is a Japanese manga magazine, which was published quarterly by Million Publishing from October 25, 2010 to May 25, 2013, for 11 issues; for its final issue, it was rebranded . The manga in the magazine focus on male characters who cross-dress; the magazine also includes articles, interviews, and media reviews.
The Oto Nyan manga include both one-shots and series, and often have themes of gay male romance and eroticism; long-running series in the magazine include Ei Tachibana's You See, Teacher... and Hinaki's Amahara-kun+. A sister publication, , was released from July 11, 2011 to April 15, 2013, and features cross-dressing manga on a given theme varying with each issue. Oto Nyan was well received and mainly competed with Ichijinsha's cross-dressing manga magazine Waai!.
History Oto Nyan was announced August 2010, and publisher Million Publishing launched its first issue on October 25, 2010, following behind Ichijinsha's similar magazine Waai!, which launched earlier that year. Issues of the magazine often came bundled with feminine clothing items intended for male readers to wear, which an Oto Nyan spokeswoman described as something to make the otokonoko fantasy more real for readers, and with items chosen based on what characters in the Oto Nyan manga often wear; these included knee socks, a hair pin, a swimsuit, a lingerie set, and a plaid miniskirt.
The magazine was released quarterly, and was initially 207 pages long; with volume 8, the magazine was expanded by over a hundred pages, to 323, and added several new serialized manga, along with a redesign and slight price reduction. A sister publication, Otokonoko Comic Anthology, was published from July 11, 2011 to April 15, 2013, with each issue featuring manga one-shots on a given theme; for example, volume 1 features stories that are all about male characters cross-dressing because they are forced to by others. The Oto Nyan book Josō Shōnen Game Taizen 2009–2011 was released on August 29, 2011, and features reviews and coverage of video games from 2009–2011 that feature otokonoko characters.
For the main magazine's eleventh issue, it was rebranded Oto Nyan Omega, but put on hiatus after its release on May 25, 2013; the editorial department wrote that they were hoping to be able to bring Oto Nyan back in some form in the future, and asked readers to follow the magazine's website and social media for updates. Several of the manga published in Oto Nyan and Otokonoko Comic Anthology were later re-released in collected tankōbon volumes; some of these have in turn been published in English.
Content Oto Nyan published manga one-shots and series about cross-dressing male characters and otokonoko, often with themes of gay male romance and eroticism. In addition to the manga, the magazine includes feature articles, interviews, reviews of anime, video games, and novels with cross-dressing male characters, and illustration galleries. Some issues include audio drama CDs, including a two-volume drama where characters voiced by Rino Kawashima and Hikaru Isshiki hypnotize a male point-of-view character to make him wear women's clothes.
Manga Series + Manga series published in Oto Nyan Years Title Creator Premise 2010–2011 1–2 Tsukasa must cross-dress and serve as the student council president's maid as punishment. 2010–2012 1–6 Akira Kobayakawa must cross-dress and join a female idol group to repay a favor. 2010–2013 1–7, 9–10 Nakamura, a feminine student at an all-male school, is attracted to his teacher Kakenshi. Note: released in English by Project H. 2010–2012 1–3, 8 Hinaki Yuu's girlfriend, the dominant teacher Kyouko, forces him to cross-dress. 2010, 2012 1, 6–9 Ikumi is chosen to cross-dress and kiss his friends due to how none of them have girlfriends. Note: titled in volume 6–9. Released in English by Project H. 2011–2012 3, 5, 8 Yuta Tsuyama falls in love with cross-dressing actor Chisato Hidaka thinking he is a woman, and gets cast as a female extra in a film when seeking him out. Note: released in English by Project H. 2011–2013 3, 8–11 , Penta Aogiri During a stormy mountaineering trip, Ikuto seeks shelter in a village where three otokonoko live. Note: adaptation of the visual novel game . 2011–2013 3, 5–10 Itsuki helps his fellow student Miki cross-dress in secret. 2011–2013 4–10 Hinaki The cross-dresser Amahara makes other men begin wearing women's clothes too. 2011–2012 4–9 Yukako The bodyguard Yuuri must dress as a maid to join his boss Asahina to a women-only meeting. 2011–2013 5–11 Wadapen Akira Miyashita must dress like a woman to become manga artist Tsurugi Amara's apprentice. 2012–2013 8–11 Mayumi is accidentally registered as female due to his feminine name, and must attend school as a woman. 2012–2013 8–10 Sugar Sanae Tachibana flirts with his classmate Satou while cross-dressing. 2012–2013 8–10 A male employee at a coffee shop must cross-dress as a waitress for work. 2012–2013 8–10 Kuromame Follows male, cross-dressing yōkai. 2012–2013 8–11 Manabu, an otokonoko manga enthusiast, meets others like him. 2012–2013 8–11 Benjamin A student cross-dresses for a sting operation for his school's morality committee. 2013 10–11 The cross-dresser Chikage and another student both want to be student council president. 2013 10–11 A young man thinks his cross-dressing brother is cute.
