Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend

Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (Japanese: 明日、私は誰かのカノジョ, Hepburn: Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo) is a Japanese anthology web manga series written and illustrated by Hinao Wono. It has been serialized on Cygames's online magazine Cycomi since May 2019, with its chapters collected and published in print by Shogakukan in 15 tankōbon volumes as of August 2023.

Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend
First tankōbon volume cover
明日、私は誰かのカノジョ
GenreRomance[1]
Manga
Written byHinao Wono
Published by
ImprintUra Sunday Comics
MagazineCycomi
Original runMay 3, 2019 – October 13, 2023
Volumes15
Television drama
Directed by
  • Mai Sakai
  • Sachiko Kondo
  • Masato Sugawara
Written by
  • Kisa Miura
  • Anna Kawahara
  • Lee Nawon
Licensed byDisney Platform Distribution
Original networkMBS, TBS
Original run April 13, 2022 – June 28, 2023
Episodes21

A 12-episode television drama adaptation aired from April to June 2022. A second season aired from May to June 2023.

The manga had over 5.6 million copies in circulation by August 2023. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōjo category.

Plot

The story is about college student Yua Takahashi, nicknamed Yuateya, who accepts money to pretend to be men's dates and hold hands with them. She has burn scars on her face, but covers them with makeup while working as an escort.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hinao Wono, Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo started on Cygames's online magazine Cycomi on May 3, 2019.[2] The series finished with its 215th chapter on October 13, 2023, and an epilogue chapter is set to follow after that.[3] Its chapters are collected and published in print by Shogakukan. The first tankōbon volumes was released on December 19, 2019.[1] As of August 18, 2023, fifteen volumes have been published.[4]

Volumes
No. Release date ISBN
1 December 19, 2019[5]978-4-09-129494-4
2 March 19, 2020[6]978-4-09-850030-7
3 May 19, 2020[7]978-4-09-850051-2
4 September 18, 2020[8]978-4-09-850253-0
5 December 18, 2020[9]978-4-09-850354-4
6 March 19, 2021[10]978-4-09-850447-3
7 June 17, 2021[11]978-4-09-850587-6
8 September 16, 2021[12]978-4-09-850655-2
9 December 17, 2021[13]978-4-09-850777-1
10 April 19, 2022[14]978-4-09-851043-6
11 July 19, 2022[15]978-4-09-851212-6
12 October 19, 2022[16]978-4-09-851254-6
13 February 17, 2023[17]978-4-09-851436-6
14 May 19, 2023[18]97-84-09-851557-8
15 August 18, 2023[4]978-4-09-852798-4

Drama

In March 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a television drama adaptation which aired on MBS and TBS from April 13 to June 29, 2022.[19][20][21][lower-alpha 1] Disney Platform Distribution licensed the series for streaming worldwide.[23]

A second season of the series was announced in April 2023. It aired from May 2 to June 28, 2023.[24][25]

Reception

In 2020, the manga was among 50 nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the web category.[26]

By March 2022, the manga had over 300,000 copies in circulation.[27] By August 2023, it had over 5.6 million copies in circulation.[28]

The series ranked 18th on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.[29] The series won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2023.[30]

Notes
  1. MBS lists the air dates for the series on Tuesday at 24:59, which is effectively Wednesday at 0:25 a.m. JST.[22]

References
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