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気になってる人が男じゃなかった [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta] #1
気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.1
私が推している彼は、男じゃなかった。
CDショップで働いているミステリアスな「おにーさん」が気になってしょうがない女子高生・あや。しかし「おにーさん」の正体は、話したこともない、クラスメイトの目立たない女子・みつきだった――。
Twitterで最高に注目を集める女同士の「愛情」を巡る物語、待望の書籍化。
みつきの過去をめぐる、描き下ろしストーリーを収録。
CDショップで働いているミステリアスな「おにーさん」が気になってしょうがない女子高生・あや。しかし「おにーさん」の正体は、話したこともない、クラスメイトの目立たない女子・みつきだった――。
Twitterで最高に注目を集める女同士の「愛情」を巡る物語、待望の書籍化。
みつきの過去をめぐる、描き下ろしストーリーを収録。
180 pages, Hardcover
First published April 19, 2023
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March 27, 2023
i don't know how many "me and who"'s i got left in me, guys
March 20, 2023
lets go lesbians!!!
January 24, 2024
always will be a fan of the genre of girls falling in love with girls to maximize their joint slay
February 20, 2024
not me giggling so hard over this THEYRE SO GAY GOOD FOR THEM
May 19, 2024
WELCOME BACK NANA Y HACHI
February 8, 2024
this is going to be my personality for the rest of my life
December 10, 2023
why am i contemplating pre-ordering this and getting it shipped to me from japan when i can BARELY read Japanese?
it's just so cute and fun. i also want every single one of their outfits.
reread: i was thinking about how out of all the books and romances i read this year there were very few i actually enjoyed (or had fun hating -- honestly there were more of those). so, i reread this instead of studying for my exams, still worth purchasing, still cute, still impatiently waiting for every update, still want all of their outfits
it's just so cute and fun. i also want every single one of their outfits.
reread: i was thinking about how out of all the books and romances i read this year there were very few i actually enjoyed (or had fun hating -- honestly there were more of those). so, i reread this instead of studying for my exams, still worth purchasing, still cute, still impatiently waiting for every update, still want all of their outfits
June 5, 2023
No voy a hacer una reseña extensa porque de los cómics, novelas gráficas y parecidos no me gusta hacerlas, pero quiero explicar mejor mi punto de vista sobre esta obra.
No retiro lo que dije sobre que pienso que es un poquito mamadora a la hora de juzgar los gustos de personas que no escuchan gente muerta, pero quiero que quede claro que, pese a eso, es muy buena.
Como amante de la música reconozco que esta es una buena manera de generar curiosidad hacia aquellas bandas y artistas que hoy en día sirven de inspiración para muchísimos (si te gustan o no, no dice nada sobre tu buen gusto musical); la historia de amor y amistad que surge entre las protagonistas se siente muy natural y fluida. ¿A qué me refiero con "natural"? A que los malos entendidos no son sacados de una alcantarilla, sino que tienen cierto sentido dentro del contexto y no se alargan más de lo necesario y lógico; yo que paso la mayor parte del tiempo vestida como vagabunda y a veces me maquillo y me quito los lentes, puedo comprender que alguien no reconozca a otra persona por el simple hecho de cambiar de look. 👍🏼
Los personajes secundarios son simpáticos, aunque por ahora no hay mucho de ellos. Espero que más adelante pueda conocerlos mejor porque ya saben cuánto amo a los personajes secundarios. Aunque para ser sincera no me quedó claro si habrán otras entregas jajaja Eso es todo.
No retiro lo que dije sobre que pienso que es un poquito mamadora a la hora de juzgar los gustos de personas que no escuchan gente muerta, pero quiero que quede claro que, pese a eso, es muy buena.
Como amante de la música reconozco que esta es una buena manera de generar curiosidad hacia aquellas bandas y artistas que hoy en día sirven de inspiración para muchísimos (si te gustan o no, no dice nada sobre tu buen gusto musical); la historia de amor y amistad que surge entre las protagonistas se siente muy natural y fluida. ¿A qué me refiero con "natural"? A que los malos entendidos no son sacados de una alcantarilla, sino que tienen cierto sentido dentro del contexto y no se alargan más de lo necesario y lógico; yo que paso la mayor parte del tiempo vestida como vagabunda y a veces me maquillo y me quito los lentes, puedo comprender que alguien no reconozca a otra persona por el simple hecho de cambiar de look. 👍🏼
Los personajes secundarios son simpáticos, aunque por ahora no hay mucho de ellos. Espero que más adelante pueda conocerlos mejor porque ya saben cuánto amo a los personajes secundarios. Aunque para ser sincera no me quedó claro si habrán otras entregas jajaja Eso es todo.
