Your and My Secret

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Your and My Secret
僕と彼女の××× (Boku to Kanojo no XXX)
Genre	Comedy, Romance
Manga
Authored by	Ai Morinaga
Publisher	Mag Garden ADV Manga
Serialized in	Blade Comics
Original run	December 2000 –
No. of volumes	4^[1]

Your and My Secret, published in Japan as Boku to Kanojo no XXX (僕と彼女の×××, boku to kanojo no peke mittsu^?) is a manga by Ai Morinaga.

In Japan it was published by Mag Garden. In the United States it is published by ADV Manga. Mag Garden currently has 4 volumes available, with the latest being released in February of 2007. Only the first volume has been released so far by ADV Manga.

Currently, it is to made into a live-action adaptation which stars the Japanese actress Mai Takahashi.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The story revolves around highschool student Akira Uehara, sensitive and demure by nature. Despite that he has a large crush on the most feared and violent girl in school--Nanako Momoi, who seems fragile and cute, until she opens her mouth.

One day Momoi is absent from school for unknown reason and someone is needed to bring her homework to her. Though most students push it off to each other, Uehara willing volunteers to bring Momoi her homework. He arrives at her house to find it unlock and seemingly empty. He enters and stumbles on a secret passage, which leads to the laboratory of Momoi's mad scientist grandfather, where her grandfather is using his own granddaughter as a test subject of his new invention.

He is about to save her, but the situation turns on him for the worse when Momoi sucessfully persuades her grandfather to use Uehara. In attempt to get Uehara, Momoi's grandfather accidentily presses the lever that activates the machine and the end result is that Momoi and Uehara have switched bodies.

[edit] Characters

Akira Uehara (上原あきら, Uehara Akira^?): The main character of Boku to Kanojo no XXX. Despite his appearence, he is actually a dainty, feminine boy who unexpectantly has a crush on Nanako Momoi, the most violent and meanest girl in school.

When Uehara comes to Momoi's house to give her the homework she missed, he finds her attached to the wall as her mad-scientist grandfather is about to test his machine on her. He tries to save her, but unfortunely, the girl he loves turns on him and convinces her grandfather to use Uehara as the test subject instead, in which he is easily persuaded. In an attempt to get Uehara, the grandfather accidentily presses a lever which causes Uehara and Momoi to switch bodies.

Because he is in her body, Momoi often threatens Uehara not to do anything to her "pure" body or else she will go out in public in his body with nothing but socks on. Uehara, fearful, obliges, though there are some cases, in rather comical events his curiosity gets the best of him and it usually it is comical ending in nose bleeds possibly. As a girl, Momoi (Uehara in Momoi's body to be specific) is much more well liked by her peers. It is to the extent that there are some males that develop a crush or feelings toward him/her, including Uehara's best friend, Senbongi and Shiina's older brother.

He is very adamant to return to his normal bodies though there are many factors that prevent him from doing so. (i.e. Momoi, Momoi's grandfather being lazy, Senbongi, etc)

Nanako Momoi (桃井菜々子, Momoi Nanako^?): Nanako Momoi is a small cute girl, until she opens her mouth. She is very impulsive and violent by nature, which cause many of her peers to be repelled away from her and it is to the extent that they fear her.

After the incident at her house when Uehara attempts to save her from her grandfather's experiments (which they both turn on him), she switches bodies with Uehara. Despite the fact that Momoi threatens Uehara when concerning her body, she abuses his body in all sorts of ways. As a boy, Uehara (Momoi in Uehara's body) is much more well liked for her/his confidence and athletic ability, especially with the female students.

Unlike Uehara, Momoi enjoys being a guy and wishes to stay like this longer. In the first volume, as a guy, she already develops an attration and feelings for her best friend Makoto Shiina in which the feelings are recipricol. They eventually date.

Makoto Shiina: Shiina is Momoi's good-natured, honest bestfriend, and unlike Momoi is a very kind and sweet girl. Shiina does noticed the drastic change when Uehara and Momoi switch bodies, but never suspect anything further. The only assumption was that Momoi became more feminine because she fell in love, which was only a possible guess.

Shiina eventually develops feelings for Uehara (Momoi in Uehara's body to be exact), which the feelings are return and they start dating. She has yet to know that they switch bodies. She also has an older brother named Kappei who is so overprotective to the point of stalking her during his hours working at the school.

Uehara views her as an honest and good friend.

Shinnosuke Senbongi: Senbongi is Uehara's closest companion. Like Shiina, he also noticed the personality change that occured between Uehara and Momoi. He develops an attration to a changed Momoi (Uehara in her body) and often times it comes to the situation when he tries to make out with her (and it is sucessful until Uehara quickly gets away). Other times it is trying to buying her affections, such like buying her a parfait when the two hang out so she would give him chocolates for Valentine's Day. Though some interaction between the two have proven that he does genuinely likes Momoi.

By the end of volume 2 and beginning of volume 3, Senbongi overhears a conversation between Uehara and Momoi and after realization of their personality changes finds out they switched bodies. Despite the fact that Momoi happens to be his best friend Uehara, Senbongi does not mind and continues to pursue him.

Momoi's Grandfather: Momoi's grandfather is a overweight, mad scientist and it was his invention that his granddaughter and Uehara switched bodies. He is too lazy to rebuild the machine and seems more comfortable with the current situation for Uehara makes a more feminine granddaughter like he wanted. Plus, Uehara ends up doing the chores and cooking for the household as well.

Later, he develops a crush on Momoi's bestfriend Makoto Shiina. Uehara makes a deal that if he rebuilds the machine to switch him and Momoi to their original state, he'll let Grandpa to lay his head on her lap and pick his ears. Without hesistation, he agrees and works admantly to fix the machine and in turn, become worn and skinny. However, Momoi finds out about the two's deal and the machine and destroys it in anger.

Kappei Shiina: Makoto's 22-year-old older brother. He is so overprotective of his younger sister to the point of obsession that he even becomes a gym teacher at her school. He has a great dislike to his sister's friend, Nanako Momoi(she broke his cup and flicked a booger on his forehead), but his feelings later changed to a rather large crush when he meets her (or Uehara in her body to be exact) again and gives him advice on younger sisters.