Overall a good show about a journey of self-discovery for protagonist Hanaoka Makoto, who is a cross dressing femboy. Personally I have no special interest about LGBTQ (except for yuri) and honestly I might not have watched it I knew it was about femboy, yet I was immediately interested after the first episode. In this love triangle situation the protagonist is a femboy with the other two love interests being natural boy and girl, which is a very fresh spin because is Makoto gay or is he into girls? We don't know, actually Makoto doesn't know either, that's what the story is about. In addition, there's the possibility that the two love interests could get together themselves right? I mean boy and girl hanging out together?

Let's start with the presentation, to be frank this is a low budget show, there is A LOT of limited animation, that means still frames, background characters freezing in place instead of moving, and the frequent changes to chibi style. However I believe the animation director did a great job with cutting the right corners because they're able to keep the core elements very intact, character faces are very consistent in shape, style and animation for example, there aren't that many broken hands either. Most people would probably not realize how much less budget is involved in this compared to say your average Kyoto Animation stuff.

Although Makoto is a femboy the overall story feel very much like a female-oriented show to me because of things like...

• Protagonist has incredibly pretty face everyone falls for
• Multiple suitors secretly in love without the protagonist realizing
• There's a gentle, rich, smart guy who's been secretly with the MC since forever because he is secretly in love the with the MC

The story itself is mostly about balancing self interest with social expectations. For your most basic example everyone expects biological male MC to behave like a guy but he likes cute stuff and female clothing. Another example is love interest Aoi confesses with the MC at the beginning of the show but Makoto is worried since he is socially isolated himself, being in relationship with Aoi will also alienate her from her friends. Most characters have problems like this and this is about various ways they deal with this conundrum.

Both love interest support characters are very strong and I didn't know I would say this. Of course Aoi is great because she's a cute anime girl and possibly yuri. The male love interest Taiga Ryuuji is also great, watching anime boys make out doesn't give me any physiological response but I was very emotionally invested in their relationship.

I'm sure I came across this show because I've been watching josei shows like Chihayafuru and Fruit Basket, while some of these shows don't peak my interest much, others I found to be really great. Maybe I share some similarities with Makoto myself, I like girly sparkle phone cases for example. However I believe cute things are cute, beautiful things are beautiful, and love is love. By that I mean people are often jailed behind their own prejudices of how things should be, what they should and should not enjoy. We should all worry less about that, and try to look inside more honestly about what we really like.

bonus point for Saki-chan. I didn't say much about her other than being anime girl but honestly there is A LOT about her going on in the show I just don't wanna spoil any of it.