Web Manga 'Senpai wa Otokonoko' Gets TV Anime

by Vindstot
Mar 24, 2023 11:14 PM | 19 Comments

The Aniplex booth at AnimeJapan 2023 announced a television anime adaptation of Pomu's Senpai wa Otokonoko (Senpai Is an Otokonoko) web manga on Saturday, revealing a teaser visual (pictured) and teaser promo.

Pomu originally posted the crossdressing romance manga under the title Otokonoko ga Kouhai ni Kokuhaku sareru Hanashi on her Twitter account in July 2019 before serializing it on the LINE Manga platform from December 2019 to December 2021. Ichijinsha published the fourth volume on November 25, with the fifth volume scheduled for a March 29 release.

Webtoon began releasing the manga in English on March 9. The platform also publishes it in multiple foreign languages, including Taiwanese, Korean, Chinese, Thai, French, and German.

Synopsis
Makoto Hanaoka, a womanly second-year student, easily attracts other people's attention. First-year student Saki Aoi is no exception, and she falls in love with Makoto at first sight. Having a vibrant and vigorous personality, she does not hesitate to confess her feelings to her senior. However, Makoto differs significantly from the person Saki perceives: Makoto is not a girl, but rather a cross-dressing boy!

After revealing his well-known secret to Saki, Makoto expects her to be disgusted. Surprisingly, she is instead captivated by this revelation. Nonetheless, he still rejects her, but Saki's determination does not stop her from declaring that she will become his first love. With Saki and his childhood friend at his side, Makoto's world brightens, giving him strength amid his struggle between his interests and the expectations placed on him. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Teaser PV

Official site: https://senpaiha-otokonoko.com/
Official Twitter: @painoko_anime

Source: Press Release

Senpai wa Otokonoko on MAL

19 Comments Recent Comments

Literally just read this over the last few days without seeing this announcement lol, interesting

Yeah was pretty solid story. Sometimes a bit.. directionless I guess, kinda felt like the author wasn't always sure where to take the main progression but overall quite fun. And yes, very bisexual

Mar 29, 2023 3:07 AM by HaXXspetten

erikkamirs said:
This Manga is bisexual af. Main girl Aoi confesses to Makoto-senpai, thinking they're a girl. As soon as Senpai reveals his secret, Aoi gets excited because she gets to enjoy both the boy version and the girl version of Senpai. Senpai's childhood friend Ryuuji is crushing on Senpai so hard lmao and admits to liking guys. Senpai has both a male love interest (Ryuuji) and a female love interest (Aoi).

Senpai initially attends school as a female student, before getting outted :(. Makoto is so cute, and that makes everyone gay lmao.

This manga is the synthesis of yuri and yaoi lmao.

Say less, imma definitely watch this now lmao

Mar 27, 2023 6:42 AM by Tokoya

This Manga is bisexual af. Main girl Aoi confesses to Makoto-senpai, thinking they're a girl. As soon as Senpai reveals his secret, Aoi gets excited because she gets to enjoy both the boy version and the girl version of Senpai. Senpai's childhood friend Ryuuji is crushing on Senpai so hard lmao and admits to liking guys. Senpai has both a male love interest (Ryuuji) and a female love interest (Aoi).

Senpai initially attends school as a female student, before getting outted :(. Makoto is so cute, and that makes everyone gay lmao.

This manga is the synthesis of yuri and yaoi lmao.

Mar 26, 2023 3:19 PM by erikkamirs

Trap anime, I guess it make sense to have some of these.

Mar 26, 2023 7:04 AM by Punkero

Kuma said:

TasoM said:

Not completely true, there are some chapters were he thinks about it.

that was because female lead make him consider it, before that, his decision to crossdress has nothing to do with his sexuality.

^^^^exactly this

Mar 26, 2023 1:04 AM by TasoM

TasoM said:

Kuma said:

MC simply love to crossdress and cute things. he never though much about his own sexuality.

Not completely true, there are some chapters were he thinks about it.

that was because female lead make him consider it, before that, his decision to crossdress has nothing to do with his sexuality.

Mar 25, 2023 5:01 PM by Kuma

Sounds interesting. I love themes about crossdressers and crossdressing. Will try to read the manga before the anime airs...

Mar 25, 2023 8:20 AM by hanakocheeks

I’ve been keeping up with this manga since early 2021 and I’m so excited to finally see it animated!! I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t read yet as it has a great story and I love the art style

Mar 25, 2023 7:32 AM by co2goldy

Nachtwandler_21 said:
Manga readers, does MC simply coss-dressing (like in Kuragehime or OtoBoku, for example) or is it something more akin to Hourou Musuko in terms of plot (with a transgirl MC who prefers girls and an accent on coming of age and psychological aspects)?

It is as LGBT as Tomo-chan. Not at all. It's simply MC's style and has absolutely nothing to do with his gender identity.

Mar 25, 2023 6:53 AM by Piromysl

Kuma said:

MC simply love to crossdress and cute things. he never though much about his own sexuality.

Not completely true, there are some chapters were he thinks about it.

Mar 25, 2023 5:05 AM by TasoM

MC simply love to crossdress and cute things. he never though much about his own sexuality.

Mar 25, 2023 5:02 AM by Kuma

Super hyped for this, loved the manga. Very curious how they gonna animate it, cause the artstyle and whole manga composition was not in typical style.

Mar 25, 2023 5:00 AM by TasoM

Manga readers, does MC simply coss-dressing (like in Kuragehime or OtoBoku, for example) or is it something more akin to Hourou Musuko in terms of plot (with a transgirl MC who prefers girls and an accent on coming of age and psychological aspects)?

Mar 25, 2023 3:28 AM by Nachtwandler_21

That synopsis, lol.

Mar 25, 2023 3:08 AM by MegamiRem

I just started reading yesterday on Webtoon and was thinking this would make a good anime lol

Mar 25, 2023 2:42 AM by Lily_06

Japan and their weirdo manga works, never change.

Mar 25, 2023 12:56 AM by Swagernator

In this moment, i am euphoric. At long last.. finally.. a painoko anime is on the horizon!

Mar 25, 2023 12:28 AM by shozaro

I finished reading this recently and it was such a good series. I'm quite glad is getting adaptated, hope it turns out to be okay.

Mar 25, 2023 12:23 AM by glittergalaxy

i was interested reading the manga but the random chapter i open has pretty subpar translation so i hold back. maybe this will give me interest to revisit the series.

Mar 25, 2023 12:20 AM by Kuma