Wagahai wa "Otokonoko" dearu!

“Otokonoko” refers to a 2D cross-dressing boy who is as cute as a girl. Essentially, he is a creature that cannot exist in the 3D world. This book tells the story of a man in his late twenties—who still avidly reads *Shonen Jump*—as he recklessly strives every day to cross that dimensional barrier. Nanami Igarashi is the son of Yumiko Igarashi, the manga artist behind *Candy Candy*. Having inherited his mother’s genes and become a full-fledged otaku, he used to secretly borrow his live-in girlfriend’s (a cosplayer) clothes and makeup while she was out to enjoy cross-dressing on his own—but eventually, she discovered his hobby…!! (Source: Jitsugyou Nihon-sha, machine translated)