“Handsome barista Shun falls for a cross-dressing male streamer, who resembles his rude regular customer.”
The Secret Ingredient Is a Slightly Sweet Ulterior Motive
隠し味にはすこし甘い下心
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Handsome barista Shun falls for a cross-dressing male streamer, who resembles his rude regular customer.
Coffee shop worker Shun Hirayama is so handsome that customers praise him every day. However, he is fed up with being treated with contempt by a regular customer, Mao Nakadai. Then, one day, he meets MAO—a beautiful streamer girl—on a video site and falls in love at first sight. He is actually an idol otaku, and when he watches her previous videos, he discovers that she is a cross-dressing guy. Although he is supposed to be straight, Shun is perplexed by his crush on MAO, even though he knows he is the same sex as him. He then discovers that MAO has similar characteristics to Nakadai, the regular customer...! (Source: Kaiohsha, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M81481 catalog