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強さを求めてひた走り、「侍」の異名を持つ剣道部主将・仙石芽衣。女子力高く仕草や口調は女の子、女装も辞さないオネエ男子・藤司郎。真逆の2人だけど、オネエ男子が侍女子にまさかの恋。告白攻撃を侍女子が叩き斬る!? 「新しい扉、開けるわよ。」ツッコミ不在(!?)のハイテンションラブコメ!!

Mei Sengoku is an independent girl and captain of her high school kendo club who enjoys helping others in need. This has earned her a lot of admirers among the girls at her school, as well as a guy named Shirou Fuji well-known at school for his girly way of speaking and gestures. When Shirou asks Mei to go out with him, she simply rejects him, but he comes back the next day and tells her he's not going to give up on her so easily.

186 pages, Paperback

First published November 5, 2014

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Junko Ike

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Name in native language: 池ジュン子

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Profile Image for Curious Madra.
3,087 reviews120 followers
February 7, 2022
Although it didn’t really hit the mark with me as being a good or excellent “gender reverse” romance manga out there, both characters interactions were cute. It’s just I felt it was rather long winded and that there were a few plot holes. Again it is adorable!
Profile Image for Dilushani Jayalath.
1,031 reviews197 followers
July 16, 2016
This is definitely not my type of book but I totally LOVED IT!!!! this story is freaking cute. Truth be told, I normally get grossed out when I see main characters like this but this two, I just loved them. This was in some ways quite similar to Horimiya but original in its own way. Simply cute though ;)
330 reviews98 followers
January 1, 2016
Rating up to chapter 12. Review to follow.
Profile Image for Florencia Duarte (TotallyBookNerd).
13 reviews10 followers
October 20, 2017
This manga is incredible, it´s so sweet and funny! I really loved it <3
The art is beautiful, the characters are quite unique and expresive. I didn´t know what to expect but it definetelly exceeded my expectations.
I´m going to continue reading this story.
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945 reviews25 followers
July 2, 2017
Hilarious. This manga has really no qualms about gender roles or even gender in general.

Though, I felt a bit iffy with the main character's fear of thunder. Too cliche. I just hope she won't suddenly discover that she actually adores stuff animals and girly clothes.
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440 reviews30 followers
October 15, 2015
This is actually a series, but I can't find any of the other volumes on here. Since I'm not sure how many volumes are in this series or how many pages and such are in each volume, I don't feel confident to submit the volumes onto this site.

So I'm going to put up a review for what I have read so far, as of right now, I am starting volume 3. (I'm reading them online, so I can only read how ever much they update and when they update.)

It's kind of a cute story, but it really plays upon the gender roles, which is a bit of larger issue where I am right now. He enjoys sewing and cheer-leading, all the things a girl would like. While she is into kendo and is overly driven. And somehow they find love together.

I don't mind them switching gender roles like that, there are some psychological reasons behind each of them (not all of which I have figured out yet). But I don't think the author is going about it the best way. I actually am a bit bored at times with the story. But I'll keep reading it as they update.
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284 reviews56 followers
November 9, 2019
Un premier volume que j'ai bien apprécié !
C'est vraiment rafraîchissant d'avoir un shojo qui sorte un peu de l'ordinaire, où le personnage féminin est masculin, mais où le personnage masculin est lui très féminin ! C'est intéressant d'avoir cet inversement. Ça sort de l'ordinaire et j'aime ça.
Les dessins sont superbes, c'est un vrai plaisir à regarder.
Et puis ce manga est très drôle haha.
Profile Image for ⋆☆☽ Kriss ☾☆⋆.
625 reviews210 followers
March 25, 2019
This review is somewhat different than usual because this is an ongoing series of 10 volumes currently. I've read through volume 9, which has been completely scanned and translated.

Mizutama Honey Boy (which should be translated as Polka Dot Honey Boy, as 水玉 is a common abbreviated form of 水玉模様, the full term for polka dots in Japanese; this is in reference to Shirou often using polka dot patterned things, like the ribbon he uses to tie up the sweets he gives to Mei. Also, "honey boy" is part of the original title as loan words from English, written in katakana phonetically as "hani boi") is a really cute, light manga that enjoys playing around with the concepts of gender as part of its theming. Its main characters, Sengoku Mei and Fuji Shirou, have personalities and traits more associated with the opposite gender than with the one they identify with. Shirou falls for Mei and the two become friends and eventually start going out.

Although the plot is pretty straightforward and this is more of a comedic romance manga full of gags and exaggerated situations, it has a very lovely style and does a wonderful job of creating a cute and interesting dynamic with its leads that doesn't really have a lot of tension or drama or a lot of seriousness. Things progress naturally and always feel light and fun and sweet, so it's easy to read and digest. I think this sort of storyline would make for a really cute character-driven anime.

