April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01) – June 3, 2021 (2021-06-03)
Episodes
10
My Androgynous Boyfriend (Japanese: ジェンダーレス男子に愛されています。, Hepburn: Jendāresu Danshi ni Aisareteimasu, lit. "I'm Loved By a Genderless Boy") is a Japanese manga series by Tamekou. It was serialized in the monthly joseimanga magazineFeel Young from February 2018 to March 2023. A television drama adaptation, titled Colorful Love: Genderless Danshi ni Aisareteimasu, aired from April to June 2021, as part of Nippon TV's MokuDra F programming block.
Plot
Wako works as a manga editor at a publishing department, while her boyfriend, Meguru, is a model and a clerk at a clothing store with a large social media following. Meguru is part of the genderless fashion subculture and is knowledgeable about make-up and fashion, causing other people around the couple to tend to mistake the nature of their relationship, as well as Meguru's gender.[3]
Meguru is an androgynous model and a clothing store clerk with a large social media following. He partakes in the genderless fashion subculture and is knowledgeable about fashion and make-up.
Sasame is an androgynous with a cute, dreamy appearance. He is in an idol group with Meguru as the Unicorn Boys; however, he dislikes cute clothing and wants to be seen as manly, using his idol Aki from Exilia as an example.
An original character for the television drama adaptation, Asahi is Wako's co-worker and works in the same manga editing department, in addition to being Kira's love interest.
An original character for the television drama adaptation, Masami is Wako's co-worker who works in the same department as a manga editor.[6]
Media
Manga
My Androgynous Boyfriend is written and illustrated by Tamekou as her first work outside of the yaoi genre. It is serialized in the monthly manga magazineFeel Young, beginning in the March 2018 issue released on February 8, 2018.[3][7] The series will end serialization in the April 2023 issue released on March 8, 2023.[8] The chapters have been released in five tankōbon by Shodensha under the Feel Comics FC Swing imprint.[9]
To celebrate the release of the second volume, an art exhibit was featured at the Animate Girls Festival 2019.[10] Tamekou herself hosted a panel with genderless actor and model Toman as a guest.[1][11]
A live-action television series adaptation, titled Colorful Love: Genderless Danshi ni Aisareteimasu (カラフラブル～ジェンダーレス男子に愛されています。～) was announced on March 2, 2021.[4][24] The series began airing on April 1, 2021, on NTV and YTV as part of their MokuDra F programming block, with 10 episodes scheduled.[25]Colorful Love stars Ai Yoshikawa and Rihito Itagaki as Wako Machida and Meguru Sōma respectively.[4] Additional cast members include Renn Kiriyama as Kira and Miki Mizuno as Asahi Tetsumoto.[5][26]Oideyasu Oda [ja] was later announced as a regular cast member, appearing as Masami Sakai.[6][27] Hirotsugu Otsu and Kōsei Awaji, who are members of the group Kougu Ishin and the comedy duo Kitsune, made a guest appearance in episode 1 as part of a collaboration.[28] The series is directed by Izuru Kumasaka, Hiroaki Yuasa, and Takeshi Matsuura, with Fumi Tsubota in charge of the script and Akihiro Manabe in charge of the soundtrack.[24] The show's theme song is "Question" by Amber's.
Rebecca Silverman from Anime News Network praised My Androgynous Boyfriend for its artwork and "sweet romance" but mentioned that while the series brings up issues about gender, it ultimately doesn't do "enough" with them.[2]
Notes
^ abFor the live-action television drama adaptation, Wako and Meguru's first names were given kanji characters, Wako (和子) and Meguru (周).[4]
