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...and it [[Gender Bender|transforms her]] into a [[
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.
'''''Cute X Guy''''' (キュート ガイ) is a [[Gender Bender]] [[Romantic Comedy]] written by Tateno Makoto (Japanese order) which has not been [[Scanlation|officially translated]] into English. It was serialized from March 2004 to July 2006 in the magazine ''Hana to Yume'' published by Hakusensha. There were four volumes total.
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* '''''"[[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.
* [[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.
** [[First Law of Gender Bending]]: [[Subverted]]. Unlike similar stories wherein [[Gender Bender|genderbent]] characters are "stuck", in '''''Cute X Guy''''', the characters will inevitably return to their original forms given enough time. However, for those like [[The Protagonist|Sumi]], whose transformation is involuntary, it's a chronic problem which (in a realistic setting) would range in [[Angst|severity]] anywhere from "can't eat my favorite food anymore" to "physically incapable of getting to know the person I love as myself". For those with control of their transformations, it was a harmless alternative lifestyle.
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* [[Hilariously Abusive Childhood|Hilariously]] [[Abusive Parents]]: Sumi and Shizuka's [[Mad Scientist]] fathers inflict gender dysphoria on their children just to use them as lab rats, and Sumi's mother is more interested in making her daughter dress up as a male model, since she wanted a boy anyway. No mention is made of Mrs. Nishizawa's reaction to her son's [[Gender Bender|predicament]], but she is presumably just as indifferent as Sumi's mother. All of this is [[Played for Laughs]], of course.
* [[Teacher-Student Romance|Hot for Teacher]]: Kyouko-sensei is very popular amongst the male students at Sumi's school.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: {{spoiler|With [[First Guy Wins|Mitsuru]].}}
* [[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
* [[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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