Line #13 Manga/OtasukeMikoMikoChan


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3	An amusing deconstruction of the MagicalGirl genre, ''Otasuke Miko Miko-chan'' (''Rescue Maiden Miko'') is a manga by Hiroiichi, which ran in ''[=WAaI=]!'' from 2011 to 2014. It follows the (mis)adventures of Ayumu Mikoshiba, as he helps (however unwillingly) revive his family's shrine by becoming the latest Miko-chan, fighting crime, advertising their business, and helping sell official Miko-chan merchandise.
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5	No, you did not read that wrong: Ayumu is a '''he'''.
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7	The series focuses mostly on Ayumu's gender-identity crisis, stuck between feeling confident and cute as a girl, and the fact that he is actually a cross-dressing guy.
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10	!! The series provides examples of:
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12	* CutShort: Volume 2 ends with the cast planning on a summer trip and the romantic story about to get going, and the author even hints at a Volume 3 at the end, but sadly nothing has been released since then.
13	* DeconstructiveParody: The manga is very, very fond of playing with the conventions of the MagicalGirl genre. The most obvious ways are how Ayumu as Miko-chan is used primarily to sell merchandise and advertise the shrine, that his magical familiar is more of a manager than anything else, and that he is a reluctant cross-dresser.
14	* DudeLooksLikeALady: Ayumu's curse. Not that anyone besides him really minds, though. Later chapters give us [[spoiler:Rei]].
15	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Ayumu, of course. More so when he cross-dresses.
16	* {{Fanservice}}: Covers almost always feature Ayumu in an outfit he will (probably) never wear in the actual manga.
17	* FantasticComedy: While Fuu-chan and the transformation into Miko-chan is most definitely magical, Ayumu has no magical powers.
18	* FrenchMaidOutfit: One of the many get-ups Ayumu is forced into.
19	* GenderBlenderName: The WholesomeCrossdresser is appropriately named Ayumu, a gender-neutral name.
20	* TheGlomp: Wakaba performs this frequently on Ayumu, among other things.
21	* ImagineSpot: Wakaba is infamous for this--[[{{Fanservice}} not that the fans mind.]]
22	* JustHereForGodzilla: In-universe and played straight. For the former, the Maid Club failed ''quickly'' when the guys who were only in it to hang out with Ayumu found out that he wasn't a regular attraction. For the latter: the [[WholesomeCrossdresser concept of the manga itself]], really.
23	* LegacyCharacter: The identity of Miko-chan has been taken up by the girls of the Mikoshiba family for generations--until Ayumu, of course, for obvious reasons.
24	* LovableSexManiac: Wakaba Kumura, who shamelessly molests Ayumu whenever she gets the chance, dresses him up in all sorts of revealing outfits for her own viewing pleasure, and calls him her "wife."
25	--> '''Wakaba Kumura:''' Wh-What are you saying?! Publicly exposing my Ayumu-kyun in a maid uniform is absolutely... (ImagineSpot) let's do it!
26	* MagicalGirl: Gleefully deconstructs the genre in a (mostly) mundane setting.
27	* MagicWand: Subverted in that it's not actually magical and just serves as more official Miko-chan merchandise. It ''does'' have its uses as a blunt weapon, though.
28	* {{Mascot}}: Miko-chan, for the Mikoshiba shrine. Has her own website and line of officially licensed merchandise, available at said shrine.
29	* MeaningfulName: Appropriately, the family that runs the shrine are the '''Miko'''shibas.
30	* MentorMascot: Fuu-Chan, who also serves as the current Miko-chan's manager.
31	* TheMerch: One of the purposes of Miko-chan is to sell merch based on the character.
32	* {{Miko}}: Unsurprisingly, Miko-chan is a MagicalGirl based off of shrine maidens. She is more of a mascot than anything else, though.
33	* MiniDressOfPower: Miko-chan's outfit. It doesn't seem to have any actual magical powers aside from making Ayumu more confident and bold than he usually is--which is to say, not at all.
34	* NoEnding: The final chapter is just a random BeachEpisode with no real resolution to anything.
35	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Wakaba, the Dressing Club manager, and Rei.
36	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Ayumu was one, and still very much is one, between being shamelessly used by his friends for their more questionable purposes, and being Miko-chan.
37	* {{Otaku}}: Rei is a lighthearted parody.
38	* PunchClockHero: Ayumu only ever becomes Miko-chan to advertise the shrine and her merchandise, or do "heroic" duties like stalking his friend to find out what's bothering him.
39	* PuniPlush
40	* SliceOfLife: Ayumu fights crime ''exactly'' once. Even then, it was by chance. The rest of the manga focuses on his gender-identity crisis, secret identity as Miko-chan, and his very eager and more than a little perverted friends.
41	* TheStoic: Souichi Makita is rarely, if ever, affected by the weirdness and perversion that constantly happens to Ayumu. The sole exception is whenever he (Ayumu) is cross-dressing.
42	* TransformationSequence: Mandatory, really.
43	* WholesomeCrossdresser: Ayumu is shown to be extremely confident when cross-dressing, much to his dismay. Later on, we have [[spoiler:Rei]], who ''very'' much enjoys it.
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Context Manga / OtasukeMikoMikoChan