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'''''Futaba-kun Change!''''' is an eight-volume manga series by Hiroshi Aro about Futaba Shimeru, a seemingly normal junior high school student who suddenly discovers that he is anything ''but'' normal.

 

 

Some scary moments (and the discovery that the effect isn't permanent) later, Futaba gets home, only to find out that everyone in his family changes gender, and the person he's always thought of as a father in fact was the one who gave birth to him!

Sadly out of print in the United States as of September 2010.

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* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Happens to Futaba a lot in the first couple of volumes.

* [[Apocalypse How]]: {{spoiler|The Shimeru homeworld (actually a giant ringworld made of Ivy) has undergone a Class 4 with only the Ivy and nanomachines still working}}.

* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Kurin & Futaba; Futana also has a fiance, but he's [[Walking the Earth]].

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Oh, [[Anything That Moves|Futana]], you so crazy.

* [[The Cameo]]

** You can also spot [[Yaoi Guys|Bert and Ernie]] from ''[[Sesame Street]]'' and [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei Ayanami]] at one point too.

** During the [[Tournament Arc]], [[Street Fighter|Blanka, Zangief, Guile, and Dhalsim]] are each seen once, with [[Street Fighter|Ryu and Chun-Li]] making multiple appearances (especially Chun-Li). An early visit to Misaki's room reveals a collection of 9 plushies, featuring the [[Street Fighter|8 World Warriors and Sagat.]] (Every time we return to her room, different plushies are on display.)

** Usagi from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' can also be spotted front and center in one panel.

* [[Character Development]] and [[Characterization Marches On]]: Most noticable for Negiri, whose character changes notably over the course of the manga.

* [[The Chikan]]: {{spoiler|Futana, who else. Futaba is [[Accidental Pervert|mistaken]] for one at one point shortly afterwards.}}

* [[Clark Kenting]]: Everyone with a secret identity, but most especially Principal Hiroin as The Justicemaker.

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Futana is an example of the [[Anything That Moves]] variety rather than the [[Ax Crazy]] sort.

* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: Well, Eccentric Highschool folk at least.

* [[Egg Sitting]]: Futana tricks Futaba into this, kinda, sorta, it's complicated.

* [[Turtle Island|Floating Island]]: The Shimeru homeland {{spoiler|(except it is really a giant spaceship).}}

* [[Frothy Mugs of Water]]: Misaki [[Drowning My Sorrows|drowns her sorrows]] when she finds out the truth with a beer stein of ''[[Sweet Tooth|honey]]''. Not as odd as that might initially sound; the mead of yore was made from fermented honey.

* [[Gainax Ending]]: A rare manga version, due to the series being abruptly canceled. {{spoiler|Turns out Futaba's family are aliens that moved away from the aformentioned Floating Island; Futaba, Misaki, and Kurin end up away from the planet for 8 years; Misaki gets gene treatment to fix her partial [[Gender Bender]] alien DNA (and thus makes herself a compatible mate to Futaba); Futaba [[Take a Third Option|Takes a Third Option]] and apparently decides to marry both Misaki ''and'' Kurin; and the entire world now knows about the aliens due to Negiri's PR efforts.}} There's a reason most readers just pretend the last volume never happened.

* [[Gender Bender]]: The Shimeru clan. {{spoiler|And Misaki, [[Superhuman Transfusion|when she gets a blood transfusion from Futaba.]] Though it turns out later that she's distantly descended from the Shimeru clan and the transfusion only woke her genetic potential.}}

* [[Gender Bender Friendship]]: Futaba and Misaki, naturally.

* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Sabuyama-sensei. Because of his thinking that girls means trouble to [[Yaoi Guys|steamy male relationships]].

* [[Hot Blood]]: The school's principal, especially during his introduction.

* [[Hot for Student]]

* {{spoiler|[[Human Aliens]]}}: The origin of the Shimeru clan.

* [[Important Haircut]]: Futaba cuts his hair as apology Misaki; female-Futaba is also similarly hairless and Futaba has to wear a wig for a little while after as it grows back.

* [[Incompatible Orientation]]: Misaki and Futaba -- Futaba turns into a woman whenever he gets aroused, meaning that any relationship they have is doomed, as Misaki is heterosexual. {{spoiler|Misaki fixes the problem by [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]] via gene therapy.}}

* [[Instant Fanclub]]: Thanks to Negiri, Futaba gains one of these with breathtaking speed.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Misaki, due to her habit of over-sweetening everything. The three Koujiro sisters are more likely to actually kill someone, though.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Futana (in both forms, see below).

* [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]]: But of course. Best not to think about the implications for Futana's changes. {{spoiler|Also, Misaki during her brief period of changing into a boy.}}

* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: During the Futaba-cup arc, every school club has a fighting style. The Gardening Club even brings out a [[Man-Eating Plant]] with [[Combat Tentacles]].

* [[Must Have Nicotine]]: A sales clerk who covers her entire stock in tobacco stains (and starts a fire that almost kills half the cast).

* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Takane Hiroin, especially as her alter-ego the Queen of Darkness.

* [[Nosebleed]]: Everyone, at some point. The wrestling team in particular, though -- they have nose explosions!

* [[Only Sane Man]]: Futaba gets landed in this role a lot.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: Misaki

* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Somehow Futaba has managed to make it to junior high school without noticing his family's tendency to change genders on a regular basis. Especially remarkable given the [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]] problem.

* [[Skinship Grope]]: Futana, naturally, though she tends to take it a bit further than most characters.

* [[Skunk Stripe]]: The Koujiro sisters and Kurin.

* [[Soft Glass]]: Futaba goes through glass windows several times, including once nearly-naked, without so much as a scratch. The Justicemaker, on the other hand, can get plenty of shards in his huge head along with comical spurts of blood.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Futaba finds himself blushing while thinking of his sister's MALE form.

* [[Superhuman Transfusion]]

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Futaba says he has a good feeling about the school field trip; next panel {{spoiler|the plane carrying them has ditched in the ocean}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Tenchi Solution]]}}: The canon solution to {{spoiler|the love triangle}}, shown in the last few chapters. Futaba {{spoiler|marries}} both {{spoiler|Kurin ''and'' Misaki (who gets gene therapy on the ship to turn her into a permanent [[Gender Bender|gender bending]] [[Human Alien]] like the other two).}}

* [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later]]: The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu tend to get a bit too enthusiastic during "questioning".

* [[Tournament Arc]]

* {{spoiler|[[Victorious Childhood Friend]]:}} Misaki, with the complication that {{spoiler|she's going to have to share Futaba with Kurin}}. She earned it, though, what with {{spoiler|going through Gene therapy to turn herself into a full [[Human Alien]] so she would be compatible.}}

* [[Walking the Earth]]: Futana's fiancé(e) departs to do this after meeting her for the first time.

 

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