Yubisaki Milk Tea

Yubisaki Milk Tea
Volume 1 cover with Hidari
ゆびさき ミルク ティー (Yubisaki Miruku Tī)
Genre	Drama, Romantic comedy
Manga
Written by	Tomochika Miyano
Published by	Hakusensha
English publisher	NA Tokyopop
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Young Animal
Original run	January 2003 – March 2010
Volumes	10

Yubisaki Milk Tea (ゆびさき ミルク ティー, Yubisaki Miruku Tī^?, lit. "Fingertip Milk Tea") is a Japanese romance manga by Tomochika Miyano centering on a boy whose hobby is cross-dressing and the lives of those around him whom he affects whether he is dressed up or not. It was serialized in Hakusensha's manga magazine Young Animal between January 2003 and March 2010, and was published in 10 volumes. The manga was licensed in the United States by Tokyopop and is rated for a mature audience. Later, a drama CD was released on July 23, 2004 based on the series.

Yubisaki Milk Tea revolves around Yoshinori Ikeda, a high school student, who is one day convinced to fill in for his sister for a modeling job while she went on a date. He cross-dresses in his first female outfit as a bride, before ultimately discovering that he enjoys dressing like a girl. He has a young childhood friend named Hidari Morii that he is interested in, but he is unsure of his feelings, as there is another girl he likes in his own class—Minamo Kurokawa. Incidentally, Minamo is the class head, and top student, but she has trouble opening up to people, especially men, due to an incident in her past. Yoshinori remedies this by dressing up, when he is able to become Yuki—the name he chose for himself in feminine form. As the story goes on, Yoshinori is still unable to choose which of the two girls he likes more and all the while feelings of love between everyone are growing ever stronger.

The Yubisaki Milk Tea manga written by Tomochika Miyano was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal manga magazine in Japan between January 2003 and March 2010. Ten tankōbon volumes were released in Japan. Volume eight was first expected to be released in March 2007, but the series went into a hiatus, causing its release along with volume nine to be postponed until October 2009. The first two volumes contain short stories of other material the author has published in the past. Volumes five through seven each include a bonus chapter of My Little Sister is an Honor Student, about the relationship between middle-school-aged Minamo Kurokawa and her older brother. Eight volumes were translated and released in English by Tokyopop (volume eight combined the eighth and ninth Japanese volumes). A ninth volume to complete the series was cancelled when Tokyopop closed down its North American publishing division in April 2011.