Ever daydreamed about how it would be like to study in a school where only the richest can attend? You probably have.
Here we go again with the debts. Don't go into debt, people. It changes your gender. In Himegoto, we have a high school guy with an overwhelming debt. But good people paid them off. I wish I could tell you that it ends there but these good people were the student council of an all girl's school.
In a world full of bishounen (pretty boy) characters, it is quite easy for a girl to be confused with a boy. And that's what happens with our protagonist, Hotaru Tachibana. At some point, she finds herself joining a team and playing survival games with this team.
How do you handle your crush towards one of three sisters? Get the other two to force you to cross-dress, of course! Wait, what? Well, this is the path Makoto chose.
Natsuru - the boy who went to sleep as nothing but him and woke up as a girl. But, the upside is he (or should I say, she) is not an ordinary girl. She is now a Kämpfer! So what's that? Well, it's a girl. A girl who fights. A girl who fights with other Kämpfer. Okay, so I guess it's not so much an upside after all.
If getting turned into a girl overnight for God knows how long is not your thing, then you may still consider body swapping with someone, be it a guy or a girl. One day, delinquent Yamada accidentally kisses top student Shiraishi and ends up in the body of Shiraishi. Unknown to everyone, Shiraishi is actually a witch who has body swapping powers.
Let me try this in one go. So...
12. She’s the Man (2006) Inspired by William Shakespeare’s ‘ Twelfth Night’, ‘She’s the Man’ is about a teenage girl who, disguised as a boy, gets into her brother’s soccer team after her team gets cut.
This is also called cross-dressing and to get more specific, a man who dresses up as a woman is called a drag queen and a woman who dresses up as a man is called drag king . There have been many movies with characters that cross-dress but very few have been able to capture the complexities of gender, sexuality and human desires in a way that is both intellectually stimulating and emotionally satisfying.
Julie Newmar (1995) Beeban Kidron’s gorgeously messed up comedy drama follows three drag queens, one of them a newbie, who embark on an adventurous road trip to Los Angeles in order to perform in a competition.
‘Kinky Boots’ depicts the relationship between a struggling shoe factory owner and a drag queen who helps the man save his business. Lola, the drag queen, brings about major changes to his business as she comes up with a plan to produce custom footwear for drag queens instead of men’s shows that his firm currently deals in. The film is well written and though may not be as sharp and intelligent as some of the others on the list, still comes off as a wildly entertaining piece partly due to the performances and the film’s good intentions.
7. Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Chris Columbus’ endearing comedy drama tells the story of a divorced actor who disguises himself as a an old woman and begins to work as a housekeeper in order to interact with his children.
The film tells the story of two musicians who cross dress as women and try to evade a group of mobsters after witnessing a crime committed by them.
7. Love In The Mask Manhwa. This gender bender manga is about Hyun-Bin who has been surviving on the streets by hiding the fact that she’s a girl. In a tragic turn of events, her beloved little brother dies and Hyun-Bin runs away from the begging, from the gangs – straight into the clutches of a rich family.
One day when coming home and sulking in the bathtub, a mysterious, nude girl appears out of nowhere. Her name is Lala and she comes from the planet Deviluke…. 22.
Kuragehime. The story of this gender bender manga centers around Tsukimi Kurashita, a huge fan of jellyfish (kurage, a wordplay on the “kura/mi” and “tsuki/ge” in her name) and a girl who moves to Tokyo to become an illustrator.
8. SMA Samurai. This gender bender manga starts when he was a young boy, Afro witnessed his father be cut down in a duel at the hands of a man known only as Justice. After taking the life of Afro’s father, Justice cast aside his Number Two headband and took the Number One to claim its godly powers as his own.
This gender bender manga is about Houou High who is a famous and incredibly prestigious all-boys school. It’s also the stomping grounds for the sons of the most well-renowned families from all walks of life, which gives rise to rumors that it holds a monopoly on money and power.
25. Mei no Naisho. This gender bender manga 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.
With the knowledge of this new ability, Yamada’s eventful high school life has just begun! 2. Ranma 1/2. This gender bender manga starts in China, there lies a famous training springs, a place where martial artists can hone their skills to great levels.