One-shots + Manga one-shots published in Oto Nyan Year Title Creator Premise 2010 1 Wadapen Follows a cross-dresser who likes being cute. A person who likes wearing women's clothes questions their gender identity. The maid café cook Musashi Ichimonji must cross-dress as a waitress due to staff shortages. Seihoukei Aki's sister tricks him into cross-dressing while running a marathon. Kuromame Kazuma visits a unisex hot spring and flirts with the cross-dresser Chihiro thinking that he is a woman. Note: Released in English by Project H. 2011 2 Yuu Kawazoe falls into the river when hit by a baseball, and, mistaken for a woman, must wear a cheerleader uniform while his clothes dry. Note: Released in English by Project H. Chocolate de Cousin Maatan Kou meets his cousin Hiroki for the first time in six years, who now dresses like a woman. Kuromame Shibano is hospitalized and assigned a cross-dressing male nurse. Note: released in English by Project H. Koda must cross-dress as punishment for spilling a drink on his senpai Nozomi's documents. Prologue Wadapen Bullies force a male student to cross-dress, and he realizes that he likes it. A boy starts wearing a girls' school uniform when beginning middle school. 3 A male student is molested on the train but is saved by a cross-dresser. Seihoukei Due to the gender imbalance of Ihiko's class of 20 male students and 18 female students, he is redesignated as female, and must cross-dress and attend school as a woman from then on. Kuromame The teacher at a school for nuns is told by one nun in the confessional that he is a cross-dressing man. Ribbon Wadapen A young man is caught trying on his sister's hair ribbon. 4 The astronomy club president makes Fumizuki cosplay as female alien characters to bait a UFO; succeeding, Fumizuki is probed by aliens researching otokonoko. Note: released in English by Project H. Seihoukei Yuuha's girlfriend Yuki makes him cross-dress for the summer festival. Kuromame Okada must wear a women's swimsuit to learn how to swim. Note: Released in English by Project H. Skirt Wadapen A male student loses a bet with a female classmate and must wear her clothes, but ends up liking it. A man's brother likes cross-dressing and kissing boys. 5 Kuromame Rui who must cross-dress as part of a scientific experiment. Note: released in English by Project H. Seihoukei Nodoka's cross-dressing classmate Shizuku flirts with him at the hot spring. Maatan Nishizaki accidentally brings his sister's gym clothes for the school's sports day, and must participate wearing them. 2012 6 Maatan Due to a model canceling in the last minute, Subaru must take her place in a bikini contest. Kuromame Kazuki is introduced to women's clothes by his sister's cross-dressing friend Haru. Note: Released in English by Project H. 7 Aikawa cross-dresses because he wants to be a girl. Michiharu realizes he likes wearing skirts after his sister dresses him like a girl. Kuromame Nao is a male employee at a clothing store, and must model women's fashion. Seihoukei Sakata asks Yamauchi how to be popular with girls, and gets a demonstration where he, cross-dressing, plays the part of the girl. 8 A young man gets a feminine make-over. Satoshi cross-dresses in the hope that his sister will like him better as a girl. Maatan A cross-dresser wears a women's swimsuit under his T-shirt. 9 Follows a cross-dresser who others think is a woman. Maatan A young man runs cross-dressing live streams. 2013 10 Yukako A young man tries on his girlfriend's skirt. A man dates a cross-dresser thinking he is a woman, but does not mind when learning the truth. 11 Yonkoma comedy about cross-dressing. Follows a cross-dresser on the library committee.
Reception
Natalie found it exciting to see Oto Nyan launch and how it broadened the otokonoko scene. They described it as a magazine that constantly drew the spotlight due to the unusual items bundled with the issues, fighting for attention with the major competing cross-dressing manga magazine Waai!, which bundled cosmetics products with its issues. Pop culture news site Akiba Blog appreciated Oto Nyan slightly bigger focus on eroticism compared to Waai! and found that it made the magazine stand out. Reviewing My Cute Crossdresser, a collection of several of Mitohi Matsumoto's manga from the magazine, Bleeding Cool recommended them to readers who like "bulges, a little bondage, and dudes kissing other dudes when they're dressed up as girls", finding Leo and the Night Sky of Summer the most interesting.
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