Tomo-chan wa Onnanoko! (Tomo-chan Is a Girl!)

I love you, Jun!

Can I get your response now?

Right after I started high school,

I made a confession.

It was, without question, a confession of love!

You're just telling me this now, Tomo?

But...

I love you too, best bud!

Y-Yeah...

This dude doesn't even see me as a girl!

But I, Aizawa Tomo...

am a girl!

I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!

"I Want to Be Seen as a Girl!"

I'm heading out.

Aizawa

Heya, Tomo.

Hey...

This guy, Kubota Junichiro, lives next door to me,

so we've hung out together a lot since we were little.

We went to different elementary schools,

but in middle school...

We can finally walk home together!

You know...

You're getting a little too crazy with that skirt!

What kind of new start are you making?

Huh?!

That was when I first realized

that Jun thought of me as a guy!

We're gonna miss the bus.

Let's move!

What's up?

This little...

What did I do?

Hmph!

By the way, I do karate.

Morning!

Hey.

Uenomizu High School

That stupid Jun!

Is he gonna treat me like a guy forever?

You gotta say something to him for me, Misuzu!

Listen, Tomo...

I'm saying this as someone who's been a friend to both of you for years.

Frankly, you're getting what you deserve.

Huh?

You only ever play games that boys play.

In middle school, you even fought with kids from other schools.

And while I'm at it...

Even in kindergarten, whenever I asked you to play house or dolls,

you never once played with me.

S-Sorry...

At this point, you might as well just become a boy.

What do you say?

Don't ask me that!

What the heck? You're gonna treat me like a guy, too?

Honestly, I'd like to, but...

Unlike Junichiro, I've seen certain things...

with a woman's eyes.

Anyway, your first problem is the way you talk.

Yeah, but I can't just start talkin' girly outta nowhere.

For starters, why not try softening your tone a bit?

Try being more polite and less blunt.

Buying lunch from the school store? What're you getting?

D-Do you mean me?

Gee, I don't know... Let me think...

Why are you talking like that? You sound like an old man!

Old man...

Old man?!

What the hell is your problem?!

Huh?! What's your problem?!

Bring it!

Fine by me!

Whoa, wait! Time out!

Didn't you just tell me to bring it?!

I said knock it off!

I'm home.

Hey! Tomo!

What happened to your face?!

Ugh!

Got in a fight with Jun.

Jun-bo?!

You didn't lose to him, did you?!

Like I could win!

Don't be a wuss! You call yourself the heir to the Aizawa style?!

Don't be crazy!

You've been teaching him karate too, Dad!

First of all, I'm a girl!

What'd you say?! Come to the dojo right now!

I'm gonna beat some guts into you!

Shut up, old man!

This is all because of the stupid way you taught me!

All of it!

What are you talking about?!

C'mon, Tomo, I said I was sorry about yesterday.

You're the one who hit me, anyway.

Just look at my face!

In fact, I feel like you've been hitting me a lot lately.

Hey, c'mon! Talk to me already!

That is exactly why!

To be honest, I still don't really get it...

But I apologize, so don't be mad, okay?

Life's boring when you're not around.

I can't stand having you ignore me for another second.

He's always like this the day after we fight.

What is he trying to do to me?

F-Fine. I won't ignore you.

Really?!

You really are the best friend I could ask for, Tomo!

Yeah, thanks.

He seriously doesn't get it!

You know, Tomo...

You and Junichiro always come to school together,

and you're together throughout the school day too, aren't you?

I guess so.

So why am I the one you spend your lunch break with?

Well, I mean...

When a girl and a guy eat lunch together, doesn't it look like...

they're dating or something?

Do you hear yourself?

But you'd rather eat lunch with him, right?

Huh?

Misuzu?

Leave it to me.

W-Wait, wait! What are you gonna do?!

The three of us can just eat together.

Not that! Anything but that!

You don't mind, do you, Junichiro?

What are you after, Gundo?

Why do I have to eat with you?

This isn't what I want, either.

This is why I didn't want to do this!

These two hate each other's guts!

Hey, that fried chicken looks good.

Here, you can have a piece.

Mm, that's good!

What do I do with these chopsticks now?!

Yo, Kubojun.

Hey, Tanabe.

Be honest. How far have you gotten with Aizawa-san?

What are you talking about?

Don't play dumb!

What else could I mean but that intense sport guys and girls do together?!

Intense sport guys and girls do together?

We've been doing that since we were kids.

Huh?!

For real?!

She does look like she has a p-pretty amazing body!

Tomo's got good feet. Good at using them, too.

Her feet?!

That's hardcore, man!

Junichiro was telling some guy that you and he do an intense co-ed sport together.

Intense co-ed sport?

Oh, yeah, we do.

Not that sport.

Jun, you asshole!

Huh? Where'd that come from?

Whoa... Wait a...

Tanabe-kun, do you have a moment?

Gundo-san? Sure! No problem!

Huh? I misunderstood?

Yes. Those two aren't dating.

Junichiro doesn't even see Tomo as a girl.

Huh?!

Even though she's so... awesome?

I agree with you, but you're pure scum.

Anyway, I get it now. I didn't know their relationship was so interesting.

Interesting?

There's no way both of them feel nothing at all.

How can I give them a push?

Don't.

Oh, sorry.

You don't want anyone butting in on your friends' love story, huh?

You've only known Junichiro since starting high school, right?

Huh? Yeah...

Then remember this.

I'm the only one who's allowed to play with those two.

P-Play?!

Oh, you forgot your umbrella, too?

Gundo...

I have one coming for me.

I have one coming for me, too.

Hey!

Does that mean it's a contest?

It does indeed.

Why are you beside me, anyway? Go over there!

You really hate me, don't you?

The three of us used to play together all the time, though.

Why did things turn out like this?

Yeah, the three of us did get up to a lot of mischief together.

All the pranks you came up with were so extreme.

But I never understood why...

Whenever the grown-ups yelled at us,

you were never around.

Wasn't I?

Why didn't you join any clubs?

You like sports, don't you?

I do karate at Tomo's family's dojo.

Besides, there's no point if boys' clubs and girls' clubs are separate.

If I'm not in it with Tomo, it wouldn't be any fun.