“Maki falls for "girl" Kizuna, discovers she's a boy, but friendship blossoms beyond gender and appearances.”
Prunus Girl
プラナス・ガール
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Synopsis
Maki falls for "girl" Kizuna, discovers she's a boy, but friendship blossoms beyond gender and appearances.
Makito Maki meets the adorable Kizuna Aikawa under the falling cherry blossoms on the day high school entrance exam results are posted. It seems destined that the two will end up together. However, Maki’s dreams of getting a cute girlfriend are crushed when on the first day of school, Kizuna reveals she is in fact a male. After the shocking revelation, Maki tries to move on from Kizuna, but fate has other plans in store, as the two start running into each other every day. Though Aikawa is willing to extend a friendly hand, Maki still has a hard time getting over that Aikawa is really a boy. Nonetheless, as Aikawa drags Maki along on various adventures, he sees that Aikawa is truly a kind person and learns that people should not be defined by their appearance or gender.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
What 13 readers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.75 · some divergence
4.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 4.0
↓ 0.15
Running avg · Sep 2010 → Feb 2026
- 10 “An amazing example of a very well done Trap manga. This is one of the best and should be considered a trap manga classic by all who like Trap manga of any kind It is innocent and romantic and...”
- 9 “It is THE trap manga and a rom com manga I would recommend to anyone into these types of stories. When the trap becomes the main love interest in a setting like this, it just works so well. Its...”
- 8 “It's good? Yup... Simple romance... nothing much, yup is a transvestite, a very charismatic and fun character... not Astolfo's height, but he is enough... I loved the character Kizuna Aikawa, just...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 43 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 5h 44m approx
- Published Feb 2008 – Apr 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M9281 catalog