History Manga / TomoChanIsAGirl

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[[caption-width-right:275:Tomo and Jun]]

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime straight up does not mention Ferris Olston's TeenPregnancy status with Carol. Ferris' design was slightly altered (like the cheeks) to make her seem a little older than an AbsurdlyYouthfulMother, and Carol's MumLooksLikeASister joke was also cut.

* PragmaticAdaptation: The anime straight up does not bring up Ferris Olston's TeenPregnancy status with Carol. Her design was slightly altered (like the cheeks) to make her seem a little older than an AbsurdlyYouthfulMother, and Carol's MumLooksLikeASister joke was also cut.

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly serialization, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The manga began in April 2015 and concluded in July 2019. In 2018, the manga was licensed by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment for English release and can be found [[https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/tomo-chan-is-a-girl/ here]], with publication of all English volumes concluding on late 2020. It received an anime adaptation that aired in the Winter bloc of 2023 and is available on [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G0XHWM5Q4/tomo-chan-is-a-girl Crunchyroll]].

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly serialization, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The manga began in April 2015 and concluded in July 2019. In 2018, the manga was licensed by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment for English release and can be found [[https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/tomo-chan-is-a-girl/ here]], with publication of all English volumes concluding on late 2020. Two years later, on July 3, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime adaptation that would air on Crunchyroll.

* RightBehindYou: How Tomo [[spoiler:saves Mizuzu and Carol from the thug when he corners them]].

* LikeParentLikeSpouse: Tomo and Jun's relationship somewhat mirrors Tomo's parents in a way, with her father also being a blockheaded jock completely unused to romance (although it's a bit different).

* LethalChef: Tomo is a ''terrible'' cook, whose food only Jun could stomach. Misuzu even comments that, if bad enough, her life might be at risk eating it. Carol goes through a HeroicBSOD teaching Tomo the simple instructions of melting chocolate and remolding them into decorated snacks. However, since all of the above are Tomo's close friends, only Akemi, Tomo's mother, is bold enough to tell Tomo straight up that her cooking is awful.

* LethalChef: Tomo is a ''terrible'' cook, whose food only Jun could stomach. Misuzu even comments that, if bad enough, her life might be at risk eating it. Carol goes through a HeroicBSOD teaching Tomo the simple instructions of melting chocolate and remolding them into decorated snacks.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Carol acts very clueless about a lot of social conventions that should be obvious even to a very rich, very lonely girl. She reacts weirdly to emotional situations, and has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace. Finally, we learn that for all her apparent stupidity, she is actually an ace in the game Othello, which she seems a little obsessed with, as well as mathematical and scientific subjects. While none of those traits by itself is quite so alarming, the combination of them has led some people to wonder if she might be on the autistic spectrum.

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly release, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The manga began in April 2015 and concluded in July 2019. In 2018, the manga was licensed by Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment for English release and can be found [[https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/tomo-chan-is-a-girl/ here]], with publication of all English volumes concluding on late 2020. Two years later, on July 3, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime adaptation that would air on Crunchyroll.

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly release, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The manga began in April 2015 and concluded in July 2019. Three years later, on July 3, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime adaptation that would air on Crunchyroll.

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly release, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The story concluded in July 2019. Three years later, on July 3, 2022, it was announced that the series would be receiving an anime adaptation that would air on Crunchyroll.

->'''Tomo:''' [[LoveConfession Jun! I love you!]]\\
'''Jun:''' [[ObliviousToLove I love you too]], '''bro!''' ''[brofist]''

The manga had an unusual update schedule: instead of a weekly or monthly release, it updated one page every day on the web, like a webcomic. The story concluded in July 2019.

** Misuzu herself can come across more AmbiguouslyGay, since not only does she sometimes comes across as in love with Tomo, but her friendship with Carol is full of FoeYay. That said, Misuzu had dated [[spoiler: Jun]] in the past (for all of three days; [[spoiler: the two saw the other as being the means of maintaining a bond with Tomo, whom both feared might drift away from them, but it's revealed that, behind her manipulations, Misuzu actually ''was'' excited to have a boyfriend in spite of herself]]) and has a sort of ShipTease with Tanabe.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Tomo and Misuzu have a very close relationship and there are many times when Misuzu shows jealousy of people getting close to Tomo, in fact it's Carol's favored way of messing with her.