That being said, this manga definitely is a light read and doesn't get too complex or have much conflict or emotional turmoil (at least as far as up to volume 9 is concerned). The majority of the chapters are episodic, focusing on events that pop up like school events, trips, holidays, the appearance of new characters, or things happening within the supporting cast. The overarching plot deals with Mei slowly developing and realizing her feelings for Shirou, starting out as classmates to acquaintances to close friends to lovers. I imagine the plot from here on out will focus on how the two of them handle dating and becoming even more close and romantic. I also imagine if any true conflict is going to happen this might be the place, but with the tone being so light and sweet and casual, I suspect it'll mostly stick to mild conflicts and comedic episodes, rather than try to go for sudden seriousness.

I do appreciate how lax the ideas of gender are in this series; despite some general "act like a man!" references or "wow she's not feminine at all" references, Mei and Shirou get to be themselves without much hassle and the other characters interact with them normally despite it. No one really tries to harm or insult them for being themselves. Shirou sometimes flirts with boys and Mei is often swooned over by girls and the binary of their behavior, Shirou cooks and cleans and sometimes cross-dresses and Mei is physically strong and has a more refined, stoic way of behaving. While the concepts of gender and characters deviation from the binary is brought up or mentioned and have their place as part of the narrative's charm and comedy, isn't really ever regarded as an issue or analyzed. It's accepted and fine. It's nice! A lot of the time, manga that seek to play around with the ideas of gender tend to end up falling back into emphasizing the binary or end with the character who deviated from it growing up and embracing their gender's traits and shedding most of what made them appear different to begin with, rather than being able to remain as they are, not quite conforming to the binary. I hope we continue to see it in the future and that by the end we don't have Mei giving up her tomboy traits or Shirou's personality becoming more traditionally masculine.

If I had any criticisms they'd mostly come down to the fact that although I find this to be a really cute and sweet manga, the story didn't really grab me. I skimmed a lot of it because the plot is simple and a lot of what happens in each chapter isn't really relevant beyond "Mei and Shirou get a little closer and have more time to develop their feelings and relationship in the midst of this event."
I suppose that's why there's a side bonus chapters and little single column comic strips in nearly every volume; it's really easy to just insert the character into a given situation and have it play out. It's not a bad format, but I do think that it makes this story harder to read in one go. This definitely works better as a "read one chapter a week" kind of story in my opinion, so me reading 46 chapters plus a bunch of bonus chapters in one go didn't really work in the story's favor.

I'll probably stick with the series, though I'll probably not actively seek out new releases that often simply because this is just a soft, cute read and not especially gripping in terms of what's going to happen next, since the overall plot seems quite self evident. I also think I'll try to keep an eye out for more of the author's work, since her style is really nice!





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123 reviews17 followers
May 8, 2018

This was an interesting read. Actually it’s a shojo and the story fully fits this genre but there are some points which make story special because to be honest I’m no big fan of those all girly shojo stories with blushing shy girls and all those pink sparkles. Luckily, this series is very different in certain aspects. This makes everything refreshing and so, a not-shojo reader found herself enjoying this volume very much and I hope the next ones won’t fail me either.

The question to ask is, what’s that refreshing aspect? This manga is all about stereotypes. Thinking of the way shojo stories go, there are the “weak” girls and the “strong” boys. They fall in love. They struggle. Whatever. My Honey Boy plays with exactly this stereotypes of characters. The two main protagonists are a girl called Mei who’s extremely good at Kendo, only seeks to be strong and doesn’t have any interest for cute girly stuff. All girls look up to her, of course, because she’s sooooo strong and amazing //rolls eyes// And then there’s Shiro. A boy who behaves more like a girl, is interested in cooking and sewing and everything that’s actually typical for girls. He even looks fragile and more feminine. I’ll be honest here, I find him very very very cute!! ♡

Everything starts with Shiro wanting to become Mei’s boyfriend and Mei rejecting him. Surprise surprise (actually not), he doesn’t give up that easily. So, the entire story circles around them. I found myself enchanted by Shiro’s behavior and despite Mei’s rejection, he’s such a cutie. Actually, I’m done parts he’s like Prince Charming whom everybody dreams about. I wasn’t surprised but liked the way his treatment sort of changed Mei’s mind setting. Not entirely, though. And there’s still a very long way to go but it’s depicted pretty lovely how relationships to other people who really care for you can change yourself. I think this is one of the best aspects of this first volume of the series.

