The Gender of Mona Lisa

Set in a society where children are born without a defined gender, the story follows a seventeen-year-old protagonist navigating a world that demands physical transformation by age fourteen. The narrative centers on the emotional turbulence of falling in love when everyone else has already settled into a binary identity while the main character faces complications regarding their own status. This speculative framework allows the author to strip away immediate biological assumptions and focus entirely on the internal experience of self-discovery.

Tsumuji Yoshimura crafted this serialized work for Square Enix's Gangan Comics Online platform before collecting the chapters into ten tankōbon volumes. The English release titled Just Like Mona Lisa arrived via Yen Press, bringing the Japanese series to a wider international audience. Reviews from August 2026 confirm the main storyline concluded with Volume 8, followed by two extra volumes containing epilogues or bonus content.

The series achieved commercial success as a million-selling manga prior to its anime announcement. In June 2026, Studio SHAFT confirmed a television adaptation produced under the codename "Project M." A teaser trailer unveiled at the AnimagiC stage event in August 2026 revealed Chika Anzai as the voice of the lead character. [editar]