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“Hime supports her trans friend Akira by defending her and choosing to live as her to prevent ridicule.”
I Wanna Be Your Girl
カノジョになりたい君と僕
7.5
3,288 rank · 6,788 readers · 81 favorites
School
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Hime supports her trans friend Akira by defending her and choosing to live as her to prevent ridicule.
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)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 13 sampled reviews
7.8
/10
What 13 readers settled on.
90%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.72
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.72 · some divergence
The polarity gap
5.7 pts
Recommenders 8.7 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.23
Running avg · Sep 2019 → Dec 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This manga is a deeply meaningful exploration of self-love that avoids hollow tropes and offers genuine, applicable life lessons. While there are some poorly translated sections, they do not...”
- 7 “This manga features beautiful character development, heartwarming themes of self-love and identity, and excellent representation. Unfortunately, the lack of closure for the central romance and the...”
- 9 “This manga features incredibly progressive and nuanced representation of diverse identities, including trans, gay, and asexual/aromantic characters, which deeply moved me and inspired my own...”
Verbosity
Short · 54%
Medium · 38%
Long · 8%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — I Wanna Be Your Girl begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 51 × 4 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 48m approx
- Published Jul 2018 – Aug 2020
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M50309 catalog