Double House

Description

What does gender matter? And why do we accept the social frames that are forced upon us? These questions are taken up when Maho, a male-to-female transsexual, saves Fujiko, a girl from a rich family who's left home and is living on her own, one night, and the two become fast friends.

Includes Tinkerbell's Crime.

Type

Manga

Related Series

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Associated Names

ダブルハウス

Groups Scanlating

Kotonoha

Lililicious

Latest Release(s)

v.1 c.3 by Lililicious & Kotonoha 18 years ago

v.1 c.2 by Lililicious & Kotonoha 18 years ago

v.1 c.1 by Lililicious & Kotonoha 19 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (151 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.38 / 10.0

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Last Updated

December 27th, 2021 11:34am PST - 3 years ago

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Genre

Drama Josei Romance Slice of Life
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Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Young YOU (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #749

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Monthly Pos #1671

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3 Month Pos #3254 (No change)

6 Month Pos #4964 (No change)

Year Pos #7329

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List Stats

On 80 reading lists

On 172 wish lists

On 445 completed lists

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A beautiful classic

by lacuna3
1 week ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I just finished rereading this manga for probably the fifth time and wanted to write a little something about how much i love it. The art is so lovely and soft, the outfits are gorgeous, and the characters are just so real. I'm transfem, and while I think the author is a little ignorant of some facts of trans lives (especially HRT), she more than makes up for it by simply treating trans women as women, who have the same diversity of feelings and desires as cis women.

I would recommend this so much to anyone and everyone, but especially to someone digging through the trans tags and looking for a story that feels like our lives do. I'm already looking forward to my next re-read :)

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A fine piece of graphic narrative

by Nitorin
9 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I read this manga some time ago. I have been reading it today and still find it absolutely delicious. Intimate and provocative in a very subtle way, Double House does not have a round story with an specific end, but the portrait of lives in the way that Chekhov told The Lady with the Dog: for the simple pleasure of narrating.
A good example of a good josei.

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a beautiful little slice-of-life

by azure88
12 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I just finished reading this, and thought it was a really beautiful (though too short!) set of conversations between a group of women from different backgrounds. I can't speak for the experiences of trans women as it is not my place (being a lesbian myself/cis), but I feel as though the author did such a wonderful job of portraying such sensitive topics as gender and sexuality. The tone was uplifting, even though it touches on some dark and difficult topics. I love Haruno Nanae's style, and can't wait to read Pieta now. Anyway, I highly recommend this read to anyone. 🙂

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by Oriolidae
14 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

I personally loved this. Don't expect more than conversations, really, but these conversations are very delicate and precious. It's a very interesting manga that focuses on our view on gender, personality and social status/connection to society. The most interesting thing is the conversation about frames. If we have the right frame (job, education, family, relations ...), do people then really care about the picture we actually represent?

The whole thing about Koko-san (and the child) seems somewhat unnecessary, though. But this shouldn't keep you from reading Double House. Definitely worth a read for all of you slice-of-life-fans. Don't expect romance or shoujo-ai, though.

@takitogr - This isn't termed as shoujo-ai, and neither is it termed as romance. Just because the mangaka normally produces shoujo-ai manga, it doesn't necessarily mean that she'll always produce only shoujo-ai. Read the genre tags before reading if you're looking for a very specific genre.

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hmm...bad if u ask me

by takitogr
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

i like slice of life BUT read the summary of the manga inthis page and that's the end of it! nothing else happens...confesses she has feelings and no evolvement of their relationship after that.....not even a single mention of anything like that again...this sure doesn't feel like shoujo-ai to me...pretty uneventful...only some chats among two friends...plus the ending chapter is really lame..it shifts the focus to a completely diffrent character not even being mentioned before and i found that absurd

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MORE!!!

by ranmaru
17 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

this manga was going well. great and unique until it Ended SO Suddenly!!

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Pretty good

by jedinat
18 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

An interesting manga from the author of Pieta. (Pieta being one of the greatest shoujo-ai manga ever)
Too bad the final chapter is a bit lame and it's only one volume long.

... Last updated 18 years ago

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