What's up otaku(s)?! It's been ages since I wrote something in our community, but this doesn't mean that I haven't been watching anime or reading manga. I still do... every day, even. However, I'm mostly re-watching anime with my mama and I have most likely written reviews on them in the past. Well, there are new ones I'm about to review in the days to come, but today, I want to talk about a manga I recently read which is called ***"TOMO-CHAN wa ONNANOKO"***.
The story revolve around Tomo-chan and her family and friends. Tomo-chan has a childhood friend named Jun. When they were kids, they used to play and train *(karate)* together. Tomo-chan is a tomboy growing up and she's unusually strong that even Jun finds it hard to win against her. Despite that, Jun really looked up to her and continuously challenged her to many things. However, shock came to both of them when they finally went to school together in middle school.
I couldn't help but laugh at this part. Jun genuinely thought that the childhood friend he has been challenging and doing outrageous things with was actually a girl. Also, imagine the shock that Tomo-chan must have felt when Jun pointed out his disbelief when he saw her wearing a skirt.
> When I was young, I was also pretty boyish. There was even a time when I had this bob-cut hairstyle that I made me look like a boy instead of a girl. One time, I visited my papa in his office at the police station in the province. The chief of police called me "dodong" which is usually used to call little boys in my language. It's because he thought I was a boy not only due to my appearance but also my boyish ways of doing things.
When they became high school students *(main focus of the manga)*, Tomo-chan started to realize her feelings for Jun, but because of her "rowdy" personality, it has become a challenge. In order to escape being ***bro-zoned*** by the love of her life, she asked advice from her quite eccentric friends.
Misuzu *(black-haired girl)* is also Tomo-chan's childhood friend. She's quite manipulative and enjoys using people and various situations to entertain her. She hates Jun so much. Despite this, I believe she's a great friend to Tomo. I think it's just difficult for her to express herself... perhaps a bit of a tsundere? but a dark tsundere. *haha*
The other friend, Carol, is quite of an airhead. Most of the time, you'd have no idea what she's thinking. Despite that, she's always ready to give a hand.
The story is really fun and the characters are awesome. I mean, they have really different personalities, yet, they blended pretty well with each other. Their parents were also introduced and they're as hilarious as their kids.
> The situation Tomo-chan is really hits home for me because I have always been one of the boys ever since I was young even until this day. I remember being much closer to guy friends because we share similar hobbies like playing basketball, anime, video games, etc. I remember when I was in high school, there was this friend that I like. Everyone around us thought we're together... even his sister and mom often text me to give him reminders on various stuff since they thought I'm his girlfriend when in fact, we're just buddies. Sure I liked him but I don't think he ever took me seriously since we're best buds! *haha*
Some of my friends from my previous workplace still calls me "brad" meaning "brother". I don't mind, though... It's cool! *haha* Guy stuff are way cooler than girly ones... so yeah~! :P
It would be awesome to see an animated film for this manga. It won't really fit as a series unless it's a 5-minute episode anime. Maybe creating a movie for this story would be amazing! I rarely read RomCom, but I just couldn't stop reading this since it was super relatable for me. *haha*
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