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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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* [[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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