** The whole point of the manga is Tomo learning how to bring out her femininity in order to make her friend acknowledge her as a woman. Misuzu is helping her in this endeavor in an effort to become closer as friends. However, her becoming more feminine isn't quite portrayed as a good thing; Tomo doesn't want to lose the friendship and dynamic she has with Jun, and part of the reason why he even likes Tomo in the first place is ''because'' of her tomboyish qualities. It is worth noting that when Jun was asked what kind of girl would be his type, he pretty much describes Tomo exactly (with the exception of long hair).
** That being said, Jun finds it easier to treat Tomo as a girl when she's wearing more stereotypically feminine clothing. Case in point was when she got hit on in the Beach and Festival arcs; he found it troublesome to get Tomo away from a flirt and have people think he was her boyfriend because he knows that she's capable of fending for herself. But in the Festival arc, where she dresses more like a beautiful girl, Jun takes her away from some flirts and lets them think that he's Tomo's boyfriend without a word (though he still finds it troublesome for the same reason). Same with carrying her bags and staying by her side.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Misaki tells Misuzu that even though [[spoiler:he likes Carol]], he's still unsure of [[spoiler:confessing]] because she takes everything else in stride without [[PerpetualSmiler ever dropping her cheerful personality]]. Misuzu's response is to push one of her buttons to get a more human interaction out of her. [[spoiler:She claims that Misaki only loves Carol in a father-daughter fashion and not romantically; it works so well that Carol runs home crying and heartbroken.]]

** During the school play, Jun of all people tells Misuzu to talk openly and honestly about whatever feelings she's hiding towards Tomo. Yes, the same Jun who dodges his feelings for Tomo at every opportunity, which Misuzu even calls out.
** Played for laughs. [[spoiler:Jun tells Tomo that he's okay with her leaving for the afternoon with Carol and Misuzu, telling her that he doesn't want to be the kind of boyfriend who holds her down. Cue Misuzu and Carol, who start hitting him with their bags for being such a hypocrite because, well... it has been '''his''' attitude throughout the story that has consistently held Tomo down in the first place. He has no right to say that stuff with a straight face to impress Tomo of all people, and in front of Carol and Misuzu, who dealt with his crap ever since they met him.]]

* MistakenForGay: Both Tomo and Jun have been accused of being gay, Jun because he seems immune to Tomo's looks, while also being completely uninterested in any other girls (both are not true, as Jun is ''very'' susceptible to Tomo, while he purposely avoids other girls... but he isn't blind). Tomo gets accused of this for being able to easily attract women and wanting a skinship-style relationship.
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore: Tomo was born earlier in the year than Jun and Misuzu, so around her birthday she smugly rubs their faces in the fact that she's technically older than them ("You can call me 'Big Sis' if you want..."). Their unspoken response shows that she does this every single year and they're thoroughly sick of it.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: At times it feels like Carol is putting on a front of ditziness in order to disguise her true intentions. We get glimpses of this throughout the manga, and it's most apparent in the festival arc, where she reveals that she made Misuzu a ThirdWheel in her outings with Misaki in order to keep her from getting to Tomo and Jun.

** Jun is certainly the first place trophy winner of this trope, but Tomo has a strong second place. [[spoiler:It soon becomes clear that Jun ''isn't'' oblivious to the fact his best friend is a girl. In fact, he developed a crush on her ''first'' back in middle school... only to overhear her tell a classmate that she and Jun were just friends and ''only'' friends. By the time she developed a crush on him in return, Jun had both convinced himself that she'd never be interested in anything more than their current dynamic, and that it would be rude to date the best friend of someone (i.e., Misuzu) he broke up with.]]

* OhNoNotAgain: Apparently karate's not the only sport Tomo has to play on the male team, [[spoiler:dodgeball too]].

* OperationJealousy: Seems like a part of Carol's plan, since she seems to be jealous that Misaki admires Tomo so much and directly tells him that she went to Jun's house and played around with him after school.

** When the girls are studying geometry together, Carol's nonsensical explanation for how to solve a problem ("These two guys are friends, so whoosh! They smack together and bam!, there's the answer!") somehow makes perfect sense to Tomo, who reacts like a light just turned on in her head and is suddenly calling the problem easy.
** In the Volume 2 extras, Tomo looks at Misaki's fighting stance and tells him "the pressure coming from your upper body is weak"; he has no idea what that even means. A few days later he meets up with Jun, who asks to see his fighting stance and says "You need to train your upper body, since your pressure seems a bit weak". He ''still'' doesn't understand what that's supposed to mean.

* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Misuzu's attempt to troll Carol's mother fell flat due to Ferris's CloudCuckoolander mind. In the end she wisely chose to just avoid talking to her.

** Jun is certainly the first place trophy winner of this trope, but Tomo has a strong second place. [[spoiler:It soon becomes clear that Jun ''isn't'' oblivious to the fact his best friend is a girl. In fact, he developed a crush on her ''first'' back in middle school... only to overhear her tell a classmate that she and Jun were just friends and ''only'' friends. By the time she developed a crush on him in return, Jun had already convinced himself that she'd never be interested in anything more than their current dynamic.]]

* ObliviousGuiltSlinging: Tomo does this when she tells the PE teacher how excited she is for the sports fest, since she's not much good at anything else. The teacher can't bring herself to tell Tomo to stop.

** Jun is certainly the first place trophy winner of this trope but Tomo has a strong second place.[[spoiler:..Is how it plays off initially. Later instances of the series seems to indicate Jun is enforcing StatusQuoIsGod. Certain circumstances/ events will force him to acknowledge Tomo's gender and the implications that fact brings to him as a guy]].

