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1 author's notes Yamato Ariake ( 有明 大和, Ariake Yamato) An underclassman at Asuka's school, Yamato has a very girly appearance which he hates. She admires his passion for his work and notes that he is the most grounded of the three characters. 5 Kanno notes that Juta was originally a cool character but gets more comedic after the third chapter, and he is a shojo manga artist through and through. Juta reads it and falls in love with shōjo manga. He had forgotten about it and never gave it back. He returned home to find the manga she loaned him, unread. He promised to see her off, but by the time he got to her house, she was already gone, leaving him heart broken. He ended up falling in love with her, only to find out that she was moving away. 3 He was inspired to become a manga artist after meeting a girl who let him borrow a shōjo manga. Juta is the only son and eldest in a family of 11 children. Upon getting to know Ryo, he adds her to the manga as a guy, and tries to further their relationship whenever his story bogs down. As a result, his manga moved up from second place to first place in readership and related awards. Under the pen name Jewel Sachihana, he is actually the author of Asuka's favorite manga, Love Chick ( ラブチック, Rabuchikku), which runs in the magazine Hana to Mame, Vol.1 notes He first was inspired to model his Asuka girl character after Masamune when he saw the latter help out a child with a stuffed animal. 1 author's notes Juta Tachibana ( 橘 充太, Tachibana Jūta) A playboy who befriends Asuka and Ryo, and helps Asuka with his relationship with Ryo. Kanno perceives her as "the extremely thick-skinned yet clueless cool boy in shojo manga". Author Aya Kanno notes that Ryo is the exact opposite of Asuka, but that Ryo has a different perspective on masculinity than Kanno likes. Even though she is a girl, she cannot sew, cook, bake, make bento or do any other "girly" things with which Asuka helps her. She lives with her father who is a very tough police officer, and of which owns their family dojo. 1 author's notes Ryo Miyakozuka ( 都塚 りょう, Miyakozuka Ryō) Ryo is a new transfer student at Asuka's school.
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She finds that it makes Asuka more naturally feminine. Author Aya Kanno has noted that Asuka has hobbies and sensitivities that are opposite of her own personal likes. He also enjoys reading the fictional shōjo manga Love Chick. Among his talents, besides sports, are cooking and sewing. When a new girl in school, Ryo Miyakozuka, is being bullied he defends her and later falls in love with her. Asuka also clearly states that while he likes girly things, he does not want to become a woman. This affected Asuka's mother severely and when she saw that her son was starting to like girly things she forced him to be masculine.
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When Asuka was young his father left his family because he wanted to become a woman. This, however, does not stop him from being necessarily tough on occasion- he can defend himself and his friends. He is encouraged by his schoolmate Juta Tachibana to pursue a relationship with her and for them to be honest with each other, but unbeknownst to him, Juta is secretly a shojo manga artist of Asuka's favorite manga.Ĭharacters Main Asuka Masamune ( 正宗 飛鳥, Masamune Asuka) Asuka is a very tall, masculine and cool high school boy, but secretly, he loves all things related to girls (pink, sparkly and cute stuff, cooking, love comics, etc.). He hides this part of his life from his classmates until he meets and falls in love with Ryo Miyakozuka, the daughter of a martial artist and heir to his dojo who appears to be interested in manly guys. However, he harbors a secret: he is an otomen, a guy who really loves things that are usually associated with girls: cooking, sewing, and especially reading shōjo manga love stories. He is the captain of the kendo team where he reached the national championship tournament, and also excels in judo and karate. Asuka Masamune is the coolest, manliest guy in his school.