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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.
'''''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.


To be more specific, Futaba is one day handed a [[Porn Stash|girlie magazine]] by a fellow member of the wrestling club. Having snuck into the boys' room to read it, Futaba suddenly clicks on not just how girls are different from boys, but why it matters. And as he thinks of his good female buddy Misaki, his excitement increases -- and suddenly Futaba finds himself possessed of [[Gender Bender|female anatomy]]!
To be more specific, Futaba is one day handed a [[Porn Stash|girlie magazine]] by a fellow member of the wrestling club. Having snuck into the boys' room to read it, Futaba suddenly clicks on not just how girls are different from boys, but why it matters. And as he thinks of his good female buddy Misaki, his excitement increases -- and suddenly Futaba finds himself possessed of [[Gender Bender|female anatomy]]!


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!
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!
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Sadly out of print in the United States as of September 2010.
Sadly out of print in the United States as of September 2010.
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=== ''Futaba-kun Change!'' provides examples of: ===

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Happens to Futaba a lot in the first couple of volumes.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Happens to Futaba a lot in the first couple of volumes.
* [[The Ahnold]]: Mr. Lucky Strike, the P.E. teacher, looks quite a lot like Arnold; the guy acts a bit like Dutch from ''[[Predator]]''.
* [[The Ahnold]]: Mr. Lucky Strike, the P.E. teacher, looks quite a lot like Arnold; the guy acts a bit like Dutch from ''[[Predator]]''.
* [[Acrofatic]]: The representative from the Sumo Club in the [[Tournament Arc]], Konishiki Mai[[Japanese Honorifics|-chan]].
* [[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}}.
* [[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]].
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: Kurin & Futaba; Futana also has a fiance, but he's [[Walking the Earth]].
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** 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.)
** 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.
** Usagi from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' can also be spotted front and center in one panel.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Seems par for the course for unpleasant dreams.
* [[Character Development]] and [[Characterization Marches On]]: Most noticable for Negiri, whose character changes notably over the course of the manga.
* [[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.}}
* [[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.
* [[Clark Kenting]]: Everyone with a secret identity, but most especially Principal Hiroin as The Justicemaker.
* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: The only kind of humor [[Depraved Bisexual|Futana]] seems capable of, and more often than not it's just [[Squick]], plain and simple.
* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: Ms. Hiroin defeating the sumo wrestler by removing his loincloth while he's distracted.
* [[Defeat by Modesty]]: Ms. Hiroin defeating the sumo wrestler by removing his loincloth while he's distracted.
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Futana is an example of the [[Anything That Moves]] variety rather than the [[Ax Crazy]] sort.
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Futana is an example of the [[Anything That Moves]] variety rather than the [[Ax Crazy]] sort.
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* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: Well, Eccentric Highschool folk at least.
* [[Eccentric Townsfolk]]: Well, Eccentric Highschool folk at least.
* [[Egg Sitting]]: Futana tricks Futaba into this, kinda, sorta, it's complicated.
* [[Egg Sitting]]: Futana tricks Futaba into this, kinda, sorta, it's complicated.
* [[Excited Show Title]]
* [[Excited Show Title!]]
* [[Expy]]: Negiri to [[Ranma One Half|Nabiki]]. At first anyway, but [[Characterization Marches On]], see the main entry on that for more.
* [[Expy]]: Negiri to [[Ranma ½|Nabiki]]. At first anyway, but [[Characterization Marches On]], see the main entry on that for more.
* [[Turtle Island|Floating Island]]: The Shimeru homeland {{spoiler|(except it is really a giant spaceship).}}
* [[Turtle Island|Floating Island]]: The Shimeru homeland {{spoiler|(except it is really a giant spaceship).}}
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Copies a lot of ideas from ''[[Ranma One Half]]''.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Copies a lot of ideas from ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
* [[Foot Focus]]: The wrestling match in book 4. Female wrestler Anzu specializes in leg-work; she isn't wearing wrestling boots but only gaiters, leaving most of her feet bare, and she thrusts them all the time in her opponents' face (which is most often the reader's viewpoint).
