Ladies on Top
- Creator
- Nejiganameta
- Publisher
- Shogakukan
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- romantic comedy anime and manga · sex comedy anime and manga
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• Ja Kanji — 女の子が抱いちゃダメですか？ • Ja Romaji — Onnanoko ga Daicha Dame desu ka? • Genre — * Romantic comedy • Sex comedy
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• Type — manga • Author — Nejiganameta • Publisher — Shogakukan • Imprint — Ura Sunday Comics • Magazine — * MangaONE (online platform) • Ura Sunday • First — May 21, 2020 • Last — April 28, 2022 • Volumes — 6
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• Type — drama • Director — Yuri Yagihashi • Writer — * Miki Matsugasako • Haruna Takekawa • Studio — K2 Pictures • Network — MBS • First — March 6, 2026 • Last — April 24, 2026 • Episodes — 8
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• Portal — yes 'Is It Okay for a Girl to Hug Me?' is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Nejiganameta. It was serialized on Shogakukan's online platforms MangaONE and Ura Sunday from May 2020 to April 2022, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. A live-action television drama adaptation aired from March to April 2026.
Plot
Plot
Mitsuki Kajitani is a 24-year-old office lady who yearns for love. However, when men show her affection, she becomes cold and distant. One night, she discovers that her current boyfriend, Takayuki Shinomiya, likes aggressive women, which awakens a new side to her. As such, Kajitani and Shinomiya are determined to have a relationship where the traditional gender roles are reversed.
Characters
Characters
• Mitsuki Kajitani • Kohaku Shida • Takayuki Shinomiya • Hayato Takao
Manga
Manga
Written and illustrated by Nejiganameta, Ladies on Top was serialized on Shogakukan's online platform MangaONE (online platform), under its Manga One Girls' Club label, from May 21, 2020, to April 28, 2022. it was also published on Ura Sunday starting on May 28, 2020. Shogakukan collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from September 11, 2020, to August 19, 2022. In January 2022, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series and that it would be released under their new imprint, Steamship, for series that would be considered "sexy romance for women." The first volume was released on September 13, 2022.
Drama
Drama
A Japanese television drama adaptation was announced on February 9, 2026. It was directed by Yuri Yagihashi, with scripts written by Miki Matsugasako and Haruna Takekawa. It aired on MBS's "Dramaphil" programming block from March 6 to April 24, 2026.
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Reception
Anime News Network reviewer Rebecca Silverman and Anime Feminist writer Alex Henderson both praised the series for its romance as well as its approach to heterosexual gender roles.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. September 11, 2020.
- 2.Shogakukan. Shogakukan eComic Store.
- 3.Nejiganameta. 1262731840038637568. May 19, 2020.
- 4.Hodgkins, Crystalyn. Nejiganameta's Ladies on Top Romance Manga Ends. Anime News Network. May 1, 2022.
- 5.Shogakukan. Ura Sunday.
- 6.Mateo, Alex. Seven Seas Launches New Steamship Imprint for 'Sexy Romance' Manga for Women. Anime News Network. January 27, 2022.
- 7.Seven Seas Entertainment. Ladies on Top.
- 8.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. September 11, 2020.
- 9.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. January 19, 2021.
- 10.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. May 12, 2021.
- 11.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. October 18, 2021.
- 12.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. March 10, 2022.
- 13.Natasha, Inc. Comic Natalie. August 19, 2022.
- 14.Pineda, Rafael Antonio. NEJIGANAMETA's Ladies on Top Manga Gets Live-Action Series. Anime News Network. February 9, 2026.
- 15.Kadokawa Corporation.
- 16.Silverman, Rebecca. Ladies on Top GN 1 – Review. Anime News Network. October 1, 2022.
- 17.Henderson, Alex. Working Out the Kinks: Deconstructing gendered expectations of sex in Ladies On Top. Anime Feminist. June 21, 2023.
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