In addition, and to my entertainment, this volume was pretty funny! There were quite a lot moments when I couldn’t stop laughing or snorted in laughter. Friendship, relationships and love are no easy subject to tell but this is put together as an easy and light read which doesn’t tear your heart apart but makes you smile and laugh and I’m sure, if hurting moments come, I’ll be caught momentarily and not left behind with that painful emptiness. Yeah, I really like that this is not meant to break my heart like other sadistic mangaka appear to me (totally looking at Jun Mochizuki!) ♡

All in all, an entertaining start of a new series! I’ll definitely get volume 2 because I want to know how the relationship between Mei and Shiro continues and also because I want to see more of Shiro!! He’s so cuuuuute!! ♡

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648 reviews24 followers
February 23, 2021
Beim zweiten mal Lesen hat mir der Manga sogar noch etwas besser gefallen.

Ein witziger, erfrischender Shojo-Manga, der mit der Thematik taffes Mädchen und niedlicher Junge spielt.

Es macht einfach Spaß diesen Manga zu lesen.
Mei ist ein wirklich taffes, eher unnahbares Mädchen. Sie ist im Kendo Club und geradezu der Schwarm der ganzen Schule.

Shiro dagegen mag alle süßen Dinge, er ist ein Fan von Handarbeit, Stricken, Backen, etc.

Ich liebe solche verdrehte Geschlechterrollen, alles das die veralteten Geschlechterstandards aufwirft.

Die Kombination der beiden Charaktere macht einfach Spaß.
Es gibt wirklich viele süße, witzige Szenen, die den Leser einfach zum lächeln bringen.
Ich finde die zarte Liebesgeschichte wirklich süß, das die Charaktere den jeweils anderen mit all seinen Kanten und Ecken akzeptieren.

Vorallem da Shiro am Anfang wirklich overwhelming und fast schon nervig war xD

Ich bin sehr neugierig wie sich die Geschichte weiterentwickelt und wie sehr die Charaktere wachsen werden.

Der Zeichenstil hat mir richtig gut gefallen, ist sehr detailliert und ausgeschmückt.
Die Emotionen sind wirklich greifbar und bildlich.

Einfach ein sehr süßer Manga zum Abschalten und Genießen.
Schöner Einstieg in eine erfrischende Shojo-Reihe.
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322 reviews1 follower
March 3, 2025
The boy was "raised as a woman," goes KYAAA~~ and wears shirts with frilly pink bows, bakes sweets, picks flowers, and is 'one of the girls' when it comes to relationship talk. She is a stoic Kendo god raised by men obsessed with strength and... that's about it.

The way their relationship 'starts' is RIDICULOUS. A criminal stalks her, gives her a bugged stuffed animal, a bunch of roses, then tries to kidnap her... and the day is saved because the boy hit on the male criminal. Next, there is a completely different criminal who somehow repeatedly sneaks onto school grounds and steals the girls' belongings... the day is once again saved by the boy who scares away the criminal by being a "fruit cake."

There is a romantic rival introduced who is a Kendo meathead that somehow killed a bear after being hospitalized after being caught off-guard by it before. Dumb.

I don't even know what to say. Why do people like this? This is like wanting to read high fantasy and going for an isekai harem series called "I Couldn't Hack It as a Salaryman and Jumped Off a Building to Follow My Dream of Living Quietly in the Countryside as a Retired SSS+ Class Knight"

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412 reviews23 followers
July 27, 2018
Als Mei auf Shiro trifft ist sie zuerst sehr irritiert. Der Junge ist doch sehr weiblich und verhält sich wie ein Mädchen. Aber behauptet nicht auf Jungs zu stehen. Mei merkt im Verlauf der Geschichte, dass sie manchmal nicht weiß, wie sie mit ihm umgehen soll und es ihr zwischendurch auch unangenehm ist, dass er sich so verhält. Was Mei dabei verkennt ist, dass sie im Prinzip sein Pendent ist. Denn sie verhält sich auch nicht wie das typische Mädchen. Sie ist stark und Kendo ist ihr ein und alles. Stärke ist für sie alles und dafür würde sie alles tun. 

An manchen Stellen war mir persönlich Shiro etwas zu "Over the top" und hat mich eher ein wenig mit seiner mütterlichen Art genervt. Aber in Prinzip ist er echt goldig und ich bin gespannt, wie es mit ihm und Mei weitergehen wird. 



Auch wenn mich Shiro zwischendurch etwas nervte, so ist seine und Mei's Geschichte toll zu lesen. Man kann so einiges zwischen den Zeilen lesen und ich finde es einfach toll, was Junko Ike uns damit vermitteln möchte. 

