Claudine is the kind of manga that has come to be called "ahead of its time", because it brings up debates that we're not used to seeing dealt with so well, even nowadays, where sensitive topics such as transsexuality and homoaffectivity are so fetishized. He is a man who often claims to be a man (a trans man) and that doesn't stop him from suffering like any human being, suffering from love. As is typical of romanticism, the reader can see the tragic issue here being either unrequited love or love forbidden by families, like Romeo and Juliet, Tristan and Isolde, among many others... Claudinecan never be happy, there's always something preventing him from reaching his full potential in relationships, but that doesn't make him desperate to accept anyone, and that's a very important detail in the story.

I hope to read more of the author's work.