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BEGONE ANGST!! I BESEECH THEE

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Viral "Green Yuri" Manga 'The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All' Anime Adaptation Announced

Sumiko Arai’s popular Yuri manga The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta) is getting an anime adaptation. The news broke in Japan on Thursday, when the third collected Japanese volume, which included the anime's announcement, was released.

The manga's wrap-around packet band, as shown in the picture below from the official Animate AL. PLAZA X (formerly Twitter) account showcases the animation decision. No information on the anime's staff or release timeframe has been publicly announced at the time of writing.

Mangaka Sumiko Arai posted in response to the news on X, writing, "It’s so so touching and I’m so happy to be able to share the news with you guys... I hope it becomes something that’s loved worldwide by such a diverse & lovely audience like you guys. Thank you for always being a huge support, you made this happen!"

The manga, which started its weekly run on X in 2022, follows gyaru Aya Oosawa, who develops a crush on the alt clerk at the CD shop she frequents, unaware that it is her female classmate, Mitsuki Koga. Yen Press further describes the series:

Fashionable and upbeat high schooler Aya falls head over heels for an employee at a local CD shop. He’s got an air of mystery about him, always dressed well, and has impeccable taste in music. Little does she know―this supposedly male employee is actually her female classmate Mitsuki! Mitsuki generally keeps to herself, but since her seat is right next to Aya’s, she can’t help but be extremely aware of the other’s crush. Revealing the truth is out of the question―but perhaps getting closer to Aya wouldn’t be so bad…

The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All has cultivated a massive international online following. The first English volume became the publisher's Yen Press top manga debut, according to a "2024 Rewind" published on the company's social media accounts.

The second volume in the Yuri series was released in English on Tuesday. It is translated by Ajani Oloye with lettering by Brandon Bovia.

You can check out the first two collected volumes of The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All in English digitally and in paperback today: https://amzn.to/4gNfMc6

YuriMother makes a small affiliate commission from sales to help fund future coverage.

Edited 2/19/25 to include the author's comments.

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I have a hypothesis about the "burger"-"chicken sandwich" discourse. I want to see something.

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baby!!

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Really fucked up that you can just inherit complexes from your mother and be fully aware that they're complexes from your mother but still do all that shit

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Sua is so good at being the dead wife shown through flashbacks

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the face you make when the girl you latched onto in order to cope with your severe trauma shows up after going missing, so you forget that there's a gun pointed at you and run to her like a dog (someone's about to get shot)

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OK BUT CAN WE TALK ABOUT THIS

WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS

THE WAGYEIN THATS A MANIFESTATION/REFLECTION OF THE DARKNESS WITHIN IVAN????

THAT REPRESENTS THE PART OF HIMSELF THAT HE HATES??? THAT HE HIDES???? BC HE DOESNT THINK ANYONE WOULD EVER BE ABLE TO ACCEPT THAT PART OF HIM???

HENCE WHY TILL FACING IT HEAD ON WAS SO MEANINGFUL TO HIM???? THE ONE THAT MIZI WAS TERRIFIED OF AT FIRST ENCOUNTER?????

NOBODY IS AFRAID HERE

NOBODY IS UNCOMFORTABLE HERE (I mean I think Till is just panicking about suddenly being lifted into the air lol)

THEYRE ALL GENUINELY COMFORTABLE BEING AROUND THE WAGYEIN BEING SO CLOSE TAKING CARE OF IT.

WHO SAID NOBODY LOVES IVAN NOBODY CAN EVER ACCEPT IVAN MY CHILDREN ALL LOVE EACH OTHER AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

IF THIS ISNT THEM ACCEPTING ALL THE PIECES OF IVAN WHAT IS

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EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP NEW HADES II UPDATE ANNOUNCED

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Ik they were probably already posted 10 times, but here are some of my favourites

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I MISS MY WIVES TAILS I MISS THEM A LOT

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forever floored by folks who refuse to read anything not tradpub when it comes to queer books cause let me tell you there is so much in indie or smaller publishers being written that would blow your socks off AND theyre not beholden to censorship of tradpub as they try to "keep things nice for their image" (which is ironic considering the kinds of cishet romances that get put out)

here are some queer indie books that ive been reading that yall should check out

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Batboys 🤗

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USA people! Buy NOTHING Feb 28 2025. Not anything. 24 hours. No spending. Buy the day before or after but nothing. NOTHING. February 28 2025. Not gas. Not milk. Not something on a gaming app. Not a penny spent. (Only option in a crisis is local small mom and pop. Nothing. Else.) Promise me. Commit. 1 day. 1 day to scare the shit out of them that they don't get to follow the bullshit executive orders. They don't get to be cowards. If they do, it costs. It costs.

Then, if you can join me for Phase 2. March 7 2025 thtough March 14 2025? No Amazon. None. 1 week. No orders. Not a single item. Not one ebook. Nothing. 1 week. Just 1.

If you live outside the USA boycott US products on February 28 2025 and stand in solidarity with us and also join us for the week of no Amazon.

Are you with me?

Spread the word.

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losing my shit on how till literally never looks at ivan unless theyre actively fighting, like even in the flashback

and then during the song its the same thing

all ivan wants is for till to acknowledge him, just to look at him for even one second, give him a second thought- but he cant even do that

so then ivan does the fucking makout/choking sacrifice thing- "oh isnt he a hypocrite for getting mad at sua for doing the same thing?" no, because he was mad at sua because she knew what she would do would hurt mizi because she loved her.

ivan doesnt think sacrificing himself will hurt till, because till will never love him. HE KNOWS THIS AND YET HE STILL SACRIFICES HIMSELF FOR SOMEONE HE THINKS WILL NEVER LOVE HIM

AND EVEN NOW TILL WONT LOOK AT HIM

and then once he's certain till is safe, he gives him one last, real, selfish kiss

a last ditch admission of his love before

till finally looks at him, just too late

IM LOSING MY GODDAMN MIND GUYS ISTG

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Alien Stage is so crazy to me because it’s. It’s about many things but what stands out to me the most is how the children of Anakt Garden during times of extreme hardship and fear and literal alien colonization, instead of looking toward some omniscient being(s) for salvation or succumbing to cynicism/nihilism, they look toward each other to find hope. All it takes is a connection with one person, just one instance of butterflies in a society where things like love and romance are all but obsolete, and now they’re making that person their God their reason to live and breathe and wake up every morning. (Or, in some cases, to give up their lives. If it means protecting the life of their beloved.) And it’s like. It’s as if what sets us apart from aliens or simply what makes us human is our capacity to whole-heartedly, unabashedly love one another. Even to the end of ourselves.