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* {{Bishounen}}: Satoru, Natsumi's step-brother.
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* HasTwoMommies: Makoto's relationship with Natsumi and Takashi is depicted as such in one of his [[AnxietyDreams nightmares]]. PlayedForLaughs.
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Takashi when he initially [[MistakenForGay mistook the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi in Chapter 61.
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Takashi when he initially [[MistakenForGay mistook the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi in Chapter 61.
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* BlindingBangs: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks. [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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* EyesOutOfSight: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with eye obscuring bangs in flashbacks. [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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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 LivingADoubleLife on a person's [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife dating life]] as well as the difficulties on [[KeepingSecretsSucks 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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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Makoto's true identity is revealed to the audience in Chapter 1.
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* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: FirstEpisodeTwist: Makoto's true identity is revealed to the audience in Chapter 1.
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* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted for Natsumi in Chapter 20.
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamoring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfill the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a perfect mother at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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* BlindingBangs: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks.
** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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* BlindingBangs: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks.
**flashbacks. [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries to intentionally deprive her of sweet foods. Takashi to a lesser extent.
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* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries try to intentionally deprive her of sweet foods. Takashi to a lesser extent.
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* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries to deprive her of sweet foods.
** Takashi to a lesser extent.
** Takashi to a lesser extent.
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* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries to intentionally deprive her of sweet foods.
**foods. Takashi to a lesser extent.
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* WigDressAccent: Makoto's method of disguise, including makeup. It is so effective that it [[ColorFailure shocked his friends]] who witnessed his makeover live in one occasion.
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* WigDressAccent: Makoto's method of disguise, including makeup. It is so effective that it [[ColorFailure shocked his friends]] who witnessed his makeover live in one occasion.occasion.
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** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[TheInnerReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[TheInnerReveal [[InternalReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
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* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: The ending of the series.
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* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: The ending of the series.]]
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* TheInnerReveal: Makoto gradually revealed his secret to various characters in the series, which elicited varying degrees of shock and surprise from them.
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* TheInnerReveal: InternalReveal: Makoto gradually revealed his secret to various characters in the series, which elicited varying degrees of shock and surprise from them.
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a perfect mother at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring clamoring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil fulfill the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a perfect mother at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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* BeneathTheMask: 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.
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* BeneathTheMask: Fujimoto Natsumi, Makoto's crush, puts up a professional, no-nonsense demeanour demeanor during work and only reveals her inner self to her family and close friends.
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* TheGlassesComeOff: [[InvertedTrope 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.
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* TheGlassesComeOff: [[InvertedTrope 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.demeanor.
* TheInnerReveal: Makoto gradually revealed his secret to various characters in the series, which elicited varying degrees of shock and surprise from them.
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a [[HotMom perfect mother]] at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a [[HotMom perfect mother]] mother at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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* HotMom: Makoto, and how!
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Takashi, Makoto's son.
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* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Takashi, Makoto's son.son, is not only adorable, but also well-mannered and very understanding.
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* AttractiveBentGender: Makoto
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* AttractiveBentGender: MakotoMakoto.
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* GenderBenderFriendship: Makoto became fast friends with Natsumi, while in his female persona. Not so much for his male persona though.
* GenderBlenderName:MakotoMakoto.
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* TheGlomp: Takashi executed a flying tackle towards Natsumi in Chapter 110 to prevent her from leaving his home without even entering in the first place.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Anno-sensei, Takashi's form teacher who has a crush on Makoto in his female persona, refused to believe that Makoto is really male, even after witnessing him in his male persona, which he dismissed as Makoto being a ''SweetPollyOliver''.
* NewOldFlame: Oota Risa, Makoto's first and only girlfriend during his high school days, appeared in Chapter 64, and whose appearance threatened the romance between Makoto and Natsumi. [[spoiler: Subverted in that she was just feeling lonely due to her husband's frequent long business trips and had simply wanted a close friend to converse with.]]
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* OfficeLady: Natsumi
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* OfficeLady: NatsumiNatsumi.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Narumi
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* PosthumousCharacter: NarumiNarumi.
