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“Shy jellyfish-obsessed Tsukimi breaks her anti-men rule when a cross-dressing "princess" enters her women-only apartment.”
Princess Jellyfish
海月姫
8.25
412 rank · 47,393 readers · 2,281 favorites
Josei
Crossdressing
Visual Arts
Award Winning
Comedy
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Synopsis
Shy jellyfish-obsessed Tsukimi breaks her anti-men rule when a cross-dressing "princess" enters her women-only apartment.
Tsukimi Kurashita has wanted to be a princess ever since her youth. However, at 18 years old, she finds herself far from that dream. Instead, she has become a plain and shy girl who spends most of her time and money on her biggest obsession: jellyfish. Tsukimi lives with her fellow niche hobbyists in the all-female Amamizukan apartment complex, where the two most important rules are to avoid stylish people and men. Tsukimi has always abided by these rules until one evening—while rescuing a spotted jellyfish—she encounters a classy, princess-like woman. After allowing the girl to stay the night, Tsukimi is shocked to discover that the person is not a woman at all.
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Derived from 28 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 28 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 1.56
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.56 · some divergence
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.18
Running avg · Apr 2011 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “HI! Barbie heresociety expects you to be as a woman and makes you think what you really want in life and what you don't need to be for the outside world. The story is well written but the final is...”
- 7 “This manga found me when I needed it most. I'm not really big into slice of life, but this manga left such a lasting impression on me. The main character and the other characters that surrounded...”
- 9 “Kuragehime is one of the most splendid manga I’ve read. Instead of a typical female protagonist, Kuragehime follows Tsukimi, a man-fearing otaku obsessed with jellyfish living in a girls dormitory...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 57%
Long · 14%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 93 × 17 ch × vol
- Total read 12h 24m approx
- Published Oct 2008 – Aug 2017
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M11457 catalog