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The Day of Revolution #1
The Day of Revolution, Volume 01
Kei Yoshikawa is a feisty young boy, troubled by problems at home and annoyed at school. One day after a sudden fainting spell, Kei is examined by the doctor and given shocking news - he is actually supposed to be a girl! Although physically male, Kei's chromosomes show that "he" is female. Seeing a chance to start life anew, Kei and his family decide to have him begin living as a girl. As "Kei" disappears and "Megumi" enrolls back into school, his/her girl pal Makoto is Kei's only ally who knows his secret. Dressed like a girl but still feeling like a boy, mixed-up Kei/Megumi feels more comfortable being with Makoto than the other boys... What's a gender-confused kid supposed to do?
174 pages, Paperback
First published January 28, 2010
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Mikiyo Tsuda
16 books31 followersJapanese: つだ みきよ
Under the name Taishi Zaō, she writes boys love and girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes comedy-shōjo manga
Under the name Taishi Zaō, she writes boys love and girls love manga while under Mikiyo Tsuda she writes comedy-shōjo manga
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August 24, 2025
Review for the whole series
I just wanted to read this before reading Princess Princess because it wasn't that long and would probably take an hour at most but...what the hell?
Mikoto is the only decent person in the entire manga I swear to god. Kei's parents were too forceful, her best friend groped her and it's played for laughts, the four guys who used to be her best friends? Don't even start...ew.
Genuinely surprised that Kei didn't crash out and gave an earful to everyone (especially Makoto, 'bestfriend' my ass), but then again, this is from 1999 so...sigh.
I just wanted to read this before reading Princess Princess because it wasn't that long and would probably take an hour at most but...what the hell?
Mikoto is the only decent person in the entire manga I swear to god. Kei's parents were too forceful, her best friend groped her and it's played for laughts, the four guys who used to be her best friends? Don't even start...ew.
Genuinely surprised that Kei didn't crash out and gave an earful to everyone (especially Makoto, 'bestfriend' my ass), but then again, this is from 1999 so...sigh.
January 26, 2026
CW: [graphic:] sexual assault, threats of rape
What an absolutely fascinating and strange take on an intersex character from 1990s Japan.
What an absolutely fascinating and strange take on an intersex character from 1990s Japan.
October 30, 2010
If you like boys love stories, you'll probably like this manga. If not, you'll probably still chuckle at the gender-bending antics of this series.
Poor Kei not only has a bad relationship with his father but he's also just realised that he's a girl. Literally. Luckily for him, his discovery allows him to mend fences with his father & step forth into the world as a girl. Unluckily for him, his old friends are a little *too* happy to see the new & improved Kei. Between "girl" lessons & having to fight off not only her old friends but also a dangerous rival, this is the start of an interesting new life for Kei.
Overall, I liked this manga. It's not the best gender-bender manga I've read (After School Nightmare holds that spot), but it's still pretty cute. The character designs are all well done & caters to pretty much every flavor of fangirl out there. The only weak spots in the manga? The manga tends to alternate between having too much happen at once & having a somewhat incomplete ending. The manga in it's entirety is 2 volumes, but the existing storylines could have been extended for at least one more volume so we could get a little more character building for everyone. I like the characters, but we know absolutely nothing about any of Kei's potential suitors. It's hard to root for anyone because there's not a lot of character depth.
Even so, it's a fun read. It can be a little tedious at times to read with the non-stop storyline, but it's still entertaining. People who love more slowly paced storylines may want to preview this before buying while others who love a fast moving storyline will rejoice in this series.
Poor Kei not only has a bad relationship with his father but he's also just realised that he's a girl. Literally. Luckily for him, his discovery allows him to mend fences with his father & step forth into the world as a girl. Unluckily for him, his old friends are a little *too* happy to see the new & improved Kei. Between "girl" lessons & having to fight off not only her old friends but also a dangerous rival, this is the start of an interesting new life for Kei.
