気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.3 [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, Vol. 3]

気になってる人が男じゃなかった [Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta] #3

by Sumiko Arai, 新井すみこ

私の推しが、発見されてしまいました。

あやに背を押され、いよいよ自分で曲を作り始めたみつき。
しかしあるとき歌うみつきの動画がSNSで大拡散され、学校でちょっとした有名人になってしまう。
「推し」が発見され複雑な心境のあやと、興味本位のまなざしに晒されて葛藤するみつき。
高校最後の１年を駆け抜ける二人に待っている試練とは――。

『このマンガがすごい!2024』（宝島社）オンナ編第2位、「次にくるマンガ大賞2023」Webマンガ部門第１位に選出！
SNSで最高に注目を集める女同士の愛情ストーリー待望の第3巻。

Genres: Manga, Romance, LGBT, Queer, Lesbian, Yuri, Graphic Novels

176 pages, Hardcover

First published February 20, 2025

About the author

新井すみこ

Reviews

[fatima · Rating 5 out of 5]

using music as a metaphor for sexuality is so brilliant. ”For me, music has always been something I can only really listen to by myself.” and ”If I liked this kind of music…maybe things would be easier.” and ”No matter how hard I try…I can't ever escape from this sound.” LIKE UGHHH I LOVE THESE LESBIANS SM

[rory (jess' version) · Rating 5 out of 5]

GUYS WE'RE GETTING AN ANIME ADAPTATION !!

[Val’ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mitsuki's looks in that last chapter. That's it, that's the review.

[natsuki jam #1 fan • wari · Rating 5 out of 5]

i’m going to lose my mind while waiting for volume 4

[𖥻 ׁ ׅ Bonnie ! ׁ ׅ 🪷 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my favorite volume so far! I really felt so invested in the development of their relationship. With every up and down, their relationship gets a little bit stronger. I also thought it was interesting how their relationship struggles parallel Joe and Kanna’s

[vivi · Rating 5 out of 5]

my babies how i love you,,,,

[Juniper L.H. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Still a great manga, and like most it gets better the farther you go. These two protagonists are adorable and their adventure is a lot of fun. This is definitely set in highschool with all the associated angst, longing, and drama, but those are also reasonably relatable emotions for any age. Its easy to get swept up in the characters excitement (or other emotions).

I love the art style and the way the author leaned into a particular color palate. I initially read this when it was online as a series of separate posts, and it somewhat made more sense with regards to the jumpy nature of how the story cuts away to different scenes all the time. It still works though and it’s nice to have it all collected together. You DO need to pay attention to when the chapter changes or the wild POV swings will throw you off.

This is ultimately a romance (I suppose?) though the characters haven’t figured that out yet and its mostly just *strange and strong unexplainable feelings* (in my head I just used the tone of a spooky ghost). So, this is definitely a slow burn, FYI. I WOULD at this point like them to start to figure things out at least a little bit, because there is so little reckoning happening that I almost fear for queer-baiting. Its absolutely adorable though, so I think I could probably read about 40 volumes of this before I got bored.

[VIVI ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

I love lesbianism<3

[pears ✧ ☽ ☼ ଳ · Rating 5 out of 5]

MY SHAYLAS😭😭😭🫶🫶

[agnes ☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

so peak

[Vincentimes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un tome plus lent dans l’avancé de l’histoire, plus décousu, mais toujours un plaisir de voir mes lesbiennes pref (le style de Mitsuki est incroyable dans les derniers chapitres) (bring back Joe et Kanna as a couple je manifeste)

[Mariana ✨ · Rating 3 out of 5]

just as ~meh~ as the previous books: disjointed, confusing and not really making me feel much about the MCs’ relationship, but with a great art style, so there’s that.

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Despite making one hell of a first impression, that five star review still stands, I find that this has definitely settled down a little bit after its initial showstopper introduction. It’s still very, very good, just with some caveats.

Let me say - if you are not feeling nit picky and are crazy about these two, this will be just fine and you’ll be in heaven. As somebody who goes through a slew of manga, however, I do feel the need to point out a couple things.

On the plus side, I love the way this deals with Mitsuki’s social anxiety. It depicts the awkward feeling of being the centre of attention and how hard that can be, even if the people in question mean well. The early panel of all those eyes is really solid.

Aya and Mitsuki get closer after Mitsuki manages to get injured, but this leads to Mitsuki questioning her relationship with Aya, which happens a lot this volume. It was pretty funny to see Mitsuki get jealous of herself and make a big deal of it though.

Much of this set of chapters revolves around maintaining a relationship, any sort of relationship, in the face of change. Mitsuki begins to come out of her shell more, sometimes intentionally and sometimes less so, but this sees a marked rise in her popularity that leaves a lot of emotional damage in its wake.