4 von 5 Punkten
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272 reviews9 followers
February 27, 2021
This manga is a re-read for me since I didn't finish reading years ago so I'm coming back just to finish the whole series. I remember laughing so hard and loving each character in the series so much. The MC (Mei Sengoku) surprisingly wasn't harsh to the ML (Shirou Fuji) about his girlishness. The ML also loves her not because of her strength but her as a normal girl which makes the story 10x better than I remember it to be. What I noticed the most was how "open" minded people with the idea of both of them having such personality and the whole school was not being mean to them or maybe cuz both are so popular...probably

a great volume to start of the series and I'm excited for more. The storyline so far is just so fluffy and it makes me smile or mostly grinning while flipping through each page.
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178 reviews
December 16, 2020
¡Sumamente divertido! No me esperaba para nada que este reverso en los roles fuera a funcionar de esta manera innovadora, me encantó. Realmente Fuji-kun y Sengoku-san tienen una química única derivada de sus particulares personalidades. Aunque los chicos afeminados me dan un poco de cringe en mangas shoujos, la sinceridad de Fuji-kun me atrapó por completo y su manera de demostrar su hombría a Sengoku-san es encantadora con esos pequeños detalles que hacen sentir a cualquier mujer amada. Por otro lado, la comedia tipo tsukomi del manga es suprema, personajes como Nano-senpai me hicieron reír a carcajadas; además de que Fuji-kun siempre es divertido con sus peculiares gustos (por ejemplo, cuando optó por vestirse como animadora para alentar a Sengoku-san en su práctica de Kendo). Muy divertido pero a la vez muy tierno este primer tomo, la historia promete bastante.
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738 reviews11 followers
April 7, 2023
Je sors de cette lecture avec un avis mitigé. On me l'avait vendue comme une histoire qui casse les préjugés, et on voit bien que la mangaka essaie, mais elle n'arrive pas jusqu'au bout. En plus, je n'ai pas apprécié certaines phrases et mots ici et là ('j'ai mon orgueil d'homme ', l'utilisation du mot 'travelo', 't'esune fille, prends soin de toi' entre autres).
Celle-ci n'est pourtant pas une lecture désagréable : les personnages sont assez attachants malgré tout, certaines scènes assez drôles. Bref, je ne sais pas si je continuerai avec les tomes suivants, en tout cas pas toute de suite.
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922 reviews4 followers
April 26, 2020
Un homme efféminé, une fille forte, nous voilà avec un duo où les "rôles" sont intervertis. Cela aurait pu partir sur une critique de la société et de ses codes mais j'ai trouvé que la mangaka tapait à côté à chaque fois, c'est dommage. De plus, les situations dans lesquelles nous retrouvons les personnages sont drôles certes mais guère innovantes et le dénouement déjà redondant. Je ne poursuivrai pas.
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103 reviews1 follower
May 19, 2020
J'AI PROFITÉ DE #RESTECHEZTOIAVECUNMANGA
DONT AKATA FAIT PROFITER POUR LIRE LE PREMIER TOME DE MY FAIR HONEY BOY.
Ca casse les codes : qui, ou quoi, dis comment doit se comporter un homme ou une femme pour être l'un ou l'autre et trouver la personne à aimer qui saura aimer en retour. My fair honey boy est ce genre de titre et on aime ça, ce premier tome est vraiment bon, hâte de voir comment vont évoluer Mei et Shirô.
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305 reviews6 followers
October 18, 2017
One of those manga you read when you don't want anything with excessive drama or complicated overarching plot spanning several volumes just to beat 1 bad guy. Humorous, entertaining read that managed to not stray into the sappy romance category.
Light read and cute, something to read when you just want to relax and be amused.
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269 reviews
February 23, 2025
The guy is already thinking of marriage! 🫠 / a crazy stalker appears / oh wow, he knows his skills / I’m rooting for him so bad / the cheerleader uniform ✨ / Nanao who? / Nanao wants the best of both worlds haha / They balance each other so perfectly
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2,840 reviews88 followers
March 5, 2025
一日全話無料だったので全10巻の感想:☆3.5.
最後の最後まで、メイン二人が女性らしく/男性らしく「矯正」されずにハッピーエンドだったのは良かった。
が、10巻も続くと途中で飽きてしまった...高校生が主人公のラブコメだし、修学旅行や文化祭という王道のストーリー要素があるのでどうしても新鮮味はなくなってしまうのはわかるが。
ただ、コメディ色強めで始まったラブコメが長く続くと、途中から変にシリアスな展開になりがちだけれど、このシリーズはそういう事もなく最後までわちゃわちゃしてたのは良かった。
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Author 3 books7 followers
June 19, 2018
What can I say I love stories about emotionally dense characters & this one is great.
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440 reviews2 followers
May 9, 2019
The guy is super girly. I wished that he wouldn't sound like a girly girl. He should talk naturally. I loved Senzoku's personality. Just like a warrior. A good story indeed.
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274 reviews
February 14, 2024
10 Bände und beide haben schon im ersten Band einen Crush gegenseitig... Mal sehen ob sich das in der Story gut entwickelt
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