Overall, I liked this manga. It's not the best gender-bender manga I've read (After School Nightmare holds that spot), but it's still pretty cute. The character designs are all well done & caters to pretty much every flavor of fangirl out there. The only weak spots in the manga? The manga tends to alternate between having too much happen at once & having a somewhat incomplete ending. The manga in it's entirety is 2 volumes, but the existing storylines could have been extended for at least one more volume so we could get a little more character building for everyone. I like the characters, but we know absolutely nothing about any of Kei's potential suitors. It's hard to root for anyone because there's not a lot of character depth.
Even so, it's a fun read. It can be a little tedious at times to read with the non-stop storyline, but it's still entertaining. People who love more slowly paced storylines may want to preview this before buying while others who love a fast moving storyline will rejoice in this series.
November 16, 2017
This rating and review is for the whole series.
I think what amazed me the most is because I read Princess Princess first, so I knew that Megumi would end up with Mikoto, but this is the first time I had the chance to read Mikoto's own book and THAT MEGUMI I SAW IN PRINCESS PRINCESS WAS ACTUALLY AN INTERSEX!! AND OUR TSUNDERE MIKOTO KNEW THAT MEGUMI IS AN INTERSEX AND HE LOVES THE WAY MEGUMI IS!!
Like, wow. Granted, this story still put on comedic front on this sensitive and rarely discussed issue, which at some moments kinda belittling the actual intersex's struggle, but idk man, this is the first time I crossed into an intersex character in a manga and the fact that she finally found the boy who loved her the way she is just melt my heart. And to be honest, Mikoto is never my favorite character in Princess Princess, but this little fact that he loved someone beyond gender and sexuality shed a new light on his character.
I think what amazed me the most is because I read Princess Princess first, so I knew that Megumi would end up with Mikoto, but this is the first time I had the chance to read Mikoto's own book and THAT MEGUMI I SAW IN PRINCESS PRINCESS WAS ACTUALLY AN INTERSEX!! AND OUR TSUNDERE MIKOTO KNEW THAT MEGUMI IS AN INTERSEX AND HE LOVES THE WAY MEGUMI IS!!
Like, wow. Granted, this story still put on comedic front on this sensitive and rarely discussed issue, which at some moments kinda belittling the actual intersex's struggle, but idk man, this is the first time I crossed into an intersex character in a manga and the fact that she finally found the boy who loved her the way she is just melt my heart. And to be honest, Mikoto is never my favorite character in Princess Princess, but this little fact that he loved someone beyond gender and sexuality shed a new light on his character.
July 11, 2017
--- The Day of Revolution 1-2 ---
Plot: Kental humor, dengan sedikit persenan untuk reverse harem.
Gambar: Ok.
Penokohan: Ok.
Berkisah mengenai protagonis utama yang mendengar fakta kalau dia ternyata bukanlah seorang pria, melainkan seorang perempuan! Karena itu, ia pun memilih untuk hidup sebagai perempuan. Tapi siapa sangka tiga teman sepermainannya dulu ditambah ketua OSIS malah menyatakan cintanya pada protagonis utama? Dan revolusi besar yang terjadi tidak akan berhenti sampai di situ... (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ini salah satu buku yang kulihat di daftar koleksi temanku. Diam-diam saya menyimpan penasaran dan juga membeli buku ini. Biasanya, apa yang menjadi seleranya bisa menjadi seleraku. Jadi rasanya tidak masalah. Hasilnya ternyata memang memuaskan^^
Apa ini dihitung sebagai reverse harem? Tapi saya suka dengan komik ini. Mungkin karena pilihan tokoh utama itu jelas dan tidak pakai acara galau-galauan memilih XD (haha!) Humornya pas (beberapa diantaranya malah sangat segar!) dan ceritanya oke. Sayangnya goodreads tidak memperkenankan tiga setengah bintang, jadi saya mepetkan ke tiga bintang saja^^
Overall saya paling suka buku kedua, karena di buku itu, paling banyak hal menyenangkan terjadi. Tapi kalau tidak ada buku pertama, buku keduanya tidak akan begitu kemilau. Ya, begitulah.
