Ladies on Top (Japanese: 女の子が抱いちゃダメですか?, Hepburn: Onnanoko ga Daicha Dame desu ka?, "Is It Okay for a Girl to Hug Me?") is a Japanese webmanga 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.
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.
Publication
Written and illustrated by Nejiganameta, Ladies on Top was serialized on Shogakukan's online platform MangaONE [ja] from May 21, 2020,[5] to April 28, 2022.[6] it was also published on Ura Sunday [ja] starting on May 28, 2020.[7] Shogakukan collected its chapters in six tankōbon volumes, released from September 11, 2020,[1] to August 19, 2022.[8]
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."[9] The first volume was released on September 13, 2022.[4]
"Something Even Better" (もっともっとすごいこと, Motto motto sugoi koto)
"Our New Life" (新生活, Shin seikatsu)
"Living Together" (共同生活, Kyōdō seikatsu)
"Fever" (熱, Netsu)
"Idiot" (ばか, Baka)
"Night Before" (前夜, Zen'ya)
"Together" (ふたりで, Futari de)
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.[15][16]
Notes
^Shogakukan labels the series under their "Ura Sunday Joshi-bu" (裏サンデー女子部) division,[2] which collects works for female readers.[3] Seven Seas Entertainment labeled it as a josei manga.[4]
^裏サンデー女子部 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
^裏サンデー女子部. Pixiv Comic (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 14, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2022. 毎日更新・全部無料で読めるコミックサイト『裏サンデー』より、女の子向け作品を集めた姉妹サイト『裏サンデー女子部』が2016年12月末にオープンいたしました! ドキドキ&きゅんきゅんできる漫画を随時更新中!