Alright, I just went with a very basic “gender bending manga” for the title. I feel like it oversimplifies the list a bit, but whatever.
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And of course 3/4 are on my wishlist/read already 
Not sure what your goal is with the list, but as a viewer it would be nice to have a sentence or two about them. Also “various” is a little too vague to be helpful, imo.
Same as my 4-koma list, it’s mostly just a “check these out if you like the genre” list.
I’m not usually one to give plot summaries. Unlike the 4-koma list, there’s no few word theme I can mention for these. It’s the same when I write reviews. My view is that there’s already a plot summary on the book page, so giving my own is redundant.
I can expand on that. For the series I’m reading now I’m a little reluctant to over-specify because a big part of the manga is exploring how you view yourself. So I think it’s better to let the characters define themselves. I’ll think on it.
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To grab from your other post: “I liked the characters and how each of them had a different reason for working at the café” - is both not a plot summary, and something that would pique my interest. I agree plot summaries on lists can be/often are redundant
For me, this list feels a bit “ok, I could just click the tags”. It’s your list tho, so feel free to ignore.
Gotcha, I can see why you went with Various then. Also not to harp on my previous point, but “explores how you view yourself” is another example of “piques my interest, not a plot summary”
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Transgender or crossdressing (it’s ambiguous and I never finished the series to see which it was)
I don’t know if it counts as spoiler, but it’s (behind spoiler just in case) crossdressing. That conclusion felt quite disappointing too.
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That was the impression I got, thanks for confirming. Honestly, I may just remove it from the list because I don’t think it’s that good.
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That makes me kinda glad I dropped the anime. I like crossdressing stuff at times (depending how it’s done), but would probably have been disappointed that that’s the direction it went in
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Yeah. In this specific instance, the plot didn’t even really make sense. (Spoiling everything; read at your own perils) Midway through, the main character tried to get back to cis het, has a break down because you can’t force who you are… goes back to “crossdressing” for a little bit, but suddenly decide that nah, cis het it is (without issue this time, somehow). (Ex at that point) boyfriend is left in the dust [edit: okay, that’s a bit harsh, they had a rough patch but did go back to friends; I’m unconvinced, but at least it was dealt with] and the girl who never felt anything for a guy but was in love with girl-mode MC (and rejected “him” during the first cis het attempt) is now perfectly fine with dating “him”. Nothing makes sense.
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I can’t fully judge without seeing it, but sounds like I’m very fine having skipped that. Guess I’ll cross that off the list for good. Thx
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I read the spoilers because I don’t ever plan to finish the series. I’m not surprised by any of that. I’m just going to remove it from the list since I want the list to be manga I recommend, not just manga that exist in this space.
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Well now it’s gone and I can’t see what series it was to avoid it 
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先輩はおとこのこ, the manga. Iirc, the anime had an open end, not the forced one of the manga, so there was/is no problem to watch it, imho.
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Shame the anime was also just boring. I watched a few episodes and gave up.
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Oh I watched the anime and quite liked it. I read some of the comic on LINE manga, but never went past the show. Now I’m wondering if I should spoil myself…
There were a few things in the show that seemed a tiny bit off to me, so people being disappointed with the end doesn’t totally surprise me…
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I like it.
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I also didn’t like the “intentionally warped” animation that appeared sometimes. That’s pulled directly from the manga and while I didn’t care for it in the manga, it felt totally out of place in the anime.
Anyway, glad you liked it. I know it’s generally well regarded.
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While that also wasn’t my favorite, it feels like it’s in the tradition of SD characters for reactions/comedy, which I am very used to, so it also didn’t bother me. And like you said, it was in the manga so it didn’t feel like it was overused.
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Maybe something to add to your list; at least it seems you didn’t hate it: まどかのひみつ
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I liked the anime too. Although I do remember getting to the end and being like “That was it…?”
(And shortly after I finished the show, someone here read the manga and was complaining about how it ended, so I never read it. 
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That would be me, still complaining about it 
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