Ngomong-ngomong ini ditulis oleh mangaka yang sering-nya membuat komik boy meets boy. Entah kenapa, saya jadi lucu dengan pasangan tokoh utama disini yang-- sebenarnya nyerempet. Salah satunya notabene cowok transgender sih XD.
[8.1/10]
Plot: Kental humor, dengan sedikit persenan untuk reverse harem.
Gambar: Ok.
Penokohan: Ok.
Berkisah mengenai protagonis utama yang mendengar fakta kalau dia ternyata bukanlah seorang pria, melainkan seorang perempuan! Karena itu, ia pun memilih untuk hidup sebagai perempuan. Tapi siapa sangka tiga teman sepermainannya dulu ditambah ketua OSIS malah menyatakan cintanya pada protagonis utama? Dan revolusi besar yang terjadi tidak akan berhenti sampai di situ... (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Ini salah satu buku yang kulihat di daftar koleksi temanku. Diam-diam saya menyimpan penasaran dan juga membeli buku ini. Biasanya, apa yang menjadi seleranya bisa menjadi seleraku. Jadi rasanya tidak masalah. Hasilnya ternyata memang memuaskan^^
Apa ini dihitung sebagai reverse harem? Tapi saya suka dengan komik ini. Mungkin karena pilihan tokoh utama itu jelas dan tidak pakai acara galau-galauan memilih XD (haha!) Humornya pas (beberapa diantaranya malah sangat segar!) dan ceritanya oke. Sayangnya goodreads tidak memperkenankan tiga setengah bintang, jadi saya mepetkan ke tiga bintang saja^^
Overall saya paling suka buku kedua, karena di buku itu, paling banyak hal menyenangkan terjadi. Tapi kalau tidak ada buku pertama, buku keduanya tidak akan begitu kemilau. Ya, begitulah.
Ngomong-ngomong ini ditulis oleh mangaka yang sering-nya membuat komik boy meets boy. Entah kenapa, saya jadi lucu dengan pasangan tokoh utama disini yang-- sebenarnya nyerempet. Salah satunya notabene cowok transgender sih XD.
[8.1/10]
August 17, 2018
Ah, we finally get to a manga in the reread that doesn't hold up. I don't even remember why I loved this so much (aside from the art and tie into Princess Princess), but rereading it, there are a lot of cringe-inducing tropes in play. For starters, we've got the 'boy finds out he's really a girl and decides to live as a girl!' trope. Which isn't necessarily played for laughs, but is played in a problematic fashion because 1) Kei isn't really even given options, just told that he has female chromosomes, so he comes to the conclusion (with his parents' help) to transition and live as a girl, but 2) when he's told that most people in his position simply continue living as their current gender and decides that he wants to stay a boy, his parents say no because they want a girl.
So, not only do we have a boy who's really a girl and has to live as a girl, we've also got essentially a crossdresser and body dysphoria because Kei is truly a guy in a girl's body (at least, for the first volume).
Then we've got the whole 'these guys who were my friends now all want to date me because I'm a girl,' and 'this guy who always used to want to pick fights with me attempts to rape me because I'm suddenly weaker.' Both of which.... Yeah. No real words for that.
The art is still gorgeous, and I still adore Makoto (although she's... contributing to the problems and is therefore also problematic). So it's not a waste of time, but still, not what I was anticipating.
So, not only do we have a boy who's really a girl and has to live as a girl, we've also got essentially a crossdresser and body dysphoria because Kei is truly a guy in a girl's body (at least, for the first volume).
Then we've got the whole 'these guys who were my friends now all want to date me because I'm a girl,' and 'this guy who always used to want to pick fights with me attempts to rape me because I'm suddenly weaker.' Both of which.... Yeah. No real words for that.
