Otoko no Ko wa Meido Fuku ga Osuki
The rumored cafe in town named “Cherry Girls”
No wait, there’s no way such cute girls could even exist!
4 maids work there, but they are actually the owner’s sons.
There’s no way such cute girls could be guys, you say?—Translated Introduction
Cherry Girls is the creation of Hobby Channel (Hobby Japan’s hobby blog/news site. They are also the creators of Queen's Blade). It’s a short story series (mostly text with a few illustrations) that was announced back in early April 2008 and once a week since then have been updating their site, introducing each of the four maids/brothers and prefacing the main story with a prologue. Has a general Slice of Life plot; WITH TRAPS!
Yes, meet the four trap-brothers:
- Nao: The beautiful eldest brother who is loved by both his brothers and everyone else.
- Yuki: The second eldest brother and tsundere who are dragged into it against his will.
- Tomo: The third eldest brother who make the dresses and teasing Yuki in between.
- Rio: The youngest brother and a lively boy who really like to acting like a girl.
Has also received a manga adaptation based on the original stories.
An example of Otokonoko Genre.
Compare Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. Contrast Hokuto no Ken.
- Badass Adorable: Yuki.
- Bifauxnen: Possibly the main cast's cousin Shizuka.
- Bishonen: Everyone that you get to visually see that isn't female.
- Cheerful Child: Rio.
- Cosplay Otaku Girl: Tomo, although he is a boy.
- Cute Shotaro Boy: Rio.
- Dragged Into Drag: Yuki.
- Four-Girl Ensemble: Although these "girls" are actually cross-dressing boys.
- Freud Was Right: Many things Rio does innocently tend to be... sexualized.
- Hair Antennae: Yuki.
- Hot for Teacher: Rio has a crush on his sensei.
- Ho Yay: Lots. Quite of bit of it happens between the brothers.
- Gainaxing: Not used for obvious reasons, but Discussed Trope by Tomo.
Tomo: What they call ‘swinging boobs’ are found in anime quite a lot... It's what they call a performance.\\
Rio: Tomo-Nii, you know some weird stuff!
- Onee-Sama: Nao, the oldest of the four brothers and loved by the others.
- Panty Shot: Subverted Trope. These are boys.
- Slice of Life
- Shout-Out: To Strike Witches no less. In this chapter Rio cosplays as Yoshika when trying on panties.
- Supreme Chef: Yuki.
- Too Kinky to Torture: Some of the costumers just love to have Yuki stepping on them and beating the crap out of them.
- Unsettling Gender Reveal: Of course.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: The four main characters.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Again, Nao.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Yuki, and some other minor characters.