* [[Foot Focus]]: The wrestling match in book 4. Female wrestler Anzu specializes in leg-work; she isn't wearing wrestling boots but only gaiters, leaving most of her feet bare, and she thrusts them all the time in her opponents' face (which is most often the reader's viewpoint).
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[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]]: 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.
* [[Gender Bender Friendship]]: Futaba and Misaki, naturally.
* [[Genre Shift]]: Starts as a High School gender-bending comedy and ends with the revelation that {{spoiler|the Shimerus are aliens, their homeland is a spaceship and their homeworld is a [[Ring World]] made of ivy that has under gone a Category 4 extinction}}.
* [[Genre Shift]]: Starts as a High School gender-bending comedy and ends with the revelation that {{spoiler|the Shimerus are aliens, their homeland is a spaceship and their homeworld is a [[Ringworld]] made of ivy that has under gone a Category 4 extinction}}.
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* [[The Ghost]]: Mrs Shimeru, Futaba's [[It Makes Sense in Context|father]]. Her face is never seen, and only about two strips show even a part of her body.
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Sabuyama-sensei. Because of his thinking that girls means trouble to [[Yaoi Guys|steamy male relationships]].
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Sabuyama-sensei. Because of his thinking that girls means trouble to [[Yaoi Guys|steamy male relationships]].
* [[High School Hustler]]: Negiri
* [[High School Hustler]]: Negiri.
* [[Hot Blood]]: The school's principal, especially during his introduction.
* [[Hot Blood]]: The school's principal, especially during his introduction.
* [[Hot for Student]]
* [[Hot for Student]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Human Aliens]]}}: The origin of the Shimeru clan.
* {{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.
* [[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.
* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: There's a store that specializes in tailoring these that Futana frequents.
* [[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.}}
* [[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.
* [[Instant Fanclub]]: Thanks to Negiri, Futaba gains one of these with breathtaking speed.
* [[Jerkass]]: Futana
* [[Jerkass]]: Futana.
* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: {{spoiler|During their trip to the Shimeru clan homeworld, Misaki gets gene therapy to make her into a full [[Human Alien]] like Futaba and Kurin, making her suddenly an available love interest. Futaba decides [[Tenchi Solution|not to decide.]] }}
* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: {{spoiler|During their trip to the Shimeru clan homeworld, Misaki gets gene therapy to make her into a full [[Human Alien]] like Futaba and Kurin, making her suddenly an available love interest. Futaba decides [[Tenchi Solution|not to decide.]]}}
* [[Kick Chick]]: Anzu
* [[Kick Chick]]: Anzu.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Misaki, due to her habit of over-sweetening everything. The three Koujiro sisters are more likely to actually kill someone, though.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Misaki, due to her habit of over-sweetening everything. The three Koujiro sisters are more likely to actually kill someone, though.
* [[Living Crashpad]]: Mai-chan landed on Sabuyama-sensei.
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: The wrestling team captain basically stakes the team in a series of [[Mahjong]] games with Negiri and Futaba has to pay off the debt.
* [[Lost Him in a Card Game]]: The wrestling team captain basically stakes the team in a series of [[Mahjong]] games with Negiri and Futaba has to pay off the debt.
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Futana (in both forms, see below).
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Futana (in both forms, see below).
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* [[Must Have Nicotine]]: A sales clerk who covers her entire stock in tobacco stains (and starts a fire that almost kills half the cast).
* [[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.
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Takane Hiroin, especially as her alter-ego the Queen of Darkness.
* [[Non Standard Character Design]]: Principal Hiroin has a considerably more cartoonish look than all the characters, including a huge round head over a midget body.
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: Principal Hiroin has a considerably more cartoonish look than all the characters, including a huge round head over a midget body.
* [[Nosebleed]]: Everyone, at some point. The wrestling team in particular, though -- they have nose explosions!
* [[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.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Futaba gets landed in this role a lot.
