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Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yū Yabūchi. It began serialization on Shogakukan's Ciao Plus website in May 2024.

Synopsis

Keisuke Uesugi has a complex in due to his small frame, appearance, and performance in school, especially in comparison with his friend Eito Yaemura. When he overhears his childhood friend and crush Noel say "Wouldn't it be better if Uesugi was a girl?", he suddenly feels disappointed about not meeting her expectations. He later makes a prayer at a shrine in order to win Noel over, however due to a misunderstanding, the prayer is answered, but he is transformed into a girl. A love triangle between the newly transformed Uesugi, Eito, and Noel ensues.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Yū Yabūchi, Uesugi-kun Wants to Quit Being a Girl began serialization on Shogakukan's Ciao Plus manga website on May 4, 2024. Its chapters have been compiled into four tankōbon volumes as of December 2025.

In November 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume set to release in August 2026.

Reception

The series, Sō Desu, Watashi ga Biyō Baka Desu. Goku Tsuya and Sorairo Shingyō, was ranked eighteenth in the 2026 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook's list of the best manga for female readers.

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