Manga: Tenshi Ja Nai!

Hello peeps!

Here's a romantic, gender bender manga written and illustrated by Shigematsu Takako. 


Genre: Drama, Gender Bender, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Comedy, Slice of Life

Status: Completed

Chapters: 8 Volumes, 40 Chapters

About: This story involves Hikaru Takabayashi, who was once bullied by her jealous schoolmates of her modelling in a famous commercial in grade-school. Traumatised by it, she keeps a low profile and is determined to lead a quiet and normal life in Seika Girls' Academy, where her mother is one of the alumni. However, she immediately becomes the spotlight of the school after being a roommate of a super famous idol, Izumi Kido. Though she tries to keep her distance with Izumi, she discovers Izumi's secret and is threatened to keep the secret, by all means. As Hikaru is kind, she ends up helping Izumi a lot and is constantly being targeted by Izumi's fangirls and Momochi from the school newspaper, who wants to get a scoop about Izumi from Hikaru. Being pressured by many parties, how will Hikaru overcome all these problems? As the story develops, Hikaru finds herself in a complex love chain where she is helped by Izumi, which later develops into another lovely complex. Who will Hikaru choose as her partner? 

While the storyline may seem normal, it is not normal when it comes to the number of pursuers a character may have. Hikaru alone has at least 4 love interests (more of 2 lovers and a few pursuers?), and don't even count Izumi, the famous idol's pursuers. There will be quite a few (or maybe many?). So, you can now probably imagine how Hikaru will have a tough time to keep Izumi's secret from the pursuers and to manage her love life? (Truly, Hikaru should be given an award for this XD)

The storyline has a comfortable flow and the art too, is beautiful, clean and neat. It is just that sometimes, you may see Hikaru as a guy and sometimes as a girl. Is it done purposely or maybe it is just needed to illustrate Hikaru's strong character? Only Shigematsu Takako knows. I totally recommend this manga to those who love romance. As usual, some screenshots below!


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