Rokuhana Chiyo

I have a perfect plan for my life, and the man who appears in front of me is a devoted man! My hobby is reading master-servant stories from other worlds. Whenever she had a bad day at work or wanted to escape reality, she got through it by spreading the wings of her imagination. But she suddenly finds herself in an unexpected relationship with a man named Tamotsu!

'Even though I'm a man, my breasts are starting to swell!' One day, primary schools student Ushio Rui begins to feel something strange about his body. He becomes the target of teasing from his classmates, his mother and other family members point out that he is not normal, and he is shocked that his existence is not recognised because he cannot act like a 'man'. As he grows up, his sense of discomfort gradually turns into a sense of inferiority and, wanting to be like everyone else, he deliberately starts to behave like a man. However, Rui himself becomes perplexed by the noticeable discomfort that appears in his appearance. ......? \--The film is a human drama depicting Rui's struggle and growth as he is tossed about by his ambiguous "sexuality", and how he deals with his family and society along the way.

IS (Pronounced Aiesu in Japanese) is not your everyday manga. This manga strictly deals with cases of intersexuality. IS stands for Inter Sexuality. This manga deals with very serious issues concerning intersexual people. The pain they go through, the troubles they confront, and ultimately their inability to reproduce and even find a partner who will accept them as they are - It's all there in a form of manga. First volume has different cases but from volume two onwards manga becomes a longer tale of Hoshino Haru, IS and their life, trials and tribulations towards the adulthood. IS won the 2007 Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo manga.