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Takashi
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: TakashiTakashi.
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* TastesLikeFriendship: Risa manged to overcome [[SweetTooth Natsumi's]] hostility towards her by introducing a café that sells low-calorie desserts to her.
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[[caption-width-right:258:Takashi (left) and Makoto (right)]]
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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a [[HotMom perfect mother]] at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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 LivingADoubleLife on a person's [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife dating life]] as well as the difficulties on [[KeepingSecretsSucks 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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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Takashi, Makoto's son.
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler: Takashi's]] reaction upon learning Makoto's secret.
* AnxietyDreams: Makoto is plagued with a number of these throughout the series, which more often than not revolve around his anxieties over his masquerade.
* AttractiveBentGender: Makoto
* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: The ending of the series.
* BeatPanel: Used very frequently, often along with the IdenticalPanelGag.
* BeneathTheMask: 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.
* BlandNameProduct: The characters dine in "Dos Burger" (a reference to the Mos Burger chain) restaurants occasionally.
* BlindingBangs: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks.
** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[TheInnerReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
* BookEnds: The first chapter starts with Takashi narrating a brief introduction about himself and the last chapter starts with him doing the same as well.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Nagai Aya, classmate and self-professed girlfriend of Takashi. Although she is also pretty [[WiseBeyondTheirYears precocious]], and [[InvokedTrope is well aware of her own shortcomings]].
* BromanticFoil: Takeuchi Ryuuhei, Makoto's junior in the company he is working in.
* TheChikan: Makoto became friends with Natsumi after helping her to accost a molester who had groped her while they were commuting in a crowded train. Unfortunately for Makoto, he was in his female persona at that time.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The source of most problems for Makoto.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper
* DotingParent: Makoto to Takashi.
* ExpressiveHair: Aya's pigtails will leap up whenever she is shocked.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Makoto's true identity is revealed to the audience in Chapter 1.
* GenderBlenderName: Makoto
* GlamorousSingleMother: Makoto gives this impression, since by the start of the series he had already overcame most of the difficulties of single parenthood.
* GoingNative: Makoto towards cross-dressing. Despite his vehement denials.
* GoodParents: Makoto's parents are that to him, and are even willing to [[OpenMindedParent support his masquerade]], which in turn influenced his parenting towards Takashi.
* TheGlassesComeOff: [[InvertedTrope 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.
* HarshWordImpact
* HasTwoMommies: Makoto's relationship with Natsumi and Takashi is depicted as such in one of his [[AnxietyDreams nightmares]]. PlayedForLaughs.
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Takashi when he initially [[MistakenForGay mistook the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi in Chapter 61.
* HotMom: Makoto, and how!
* IHaveThisFriend: Used by both Makoto and Natsumi before, though not at the same time.
* ImagineSpot: Makoto is prone to having elaborate fantasies (or simply nightmares).
* InnerMonologue: Makoto is fond of conversing (or even ''arguing'') with himself, mostly depicted as between his two persona.
* TheInnerReveal: Makoto gradually revealed his secret to various characters in the series, which elicited varying degrees of shock and surprise from them.
* KavorkaMan: Matsui Satoru, Makoto's colleague at work, is portrayed as such, and often engages in love conquests rivalry with Takeuchi, which annoys Makoto greatly.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Makoto feels increasingly guilty about keeping his true identity secret from Takashi, but could not bear to reveal the truth to him.
* LivingADoubleLife: Makoto, naturally.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Natsumi originally falls for Makoto's female persona, not knowing his true identity. Even after TheReveal, she still prefers his female persona.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: It took almost four volumes for Makoto to clear things up Natsumi.
* MediumAwareness: Makoto displays some awareness of himself being a character of the manga in a few occasions.
* MistakenForGay: Aya [[RightForTheWrongReasons mistakes the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi as that of homosexual, as Makoto's disguise is simply too convincing for her to suspect anything else.
* MommasBoy: Takashi. Very much so.
* NotBloodSiblings: Satoru and Natsumi are not blood related, and he even has a crush on her, although he refuses to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy make any advances or reveal his feelings to her]].
