Senpai Is an Otokonoko

Senpai Is an Otokonoko
Stylized illustration of a feminine young man wearing a sailor fuku school uniform, seen from the shoulders and up.
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Makoto Hanaoka
先輩はおとこのこ
(Senpai wa Otokonoko)
Genre
Manga
Written byPom
Published by
English publisher
Original runDecember 7, 2019December 30, 2021
Volumes10
Manga
Senpai Is an Otokonoko: The Encounter
Written byPom
Published byLine Corporation
Original runDecember 21, 2023 – present
Anime television series
Directed byShinsuke Yanagi
Written byYoriko Tomita
Music byYukari Hashimoto
StudioProject No.9
Licensed byCrunchyroll (streaming)
Original networkFuji TV (Noitamina)
Original run July 5, 2024 September 27, 2024
Episodes12
Anime film
Eiga Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare
Directed byShinsuke Yanagi
Written byYoriko Tomita
Music byYukari Hashimoto
StudioProject No.9
ReleasedFebruary 14, 2025 (2025-02-14)
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Senpai Is an Otokonoko (Japanese: 先輩はおとこのこ, Hepburn: Senpai wa Otokonoko, "My Upperclassman Is an Otokonoko"), also known as This Is Him or Senpai Is an Otokonoko: My Crossdressing Classmate, is a Japanese romance manga series written and illustrated by Pom. It was serialized digitally through Line Manga from 2019 to 2021 as a weekly series, and is collected in tankōbon print volumes by Ichijinsha since 2021. The story follows a love triangle involving Makoto Hanaoka, a cross-dresser; Saki Aoi, a bisexual younger student; and Ryuji Taiga, a childhood friend of Makoto's. Senpai Is an Otokonoko received an official English translation by Webtoon beginning on March 9, 2023. An anime television series adaptation produced by Project No.9 aired from July to September 2024 on Fuji TV's Noitamina programming block. An anime film titled Eiga Senpai wa Otokonoko: Ame Nochi Hare is set to premiere in February 2025.

Pom created the series with themes such as love regardless of gender, and originally came up with the concept based on how she had difficulties in drawing male characters. The series was popular with readers and well received by critics for its writing and characters, becoming the third-place web manga winner of the 2021 Next Manga Award and the third most read Line Manga series of 2021.

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