, 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
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 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. During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they would begin publishing the series under the title Just Like Mona Lisa in July 2024.
Anime An anime television series adaptation was announced on June 17, 2026. Produced by CyberAgent and animated by Shaft, it will be directed by Kana Shundo, with characters designed by Nobuhiro Sugiyama, who will also serve as chief animation director, and music composed by Yuki Hayashi.
Reception The series was nominated for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the web category and was ranked 20th out of 50 nominees.
See also I Was Exiled as a Villainess!, a web novel series whose manga adaptation is illustrated by Tsumuji Yoshimura
References
External links at Gangan Online