Before I get to the actual review Id like to introduce myself. Hi I am Ashe and I am a nonbinary trans boy. My experience with gender has been rough occasionally but I can say that being trans to me has not been a punishment nor a blessing. Being trans only means that the gender you were assigned at birth doesnt match your actual gender. It doesnt imply misery or sorrow it doesnt have to. And thats why I enjoyed this manga so much. Our main character Yuzu is a trans boy in school. The manga is mainly narrated from the perspective of Ichigo his best friend who doesnt know much about trans people and is very surprised after Yuzus coming out. Every chapter here is composed by one page in which we can see part of Yuzus and Ichigos life in school mainly adressing the boys social transition. I wont go into much detail about what they talk about since its a really short manga and its worth the reading but Id like to mention some things that may or may not contain spoilers. If youd like to go in blind I advise you to stop reading here and I hope you enjoy it That being said Im going to comment now on Ichigo. Were being told the story from her perspective which I find a good opportunity to connect with the readers since most of the people who are going to read the manga may not know much about trans people. She is quite respectful even though she doesnt understand and I think that is very important. The only thing that bugged me about her is that she often uses she/her pronouns while talking to herself about Yuzu but changes to he/him while talking out loud. I dont really know if thats a translation mistake or shes meant to do so but it maybe shows that she doesnt actually see Yuzu as a boy until the very last pages which one could argue takes part in the development of her character. Talking about gender theres also one downside to Yuzu no Koto. I may be asking too much from a manga that comes from a society that forces trans people to go through surgery in order to change their legal documents but I find that there are some missed opportunities in explaining and educating about trans people in a fun interesting way for the reader. For instance the use of the transgerders as a noun is quite pathologizing but Ichigo uses it sometimes. The trans community usually prefers transgender or just trans as an adjective. Its not polite to refer to a minoritized group of people saying things like the blacks if those adjectives are not meant to be nouns. Ichigo also says things like used to be a girl or a boy in a girls body. I understand where that comes from I just wish there was some explanation behind why thats not actually like that. Again I know this is just a short cute manga that doesnt go into much detail about being trans it talks more about the social part of it which is actually very important. We can see through some comedic scenes how Yuzu acts and more importantly how people react to him being the other. Although we dont see a lot of the relationship between Yuzu and Ichigo we know she supports him. We may be given some hints about whether they are romantically attracted to each other or not but romance doesnt play a huge role in the manga and thats okay. I love that it is up to the interpretations of the reader as to whether Yuzu is bi straight or even gay. As a gay trans dude I hate it when people just assume that I became a man because I wanted to be with women. Trans people are not trans because they want to be something else or want to be with someone of another gender and that the manga manages to address that point in a certainly wellexplained way. To sum it up I enjoyed a lot this manga. It doesnt picture being trans as something horrible and indesirable its just something that happens something you are born with and everyone should accept. We dont see any bullying or malicious intentions from anyone instead we see the confusion and excitement that comes from change as well as the fear of change itself occasionally. It is really wholesome. We are not shown the difficulties of being trans it doesnt talk about the murders or hate crimes the fewer oportunities and all the discrimination but thats okay. We are surrounded by those kinds of stories everyday. We already know how difficult it is to go against everything weve been taught. But here we see that being trans AND happy is possible. That people around you can and should accept you that you dont have to be normal to fit it. That you can be a girly boy or a boyish girl and still be trans. That your gender doesnt determine the things you enjoy and you should never settle for something that doesnt sit right with you. And thats something that we dont often get to see in the little trans representation we have. You can really tell the author is trans that they care about the story. We need more people writing about themselves and their communities we need to hear more voices. This story is needed its just the beginning and I hope to see many many more like this. Thank you for reading.