“Childhood friends Daichi and Akira recently started dating; tomboy Akira has unexpectedly girly traits.”
Boyish Girlfriend
ボーイッシュ彼女が可愛すぎる
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Synopsis
Childhood friends Daichi and Akira recently started dating; tomboy Akira has unexpectedly girly traits.
Daichi and Akira have been childhood friends forever but have only started dating recently. While Akira is very much a tomboy, there are some parts of her that are surprisingly girly? (Source: MangaDex)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 2 sampled reviews
What 2 readers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 1.00 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Apr 2025 → Feb 2026
- 6 “Who says Tomboys can´t be CUTE?? This manga is so full of sugar I might die from an overdose! I never really have been a big fan of the tomboy girlfriend archetypes until now. Watching how Akira...”
- 4 “This manga grabs you by the balls and refuses to let go. At its core, it’s a slow-burn romance between two painful leads who are already dating but feel more like in the “just friends” zone and...”
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A Manga Publication
- Published Mar 2025 – ongoing
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M80236 catalog