Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku
I Wanna Be Your Girl
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Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Woman You Are and Me
Japanese: カノジョになりたい君と僕
English: I Wanna Be Your Girl
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: 51
Status: Finished
Published: Jul 24, 2018 to Aug 18, 2020
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance
Theme: School School
Serialization: Ganma!
Authors: Takase, Umi (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.491 (scored by 18071,807 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #29762
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #3869
Members: 5,633
Favorites: 77

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Synopsis

Hime Sakuragaike has secretly been in love with her childhood friend Akira Yonezawa since they were kids, but Hime only recently found out that Akira identifies as female. Although surprised, Hime offers her full support, and this is initially kept secret between them for a few years, but Akira decides to start living as a girl full-time upon starting high school with Hime. However, since Akira garners a certain amount of attention, Hime takes it upon herself to aggressively stick up for Akira whenever necessary. Not wanting Akira to be singled out as an object of ridicule, Hime decides that her only option is to put herself in Akira's shoes.

(Source: MU)

Background

Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku has been published digitally in English as I Wanna Be Your Girl on Mangamo.

Characters

Taneno, Anzu
Supporting
Sasaki-sensei
Supporting
Ishiyama, Yukka
Supporting

Reviews

Aug 25, 2022
Finally, a manga that is upfront to address and question binary constructions. It doesn’t only break gender roles switching them like a typical gender bender, it goes beyond. It opens the possibility to identify with some things that society expects you to be/like, but at the same time not accept what is imposed and not fitting. Kanojo ni Naritai Kimi to Boku (Kanoboku) turns the classic question “Who I am?” to “Who I want to be?” and the message that stayed with me the most was: when the boxes available for you are too constricted, it’s ok to create new ones or even question the ...
Apr 17, 2023
Mixed Feelings
Spoiler
There's so much to love about this manga. Unfortunately, it fumbles on the one yard line.

The representation is great, the characters develop beautifully, and the plot of self love and discovering different facets of identity is really heartwarming. However, when 90% of a story revolves around a romance, giving it little to no closure does the whole manga a massive disservice, especially when followed up by a 'romance' that feels shoehorned in by comparison. There is incredible depth to Akira and Hime's relationship. Wrapping it up with 'not friends and not romance' then jumping directly to the ending is a massive letdown.
Aug 18, 2020
Preliminary (50/51 eps)
One of these days, I’ll write a review that isn’t just me warning someone of something ahead of time. But now is not one of those times. I had the expectation of giving this manga a higher rating when it ended, but you can see that didnt pan out. Spoiler warning ahead.

The reason and my warning: If you are expecting a romance with a trans character, a WLW (women loving women) relationship on top of that, I am saving you the trouble of reading through this by saying Do Not Read This.

To say the least, I’m let down.

Which isn’t to say that there aren’t good ...

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