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Takaoka Sumi is the [[Generic Cuteness|generically cute]] [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|daughter of a mad scientist]], and she has a problem. She has a crush on a guy from school -- Sudou Mitsuru -- who is rumored to prefer [[Likes Older Women|mature]] and [[Buxom Is Better|sexy]] types... everything she isn't. But Sumi is in luck. Her father has just invented a new, experimental medicine that he promised would turn her into the sort of mature beauty that would be sure to catch Mitsuru's eye. So, heart pounding with anticipation, she downs the formula in one gulp...

 

But on the bright side, Mitsuru admires her male alter ego as his "ideal man" and wants to learn to be more masculine from 'him' (much to ''her'' initial dismay). [[Gender Bender Friendship|Figuring she'll get to know him better this way]], Sumi decides to become his mentor, acquiring the name "Tadano Jun" in the process. Soon though, other [[Gender Bender|gender benders]] begin turning up, and her [[A Simple Plan|simple plan]] to get closer to Mitsuru becomes increasingly [[Zany Scheme|convoluted]] as she struggles to keep Mitsuru in the dark about her transformations while navigating the developing love triangle between her, Mitsuru, and the son of her father's biggest rival, Nishizawa Shizuka, who shares her condition.

 

 

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* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Either adults are conspicuous in their [[Parental Abandonment|absence]] or [[Played for Laughs|humorous]] for their [[Comedic Sociopathy]]. There are only four adult characters in the series who are of any significance to the plot (not counting Doctor M): Sumi's father, her mother, Kyouko-sensei, and Shizuka's father.

* '''''"[[Attractive Bent Gender]] operates in tandem with the [[First Law of Gender Bending]] to leave the world more attractive than it had been before,"''''' indeed. Sumi had [[Generic Cuteness]] on her side even before she took the [[Gender Bender]] [[Applied Phlebotinum|drug]], and it turned her into a [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]] [[Bishonen]] who looks older than his years in a good way. And it's not just the [[Gender Bender|body transformers]] either. Mitsuru made a ''very'' cute girl when he could be convinced to [[Crossdresser|wear drag]].

* [[Bit Character]] doubling as a [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Miyoko, better known as "Miyo-chan", a friend of Sumi's. Mitsuru had a crush on her in the first volume, but she rejected his [[Love Confession|confession]] and was only mentioned once after that. However, as Sumi describes her, Miyoko is a plain-looking girl, not a "flamboyant beauty with big breasts", which caused Sumi to realize that she was rash to believe the rumors about Mitsuru's [[Buxom Is Better|taste in women]].

* [[Easy Sex Change]]: Dr. Takaoka's experimental [[Applied Phlebotinum|medicine]] was developed with the intention of replacing sex change operations.

** [[Second Law of Gender Bending]]: [[Played With]]. All of them reacted to their condition in different ways, though Sumi and Shizuka and Hozumi and Misaki had the most in common with one another on that front. The latter two adapted quickly and easily to their newfound ability to change genders at the drop of a hat, and they both embraced their other self with a sense of escapism. Sumi and Shizuka were vehemently opposed to this trope, though Sumi was more vocal with her frustration than he was, and although they were willing to use their transformations to their advantage, they were also acutely aware of the more [[Blessed with Suck]] aspects. Interestingly, however, even the most obvious pros and cons to life as either gender were ignored entirely, undoubtedly for the sake of preserving the light-hearted tone of the series.

** [[Third Law of Gender Bending]]: [[Played Straight]]. Although they each have their own personal flair. Hozumi, for one, took to pretty dresses and feminine behavior like a duck to water, but Shizuka retained his usual assertiveness and tendency to confront threats head-on, even as a woman, and never wore a ''skirt'', let alone a dress (though a bikini {{spoiler|and lingerie}} were another matter). On the other end of the spectrum, neither Jun nor Seiji became particularly obsessed with feats of strength or drooling over girls, but they did act like, well, ''[[Bishonen]]''. They were enveloped in clouds of [[Bishie Sparkle|Bishie Sparkles]] and possessed natural, effortless [[The Charmer|charm]], leaving masses of swooning young women in their wake.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Takaoka (Sumi's father) and Dr. Nishizawa (Shizuka's father) are the two foremost examples of this trope [[In-Universe]], but Doctor M showed a lot of the warning signs for [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]], though he didn't stick around long. Still, [[Mad Scientist|Mad Science]] and the [[Applied Phlebotinum|Phlebotinum]] resulting from it has a ''huge'' impact on the story since, without it, there would be no [[Gender Bender|Gender Benders]] running around making things [[Hilarity Ensues|''interesting'']].

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Not only do random people on the street see Jun and Mitsuru and think this (though Jun's kind-of-painfully-obvious infatuation with Mitsuru, who himself has [[Clueless Chick Magnet]] traits, means it's at least not an ''unreasonable'' conclusion to jump to), so does Mitsuru's own [[Childhood Friends|childhood friend]]. Said childhood friend is the popular model Alicia, who is a fan of [[Boys Love|BL]] and wants to pair Mitsuru up with a suitable [[Seme]].

* [[Sue Donym]]: This is how Sumi ended up with her male self's alias. The name "Jun" is another reading of the kanji for her given name: '''<big>純</big>'''. But "Tadano" came into play when Kyouko-sensei asked for 'his' full name and got "Ta da no Jun!" or "It's just Jun!" and misheard it as "[[Names in Japanese|Tadano Jun]]".

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: They flock to Jun and Mitsuru whenever the two of them are out together since they really look ([[Ho Yay|and act]]) the part of a [[Seme]] and [[Uke]] pair. And on a more specific note, Alicia is not-so-secretly one of these, and she has her [[Shipping Goggles]] cranked up to the max and zeroed in on Mitsuru, her [[Childhood Friends|childhood friend]]. See [[Mistaken for Gay]] for further details.

 

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