I'm almost always not for manga-fying western stuff, especially if it includes genderswap, but this is golden. I recall the story of a mother who read to her daughter The Hobbit and changed Bilbo to a lady at the daughter's request and found Bilbo an extremely attractive female lead. I never understood it, now I do. Dammit now I seriously want to see an entire manga adaptation of The Hobbit with genderswapped Bilbo.
I'm almost always not for manga-fying western stuff, especially if it includes genderswap, but this is golden. I recall the story of a mother who read to her daughter The Hobbit and changed Bilbo to a lady at the daughter's request and found Bilbo an extremely attractive female lead. I never understood it, now I do. Dammit now I seriously want to see an entire manga adaptation of The Hobbit with genderswapped Bilbo.
Sir, I like your thinking. However... I dread to imagine how things would go if the story was continued into the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Poor Bilbo... Bilba...