My Girlfriend Is a Real Man

[LaDeeDah]

Y'all are crazy, this barely counts as shounen ai, much less yaoi. MC is aggressively straight. It's clear this is going to end with either the girlfriend turning back to a girl, or staying as a guy but male MC turns into a girl.

Spoiler

Checked the raws, and what a surprise, I'm right so far. Just break up ffs instead of dragging this out.

 

[shadowsmage]

i agree this is neither shounen ai or yaoi get a grip

 

[Harikamis]

This is soooo gooood, i love it. Thank you translators team for sharing this manhwa 😚

 

[unkogr0l]

Is this yaoi with extra steps?

 

[Akaimoo]

A round about way to turn the characters gay, but its hilarious and I love it

 

[Sorrybro467]

sorry im so slow guys i keep forgetting this is a thing

 

[Thirtyfour]

I haven't read this yet. but I doubt I'll be disappointed

 

[TyrannisMorrisette]

I checked this out when it first popped up on Mangadex because I liked the author, it looked pretty cringey based on the first few chapters so I dropped it like a hot potato. It came up again recently and I noticed it had a shounen ai tag now and thought maybe it had gone in a different direction than I had expected... nope, the main theme seems to just be "no homo." Pretty funny that someone homo/trans-phobic jumped into the comments and complained about gays showing up in their feed, when this seems like it would be right up their alley.

I'm not saying the guy shouldn't be upset or that it's wrong to be straight. I'm just really not sure where the plot of this series is going or what the author intended by writing it other than just to make "they're a straight couple but they're BOTH DUDES isn't that hilarious" jokes. I don't get it. Korea has actually been making some real progress in the last couple years in terms of both LGBT legal rights and awareness so this seems almost intentionally ignorant.

I'm especially bummed because I read Untouchable on the english version of Naver Webtoon (which is brimming with LGBT+ content) a while back and enjoyed it. I'm disappointed that the author made something like this.

 

[ladygeorgette]

poor jieun

 

[Orange_Orange]

@TyrannisMorrisette

So basically it's better to just go read Kanojo ni Naru Hi or something else like it instead? I have to say I'm disappointed since I was hoping this webtoon would be different, but seems like it's the same old uninteresting "joke" :/.

 

[Orange_Orange]

@LaDeeDah In addition shounen Ai and Yaoi are rather specific genres. The former is a form of lightly homoerotic work aimed towards young women (the manga that gave the genre its name were published in shoujo magazines after all). Yaoi meanwhile was a reaction towards the rather pure shounen Ai, where horny fans would make their own works with men fucking hardcore. The name itself comes from that, basically meaning "no climax, no point, no meaning" IE "This is porn yo".

To contrast there's "My brother's husband", which involves a lot of explicitly gay men and women, though primarily men due to the author, and gosh is it a different world.

All in all my point is that just because a manga involves a same-sex relationship between men it isn't necessarily yaoi or shounen Ai (most manga that are aimed towards gay men for example aren't I believe). Yuri meanwhile is a much broader term, which is why there's a fuckton of confusion I believe.

All in all, it's all very weird.

As an aside, I'd say that this manga might be the closest to shounen Ai, not because the characters are gay but rather because the author wants to draw cute pics of boys. I'll leave it at that though since I've already ranted enough haha.

 

[yph]

I got tired reading this after they introduced the sister. it seems like this shouldn't really be tagged with shounen-ai. also the chapters are too short. I found myself skipping through it more and more. the romance is almost non-existing. close to being homophobic at times which leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

 

[MinGenius]

Wow, why do people dislike such a wonderful comedy ??
It is romantic indeed since they're girlfriend and boyfriend but y'all are the ones in the wrong since you want someone who's obviously straight and be gay just for your own sake, you say it's homophobic yet y'all are the ones being heterophobic, it's a shonen-AI which mean the guys are handsome and they're in a relationship and that's true, it's not a yaoi of course they won't change their preferences to suit your taste, so what when she'll return to being a girl he'll just leave her since it's yaoi now? That's so messed up and you don't even realize it, this is supposed to be a comedy and nothing was wrong with it, just cause they're not f*cking since he's not gay and y'all are saying it's homophobic? Then how about the straight guys always turning gay isn't that heterophobic? Ah but of course if it was the other way around they'll be an uproar lmao, just enjoy the comedy and the romance, how would you react if your partner changed genders ? He's already really great since he stayed with her, most would've just left so that's a really good point, also this doesn't apply to people who like any gender or anyone or anything.
Anyway, thanks for the translation people, we appreciate the hard work, at least I do, keep up with the good work and that redrawing is amazing lmao !

