, is that his hobby is cross-dressing! En has always hated men, and whenever he sees his own reflection, he punches out whatever is doing the reflecting (windows, mirrors). To combat this hatred, he dresses up as a girl. Hinata decides to go out with him anyway, despite his weird hobby.

Collection of short stories: I Want to Become Her!A girl ends up living with a model she admires. Her First LoveNatsuki disguises herself as a boy so she can go out with the girl she likes. Her Luck in LoveSaki can't seem to keep her desire for her best friend Masono at bay. Will she confess her feelings to her and risk losing their friendship, or will her self-control win out? Her TemptationThe main character tries to--you guessed it!--resist temptation. Her ConfessionAn ordinary girl finds herself the unexpected target of an actress's affections. First BloomA short, full-color, smutty Plot What Plot manga. Love Ride

A low-price, high-quality apartment in the metropolitan area of Tokyo is nothing short of a miracle! It exists, but there's a catch -- tenants must be good-looking and pass an interview by the landlord!? This is a love comedy about what happens when the beautiful people are all gathered under one roof!

Tori Ichihashi, a 10th grade student, has a strong sense of justice, and hates bad guys. Every night, burglars hover around the school which Tori goes to. Tori can't let it go unchallenged. 3 separate stories in all: 1. WANTE-D 2. First Step 3. The Wish Under Blooming Sakura Trees

Rikuto had a new younger brother Ayumu after his father's remarriage. However, little did he know that Ayumu was actually a girl and it was under her mother's orders that she pretend to be a boy to him. Every day, his heart beats a little faster around his overly cute brother (sister), while her heart aches in having to hide her true identity from her kind brother.With the arrival of spring, Rikuto and Ayumu begin attending the popular private school Asaoka Academy, with Ayumu dressed up as a girl. As Rikuto becomes friends with his classmates, he notices that they all have something missing. His friend from middle school, Matsuri, has lost sight of what it meant to be a girl. The cool-mannered Mao dresses as a boy even though she is a girl. The extremely shy class rep Kimika wishes to change herself. With Ayumu by his side, he sets out to help them seek out what they are missing.

Lena Ha is a beautiful and tough girl who is the captain of the kendo team. She meets Hye-Min Kang, the son of the president of a large company in Korea, and the two seem to feel love at first sight. But when Lena learns that she and Hye-Min are half-siblings, a string of unfortunate occurrences lead to terrible consequences. Lena tries to do everything she can to prevent them, but she ends up falling in a strange body of water in result. When Lena awakes, she finds herself in a strange kingdom...and learns that she may be its only hope. Left with few options, Lena is forced to disguise herself as a man. She must face many challenges and experience more than she ever would have expected. Adventure is on the forecast.

The story revolves around a convenience store "Paraiso" (paradise). The store was once very successful and attracted quite a crowd because of its "unique" employees. But suddenly, various weird mishaps started happening one after another in the store, making it lose its popularity and making the customers believe it's cursed. A fresh college graduate, Ichinotani Hikaru, going to a job interview, somehow ends up getting forced into a job in this store. What kind of fate awaits him now~by Hidoi~! Translators

Talentless, shy Tsubasa has just been accepted into the prestigious Seiko Academy. He soon gets mixed up with the most popular kids in school -- and the entertainment world! Forced to join the pop idol group RINX as their lead FEMALE singer, Tsubasa soon finds himself stuck in the middle of a cross-dressing comedy full of mistaken identities, blackmail, and kidnapping!

From TZA: One afternoon, while Makoto is at a library reading a picture book with his younger sister, he is transported into the picture book. When he wakes up, he finds himself inside the world of Alice in Wonderland and that he has become Alice! In order to return home, Makoto learns that he has to defeat the King of Hearts, and so begins a journey to the King of Hearts' castle.

The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem, the Magatama, said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.Serves as a prequel to the anime.-- Tokyopop

Akira Shiraishi, a young high school boy with feminine features, joins Blaue Rosen, the all-girl band that Mizuki Sakurazaka, an androgynous girl of the same age, performs lead electric guitar in. Their high school life is anything but typical: Mizuki is the "prince" of her all-girl school while Akira is the "princess" of the neighboring all-boy school. A series of comical events brings them closer together, even as the prejudice of the people around them tries to pull them apart. To make it short its a comedy-romance manga from the androgynious girl point of view - Sequel - Ai Ore!

Car mechanic and ex-yankee Honda falls in love with Someya, a beautiful okama. Someya promises to go on a date with him in exchange for free car maintenance. Someya planed on teasing him since the mechanic was unaware of his true gender, but when Someya reveals the truth, Honda's attitude doesn't change one bit! And now Honda's acceptance has stirred up feelings of affection in Someya!

A series of unrelated short stories about sisters with brother complexes or vice versa

Kurosaki Sou is a 16 year old who summons a devil to take his virginity. He hopes for a devil with flaming red hair, large horns, and black wings. He gets exactly what he wishes for, although he forgets something else rather important. Now he's forced to live with this devil and has to think of a way to get rid of it, and most importantly survive its lust.

