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W-Juliet

Alternative Titles

Japanese: Wジュリエット
English: W-Juliet
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 14
Chapters: 79
Status: Finished
Published: Oct 15, 1997 to Nov 20, 2002
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Drama Drama, Romance Romance, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Themes: Crossdressing Crossdressing, Performing Arts Performing Arts, School School
Demographic: Shoujo Shoujo
Serialization: Hana to Yume
Authors: Emura (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.891 (scored by 41014,101 users)
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Ranked: #10092
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Popularity: #2093
Members: 10,053
Favorites: 242

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Volumes: /14
Chapters: /79

Synopsis

Makoto Amano wants to become an actor, but his stern father has decreed that the only way Makoto can pursue his dream is to spend the last two years of high school as a girl! He quickly makes friends with popular tomboy Ito Miura, another drama enthusiast at this new high school and the only student to find out his secret—but are they more than pals?

(Source: VIZ Media)

Background

W-Juliet was published in English by VIZ Media under the Shojo Beat imprint from November 10, 2004 to January 9, 2007. A digital edition was released from September 17, 2013 to March 18, 2014.

Characters

Narita, Masumi
Supporting
Miura, Mitsuko
Supporting
Ichikawa, Misaki
Supporting
Narita, Risa
Supporting
Narita, Tsubaki
Supporting

Reviews

Mar 31, 2019
I honestly love W-Juliet. It is one of my favourite mangas because,

The main girl character (Ito Miura) was not some cry baby like where all the other romance shoujo manga I've read where the girl cries about almost everything. I honestly loved how her personality changed a bit and her style (etc) changed. It really shows how much her character has progressed and gives the manga a very good vibe. The main guy character
(Makoto Narita) I absolutely loved as well. I loved how much effort he put into his goal and showing how he would not give up. I loved how he was sweet and ...
May 24, 2014
I'll be honest. I'm picky on art. I usually hate the stories where the male has to pretend to be a girl in a school since the outcomes are bad (in my opinion) but I happened to loved this one. Makoto's attitude with Ito is rather different compared to other mangas with the plotline and there is pretty good progress between Ito and Makoto. There's no cliche obstacles for them to overcome in order to build character. It's a really good classic to read and/or reread. Not to mention that there's a sequel continuing off to build their relationship even more.
Jun 1, 2013
W-Juliet is one of the most heartfelt, outstanding and underrated mangas I have ever come across.
The story sounds like a stereotypical highschool-romance with gender bender tendencies which leads us to the assumption that the tomboyish girl will fall in love with the beautiful and popular boy, but thats not the case, at least not for most of the story.
The main part of the manga revolves around the theater club which Makoto and Ito are members of, and its basically said pretty nice to see that Emura created worlds within a fictional world. You can see that for example Swan Lake, got a total ...

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