October 2, 2024
THIS IS MY HEARTSTOPPER!
KICKING MY FEET GIGGLING THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!! LETSGOOO SPAPPHICS!!
KICKING MY FEET GIGGLING THIS IS THE CUTEST THING EVER!! LETSGOOO SPAPPHICS!!
July 23, 2024
3.5/5
Pretty girls in pretty outfits falling in love? Count me in!!
Pretty girls in pretty outfits falling in love? Count me in!!
September 24, 2024
I'm 100% the problem here, because stories that revolve around music are apparently just lost on me. The art is very pretty and the girls are cute, though.
August 13, 2024
all hail brat yuri manga
May 30, 2023
5🌟🌟
Me voy a tatuar este mangaaaa gaaaaaaaaaaaaa, que hermosas que son dios mioooo😫😫💗
Me voy a tatuar este mangaaaa gaaaaaaaaaaaaa, que hermosas que son dios mioooo😫😫💗
October 22, 2024
Aya’s a fashionable gyaru type, except her taste in music runs to American rock and alternative. The only one who gets it is the guy at the music store, except that would actually be Mitsuki, her withdrawn female classmate who sits beside her…
I’d have to go back through a lot of books to confirm this, so I won’t, but I am still reasonably certain that this is the best first volume of a school-set yuri since Failed Princesses and it’s not even close.
Everything here just works. It’s got a tried and true premise: the fashionable gal and the social outcast start having the feels (shades of Failed Princesses!), except the gal thinks the other girl is the hot dude working at the music store she frequents. Together they make one another better.
For starters, I really love the colour scheme, which adds an omnipresent layer of green amidst the black and white that really makes the incredible artwork pop even harder. Except for Aya’s friend, who appears to have eyebrow eyebrows, there isn’t a page of this that doesn’t look good.
Beyond being a very satisfying yuri, this is a love letter to rock specifically and the bonds that can be formed by sharing music in general. Playlists may have taken over mixtapes these days, but this sort of connection has thrived for decades. These are two people who fit in to varying extents, but aren’t free to be themselves unless music is involved (and even then, Aya gets a lot of pushback from her ‘trendy’ friends).
Yes, you have to accept the notion that Aya can’t figure out that Mizuki is the “guy” at the record store she sees every day, although they do sell this at least more plausibly than Otaku x Punk ever does. Still, it is absolutely one of those conceits that feels like it would collapse in a second and it isn’t as drawn out as it could have been.
Poor Mizuki just wants to keep her head down, but she can’t stop catching feels and her flirt game quietly betrays a side of her she seems to have not quite realized she has. Aya is also grappling with this notion of friendship meaning more than that when the jig is finally up.
The story flows organically and it’s also a lot of fun rather than a full anxiety fest. These are two people coming together because of one thing, but both are hiding aspects of themselves. Aya is just more capable when it comes to fitting in, but both of them lose their chill around one another frequently.
Even the predictable stuff is reasonable because of how it’s presented. I absolutely love the way that Aya finds out about Mizuki, which would be really sweet if it didn’t totally blindside her. And when Aya’s friends start to treat her kind of rough, it’s believable because it’s been signposted for an age.
This is just a crackerjack love story for any gender - Mizuki’s apology late in the volume is a stunner - it just happens to be between two girls. It doesn’t shy away from its yuri side, but it would be strong either way.
Wonderfully expressive, with solid gags and great characters. It uses the music side really well to show what brings these two together and their individual personalities to slowly bring them closer still. To say they’re easy to root for is an understatement.
5 stars - I would be reading the next volume literally this second if it was available. It is simply fantastic from start to finish and doesn’t do a thing wrong in my eyes. Loved it.
I’d have to go back through a lot of books to confirm this, so I won’t, but I am still reasonably certain that this is the best first volume of a school-set yuri since Failed Princesses and it’s not even close.
