Senpai Is an Otokonoko
Japanese manga series / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Senpai Is an Otokonoko (Japanese: 先輩はおとこのこ, Hepburn: Senpai wa Otokonoko, "My Upperclassman Is an Otokonoko"), also known as This Is Him or Senpai Is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate, is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Pom. It was serialized digitally through Line Manga from 2019 to 2021 as a weekly series, and is collected in tankōbon print volumes by Ichijinsha since 2021. The story follows a love triangle involving Makoto Hanaoka, a cross-dresser; Saki Aoi, a bisexual younger student; and Ryuji Taiga, a childhood friend of Makoto's. Senpai Is an Otokonoko received an official English translation by Webtoon beginning on March 9, 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 is set to premiere in July 2024 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block.
Senpai Is an Otokonoko | |
先輩はおとこのこ (Senpai wa Otokonoko) | |
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Written by | Pom |
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Original run | December 7, 2019 – December 30, 2021 |
Volumes | 7 |
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Senpai Is an Otokonoko: The Encounter | |
Written by | Pom |
Published by | Line Corporation |
Original run | December 21, 2023 – present |
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Directed by | Shinsuke Yanagi |
Written by | Yoriko Tomita |
Music by | Yukari Hashimoto |
Studio | Project No.9 |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
Original run | July 5, 2024 – scheduled |
Pom created the series with themes such as love regardless of gender, and originally came up with the concept based on how they had difficulties in drawing male characters. The series was popular with readers and well received by critics for its writing and characters, becoming the third-place web manga winner of the 2021 Next Manga Award and the third most read Line Manga series of 2021.