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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]].
* [[Gender Bender]]: The single most defining trope of '''''Cute X Guy'''''. The [[Applied Phlebotinum]] that made this trope possible [[In-Universe]] was an experimental formula developed independently by both Dr. Tadaoka and [[The Rival|his rival]], Dr. Nishizawa. At least five characters are [[Gender Bender|"body transformers"]], but each of their individual conditions and circumstances are incredibly different. For one, some of them required a trigger to transform (like Sumi), while others seemed to be able to will the change at their leisure (like Hozumi). And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
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* [[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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