Book#006, Japanesque Collection, Themes: Medical Conspiracy / Identity Theft / Forced Transition (Childhood), Keywords: Family Secrets, Koseki (Family Registry), Forced Transition (Childhood), Medical Trauma, Legal Drama, Marriage, Identity Crisis, Revenge
He thought he was a man. The government says he is a wife.
Yuki Takahara is a normal university student on the verge of starting his career. But when his job offer is abruptly withdrawn due to a “discrepancy” in his background check, Yuki uncovers a terrifying truth: his Family Registry (Koseki) lists him not only as female, but as the wife of his own uncle.
Desperate for answers, Yuki travels to his rural hometown, only to find a letter from his deceased stepfather窶蚤 confession of a lifelong medical experiment. Yuki was not just “registered” wrong; his body was chemically and surgically altered from childhood to prevent him from ever becoming a man.
Stripped of his identity and trapped in a legal web, Yuki must decide: fight a losing battle to reclaim a manhood he never fully possessed, or accept the body and role that was forced upon him? As he navigates a new life as a woman, a victim of assault, and eventually a wife and mother, Yuki discovers that family is not defined by blood or paper, but by who stays when the truth comes out.
(A dark, psychological family drama about the lines drawn on paper and the scars left on the soul.)
Content Warning: Contains themes of medical abuse/non-consensual childhood procedures, sexual assault/rape (depicted on-page and discussed in settlement negotiations), domestic discipline, and complex family trauma. The protagonist faces coerced gender transition and legal identity theft.
Heat Level (1-5) 3 (Complex/Traumatic -> Healing) The story contains sexual scenes, but they range from non-consensual/traumatic (the assault by the executive) to healing and consensual (with the final partner). The focus is on the psychological impact of intimacy rather than erotica.