Kashimashi, Vol. 2

Kashimashi #2

by Satoru Akahori, Katsura Yukimaru (Illustrations)

Being a girl is harder than it looks...

For Hazumu, this couldn't be truer, because just the other day, she...was a he. Shunned by the girl of his dreams, Hazumu loses himself in the mountains and is promptly squashed by an oncoming space ship. The alien inside, feeling guilty, rebuilds Hazumu's body...but as the wrong gender! Now Hazumu must learn how to be the girl his parents always wanted while dealing with the trials and tribulations of being caught in a love triangle between two girls--his childhood friend, Tomari, and Yasuna, the girl who rejected him but is now strangely attracted to him/her!

Genres: Manga, Yuri, Romance, Comics, Comics Manga, LGBT, Transgender

192 pages, Paperback

First published September 27, 2005

About the author

Satoru Akahori (あかほり さとる Akahori Satoru, Born 赤堀 悟, March 8, 1965 in Handa, Aichi, Japan) is a Japanese scriptwriter, novelist and manga author. He is best known for the Saber Marionette, Sakura Wars and Sorcerer Hunters series, which comes in anime, novel and manga forms.

Reviews

[Mehsi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Re-read 2024: Review for the first three volumes. Decided to re-read this series again! Been a while. I love the art. I love that Hazumu got changed into a girl and then had to figure out how things worked from bras to how to put on socks to what to show and what not and more. Hazumu is such a cute girl, but I am glad that she wasn't instantly OMG I am a girl and OK, but had lots of feels and worries about things. I loved seeing her grow more confident as a girl and get more OK with things. Jan-puu was adorable and cute and I am glad she is around. Tomarin x Hazumu forever they make such a cute couple and I cannot remember who ended up with Hazumu but I am rooting for Tomarin. The art was adorable. That teacher was hilarious (OK, at times things got a bit much). I love how accepting everyone was of Hazumu (I guess it helps that even as a boy she was feminine). Cute covers! Fun events from fireworks shows to amusement parks to beach days.

But no thank you to the dad for being a freaking pedophile. WTF, constantly wanting to bathe with your 17 year old daughter. Making tons of photographs (one even with her in a bathing suit). EWW, eww. Eww. The alien at those times was also horrible, but the dad definitely topped it with his horrific behaviour.

Also eww to the best friend and his delusions. Boy, no.

Also Tomarin x Hazumu forever. Yasuna can just fuck off. With her magically not being able to see boys but oh Hazumu she can see quite clear and instead of just giving Hazumu some time to recover from the shock of becoming a girl (plus the rejection) she immediately goes in for the confession and is so clingy and overly close to her. Nope. Don't like her at all. Eww. Plus, sorry, but Hazumu Yasuna just had a bit of a fever she wasn't dying, no need to go all dramatic.

[Isapropanol · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5
My questions remain unanswered

[carl · Rating 5 out of 5]

okay
i have seen the anime while waiting on the final and third volume of this series. heartwrenching. absolutely. it took all my powers of concentration not to simply lose it.
i found out that the anime ends differently than the manga. so im really looking forward to this.
if you like shoujo manga you will love this series.

[Noah Soudrette · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cutest lesbian manga of all time continues as Hazumu and her to prospective girlfriends try and work through their feelings for each other, while having a lot of fun adventures. The cuteness continues.