Everything here just works. It’s got a tried and true premise: the fashionable gal and the social outcast start having the feels (shades of Failed Princesses!), except the gal thinks the other girl is the hot dude working at the music store she frequents. Together they make one another better.
For starters, I really love the colour scheme, which adds an omnipresent layer of green amidst the black and white that really makes the incredible artwork pop even harder. Except for Aya’s friend, who appears to have eyebrow eyebrows, there isn’t a page of this that doesn’t look good.
Beyond being a very satisfying yuri, this is a love letter to rock specifically and the bonds that can be formed by sharing music in general. Playlists may have taken over mixtapes these days, but this sort of connection has thrived for decades. These are two people who fit in to varying extents, but aren’t free to be themselves unless music is involved (and even then, Aya gets a lot of pushback from her ‘trendy’ friends).
Yes, you have to accept the notion that Aya can’t figure out that Mizuki is the “guy” at the record store she sees every day, although they do sell this at least more plausibly than Otaku x Punk ever does. Still, it is absolutely one of those conceits that feels like it would collapse in a second and it isn’t as drawn out as it could have been.
Poor Mizuki just wants to keep her head down, but she can’t stop catching feels and her flirt game quietly betrays a side of her she seems to have not quite realized she has. Aya is also grappling with this notion of friendship meaning more than that when the jig is finally up.
The story flows organically and it’s also a lot of fun rather than a full anxiety fest. These are two people coming together because of one thing, but both are hiding aspects of themselves. Aya is just more capable when it comes to fitting in, but both of them lose their chill around one another frequently.
Even the predictable stuff is reasonable because of how it’s presented. I absolutely love the way that Aya finds out about Mizuki, which would be really sweet if it didn’t totally blindside her. And when Aya’s friends start to treat her kind of rough, it’s believable because it’s been signposted for an age.
This is just a crackerjack love story for any gender - Mizuki’s apology late in the volume is a stunner - it just happens to be between two girls. It doesn’t shy away from its yuri side, but it would be strong either way.
Wonderfully expressive, with solid gags and great characters. It uses the music side really well to show what brings these two together and their individual personalities to slowly bring them closer still. To say they’re easy to root for is an understatement.
5 stars - I would be reading the next volume literally this second if it was available. It is simply fantastic from start to finish and doesn’t do a thing wrong in my eyes. Loved it.
December 8, 2023
THEY ARE SO CUTE GOD THEY ARE SO SILLY I LOVE THEM SO MUCH 😭😭😭😭
July 23, 2024
4 stars
I needed some cute canon lesbians after the stress that House of Dragons has put me through!
I needed some cute canon lesbians after the stress that House of Dragons has put me through!
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August 27, 2024
The artstyle with the green pages is so amazing, I could look at it all day.
And the story is sooooo cute.
Love it!
And the story is sooooo cute.
Love it!
November 16, 2023
Feels like a gl version of Horimiya. Nevertheless, it's a breath of fresh air, and I loved every second I'm in this world!! The art style stole my heart, too!! THIS IS JUST SO SO GOOD. I mean, it's my first time reading a gl—and it's this good?! Wow.
November 13, 2024
BUTTERFLIES IN MY BELLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
”and that was the sound of my rhythm syncing up perfectly with someone else’s”
”and that was the sound of my rhythm syncing up perfectly with someone else’s”
October 13, 2024
Absolument trop mims j'aime trop, et c'est tellement rare d'avoir ce type de couleur avec cette utilisation ??
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Cute, cute, cute~ stinkin cute! 🥰
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August 15, 2024
This was really cute and beautifully drawn. Loved the story so far and it's also really funny! The side characters and their reactions to Mitsuki's and Aya's relationship especially made me laugh out loud a bunch of times.
December 29, 2023
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SO MUCH
where is my mitsuki? 😭
where is my mitsuki? 😭
October 26, 2024
I genuinely cannot recommend this series enough. This series is very well written and has an absolutely beautiful art style that I think only Akebi’s Sailor Uniform can compete with in the modern romance manga genre. I’ve personally been reading this series via scanlation since very early on, so finally having an official English release I can hold in my hands and a very well made one at that is just wonderful.
Now to the story itself: Aya Oosawa is a fairly popular gyaru in her High School, but she feels lonely due to her feeling she must hide her love of western rock music as her friends usually don’t understand the appeal and it makes her feel like an outsider when it comes up. One day she stumbles across a rundown music store where she meets an enigmatic and attractive young man who shares her musical passion. She falls head over heels at their first meeting.