* OfficeLady: Natsumi
* ParentalAbandonment: Takashi after Narumi died in the aforementioned accident, since his biological father was unknown.
** [[spoiler: His biological father eventually appeared late in the series.]]
* ParentalMarriageVeto: 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.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death of Narumi set off the chain of events that led to the start of the story.
* PosthumousCharacter: Narumi
* RecapEpisode: Chapter 86 begins as one, which is even {{Lampshaded}} by Makoto himself.
* {{Salaryman}}: Makoto.
* SecretKeeper: Initially, only Makoto's immediate family is aware of his masquerade, with more people joining in the secret as the series progresses.
* SexierAlterEgo: Makoto, so much so that it becomes a RunningGag that he is much more popular while in his female persona than in his male persona.
* ShoppingMontage: Happened a few times throughout the series.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Makoto when he adopted Takashi. That Takashi had grown up to be a nice kid is testimony to Makoto's successful parenting.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Takashi
* TheStoic: Satoru by default. Which makes his NotSoStoic moments pretty hilarious.
* SurvivalMantra: 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.
-->'''Makoto:''' I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman….
* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries to deprive her of sweet foods.
** Takashi to a lesser extent.
* TamponRun: Makoto was obliged to do one for Natsumi in Chapter 20, freaking him out briefly. Thankfully for him, he was in his female persona at that time.
* {{Tsundere}}: Aya. Which is even {{Lampshaded}} by Takashi.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Makoto.
* WigDressAccent: Makoto's method of disguise, including makeup. It is so effective that it [[ColorFailure shocked his friends]] who witnessed his makeover live in one occasion.
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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 [[PosthumousCharacter girlfriend]], a single mother, died in a tragic accident and the existence of her son became known to him, he [[SomeoneToRememberHimBy decided to adopt him]] and treat him as his own. Trouble began when the child, being [[MommasBoy very emotionally attached to his mother]] and not old enough to understand the fact that she was already dead, kept on clamouring for her. In a desperate bid to placate his new son, Makoto recklessly decided to fulfil the role of a mother via [[{{Crossdresser}} cross-dressing]]. For eight years, he successfully cultivated the image of a [[HotMom perfect mother]] at home while working as his normal self outside home. All seems uneventful until he fell in love for the first time in many years with a woman he met in a crowded train one day, which threatens to upset the delicate status quo he had created….
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 LivingADoubleLife on a person's [[TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife dating life]] as well as the difficulties on [[KeepingSecretsSucks 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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!!This series provides examples of:
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Takashi, Makoto's son.
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler: Takashi's]] reaction upon learning Makoto's secret.
* AnxietyDreams: Makoto is plagued with a number of these throughout the series, which more often than not revolve around his anxieties over his masquerade.
* AttractiveBentGender: Makoto
* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: The ending of the series.
* BeatPanel: Used very frequently, often along with the IdenticalPanelGag.
* BeneathTheMask: 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.
* BlandNameProduct: The characters dine in "Dos Burger" (a reference to the Mos Burger chain) restaurants occasionally.
* BlindingBangs: Narumi, Takashi's birth mother, is always depicted with them in flashbacks.
** [[spoiler: Her eyes are finally revealed in a photograph Makoto used [[TheInnerReveal to convince]] Takashi about the truth of his identity in Chapter 85.]]
* BookEnds: The first chapter starts with Takashi narrating a brief introduction about himself and the last chapter starts with him doing the same as well.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter: Nagai Aya, classmate and self-professed girlfriend of Takashi. Although she is also pretty [[WiseBeyondTheirYears precocious]], and [[InvokedTrope is well aware of her own shortcomings]].
* BromanticFoil: Takeuchi Ryuuhei, Makoto's junior in the company he is working in.
* TheChikan: Makoto became friends with Natsumi after helping her to accost a molester who had groped her while they were commuting in a crowded train. Unfortunately for Makoto, he was in his female persona at that time.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: The source of most problems for Makoto.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper
* DotingParent: Makoto to Takashi.
* ExpressiveHair: Aya's pigtails will leap up whenever she is shocked.
* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: Makoto's true identity is revealed to the audience in Chapter 1.
* GenderBlenderName: Makoto
* GlamorousSingleMother: Makoto gives this impression, since by the start of the series he had already overcame most of the difficulties of single parenthood.
* GoingNative: Makoto towards cross-dressing. Despite his vehement denials.
* GoodParents: Makoto's parents are that to him, and are even willing to [[OpenMindedParent support his masquerade]], which in turn influenced his parenting towards Takashi.
* TheGlassesComeOff: [[InvertedTrope 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.
* HarshWordImpact
* HasTwoMommies: Makoto's relationship with Natsumi and Takashi is depicted as such in one of his [[AnxietyDreams nightmares]]. PlayedForLaughs.
** [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] by Takashi when he initially [[MistakenForGay mistook the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi in Chapter 61.
* HotMom: Makoto, and how!
* IHaveThisFriend: Used by both Makoto and Natsumi before, though not at the same time.
* ImagineSpot: Makoto is prone to having elaborate fantasies (or simply nightmares).
* InnerMonologue: Makoto is fond of conversing (or even ''arguing'') with himself, mostly depicted as between his two persona.
* TheInnerReveal: Makoto gradually revealed his secret to various characters in the series, which elicited varying degrees of shock and surprise from them.
* KavorkaMan: Matsui Satoru, Makoto's colleague at work, is portrayed as such, and often engages in love conquests rivalry with Takeuchi, which annoys Makoto greatly.
* KeepingSecretsSucks: Makoto feels increasingly guilty about keeping his true identity secret from Takashi, but could not bear to reveal the truth to him.
* LivingADoubleLife: Makoto, naturally.
* LovesMyAlterEgo: Natsumi originally falls for Makoto's female persona, not knowing his true identity. Even after TheReveal, she still prefers his female persona.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: It took almost four volumes for Makoto to clear things up Natsumi.
* MediumAwareness: Makoto displays some awareness of himself being a character of the manga in a few occasions.
* MistakenForGay: Aya [[RightForTheWrongReasons mistakes the relationship]] between Makoto and Natsumi as that of homosexual, as Makoto's disguise is simply too convincing for her to suspect anything else.
* MommasBoy: Takashi. Very much so.
* NotBloodSiblings: Satoru and Natsumi are not blood related, and he even has a crush on her, although he refuses to [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy make any advances or reveal his feelings to her]].
* OfficeLady: Natsumi
* ParentalAbandonment: Takashi after Narumi died in the aforementioned accident, since his biological father was unknown.
** [[spoiler: His biological father eventually appeared late in the series.]]
* ParentalMarriageVeto: 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.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death of Narumi set off the chain of events that led to the start of the story.
* PosthumousCharacter: Narumi
* RecapEpisode: Chapter 86 begins as one, which is even {{Lampshaded}} by Makoto himself.
* {{Salaryman}}: Makoto.
* SecretKeeper: Initially, only Makoto's immediate family is aware of his masquerade, with more people joining in the secret as the series progresses.
* SexierAlterEgo: Makoto, so much so that it becomes a RunningGag that he is much more popular while in his female persona than in his male persona.
* ShoppingMontage: Happened a few times throughout the series.
* SinkOrSwimFatherhood: Makoto when he adopted Takashi. That Takashi had grown up to be a nice kid is testimony to Makoto's successful parenting.
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Takashi
* TheStoic: Satoru by default. Which makes his NotSoStoic moments pretty hilarious.
* SurvivalMantra: 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.
-->'''Makoto:''' I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman. I'm a woman….
* SweetTooth: Natsumi. [[BerserkButton Woe to those]] who tries to deprive her of sweet foods.
** Takashi to a lesser extent.
* TamponRun: Makoto was obliged to do one for Natsumi in Chapter 20, freaking him out briefly. Thankfully for him, he was in his female persona at that time.
* {{Tsundere}}: Aya. Which is even {{Lampshaded}} by Takashi.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Makoto.
* WigDressAccent: Makoto's method of disguise, including makeup. It is so effective that it [[ColorFailure shocked his friends]] who witnessed his makeover live in one occasion.
