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I it that reading the plot I was sure I was faced with a story I had already seen. Then I ed that the author is the great master Oshimi and here we are faced with another story that left me something, a sense of restlessness.

Perhaps to better understand the meaning of Waltz, we need to focus on main character Onaga, whose life divided into school/work and a quiet home environment does not allow him to escape from everyday life and the sense of boredom.

Seeing Kashiwabara-kun dressed as a girl gives him a chance to experience something beyond the daily boredom and it's ... a feeling he doesn't want to miss. If for love, friendship or simply for personal entertainment we don't know and we won't be able to know.

The ending of the chapter strikes, making the reader wonder about Onaga's feelings.

I found the LGBT theme present here realistic and interesting and the final implication very realistic and actual.

Interesting concept. Not enough material to execute it.

Similar to other Oshimi Shuzo works, Waltz follows a depressed teenager going through the motions of a dull life. That is until they befriend someone exhibiting a strange behavior that that excites them. In this case, the muse is a boy cross dressing as a girl. The main character then lives vicariously through this odd figure, giving away her old clothes and doing their makeup. iring their ability to be free with themselves, while the MC lives in constant suppression of herself.

If only this were more than 40 pages....the concept is merely introduced, not explored to any ... degree of satisfaction. We do not know how this odd relationship progresses because the story stops soon after they've become comfortable with each other. Unfortunate considering the potential here to discuss topics of gender and sexual identity without the rampant fetishization that exists elsewhere in the medium. That said, this is still worth reading if you just can't get enough Shuzo and aim to be a completionist of his catalog, as was the case for me.