 

[Aerl404]

Nnnn even though I did come for the shounen Ai tag, I didn’t really mind some normal romance either but the main dude pisses me off ngl. He keeps talking about “oh no my girlfriend is a dude” while neglecting his probably very confused and somewhat scared girlfriend..

 

[isandy1]

I love this so much, I need to read more! <( ^o^ )>

Its really cute, and from how the story is progressing, the guy is learning to appreciate her more than just a partner. He's learning sides of her he didn't know about before, and even though their relationship isn't growing romantically, I like that it's growing out of a fondness and care for one another.

Albeit, the guy is trying to get comfortable around her as a guy, but she's so chill and down with everything while respecting potential romantic relationship boundaries.

The guy still wants to be with her, but he prefers her to be biologically female. And the girl she loves him and even though she's dealing with a serious issue, she's still optimistic about everything.

I think people are judging this harsher than needs be, and to take a step back and exit out because its not their type of genre-and that's okay.

The title clearly reads what it is and the story format is comedic and sweet, if people are complaining then they kinda asked for what they clicked. If you think its about yaoi, its not, but shonen-ai? Yeah, that's more or less close.
To be more accurate on the yaoi subject, its not yaoi because there is no attraction of male on male, otherwise manga like "Its so Cute it Hurts", would be considered yaoi. BL is the specific love genre between two men that are actively pursuing each other. Her boyfriend isn't interested in being partners if she's a man, and she doesn't see herself as a man, despite the changes in her body.

Whether or not the manga changes her body back to female or not, its the authors choice and to make matter simple-just enjoy the content for what its worth. You can read the title, there's a description, even when people read hentai you look at the tags to make sure what you're getting into.

If you don't like the content, don't read it and don't click on it. Simple as that. I'm just here to stand up for the creator who doesn't deserve the hate that's in this comment section.

 

[OkiStash]

I was pretty sure mc was gonna turn gay this isn't as cringy as I thought. This manga seems to a lot of you in a tizzy lol theres plenty of yaoi in here for ya'll to read out there XD.

 

[oyeayeah]

Woah why the low rating? This is pretty good.

 

[JellyPiggy]

@MinGenius
Hi i wanted to reply to your comment. First of all, I saw your name and I think you're an ARMY so ayeee hey ami 💜.
I do agree with you that it being tagged shounen-ai doesn't mean its a m/m relationship. But saying people are heterophobic bc they expected the story to play out differently bc of what the word (shounen-ai) has come to mean in English speaking communities is problematic on many levels. First of all heterophobia is not a thing. Straight people have never had to come out or been attack for being straight. Saying it's real is ignoring actual struggles people apart of the LGBT+ community have gone through. Second of all I haven't seen anyone expect one comment saying the characters are homophobic. Some just seem to dislike the main character. I've seen people calling other comments homophobic and yeah, there are some pretty homophobic seeming comments. Thirdly people don't "turn" gay. That's not a thing. People might come to understand their sexuality better and realize that like like the same sex or smth but it's not like ppl magically turn gay lol. People realizing that they actually are gay isn't "heterophobic" (which again I'd like to reiterate isn't real) just like people who thought they were bisexual and realize they're actually lesbian or straight or smth isn't biphobic (biphobic is a real thing tho).
Anyways i do agree people are misunderstanding what shounen-ai means cause the name doesn't imply a gay relationship, just one that focus in a boy's relationship/love life. They probably want BL, which this story isn't tagged under, so there shouldn't be an expectation that it is a BL manga. I didn't say any of this to be mean, I do agree with some of your points, just some things you've said don't seem to come off the way you intended and it's important to correctly represent one's self with leaving comments, ya know? That's really all I need to say. Have a nice day and stream BTS's new single coming out August 21st!💜

 

[drab_lightstick]

@JellyPiggy hello! sorry for the sudden comment, but shounen-ai is for romance between two males. bl, or boys love, is an umbrella term for gay relationship stories genre, and shounen ai is the softer, more focused on the relationship between the main characters genre inside of it while yaoi is more explicit with intimate scenes so and so. literally, shounen ai does mean boys love, which doesn't explicitly state it's a gay genre. but it's always been known for being a relationship-focused, emotional gay story genre. the same goes for shoujo ai, which is the same but with two females! a good example of shounen ai is koimonogatari!

 

[Tsukinotaku]

@drab_lightstick
The problem is that people on this website don't care about the subtle difference in the genres. They all think it's the fucking same because it's all gay, so they make it extra hard for me to just find a soft, wholesome cute manga without going through a shit ton of shitty smut...

They all just want to put it into one category and it's the most anoying thing ever....