Author: Madam Ru
Original Name: 穿越未来之男人不好当
Translator: ryuxenji
Type: A heroic cross-dressing female lead in a futuristic world
Synopsis: Ling Lan has transmigrated many years into the future into the body of the young master of the Ling Clan. Except.... this body is a female? Due to the nature of how the bodies of males are stronger and hence more suited to fighting mechas, in this futuristic world, males are favoured over females. In the military, the strongest people are all males. As such, to protect the inheritance her high ranking father had left before he died, Ling Lan's mother ensured that she would be a male in the eyes of the public.
A perfect exit had already been planned for her though, for her to resume the identity of a female. Except... things did not go as planned and she was unexpectedly accepted into the top all boys military school. Now, she had no choice but to continue the charade.
Personal thoughts: Initially, I opened this novel with the thought that it would be a romance book due to the nature of how all gender benders are. A female would enter an all boy's school, her roommate would unexpectedly fall for her, and they would live happily ever after. However, this book was completely different from what I expected - and not in a bad way mind you. I love the way this book describes the adventures of Ling Lan and her trials to get stronger. The repeated stumbling blocks that push her beyond her limit, and even that exciting moments when you would think her identity was exposed. The development of the plotline is extremely mature and the language of the translator is rather good. The characters are also well developed and you rarely have characters that are inserted with little function. One of the best female lead books out there.