Gender benders bring hilarity
http://www.starbulletin.com/features/20081026_Gender_benders_bring_hilarity.html10/26/2008
Halloween's a-coming, and it'll be time to dress up as your favorite
character, creature, inanimate object or abstract idea — or, as some
revelers in Waikiki show, simply wear as little as the police deem
within public-decency standards.
But while the holiday comes and goes, there are those — in Japanese
manga, at least! — for whom Halloween is part of their everyday lives,
along with much hardship and hilarity.
PRINCESS PRINCESS
It's freshman Tohru Kouno's first day at his new all-boys school,
where he's transferred to just two months into the year, and already
he's getting a weird feeling about the overly warm welcome he received
in class.
Kouno quickly finds out what the fuss is about: The school has a
so-called Princess system, in which the students choose the
best-looking boys to dress up as girls for various events throughout
the year — and he's one of the top candidates.