The art is still gorgeous, and I still adore Makoto (although she's... contributing to the problems and is therefore also problematic). So it's not a waste of time, but still, not what I was anticipating.
October 10, 2018
No one should have ever let this person go through a sex change without a psycologist assessment. Did NOT age well. An intersex person who appears/presents/identifies as male but is biologically closer to female is bullied into getting an intersex-to-female surgery and hormone treatment DESPITE constant protest and blatantly not understanding the gravity of what that means (in some kind of half hearted attempt to save his parent's failing marriage by "making a new start" for their broken family unit). There is a happy ending and it turns out becoming female did change the protag's life for the better, but I am much much much more shocked by the sheer medical negligence and MALPRACTICE in the beginning today than I was the first time I read it. Good reverse harem tho.
June 8, 2024
The Day of Revolution focuses on Kei Yoshikawa; who after 15 years of living as a boy discovers he is intersex with more female characteristics. They decide to live life as a woman, starting anew. However after returning to school the next year as a teenage girl, her former group of male friends discover her secret. Whacky antics ensue.
This shojo (manga aimed at young women) series is a mere two volumes long. Which is why I decided to read it. Vol. 1 introduces the core cast of characters. The group of teenage boys Kei used to hang out with are decently characterized if not a bit one-note. Makato is her new best friend; helping guide her as she transitions into womanhood and teaching her to be "ladylike." There is a lot of gender bending antics and humor in Vol. 1. It may feel a bit dated given this was published over 25 years ago back in 1998-2001. The Day of Revolution also leans heavily into Japanese school drama; a very small cultural divide as I read this as someone who grew up in America. However it didn't hinder my enjoyment of this series.
The Day of Revolution Vol. 1 is a solid read. It takes a more humorous approach to the situation rather than serious. However there is moments of heavy issues being touched on; mostly in the final chapter. 3 out of 5 stars.
This shojo (manga aimed at young women) series is a mere two volumes long. Which is why I decided to read it. Vol. 1 introduces the core cast of characters. The group of teenage boys Kei used to hang out with are decently characterized if not a bit one-note. Makato is her new best friend; helping guide her as she transitions into womanhood and teaching her to be "ladylike." There is a lot of gender bending antics and humor in Vol. 1. It may feel a bit dated given this was published over 25 years ago back in 1998-2001. The Day of Revolution also leans heavily into Japanese school drama; a very small cultural divide as I read this as someone who grew up in America. However it didn't hinder my enjoyment of this series.
The Day of Revolution Vol. 1 is a solid read. It takes a more humorous approach to the situation rather than serious. However there is moments of heavy issues being touched on; mostly in the final chapter. 3 out of 5 stars.
December 10, 2023
Ini ajaib banget, sih. Selama enam belas tahun besar sebagai cowok, tapi setelah itu dia menemukan bahwa dirinya sebenarnya adalah wanita? What's going on??? Makin bingung karena penulisnya bilang setelah itu dia dikirimi banyak surat dari para pembaca yang mengalami nasib yang mirip di dunia nyata. Eeeeeeehhhh???
March 25, 2020
While the art is beautiful, it’s regressive in terms of how gender identity and sexual orientation is concerned. The plot centers around someone finding out they’re a hermaphrodite and deciding to swap genders to the “correct” one. It’s pretty, but it’s dumb.
March 27, 2008
This is the story of Kei Yoshikawa, who finds out when he's a teenager that in actuality he is a hemaphrodite with the chromosomal makeup of a girl. Thinking he has no choice but to convert genders, he decides to live as a girl.