For his little sister a boy is chasing the life of becoming a star gravure idol.

Normal City is set in the far future where mankind exists on other planets. The existence of ESPs is accepted- but only as a "tool" for the army.The main character's name, "Kitty 101", was given to her by a scientist named Troll. Kitty 101 was biologically created by combining several strings of DNA with man-made DNA. She was also given an XY chromosome which turns her into a male on a regular basis.When she was a baby, Kitty 101 was stolen by one of Troll's scientists, Jason Haven, who wanted to save her from the experiments. He named her Mars Haven and brought her up as his own daughter because she reminded him of his lost daughter.Time passes, and Troll proceeds with his experiments on the ESPs under his disposal.

From DMP:Why is Toru Kouno receiving such an overly warm welcome at his new all boy's school? He has yet to discover the secret system called "Hime (Princess)" in effect at the school. Boys who are chosen have to dress up as a girl in every school event! Little does Kouno know that he would be the chosen one...--Contains the story Tore x Puri (Train x Princess) in volume three.

Iroha, a masculine girl, and Hifumi, a feminine boy, are siblings who have transferred to a different middle school and moved to their grandparents' house. However, after the first night much to their surprise they both change bodies, Iroha into a boy and Hifumi into a girl while Iroha tries to get back her girl body how will this turn?

From Mangascreener:The main character is Leonora, the daughter of an impoverished noble of Padua. She is a beautiful silver-haired, emerald-green-eyed girl and very good at fighting with the sword.One day, she is forced to marry an arrogant young noble, but she discovers on the day of their wedding that this man intends to use her to become king of Italy because she is involved in an ancient Italian legend: Leonara is the girl shown on "Kakan no Madonna" (Madonna of the Flower Crown), a famous painting drawn by Leonardo DaVinci. There exists a legend that tells whoever gets the legendary sword "Emerald Lion" will unite and rule over Italy. And the secret hiding-place of the sword can be found with "Kakan no Madonna"--that is, Leonara.In order to find out the truth of the portrait's secret related her and to hide her identity as Kakan no Madonna, Leonara disguises herself as a black-haired boy, Leo, and sets out to find DaVinci. On the way she meets Falco, the blond-haired handsome king of Naples, who is unaware that she is a girl, and becomes his servant.When she finally finds DaVinci, she hears with surprise that she - the girl portrayed in Kakan no Madonna - is destined to possess the legendary Emerald Lion and therefore to become queen of Italy.

1-5) Renai Jikaku ShoujouThe beautiful, strong Agatsuma Tamaki has a weakness~ his kohai* (*junior in age or rank), Sawamura Kei, who simply just drives Tamaki up the wall by his mere existence. On one fateful night, Tamaki's guilty secret was discovered by no other than! Will romance blossom between this wild but emotionally inept couple?6) Kimi to Boku no Itsu PobunHoriuchi has always been precognitive and his cousin always gave him a hard time for that. Now his bully of a cousin has to stay with his family temporarily and his ribbing doesn't stop. Oneshot also found in Saikou no Kimi7) Afterword

Yuuki Ashikaga is a high-school freshman at Sakakino Academy. While working as a student librarian, he grows enamored of Kotonoha Katsura, a girl who frequents the library. Unfortunately, Kotonoha is already dating Makoto Itou, another schoolmate.The situation is further complicated when Chie, Yuuki's older sister introduces him to Roka Kitsuregawa, her kouhai in the basketball club. Roka becomes interested in Yuuki, who only has eyes for Kotonoha. In order to make him jealous, Roka lies and claims she already has a boyfriend, her former classmate Makoto Itou. Unfortunately for all of them, Roka's lie sets off a chain of events no one could have predicted...Note: Cross Days takes place in the middle of the original School Days storyline and provides an alternate take on how things might have turned out.

From DMP:A collection of romance stories.We begin with the title piece, in which a concubine falls head over heels for his king. But what happens when the king's ambitions blind him to that love?Several short stories follow:Hibana, a troubled circus acrobat finds comfort in the arms of another of the circus' performers. But there's more twists to the story than Hibana's flips through the air.In the next story, a loving servant of a prince lets himself be put under a magic spell in order to spend one cherished night with him.The following yarn is about Canary, a very unusual boy who is owned by an old woman who exploits his talents, and the young stranger who meets him and teaches him about love.The manga concludes with two stories of students Okabe and Hidaka, and their exploration of their feelings for each other.

From CMX:Will a half-mermaid, half-human girl bring an end to the feud between humanity and the mer-people or bring about the destruction of all life on Earth? As a merman named Shona is returning to his birthplace to spawn, he meets a young human, Jimmy, who suffers from amnesia. Together, Jimmy and Shona set off to find the missing girl. Will they be able to avert a mysterious prophecy, or will finding the secret of Jimmy's identity delay them enough to set Earth on the path to destruction?

