I Cross-Dressed for the IRL Meetup Series

“Cocoa” has found belonging in an all-girl who meet up for sweets. There’s just one problem: Cocoa’s actually a cross-dressing guy! What begins as a tense manga about online life turns into a lighthearted comedy about love, friendship, gender nonconformity, and what it means to be your true self.

Contains Volume 5 of the Japanese edition!

Cross-dresser Satoshi Morinaga, using the online handle Cocoa, lives for his monthly IRL sweets meetup group, whose members have now become some of his closest friends. What started off as a way to meet fellow sweets enthusiasts, Satoshi now realizes he’s fallen hard for meetup member and fellow cross-dresser Opera, whose real name is Kosuke Chiyoda. After confronting his feelings head on, Satoshi finally admits to himself that he has feelings for Kosuke–not just when he’s cross-dressing as Opera, but also when he’s presenting as his usual self. But there’s no way Satoshi can tell Kosuke how he really feels…or can he? A poignant declaration of love before his very eyes convinces Satoshi that he too cannot hide his feelings forever. So when the summer festival comes along, he decides it’s the perfect opportunity to make his move–and cross-dressing as Cocoa is just what he needs to give himself that final boost of confidence! But will Cocoa actually be able to do it…?!

FINAL VOLUME!

“Cocoa” has found belonging in an all-girl who meet up for sweets. There’s just one problem: Cocoa’s actually a cross-dressing guy! What begins as a tense manga about online life turns into a lighthearted comedy about love, friendship, gender nonconformity, and what it means to be your true self.

Includes volumes 3 and 4 of the Japanese edition, over 250 pages of manga!

Cross-dresser Satoshi Morinaga, using the online handle Cocoa, lives for his once a month IRL sweets meetup where he’s become fast friends with fellow sweets lovers Opera, Lemon, and Kantentaro. With the weather warming up, the group decides to shake things up a bit, and instead of their usual sweets meetup, they go shopping for swimsuits (after deciding which swimsuit to exactly buy…) and hit the beach for some fun in the sun. When a group of guys hit on Lemon and Taro, refusing to take no for an answer, an ultra hottie swoops in to rescue them. But this hottie may spell the end of their little group after Satoshi spots him out on the town with Opera, sparking something unexpected inside of him…

“Cocoa” has found belonging in an all-girl who meet up for sweets. There’s just one problem: Cocoa’s actually a cross-dressing guy! What begins as a tense manga about online life turns into a lighthearted comedy about love, friendship, gender nonconformity, and what it means to be your true self.

Includes volumes 1 and 2 of the Japanese edition, over 250 pages of manga!

“Cocoa” has made three best friends in her monthly meetup group, where girls get together every month to quell their sweet tooths by meeting up at the cutest and trendiest new dessert cafes. Cocoa is in it for the sweets–really!–but she’s also harboring a few secrets: Not only does Cocoa have a crush on another one of the girls in the group, Opera, but she’s actually a guy named Satoshi who’s been cross-dressing in order to attend the all-girl group! During one meetup, things come to a head when Opera discovers that Cocoa is cross-dressing–and to Cocoa’s surprise, Opera confesses that he is too! But Cocoa realizes that his attraction to Opera is more than clothing-deep, and as the two grow closer, they’ll learn more about each other–and their own selves–than they could have ever imagined.