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Title: Mario’s Metamorphosis Subtitle: A Gender-Bending Journey Through Youth and Unexpected Femininity Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Mario’s Metamorphosis takes a delightfully chaotic plunge into the realms of age regression and gender transformation. The protagonist, Mario, a freshly retired 60-year-old salaryman, finds his mundane anxieties about retirement upended by a chance encounter with his first … Read more

Title: The Porcelain Bride Subtitle: A Dark Japanese Novel of Forced Feminization and Unmaking Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa The Captor’s Eternal Embrace…. He called himself a White Knight, but his love was a silken cage, his desire a terrifying, possessive fire. The Porcelain Bride: A Dark Japanese Novel of Forced Feminization and Unmaking … Read more

Title: The Yatsu Tideland Murder Case Subtitle:A TS Psychological Thriller of Captivity, Identity, and Escape Series: Japanesque by Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa When you lose everything, who do you become? Falsely accused and driven from the life he knew, Nao finds himself the unwilling prize of Kikuchi, a man whose desires are as inscrutable as they … Read more

Title: Suzutaro’s Love Subtitle: When Same-Sex Marriage Changed Everything – A Darkly Absurd Japanese Transformation Tale Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa It’s crucial to state upfront that “Suzutaro’s Love” is not an affirming narrative in the way many contemporary LGBTQ+ stories strive to be. It hails from a specific Japanese subgenre known as TS … Read more

Title: Her Stolen Life Subtitle: A Bargain for a Vaccine, A Price Paid in Flesh Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa At its core, “Her Stolen Life” is a story born from the very contemporary anxiety of a global pandemic. Our protagonist, Hiroyuki Itaba, is a young man whose life takes an unimaginable turn after … Read more

Title: Reversed Parents Subtitle: A Dark TS Comedy of Forced Feminization and Female Domination Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Welcome to the world of Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa, a name synonymous with Japanese TS (transsexual/forced-feminization) light novels. With over a hundred works published in her native language and now a growing library in English, Sakurazawa … Read more

Title: My Supervisor’s Secretary is Me?! Subtitle: A Tokyo Gender Bender Light Novel Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Welcome to the Complex World of “My Supervisor’s Secretary is Me?!” Now, the “gender bender” or “ts-shosetsu” genre, popular in Japan, occupies a unique and sometimes complex space adjacent to mainstream LGBTQ+ fiction. Often originating from … Read more

Title: Wife Status: Zero! Subtitle: My Rise and Fall in the House of the Lady Lawyer Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Wife Status: Zero!—A Gender-Bending, Heartfelt Comedy of Marriage and Transformation Welcome to my blog, where I share stories that celebrate the rich, diverse, and ever-surprising spectrum of LGBTQ+ life and love. Today, I’m … Read more

Title:　Wife to My Female Boss Subtitle: A Japanese Novel of Gender, Desire, and Control Series: Japanesque Author: Yulia Yu. Sakurazawa Wife to My Female Boss: A Japanese Novel of Gender, Desire, and Control In Tokyo’s cutthroat corporate world, Hongo never expected his devotion to his beautiful, mysterious boss would lead him into a masquerade as … Read more