Kashimashi - Girl Meets Girl Options

[Shiidou Hikaru]

This is an adorable anime show that my friend Teme-chan told me about. I wasn't sure what to think of it at first, but now that I've seen more episodes I've grown to like it quite a bit. The original premise is actually rather flakey which was one of the resaons for being unsure at first. The main character, Hazumu, starts out as a somewhat confused teenage boy whose personality has many feminine traits. I'm don't know if I'd characterize him as TG, but then again I'm not a shrink either. He's well liked by his friends, but seems uncomfortable in his role as a male, especially when he gets a lot of pressure from his hentai father. Then one night a highly unlikely event occurs. An alien spacecraft sent to observe Earth accidentally crashes and Hazumu dies ( ... I think ... it was an odd event). Apparently regretful over this, the aliens use their technology to regenerate Hazumu's body for him. However, they make one serious blunder - the new body they make for Hazumu is female. How an alien race with medical technology advanced enough to regenerate a human body couldn't figure out what the correct gender needed to be is beyond me ... well I didn't write it. ;; Hazumu seems to adapt well enough to his *cough* her new life and things go on from there. Unlike Ranma 1/2 and Tenshi na Konamaiki, the fact of the switcheroo doesn't seem to be the central focus of the plot. Instead Hazumu's relationships with her two best friends Yasuna-chan and Tomari-chan are what the story is all about. In fact it's easy to forget that Hazumu was switched at all and Yasuna x Hazumu becomes the cutest yuri couple since Tomoyo and Sakura. XD

If Docs-san is out there some place, you ought to see this show, you'll love it methinks.