The Gender of Mona Lisa
Japanese manga series
The Gender of Mona Lisa (Japanese: 性別「モナリザ」の君へ。, Hepburn: Seibetsu "Mona Lisa" no Kimi e), also known as Just Like Mona Lisa, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsumuji Yoshimura. It was serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website from May 2018 to October 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Shaft has been announced.
Plot
The story is set in a world where people do not have a biological sex until they are twelve years old, upon which they will begin male or female puberty depending on their preference. Hinase, an eighteen-year-old who remains genderless, receives confessions of love from both of their childhood friends: Shiori and Ritsu, a boy and a girl respectively.
Characters
Hinase Arima (有馬 ひなせ, Arima Hinase)
Voiced by: Chika Anzai
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Tsumuji Yoshimura, The Gender of Mona Lisa was serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website from May 14, 2018, to October 3, 2022. The series' chapters were compiled into ten tankōbon volumes from September 21, 2018, to December 12, 2022.
The series is published in English by Comikey and Square Enix through their Manga UP! Global app.
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