Aya is forced to acknowledge that Mitsuki isn’t her secret amazing friend any more and struggles with that, while Mitsuki’s anxiety causes her even more trouble at school and keeps her from being honest.

Not that there’s any shortage of that - for a story that is going to get really gay, these two are still trying to find what exactly they are to one another. There’s a lot of trying to sort themselves and one another out and, while progress is slow, it does feel believably real.

Doubt is a hell of a drug, certainly, and it casts a long shadow over these two. They also can’t seem to imagine how much of a difference they make to one another too. Ah, young love.

These two aren’t entirely ready to accept their love for one another and that’s certainly part of the problem. Plus the worry about what the other person is thinking. It’s not the most realistic yuri ever, but it absolutely feels more grounded than many of them.

That said, the scheme that shows up to being these two back together after Mitsuki’s newfound popularity drives a massive wedge between them does feel a bit silly. It befits the series’ love of Western music, quietly expanding to encompass film, but it feels out of place.

That also being said, I am more than ready for the last scene of this volume to pay off next time and it darn well better. I’ll allow some silly (and a brutally on the nose directional metaphor) if it finally leads to something special.

My biggest knock on this is that I don’t think it necessarily works fantastically as a collection. It doesn’t really adapt itself beyond collating what was online and that makes it feel a bit odd when read as a collection.

Still, it’s enjoyable stuff. Upon reflection I think I really liked this volume, soapy bits included (the adults get a moment and it does feel a smidgen forced), probably more than I initially thought.

4.5 stars - I think it still has enough structural weaknesses that keep it from a full 5 stars, mind. Nothing to worry about if you’re already into this, however, and don’t even think twice.

[clara ☆ · Rating 4 out of 5]

➥ 4 stars ⋆˚࿔

WHO allowed this cliffhanger. i need to know what happens next😭😭😭😭😭 and can they finally kiss please😭😭😭😭 i love slowburns but damn this one is EXCRUCIATINGLY slow💔

[vi ☽ .☆ﾟ. · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 ⭐️

[skylar ₊˚⊹♡ [less active] · Rating 5 out of 5]

oh my gosh that little kid that’s obsessed with mitsuki is really pissing me off like just let the yuri do it’s yuri thing oh my good gosh. #greenyuri

that ending was so good but unfortunately bree only has up to this one where will i get my yuri from now…

[izaro · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.25/5
I no longer can be objective with this manga (as if I ever was being objective...), I just love them all so much.

[Candies · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un peu perdue niveau temporalité je trouve que tout passe un peu trop rapidement, et je suis pas fan de la trope utilisée, nonobstant un plaisir de retrouver nos deux amoureuses

[Lune · Rating 5 out of 5]

trop court!!!

[Lucille · Rating 5 out of 5]

Si j’ai trouvé le tome 2 moins bien que le 1, ce tome 3 redresse la barre et plein de choses se passent avec moins cet aspect brouillon du précédent !! J’ai beaucoup aimé et toujours hâte de la suite.
Quelques problèmes d’impression sur mon tome avec des lettres qui bavent un peu mais rien de dramatique

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live love laugh green yuri, (chap 127)

[Kelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

So much DRAMA—I’m LIVING for it~

[Heather’s Reading Bubble · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to accept that this is just not for me and stop buying new volumes. The beautiful art and our two likable main characters was why I tried another volume but I’m calling it quits now. I know this series is beloved but I find it to be a mess with no real direction. I get that it’s episodic but this doesn’t make any sense to me. It’s all over the place and for the price the publisher is charging I can’t keep doing this to my wallet. I’m not even hate reading it. It’s more like disappointing reading because I see what the series can be but it’s just not. If anyone has any other Yuri recommendations please let me know.

[PiaReads]

Not the cliffhanger at the end 😤

[Anant Upadhyay · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like green, I like music, I'd like to give these people hugs

[⋆｡˚꒰ঌ worm ໒꒱˚｡⋆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT VOLUME (˃̣̣̥ᯅ˂̣̣̥)

I was grinning like an idiot the entire time I was reading this volume. Koga being jealous of herself bc she thinks Osawa is only in love with her CD-guy persona. Osawa feeling conflicted and being jealous of more people noticing Koga...AHHHHH i love it. ദ്ദി(˵ •̀ ᴗ - ˵ ) ✧

[Séléna · Rating 5 out of 5]

toujours au top vivement le prochain tome !

[Iulia · Rating 4 out of 5]

First read of the year~ Let's hope I finally manage to escape the slump with this haha

[Anna Quilter · Rating 4 out of 5]

love the art and the music references e.g Bikini Kill and Pavement.

[Autek Devilski · Rating 5 out of 5]

ah te baby geje. zawsze się skończą w takim głupim momencie i muszę czekać aż wydadzą mi nastepny tom (ToT)