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メンズライフ [Men's Life] #1
メンズライフ 1
【電子限定・カラー再現】人と関わることが苦手な美緒。双子の弟は友達に囲まれ寮生活を送っている。──ある夏、弟と人生を入れ替えることになり美緒の世界は一変して…!? 渡辺あゆの新・青春ラブは素敵な先輩とキラキラ同居生活！（※紙版とは一部内容が異なります。『Ｌ・ＤＫ』番外編は未収録です。）
199 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 11, 2018
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May 23, 2022
She's the Man 2.0
OKAY WHAT WAS THAT? DID THAT GUY JUST SERIOUSLY KABEDON-ED THE MAIN LEAD-IN-DISGUISE? I MEAN I LOVE BOYS LOVE AND THIS IS SHOUJO BUT RIN IS SUS OMGGG BTW THIS IS FUN I LOVE THIS! You gotta stop me though or I'll seriously put a boys love tag here!
OKAY WHAT WAS THAT? DID THAT GUY JUST SERIOUSLY KABEDON-ED THE MAIN LEAD-IN-DISGUISE? I MEAN I LOVE BOYS LOVE AND THIS IS SHOUJO BUT RIN IS SUS OMGGG BTW THIS IS FUN I LOVE THIS! You gotta stop me though or I'll seriously put a boys love tag here!
April 7, 2022
I dare you to look me in the eyes and tell me Rin is not gay... Right, you can't.
4 out of 5 stars.
4 out of 5 stars.
November 24, 2020
J’ai découvert les mangas de Ayu Watanabe avec sa série L-DK que je n’ai pas encore terminée mais que j’adore ! Du coup, voyant qu’une nouvelle série allait être traduite, je n’ai pas hésité à me procurer ce premier tome !
Yûta et Mio sont jumeaux. Le premier est lycéen en internat, très sociable et sportif tandis que sa sœur est tout le contraire. Quand son frère va lui demander d’échanger sa vie avec la sienne, sa première réaction va être de refuser. Il va finir par la persuader d’accepter et Yûta va s’envoler pour poursuivre des études à l’étranger et retrouver sa future petite amie…
Mio va devoir s’adapter et tout faire pour se faire passer pour son frère et cela va être compliqué vu sa timidité. Surtout qu’elle va devoir cohabiter avec Rin, un ami de Yûta qui est membre du club de volley-ball…
Un premier tome qui m’a beaucoup plu ! J’ai hâte de voir ce que nous réserve la suite de l’histoire ! Le tome 2 est prévu pour mars 2021 ! ♥
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Yûta et Mio sont jumeaux. Le premier est lycéen en internat, très sociable et sportif tandis que sa sœur est tout le contraire. Quand son frère va lui demander d’échanger sa vie avec la sienne, sa première réaction va être de refuser. Il va finir par la persuader d’accepter et Yûta va s’envoler pour poursuivre des études à l’étranger et retrouver sa future petite amie…
Mio va devoir s’adapter et tout faire pour se faire passer pour son frère et cela va être compliqué vu sa timidité. Surtout qu’elle va devoir cohabiter avec Rin, un ami de Yûta qui est membre du club de volley-ball…
Un premier tome qui m’a beaucoup plu ! J’ai hâte de voir ce que nous réserve la suite de l’histoire ! Le tome 2 est prévu pour mars 2021 ! ♥
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November 9, 2020
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Ce premier tome pose les bases de l’histoire que je trouve légère et agréable à lire. Le lecteur suit Mio, dans des situations surréalistes en se demandant quand ses camarades vont s’apercevoir que quelque chose cloche.
Bref, si j’ai apprécié ma lecture (quand même) je reste dubitative sur pas mal de plans et ça me donne encore plus hâte de lire la suite pour savoir.
Ce premier tome pose les bases de l’histoire que je trouve légère et agréable à lire. Le lecteur suit Mio, dans des situations surréalistes en se demandant quand ses camarades vont s’apercevoir que quelque chose cloche.
Bref, si j’ai apprécié ma lecture (quand même) je reste dubitative sur pas mal de plans et ça me donne encore plus hâte de lire la suite pour savoir.
January 28, 2021
2,5 ⭐
I remember that I liked this way more when I was younger.
But we do love to see a She's the Man manga version ♥️
I remember that I liked this way more when I was younger.