Mitsuki Koga is a quiet and unassuming young woman who has no friends and is very socially awkward. But Mitsuki has a secret; she has a deep love for music, especially western rock music that was instilled in her by her adoring Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe owns a music shop where Mitsuki works part-time, this is her comfort zone so she dresses the way she is most comfortable; in a punkish traditionally masculine style all in black and grunge styles with piercings and a tattoo. One day while working like usual when her desk neighbor in home room, a popular gyaru, who shows an equal passion for the same music…
This is the beginning of a very sweet and slow burning sapphic love story that explores the themes of self discovery, changing relationships, and identity just to name a few with highly relatable characters despite the cultural differences. You won’t be disappointed with this series.
Now to the story itself: Aya Oosawa is a fairly popular gyaru in her High School, but she feels lonely due to her feeling she must hide her love of western rock music as her friends usually don’t understand the appeal and it makes her feel like an outsider when it comes up. One day she stumbles across a rundown music store where she meets an enigmatic and attractive young man who shares her musical passion. She falls head over heels at their first meeting.
Mitsuki Koga is a quiet and unassuming young woman who has no friends and is very socially awkward. But Mitsuki has a secret; she has a deep love for music, especially western rock music that was instilled in her by her adoring Uncle Joe. Uncle Joe owns a music shop where Mitsuki works part-time, this is her comfort zone so she dresses the way she is most comfortable; in a punkish traditionally masculine style all in black and grunge styles with piercings and a tattoo. One day while working like usual when her desk neighbor in home room, a popular gyaru, who shows an equal passion for the same music…
This is the beginning of a very sweet and slow burning sapphic love story that explores the themes of self discovery, changing relationships, and identity just to name a few with highly relatable characters despite the cultural differences. You won’t be disappointed with this series.
October 20, 2024
Cute! Kinda basic, but adorable HS GL story without any creepy, stalker-y esque BS.
It’s kinda funny to me how extremely reminiscent this is of stories from the early 2000s teen stories. Alternative girl thinks popular, girly girl classmate is just like everyone else at school until she realizes the popular girl likes the same bands she does. The mistaken gender aspect was just part of the story.
Tbh, as an American who was made fun of for being into rock music, including the bands middle aged white guys were into, it was hilarious to read lines like “Radiohead? No one here knows who they are”. The “alternative” bands mentioned here were Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Radiohead. Exclusively bands associated with middle aged men, but perhaps they’d be records hard to find in Japan? I would be a bit surprised if someone Gen Z said they were listening to them. They play on classic rock stations now and that’s crazy to me considering Foo Fighters aren’t that old. Only Willow was an unexpected joy for me to see mentioned.
Anyway, this has all the beats of something I would’ve seen in 2003. The tropes were so common, but it’s cute enough and always here for GL without toxic tropes.
It’s kinda funny to me how extremely reminiscent this is of stories from the early 2000s teen stories. Alternative girl thinks popular, girly girl classmate is just like everyone else at school until she realizes the popular girl likes the same bands she does. The mistaken gender aspect was just part of the story.
Tbh, as an American who was made fun of for being into rock music, including the bands middle aged white guys were into, it was hilarious to read lines like “Radiohead? No one here knows who they are”. The “alternative” bands mentioned here were Beck, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Radiohead. Exclusively bands associated with middle aged men, but perhaps they’d be records hard to find in Japan? I would be a bit surprised if someone Gen Z said they were listening to them. They play on classic rock stations now and that’s crazy to me considering Foo Fighters aren’t that old. Only Willow was an unexpected joy for me to see mentioned.
Anyway, this has all the beats of something I would’ve seen in 2003. The tropes were so common, but it’s cute enough and always here for GL without toxic tropes.
November 6, 2024
*curls my hand into a fist, whispers* god when is it my turn?
July 6, 2024
ÉNORME COUP DE COEUR 💗
April 19, 2023
The best book to come out of Japan in 2023! Sumiko-sensei is changing society 💚💚
April 3, 2024
let's go lesbians !!!
June 19, 2024
As a fellow lesbian, we won guys. WE FREAKING WON LETS GOOOOOOOOOO RAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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