Reviews tagging 'Transphobia'

The Gender of Mona Lisa 1 by Tsumuji Yoshimura

3 reviews

robinks's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I’m compelled by the story, I just wish everything outside of Hinase wasn’t so binary and heteronormative. I really liked the pop of color on some of the pages.
It really bothered me that Azusa divulged Hinase’s medical information to Shiori.

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4zura's review

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challenging reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

1.0

While the synopsis itself and the main ideas are great, the overall execution is bad. 

It doesn’t make any sense to me that in a world in which children decide which gender(or rather sex) to choose -usually at the ages of 12-15- for the rest of their lives, heteronormativity is still such a big factor.
Although the best friends apologise to the main character for their blunt and dumb words in the middle of the manga, they just continue with their gender ideals right afterwards as if nothing happened.

The female best friend’s small background story is another disappointing plot because -yet again- it is based on and doesn‘t challenge gender stereotypes.

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rumireads's review

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challenging emotional mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5


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