But we do love to see a She's the Man manga version ♥️
July 31, 2021
Ohhh, Ayu Watanabe. LDK may have been implausible at times, but this book is downright impossible. Not only does it make zero sense for Mio to be able to replace her fraternal twin brother on the volleyball team and at school, but his intense stupidity - making his agoraphobic, anxious sister who has been homeschooled because of her issues switch places with him so that he can hare off to Australia after a girl he's not even dating (stalker much?) - just tanks any chance this book had. Throw in inconsistent characterization for Rin (the roommate/teammate/love interest) and this is just a mess.
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July 28, 2025She’s the man as a manga???!!!
June 21, 2020
Alternate title: ‘My Brother the Asshole’.
Geeze this book. I’ve rarely been so annoyed by a ham-handed premise that it wrecks the whole book... but... congrats!
Mio is, for vague reasons, a shut-in who has crippling social anxiety and does distance education. Her brother, Yuuta, is a popular extrovert on his school’s volleyball team. He falls in love with a girl who is moving to Australia, where Mio’s school has an exchange program.
So not only does Yuuta need to switch places with Mio (I hope he’s good at whatever she’s taking her degree in, oh but who cares?), he begs her to take over for him at his school. Not to mention, he has no idea if this girl even likes him.
Sometimes premises make me infuriatingly mad. This was one of them. Mio clearly hates being at the university and is in no way equipped to deal with this, but rather than something helpful like therapy or acknowledging that this is a dumb idea, let’s go with the old ‘throw them into the deep end of the pool to teach ‘em to swim’ approach.
Yuuta checks out of the story and just leaves her to deal so he can go be a selfish jerk in Australia over the girl. I hope a dingo eats him.
The rest of the book is Mio trying to pass as Yuuta in the boys’ dorms and as a volleyball player, which I’m sure will be no issue. It’s got your incoming romance, anxiety-ridden misunderstandings, and your fake boys-love content.
This book reminded me a lot of Vampire Dormitory, but if you stripped anything fun out of it. Two stars because I think somebody will like it. For myself, there’s no second volume chance coming for this one.
Geeze this book. I’ve rarely been so annoyed by a ham-handed premise that it wrecks the whole book... but... congrats!
Mio is, for vague reasons, a shut-in who has crippling social anxiety and does distance education. Her brother, Yuuta, is a popular extrovert on his school’s volleyball team. He falls in love with a girl who is moving to Australia, where Mio’s school has an exchange program.
So not only does Yuuta need to switch places with Mio (I hope he’s good at whatever she’s taking her degree in, oh but who cares?), he begs her to take over for him at his school. Not to mention, he has no idea if this girl even likes him.
Sometimes premises make me infuriatingly mad. This was one of them. Mio clearly hates being at the university and is in no way equipped to deal with this, but rather than something helpful like therapy or acknowledging that this is a dumb idea, let’s go with the old ‘throw them into the deep end of the pool to teach ‘em to swim’ approach.
Yuuta checks out of the story and just leaves her to deal so he can go be a selfish jerk in Australia over the girl. I hope a dingo eats him.
The rest of the book is Mio trying to pass as Yuuta in the boys’ dorms and as a volleyball player, which I’m sure will be no issue. It’s got your incoming romance, anxiety-ridden misunderstandings, and your fake boys-love content.
This book reminded me a lot of Vampire Dormitory, but if you stripped anything fun out of it. Two stars because I think somebody will like it. For myself, there’s no second volume chance coming for this one.
August 10, 2020
2020 Read #522
I don’t know how anyone can make a crossdressing-girl-in-a-boys’-world story boring, but Ayu Watanabe has done it. There is nothing fresh here or exciting or even noteworthy. It is just a dull take on old tropes. Give this one a skip and go track down Hana-Kimi or the K-drama You’re Beautiful for better hijinks.
I don’t know how anyone can make a crossdressing-girl-in-a-boys’-world story boring, but Ayu Watanabe has done it. There is nothing fresh here or exciting or even noteworthy. It is just a dull take on old tropes. Give this one a skip and go track down Hana-Kimi or the K-drama You’re Beautiful for better hijinks.
April 24, 2022
Oh ich liebe es! Irgendwie macht es mich auch ein bisschen traurig, dass ich ldk wahrscheinlich nie physisch besitze, aber diese Reihe hier ist auch zum dahinschmelzen. Irgendwie erinnert mich Mio an mich selbst. ich weiß nicht warum, aber irgendwie könnte ich das auch sein. Ich bin auf den Folgeband gespannt
November 9, 2020
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Je remercie les Éditions Pika pour l’envoi de cette lecture. Clairement, dès le début, quand j’ai lu le résumé de ce manga, j’ai tout de suite pensé à un film que j’avais vu adolescente qui s’appelait She’s man. Autant vous dire que cela m’a rendu curieuse vis-à-vis du contenu. 😉
Mio est une jeune fille très introvertie. Elle a beaucoup de mal à communiquer avec les autres personnes. De ce fait, sa mère lui fait faire des cours à distance, elle ne va jamais en cours.
