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I Wanna Be Your Girl, Volume 2 by Umi Takase

I Wanna Be Your Girl, Volume 2

Umi Takase

Random House Children's Books · Paperback · November 4, 2025

Being in love with your best friend is hard enough, but being a good friend is even harder.

YA LGBT ComicsYA Romance ComicsYA Mangamanga
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Who it’s for
First love and friendship meet the difficult work of listening to what support really means.
Themes
First love, Friendship and allyship, Navigating transition
Genres
YA LGBTQ+ Comics, YA Romance Comics, YA Manga

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About this book

Being in love with your best friend is hard enough, but being a good friend is even harder. The second volume of the hit manga series about the complications of first love, friendship, and what it truly means to be an ally. Hime thinks she’s doing the right thing by sticking up for Akira, but from her friend’s point of view, it’s only making things worse. Akira doesn’t want to stand out because of her transition.

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Her only wish is to enjoy school, to make memories like everyone else. But Hime’s constant need to speak out on Akira’s behalf is putting these two best friends at odds. And when Akira becomes the manager for the soccer team because of a crush on a boy, Hime feels the rift with her friend growing wider. Although desperate to save her relationship with Akira, everything she tries only creates new problems. What if Akira decides she’s done with Hime completely?

Care and Friction

First love and friendship meet the difficult work of listening to what support really means.

Come here for

  • Friendship strained by well-meant advocacy
  • First love alongside questions of allyship

Expect

  • Good intentions complicate a close friendship
  • A tender, thorny look at listening and support

Where it sits

YA Manga80%
YA LGBTQ+ Comics64%
YA Romance Comics47%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Manga
  • YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  • YA LGBTQ+ Comics
Authors
Umi Takase
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Published
November 4, 2025
Format
Paperback
Theme
First love · Friendship and allyship · Navigating transition
Reading lane
YA Manga