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* [[Secret Keeper]]: Misaki
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: Futaba is stuck in girl form while menstruating. Presumably this also happens during pregnancy.
* [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock]]: Futaba is stuck in girl form while menstruating. Presumably this also happens during pregnancy.
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* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: [[The Ghost|Mrs. Shimeru]], Futaba's [[It Makes Sense in Context|father]]. [[The Faceless|Her face is never seen]], and only about two strips show even a part of her body. In later volumes, she gets upgraded to [[The Voice]] though.
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Futana, naturally, though she tends to take it a bit further than most characters.
* [[Skinship Grope]]: Futana, naturally, though she tends to take it a bit further than most characters.
* [[Skunk Stripe]]: The Koujiro sisters and Kurin.
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Straight Gay]]: Sabuyama-sensei
* [[Invisible to Gaydar]]: Sabuyama-sensei
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Futaba finds himself blushing while thinking of his sister's MALE form.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Futaba finds himself blushing while thinking of his sister's MALE form.
* [[Superhuman Transfusion]]
* [[Superhuman Transfusion]]
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Misaki's got a huge one; so much so that it ties in with [[Lethal Chef]] -- anything she cooks for herself is unbearably sweet.<br />It gets better -- she's so overly sugared that the swim team can't really swim -- because her swimming in the pool has turned the water into a sugary equivalent of the Dead Sea, which is rather hard to sink in.<br />Even better: at one point she makes chocolate so overly sweet, it spontanously combusts, turning it into the world's first Chocolate hand grenade!
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Misaki's got a huge one; so much so that it ties in with [[Lethal Chef]] -- anything she cooks for herself is unbearably sweet. It gets better -- she's so overly sugared that the swim team can't really swim -- because her swimming in the pool has turned the water into a sugary equivalent of the Dead Sea, which is rather hard to sink in. Even better: at one point she makes chocolate so overly sweet, it spontanously combusts, turning it into the world's first Chocolate hand grenade!
* [[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}}.
* [[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).}}
* {{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).}}
* [[Thanks for the Mammary]]: See the entry for [[The Chikan]] above.
* [[Thanks for the Mammary]]: See the entry for [[The Chikan]] above.
* [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later]]: The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu tend to get a bit too enthusiastic during "questioning".
* [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later]]: The wrestler sisters Karin and Anzu tend to get a bit too enthusiastic during "questioning".
* [[Tournament Arc]]
* [[Tournament Arc]]
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* {{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.}}
* {{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.
* [[Walking the Earth]]: Futana's fiancé(e) departs to do this after meeting her for the first time.
* [[We All Live in America|We All Live in Japan]]: For a culture founded on a drifting island {{spoiler|spaceship}} by stranded {{spoiler|[[Human Aliens|aliens]]}} with [[Gender Bender|no concept of gender]], kept isolated from the rest of the world to the extent the rest of the world [[Hidden Elf Village|''doesn't even know it exists'']], the Shimeru homeland sure ended up... Japanese. Granted, this all started tens of thousands of years ago but... [[Willing Suspension of Disbelief|really?]]
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: Futaba is in the school's wrestling club.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: [[Justified]]. Futaba is in the school's wrestling club.


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The two faces of Futaba Shimeru.


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.

To be more specific, Futaba is one day handed a girlie magazine by a fellow member of the wrestling club. Having snuck into the boys' room to read it, Futaba suddenly clicks on not just how girls are different from boys, but why it matters. And as he thinks of his good female buddy Misaki, his excitement increases -- and suddenly Futaba finds himself possessed of female anatomy!

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!

Hilarity Ensues, as Futaba tries to start a romantic relationship with Misaki, deals with female anatomy issues, starts a new career as an "idol" and learns more about his/her family's heritage.

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

Tropes used in Futaba-Kun Change! include:
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