Mais elle n’est pas la seule enfant de la famille. Elle a un frère jumeau, Rin, qui est son total opposé niveau caractère. Même s’il se ressemble comme deux gouttes d’eau physiquement, ce dernier n’a aucune difficulté à communiquer. Au contraire, il vit en internat, fait du volley, à plein d’amis, etc.
Sauf qu’il rentre de l’internat, pour quelques jours de vacances. Premières choses qu’il fait, c’est demander à Mio d’échanger leur vie, il la supplie. En effet, il a rencontré une fille dont il est amoureux, mais elle part en Australie. Il veut se faire passer auprès de leur mère pour elle, en disant qu’il va faire les cours en Australie, pendant qu’elle, prendra la place de son frère au pensionnat. Même si au début elle refuse elle finit par dire oui. Le problème, c’est qu’elle reste très introvertie et a toujours autant de mal à communiquer avec les autres…
J’ai adoré l’histoire. Clairement, Mio ne change pas de personnalité du jour au lendemain et même si l’aventure la tente, cela n’est pas simple pour elle. Elle reste cette jeune fille introvertie, qui restait la plupart du temps chez elle.
Ce qui est intéressant ici, c’est qu’elle va devoir partager sa chambre avec un de ses camarades de volley, qui évidemment, n’a aucune idée que cette dernière est une fille. Cela mène à des quiproquos vraiment sympathiques.
En bref, un nouveau Shojo de chez Pika vraiment plaisant. Évidemment, j’adore ce genre de manga, donc c’était pour moi un plaisir de le découvrir et je n’ai qu’une hâte, de pouvoir voir la suite de cette histoire.
Je remercie les Éditions Pika pour l’envoi de cette lecture. Clairement, dès le début, quand j’ai lu le résumé de ce manga, j’ai tout de suite pensé à un film que j’avais vu adolescente qui s’appelait She’s man. Autant vous dire que cela m’a rendu curieuse vis-à-vis du contenu. 😉
Mio est une jeune fille très introvertie. Elle a beaucoup de mal à communiquer avec les autres personnes. De ce fait, sa mère lui fait faire des cours à distance, elle ne va jamais en cours.
Mais elle n’est pas la seule enfant de la famille. Elle a un frère jumeau, Rin, qui est son total opposé niveau caractère. Même s’il se ressemble comme deux gouttes d’eau physiquement, ce dernier n’a aucune difficulté à communiquer. Au contraire, il vit en internat, fait du volley, à plein d’amis, etc.
Sauf qu’il rentre de l’internat, pour quelques jours de vacances. Premières choses qu’il fait, c’est demander à Mio d’échanger leur vie, il la supplie. En effet, il a rencontré une fille dont il est amoureux, mais elle part en Australie. Il veut se faire passer auprès de leur mère pour elle, en disant qu’il va faire les cours en Australie, pendant qu’elle, prendra la place de son frère au pensionnat. Même si au début elle refuse elle finit par dire oui. Le problème, c’est qu’elle reste très introvertie et a toujours autant de mal à communiquer avec les autres…
J’ai adoré l’histoire. Clairement, Mio ne change pas de personnalité du jour au lendemain et même si l’aventure la tente, cela n’est pas simple pour elle. Elle reste cette jeune fille introvertie, qui restait la plupart du temps chez elle.
Ce qui est intéressant ici, c’est qu’elle va devoir partager sa chambre avec un de ses camarades de volley, qui évidemment, n’a aucune idée que cette dernière est une fille. Cela mène à des quiproquos vraiment sympathiques.
En bref, un nouveau Shojo de chez Pika vraiment plaisant. Évidemment, j’adore ce genre de manga, donc c’était pour moi un plaisir de le découvrir et je n’ai qu’une hâte, de pouvoir voir la suite de cette histoire.
July 17, 2020
Men’s Life is the second series by Ayu Watanabe which have been translated in English after her famous series, LDK. Those who enjoyed the latter will enjoy this, as for me, I’m kind of mehh about it.
