{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3a6340580eaff750634d0301","clusterId":"c_b668a51921aac21c1eb3eff0","slug":"i-think-i-turned-my-childhood-friend-into-a-girl-manga-gets-tv-anime","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl Manga Gets TV Anime","summary":"Azusa Banjo's romantic comedy manga \"I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl\" is being adapted into a television anime. An official X (formerly Twitter) account opened on Monday to announce the adaptation, alongside a commemorative illustration from Banjo. The manga, which launched as a web comic on Banjo's X account in December 2019 before beginning serialization in Ichijinsha's Comic Pool website in February 2020, follows high school student Kenshirou Midou, who loves cosmetics and keeps that interest secret from most people. He gets permission to practice makeup on his childhood friend Hiura Mihate, transforming the plain, undersized boy into a pretty, petite girl. Hiura enjoys the makeup and feminine clothes enough to start wearing the girls' uniform to school, and the story explores the shifting feelings between the two. Ichijinsha will publish the manga's 12th compiled volume on June 25, 2026. Seven Seas Entertainment publishes the English edition, which has released 10 volumes. No studio, staff, voice cast, or release date have been announced.","whyItMatters":"The adaptation brings a gender-bending romantic comedy that began as a web comic and has run for 12 volumes to television, with no production details yet revealed.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe announcement on Monday was accompanied by a commemorative illustration from Banjo, posted on the newly opened official X account for the anime. The manga originally began as a web comic on Banjo\u0026#39;s X account in December 2019 before moving to Ichijinsha\u0026#39;s Comic Pool website in February 2020.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeven Seas Entertainment, which publishes the English edition, describes the story as \u0026#34;an LGBT+ romantic comedy in which nobody is quite what they seem, and everyone learns to be who they truly are.\u0026#34; The publisher notes that both the popular student and the plain friend are boys, framing the premise as a familiar makeover story with a twist. Kenshirou Midou keeps his love of cosmetics secret from most people, but gets permission to practice makeup on his childhood friend Hiura Mihate. The transformation turns the plain, undersized boy into a pretty, petite girl, and Hiura enjoys the makeup and feminine clothes enough to start wearing the girls\u0026#39; uniform to school.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIchijinsha will publish the manga\u0026#39;s 12th compiled volume on June 25, 2026. Seven Seas has released 10 volumes in English, with the most recent volume coming out on March 24. No studio, staff, voice cast, or release date have been announced for the anime adaptation.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The adaptation announcement comes with no studio or staff attached. That suggests the project is still in early planning, possibly before a production committee has fully formed.","twitterPost":"No studio or staff announced yet. The project is likely still in early committee formation.","threadsPost":"The manga's adaptation was announced with a commemorative illustration but no studio, staff, or cast. That level of openness about the project's early stage is unusual for a formal announcement; it implies the production committee is still being assembled.","newsletterBlurb":"Azusa Banjo's gender-bending romantic comedy \"I Think I Turned My Childhood Friend Into a Girl\" is being adapted into a television anime. 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