I haven’t read that specific manga, but I know the premise (incel dude working at the konbini stalks a high school girl (麻里) who goes there at night on a regular basis, until one day he wakes up as her; literally the title). I’ve also read おかえりアリス 1 | L18 by the same author, that has a very creepy main character (the titular アリス, sexually harasses their childhood friend and it’s played as okay because the victim is a guy + he has a wet dream about it at the beginning of volume 2; I stopped there). In the あとがき, the author mentioned that this series and the 麻里 one were inspired by their own discomfort with their own gender. I don’t remember the details, but my impression was that the author had the right questions but the wrong answers.
Anyway, if they want to exorcise their demons, they are free to do so, but I want nothing to do with it.
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