I love these gender-bending types of stories and also like the hints of yaoi in them and I thought the twist or reason for the cross-gender change was refreshingly unique. However, the best thrills of this type of story come with the "fish out of water" moments when the cross-dressing character bumps up against some situation where the character's normal reaction is not the reaction one would expect from the portrayed character (when a cross dressing boy doesn't act like the girl he appears to be). And those little moments are hard to find in this story mainly because of a plot device the author used that I think was a mistake and that flawed the storyline. The author, Mikiyo Tsuda, created a character, Makoto, who stays constantly by our hero's side and advises him/her on proper etiquette, thus stopping some of the more deliciously fun potential of the story.
Also there is an art quirk that drove me nuts as well: the author changes the above mentioned Mokoto character's look and appearance drastically midway through the story with no explanation or reason why given.
Still enough fun for me to look into reading book 2 of the story, but flawed. It could've been so much more!
I love these gender-bending types of stories and also like the hints of yaoi in them and I thought the twist or reason for the cross-gender change was refreshingly unique. However, the best thrills of this type of story come with the "fish out of water" moments when the cross-dressing character bumps up against some situation where the character's normal reaction is not the reaction one would expect from the portrayed character (when a cross dressing boy doesn't act like the girl he appears to be). And those little moments are hard to find in this story mainly because of a plot device the author used that I think was a mistake and that flawed the storyline. The author, Mikiyo Tsuda, created a character, Makoto, who stays constantly by our hero's side and advises him/her on proper etiquette, thus stopping some of the more deliciously fun potential of the story.
Also there is an art quirk that drove me nuts as well: the author changes the above mentioned Mokoto character's look and appearance drastically midway through the story with no explanation or reason why given.
Still enough fun for me to look into reading book 2 of the story, but flawed. It could've been so much more!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 19, 2009
I can't stress this enough, don't read this manga.
It's your stereotypical secondary school romance comedy, with the twist that the main character is intersex. Not that it mentions that word, nor deals with ANY real experiences of intersex or other gender variant folk.
No, it's rather a 'hilarious' romp where young Kei suddenly finds out that he is "really a girl", and starts living in role, so to speak. Only for hir former mates to find out, and fall in love with Kei, now called Megumi, who is trying to adapt to living as a girl.
In short, it treats intersex people as a plot device, without anything remotely resembling the reality of gender variant folks in Japan today.
Avoid, avoid, avoid!
Also: the art style is competent but woefully unoriginal, pretty much identical to CLAMP circa 1999.
It's your stereotypical secondary school romance comedy, with the twist that the main character is intersex. Not that it mentions that word, nor deals with ANY real experiences of intersex or other gender variant folk.
No, it's rather a 'hilarious' romp where young Kei suddenly finds out that he is "really a girl", and starts living in role, so to speak. Only for hir former mates to find out, and fall in love with Kei, now called Megumi, who is trying to adapt to living as a girl.
In short, it treats intersex people as a plot device, without anything remotely resembling the reality of gender variant folks in Japan today.
Avoid, avoid, avoid!
Also: the art style is competent but woefully unoriginal, pretty much identical to CLAMP circa 1999.
November 18, 2012
It was very interesting how the gender roles were played out in this novel, but I had to keep reminding myself that the point of the novel was not to call out people on their actions, but to find a significant other.
December 12, 2016
I really love this book, it had me laughing threw every page. The Day of revolution is a very cute and fast past manga that it is very hard to put down once you start reading it. I can't wait for the next volume to be released, this will differently be a manga to add to my collection
April 7, 2019
CW: lesbian fanservice, sexual language, attempted assault
This story is unrealistic and completely ridiculous - which I love. It contains lots of fun while touching on issues of gender roles and how we interact with people differently based on their perceived gender.
This story is unrealistic and completely ridiculous - which I love. It contains lots of fun while touching on issues of gender roles and how we interact with people differently based on their perceived gender.
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January 15, 2011omg i love kei!!! but i cant now that hes a girl now and all but i really love love love kei!!!
March 19, 2016
i want to know the book story!!
June 13, 2016
It wasn't as good as I thought it would be.
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January 27, 2009wanna read so much. eeeek!!!!
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