* OneOfTheBoys: Tomo's always been like this, which is why she's having trouble getting Jun's attention now, he just thinks of her as his best bud. It's somewhat hinted at in later chapters that Jun forces himself to think of Tomo as a guy. Anytime he finds himself thinking of her as a girl he gives himself a DopeSlap.

* TruthInTelevision: When bringing up her grades, Carol mentions that she gets sixties on her English tests, which alarms Tomo, because Carol is a native speaker. Misuzu points out that many native English speakers have difficulty with Japanese written English tests. In fact, generally language tests written in a foreign language trip up native speakers.
* UnreliableNarrator: When Tomo introduces the audience to her predicament, we're led to believe that Jun is completely oblivious to his behavior around Tomo and treated her no differently than how he used to as kids. Jun's behavior around Tomo, even in the early stages, paints a different story, and come the second flashback arc, we see exactly what Jun's mindset was throughout puberty to high school regarding his extreme need to treat her as the Tomo he thought she was.

** When the girls take part time jobs at Tanabe's family restaurant, Tanabe's father tears up, saying they need the help because his wife left him [[spoiler:to visit her parents for the holidays]].

** Tomo's greatest fear for her relationship with Jun, that when he sees her as a woman their all out friend/rival relationship will disappear, pretty much comes true before and after they get together. The aforementioned festival arc does this as illustrated; and post confession, Jun's so relaxed and gentle with her that she starts seeing it as treating her like his daughter instead of his friend.
* BeachEpisode: Mizusu, Tomo, and Carol take this as an [[ExploitedTrope opportunity]] to have Tomo stand out more to Jun, by having her wear a more revealing bathing suit that emphasizes her femininity. [[spoiler:It works, but he doesn't let it show very much. He has to jerk his neck at unnatural angles to avoid looking though, and internally explodes when Tomo [[EroticEating licks some ice cream off her bare shoulder]]]].

** One delinquent upperclassman is well aware of the Aizawa Dojo, a collection of [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower terrifyingly powerful martial artists]] who ignore the law in defense of the weak and [[TheDreaded whom the Yakuza dare not cross]]. However, for all that he would never knowingly gain their notice, he maintains a feud with an tall, freakishly-strong first year girl named '''Aizawa''' Tomo. After his pursuit for RevengeByProxy against Mizusu and Carol is thwarted by Tomo, Jun and a BerserkButton-pressed Misaki he is told by Misuzu exactly who he just crossed and to whose family she belongs. Specifically, the massive, freakishly-strong, [[PapaBear overprotective]] Aizawa patriach. She also reminds him exactly what he would do if he ever found out.
* FestivalEpisode: Mizusu sets up a situation for Tomo so that she can ask Jun out to the fireworks festival happening later on.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Misaki tells Mizusu that even though [[spoiler:he likes Carol]], he's still unsure of [[spoiler:confessing]] because she takes everything else in stride without [[PerpetualSmiler ever dropping her cheerful personality]]. Misuzu's response is to push one of her buttons to get a more human interaction out of her. [[spoiler:She claims that Misaki only loves Carol in a father-daughter fashion and not romantically; it works so well that Carol runs home crying and heartbroken.]]
* HiddenEyes: Mizusu's father's eyes aren't visible during his scant appearances. His hair style seems to only be half the reason.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: At times it feels like Carol is putting on a front of ditziness in order to disguise her true intentions. We get glimpses of this throughout the manga, and it's most apparent in the festival arc, where she reveals that she made Mizusu a ThirdWheel in her outings with Misaki in order to keep her from getting to Tomo and Jun.

** The leader of the thugs who [[spoiler:tried to enact revenge on Mizusu and Carol]] when Tomo catches him when he didn't even know she was coming.

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Jun pulls this a lot as a way of maintaining StatusQuoIsGod.

-->'''Tanabe:''' ''I could give them a push...somehow...maybe...''\\

'''Tanabe:''' ''Oh...s...sorry! Of course you don't want anyone meddling in your friend's love life.''\\

Tomo Aizawa has a crush on her childhood friend and neighbor Junichirou Kubota. On their first day together at high school, she's finally able to confess her love to Junichirou. There is only one problem...he just sees her as his buddy, because she's a girl in body only: she's such a huge tomboy, he even thought she was a boy until they went to middle school together. So, Tomo-chan's struggle for Jun's affection begins.

Tomo Aizawa has a crush on her childhood friend and neighbor Junichirou Kubota. On their first day together at high school, she's finally able to confess her love to Junichirou. There is only one problem... he just sees her as his buddy, because she's a girl in body only: she's such a huge tomboy, he even thought she was a boy until they went to middle school together. So, Tomo-chan's struggle for Jun's affection begins.

* ComicBookTime: Played with. Albeit the backstory takes place in a 10-year period, the main story takes place during a single year, in Tomo, Jun, Misuzu and Carol's freshman year of high school. However, there's a discrepancy early in the manga, wher Tomo grows her hair out to appeal to Jun, which would have taken her a considerably longer time than it did (it would have taken her more or less 1 year to grow it that long).