The story centers around the popular high school boy Masamune Asuka, the top kendo fighter in the nation. However, beneath his cool exterior, he is actually fond of sweets and shojo manga, and is skilled in sewing and cooking. When he instantly falls for the transfer student Miyakozuka Ryo, his secret is in danger of being exposed. --Tokyograph
Asuka Masamune is the coolest, manliest guy in his whole school. He excels in judo and karate, and as captain of the kendo team he reached the national championship tournament. However, he has a secret: the things he really loves are sweets, cute things, cooking, shōjo manga and sewing. He hides this part of his life from everyone else but then he meets a girl named Ryo Miyakozuka, the daughter of a martial artist and heir to his dojo.
The title, "Otomen" is a pun made of the Japanese word
otome (乙女?), meaning "young lady" or "mistress", and the English word "men". The characters in the series refer to Asuka as an "otomen" and even he himself has done so.
Love Chick (ラブチック,
Rabuchikku?) is a fictional shōjo manga by Jewel Sachihana that runs in the fictional manga magazine
Hana to Mame (a parody of
Hana to Yume). Juta Tachibana bases its story on the relationship between Asuka and Ryo, with the lead characters even sharing names pronounced the same but applied to the opposite genders. However, Asuka's name in
Love Chick is written in katakana rather than the kanji used for Asuka's name in
Otomen, and Ryo's name is written in kanji rather than in hiragana name in
Otomen.
The manga is written and illustrated by Aya Kanno and has been serialized in the
shōjo manga magazine
Bessatsu Hana to Yume since 2006. Serial chapters have been collected in ten tankōbon volumes by Hakusensha as of February 2010. Viz Media licensed the series for its Shojo Beat imprint. French publisher Delcourt licensed
Otomen and released its first volume in September 2008. As of January 2010, eight volumes have been released. In Spain, the publisher Planeta DeAgostini has licensed the series as
Otomen with its first volume released in December 2008. As of September 2009, six volumes have been released.
Source:
Wikipedia