We are following Mio, a teenage girl who is afraid to face people therefore, she is living with her mom and attends a correspondence school. The story starts when her twin brother Yuta is coming back home. The siblings are complete opposites, Yuta is the center of attention, a member of the volleyball club and he lives in a dormitory; he is, what we call, a social butterfly. But Yuta has an idea in mind. He asks his sister to switch lives with him so that he can go to Australia and be with the girl he loves. She reluctantly accepts but only for one day. That’s where the story starts and where our love interest, Rin comes in.
I’m not gonna lie, the premise of the manga is a little bit far-fetched. Mio is anxious about interacting with people but yet, she still accepts to do it. I guess she must really like her brother, because it seems high improbable that someone who is that anxious, would be like: “go on, let’s switch life, I will interact with people I don’t know even though I’m socially anxious to the point where I’m taking correspondence classes.”
As I stated earlier, those who like LDK will enjoy Men’s Life since it has a similar plot point. I guess Watanabe really like to force her characters to live together, like in LDK, Mio will have to share a room with Rin, while impersonating her brother. Of course, this means proximity between the two, but the way Rin is acting toward Mio, who is supposed to be Yuta, is so unnatural. No guy would act so flirty with another guy who they are friends with. I know it is made so that the heroine falls in love with him, but it just feels weird. Like which guy would pin one down on his bed? No one!
We are following Mio, a teenage girl who is afraid to face people therefore, she is living with her mom and attends a correspondence school. The story starts when her twin brother Yuta is coming back home. The siblings are complete opposites, Yuta is the center of attention, a member of the volleyball club and he lives in a dormitory; he is, what we call, a social butterfly. But Yuta has an idea in mind. He asks his sister to switch lives with him so that he can go to Australia and be with the girl he loves. She reluctantly accepts but only for one day. That’s where the story starts and where our love interest, Rin comes in.
I’m not gonna lie, the premise of the manga is a little bit far-fetched. Mio is anxious about interacting with people but yet, she still accepts to do it. I guess she must really like her brother, because it seems high improbable that someone who is that anxious, would be like: “go on, let’s switch life, I will interact with people I don’t know even though I’m socially anxious to the point where I’m taking correspondence classes.”
As I stated earlier, those who like LDK will enjoy Men’s Life since it has a similar plot point. I guess Watanabe really like to force her characters to live together, like in LDK, Mio will have to share a room with Rin, while impersonating her brother. Of course, this means proximity between the two, but the way Rin is acting toward Mio, who is supposed to be Yuta, is so unnatural. No guy would act so flirty with another guy who they are friends with. I know it is made so that the heroine falls in love with him, but it just feels weird. Like which guy would pin one down on his bed? No one!
July 13, 2021
* 4.5 ⭐️
Ahh I really loved this series. It’s about a girl taking the place of her twin brother in his high school so that he could go after the girl he likes abroad. As you can see from the premise I just described it’s pretty wacky.
There was just something really innocent and cute with this story and the romance, I don’t know how to describe it. It was just really nerve-wrecking, exciting, adorable and wholesome watching the two main leads.
If there’s one thing I’m really regretful about, it’s how short the series was, because
1) this story is absolutely adorable I need more of it,
and 2) there’re a lot of plot holes that wouldn’t have been there had the series been a bit longer. As it is right now, there’re a lot of details in the story the author either skipped or explained weakly.
I think about 30 chapters – 15 more than there it is now – would’ve been the perfect length to craft a believable and detailed story.
Nonetheless, despite being flawed it was able to successfully flaunt its charm to me and made me appreciate the story a lot. If you want a light read between all the heavy and serious ones, please give this underrated series a try.
Consists of chapters 1 - 3
[ Average rating of the series - 4.5 ⭐️
4.5 stars - volumes 1 - 4 ]
Ahh I really loved this series. It’s about a girl taking the place of her twin brother in his high school so that he could go after the girl he likes abroad. As you can see from the premise I just described it’s pretty wacky.
There was just something really innocent and cute with this story and the romance, I don’t know how to describe it. It was just really nerve-wrecking, exciting, adorable and wholesome watching the two main leads.
If there’s one thing I’m really regretful about, it’s how short the series was, because
1) this story is absolutely adorable I need more of it,
and 2) there’re a lot of plot holes that wouldn’t have been there had the series been a bit longer. As it is right now, there’re a lot of details in the story the author either skipped or explained weakly.
I think about 30 chapters – 15 more than there it is now – would’ve been the perfect length to craft a believable and detailed story.
Nonetheless, despite being flawed it was able to successfully flaunt its charm to me and made me appreciate the story a lot. If you want a light read between all the heavy and serious ones, please give this underrated series a try.
