I've run across a couple of titles which contain explicit sex scenes for lovers of good old porn. So all of you under 18 have to steer clear of the following.

MAID IN HEAVEN: A 175pp manga (graphic novel). An eighteen year old boy takes a job as a housemaid and in order to keep the job must wear a maid's costume (Where have we seen this before?). The story proceeds Cinderella-like with the housemaidboy going through a series of demeaning in-house adventures (which he enjoys), eventually falling in love with his master and the wet action ensues. This is male-on-male sex. I hesitate to say gay because of the cross-dressing element, but I am no judge of these things and the reader should supply her/his own adjectives.

For me it's interesting because of the TG element and plain old yummy sex. On the other hand unlike HOUROU MUSUKO, FAMILY COMPO, NO BRA and YUBISAKI MILK TEA the story makes no attempt to deal with survival issues of transgendered persons in the society at large. The story is sexy and fun but don't look for anything weighty.

PARADE PARADE: A 2 DVD anime (pronounced in Japanese as pah-RAH-deh pah-RAH-deh). The story centers around pop rock star Kaori who is secretly a she-male. She is wildly popular with her public but secretly submissive in sex scenes with her manager and just about anyone else she runs into. The tale goes into the history of the manager and her past attempts at success which involve rape sex scenes. Very colorful and well executed with a story that hangs together more or less. Like Maid In Heaven the purpose of the DVD is porn, in this case female-on-shemale and female-on-female.

The one redeeming issue involved is the sometimes brutal exploitation of women in the entertainment industry.

Always happy to hear about other TG-related anime and manga.