From Taruby:Our protagonist, Moji Shimeta, just so happens to fulfill the stereotype for being a worthless human. His inability to carry out a conversation has left him at the bottom of the barrel as far as friends are concerned.That Shimeta fell in love with the school idol Ishikawa Yuuko, however that kind of love is absolutely, perfectly, and completely impossible. During this time, the messenger of the gods, Osaki, appeared to grant Moji's request with a price attached concerning Moji's cooperation in catching some runaway evil spirits. However to catch them all, Osaki uses Moji as a vessel to become a servent of Uganomitamanokami (aka Inari) called Youko. Lots of Ecchi situations and humiliation abound at Moji's expense.

Alto, a 12-year-old kid, has arrived to Porto Grande, the largest city in the country. His dream is to fly an airplane which only women can pilot. In order to fly, he disguises his gender and age and enrolls himself in an all girls school. What kind of a school life awaits him behind those closed doors?

Living in regret that his formula gave birth to the atomic bomb, Professor Einstein sends two boys whose eyes can see the future on a train that travels at the speed of light before embarking on his own final adventure: death. His hope is that they will find "HER" and tell her his wish, for it is only she who can grant it.Fifty years later, it is 2005 and the place is Tokyo. At last, "SHE" (Ruika) has been found... but Ruika has an unusual circumstance. For her mother's sake, she's been living as her dead brother since childhood. Does Ruika truly have the power to grant wishes? If she grants her mother's wish by becoming a boy, then no one can lead us into the GLOBAL GARDEN... Now it's a race against time and against each other, because everyone has a dark past and an ulterior motive for possessing the girl who can grant Einstein's wish.

In a time of swordsmen and honor codes, the most admired warrior is still unmarried. To keep him from falling in the hands of the wrong woman, his mother tricks him into marring her sister's son!

From Turtle Paradise:16-year-old Kizuna stalks the city at night, flirting with middle-aged salary men and coercing them out of their money. The thrill should be enough to satiate her, but Kizuna remains unsatisfied with her everyday life That is, until the beautiful Inoue Yuki, also living in "Birdcage Manor" approaches Kizuna with a job proposition- to model in the nude for Yuki's cousin, a painter and fellow resident Yusei Asai!

"Sensei, is this a boy or a girl?""Do you want to know?"Ichijo Mashiro and fellow classmates are enlisted in a mysterious weekly class that takes the form of a shared nightmare. Like most teenagers, Mashiro has a secret.. he's neither fully male nor female!So far, Mashiro's been able to live life as a boy, but all this changes when he's informed of a new class he 'must' partake in order to graduate from his elite preparatory school. To pass, he must find the key and the one way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world, where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies -- other school students, who are battling to find the key.From renowned author Mizushiro Setona, comes a riveting epic mystery that lies between the students, that will have you engrossed from one page to the next. Happiness, sadness, blood and tears will all be shown, but which one leads to an ending? Take the next step into the world of After School Nightmare!From Go! Comi:Like most teenagers, Mashiro Ichijo has a secret. But Mashiro's secret is that he's neither fully male nor female! So far, Mashiro's been able to live his life as a boy, but all this changes when he's informed of a new class he must take in order to graduate from his elite prep school. To pass, he must find the "Key"and the only way to find it is to enter into a nightmare world where his body and soul are put at the mercy of the worst kind of enemies: his classmates!

The 15th Hierarchical City of Torifune is best known as the Military Academy for the NOL. There, future librarians train and hone their skills for whatever challenges may await them outside. The story centers around Mai Natsume, a girl who had just arrived late due to a week absence, but there seems to be several phenomenons centering around her that could be more than just coincidence.

Mizuho can't believe his ears when Grandpa's will is read out. Grandpa's final wish is for Mizuho to attend the same academy as Mizuho's mother. The catch is it's an all-girls school. With the help of his friend Mariya however, he gets a makeover good enough to fool everyone at the academy.

From Baka-Updates: Because Shinjo Mayu stopped her job relationship with Shogakukan, she continued her incomplete manga in Asuka and called it Ai Ore! This can be considered a continuation of Ai wo Utau Yori Ore ni Oborero! or even as a second series as it introducing a lot new character and unrevealed past When Akira announces he was a boy in the first book "Ai wo Utau Yori Ore ni Oborero" so does the fact Akira goes to Dankaisan the boys school next to St. Nobora (Mizuki's school) Things start to get rough when pressure against Mizuki dating a boy from that school rise.+ Highschool of the dead manga+ Kobatomanga

From Houkago Scanlations:Shiki threw everything away for the sake of revenge. But at the new school where she disguises herself as a male, she meets 4 popular rich guys... Haru (spring) the prince, Natsu (summer) the bishounen, Aki (autumn) the womanizer, and Fuyu (winter) the cold-hearted genius.What awaits Shiki? And will she get her revenge...?