Consists of chapters 1 - 3
[ Average rating of the series - 4.5 ⭐️
4.5 stars - volumes 1 - 4 ]
December 30, 2025
This manga reminded me of To the Beautiful You, where the female lead hides her identity and lives as a boy. In this story, however, the female lead does so to help her twin brother, who wants to follow the girl he likes to another country. I initially assumed the school would be all-boys, but it turned out to be a co-ed school, which lessened the impact of the premise for me. The storyline felt predictable, possibly because I’ve already read and watched many stories with a similar setup. I also found it frustrating that the siblings didn’t try to handle the situation more responsibly or straightforwardly. I especially felt bad for the female lead, as it seemed like she forced herself into this role after listening to what her mother said to her brother, rather than making the choice freely. In the end, I decided to drop this manga because reading it made me uncomfortable, and I also struggled with the dialogue, which was difficult for me to fully understand.
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November 30, 2020
Mio trades places with her twin (a bubbly, extroverted boy) so he can chase his dream to Australia. For her, this means stepping out of her comfort zone (extreme introvert) and into his spot in the boys' dormitory and on the men's volleyball team. Yeeeah. This will go well.
Complete in 4 volumes.
Complete in 4 volumes.
August 22, 2021
Petit manga sympa, le scénario est assez classique mais j'aime beaucoup, ça se laisse lire facilement et ça fait du bien ! Il y a quelques situations un peu cocasses qui font sourire mais j'ai surtout hâte de lire le tome 2 pour voir comment la situation va changer et comment Mio va évoluer, puisque ce tome est assez introductif :)
September 21, 2021
So far it’s pretty bad. It makes no sense, and it hops around too much to give a coherent story. It’s one thing to switch places at a new school, but to switch into a class where everyone knows you? And play a sport? That’s not a good plan at all. It’s impossible for me to relate to Mio, who needs a kick in the ass to stop being an idiot.
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September 16, 2025
personnellement j'adore ce genre de shojo ou l'héroïne se retrouve a devoir se faire passer pour quelqu'un du genre opposé, ça donne toujours naissance a des situations tres cocasses. Pour tous ceux qui ont aimé Hana Kimi, cette petite série en seulement 4 tomes est faite pour vous, rapide a lire, agréable, douce et rigolote ☀️
November 7, 2025
Is this good? Nooo. Am I into it? YESSSSS it’s like a less good version of she’s the man if the sexual tension was immediate. Why are you trapping “him” all the time like that. Also I kind of like that people are getting upset with her over her overthinking. It’s kind of refreshing cause it’s hard to deal with
August 6, 2026
J'ai acheté plusieurs mini-séries d'occasion et je les lirai dans les prochaines semaines. J'ai commencé celle-ci car je connaissais déjà Ayu Watanabe.
L'introduction n'est pas très convaincante, mais les personnages sont vraiment attachants et on peut lire le tome en dix minutes.
De plus, les illustrations sont bien meilleures que dans la dernière série que j'ai lue.
L'introduction n'est pas très convaincante, mais les personnages sont vraiment attachants et on peut lire le tome en dix minutes.
De plus, les illustrations sont bien meilleures que dans la dernière série que j'ai lue.
July 8, 2020
Chapters 01 - 03: This looks like it will be an interesting series and I look forward to reading more about Mio and seeing how she adapts to get brothers life as well as seeing what happens between her and Rin.
October 20, 2020
It's one of those shoujo manga where the twin sister takes her brother's place and goes undercover at school. I like that I'm getting exactly what I expect - plus it was 99 cents. Very fluffy, very cute.
February 24, 2021
A peine acheté, déjà lu et adoré !
C’est frais, drôle, plein de situations gênantes à mourrir de rire. Un shojo prometteur et des dessins sublimes, tout ce que j’aime !
C’est frais, drôle, plein de situations gênantes à mourrir de rire. Un shojo prometteur et des dessins sublimes, tout ce que j’aime !
June 29, 2021
So cute!! She's the man the Japanese version..
I literally thought 8she's the man was based on it but apparently it's not that old manga
I literally thought 8she's the man was based on it but apparently it's not that old manga
April 10, 2022
4/5⭐️
September 25, 2022
Es ist irgendwie noch nicht so viel los die Charaktere sind mir auch nicht zu herzen gewachsen bin noch nicht gecatcht aber es ist ganz in Ordnung bisher
December 9, 2022
I completed the series but i’m too lazy to mark them. Well anyway
September 28, 2023
3.5 stars
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May 5, 2024
Starting off iffy here!!! Her bro really is going to switch places to stalk a girl? Lol
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