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29-year old Suda Makoto is an average [[Salaryman]] and leads an ordinary life in every aspect if not for the fact that he is raising a child alone. To top it up, the child is not even related to him, being the son of his girlfriend during his university days. After his [[Posthumous Character|girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[Someone to Remember Him By|decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[
A seinen manga by Kindaichi Renjuurou, this series actually deals very little about the trials of single parenthood and focuses more on the impact of [[Living a Double Life]] on a person's [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life|dating life]] as well as the difficulties on [[Keeping Secrets Sucks|keeping secrets]] to a person's close ones. It is nonetheless a heartwarming manga with many comedic moments to make an enjoyable read.
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* [[Adorably Precocious Child]]: Takashi, Makoto's son.
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* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Fujimoto Natsumi, Makoto's crush, puts up a professional, no-nonsense demeanour during work and only reveals her inner self to her family and close friends.
* [[Bishounen]]: Satoru, Natsumi's step-brother.
* [[Bland
* [[Blinding Bangs]]: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks.
** {{spoiler|Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[The Inner Reveal|to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.}}
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* [[Glamorous Single Mother]]: Makoto gives this impression, since by the start of the series he had already overcame most of the difficulties of single parenthood.
* [[Going Native]]: Makoto towards cross-dressing. Despite his vehement denials.
* [[Good Parents]]: Makoto's parents are that to him, and are even willing to [[Open
* [[The Glasses Come Off]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in the case of Natsumi, who puts on glasses during work to conceal her usual bumbling nature and project a no-nonsense, professional demeanour.
* [[Harsh Word Impact]]
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* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: It took almost four volumes for Makoto to clear things up Natsumi.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Makoto displays some awareness of himself being a character of the manga in a few occasions.
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Aya [[Right for
* [[
* [[Not Blood Siblings]]: Satoru and Natsumi are not blood related, and he even has a crush on her, although he refuses to [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|make any advances or reveal his feelings to her]].
* [[Office Lady]]: Natsumi
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** {{spoiler|His biological father eventually appeared late in the series.}}
* [[Parental Marriage Veto]]: Natsumi's step-mother was initially against her marrying Makoto as he is a single parent, as she had a particularly bad experience of being a step-parent when she married Natsumi's father and feared the same would happen to her.
* [[Plot
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Narumi
* [[Recap Episode]]: Chapter 86 begins as one, which is even [[Lampshaded]] by Makoto himself.
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* [[Sexier Alter Ego]]: Makoto, so much so that it becomes a [[Running Gag]] that he is much more popular while in his female persona than in his male persona.
* [[Shopping Montage]]: Happened a few times throughout the series.
* [[Sink
* [[Someone to Remember Him By]]: Takashi
* [[The Stoic]]: Satoru by default. Which makes his [[Not So Stoic]] moments pretty hilarious.
* [[Survival Mantra]]: A comedic variant occurred in Chapter 8, when Makoto kept on reminding himself to act normal when he unwittingly found himself alone with Natsumi at her residence while still in his female persona.
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* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Natsumi. [[Berserk Button|Woe to those]] who tries to deprive her of sweet foods.
** Takashi to a lesser extent.
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* [[Tsundere]]: Aya. Which is even [[Lampshaded]] by Takashi.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Makoto.
* [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Makoto's method of disguise, including makeup. It is so effective that it [[Color Failure|shocked his friends]] who witnessed his makeover live in one occasion.
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