Hope You're Happy, Lemon
Hope You're Happy, Lemon is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mizuki Kishikawa. It began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service in October 2023. The series follows Sunao Akiyoshi, a university student who suddenly starts swapping bodies with his old girlfriend, Lemon Nishikawa.
Plot
As a junior high school student, Sunao Akiyoshi was in a relationship with his childhood friend Lemon Nishikawa. However, Lemon confessed to Sunao that she has been cheating on him with three different men and broke up with him. Since that day, Sunao has struggled to move on, but is slowly trying to begin a relationship with fellow student and film club member Natsumi Kogahara.One day, Sunao unexpectedly reunites with Lemon on an outing. The next morning, he wakes up in Lemon's body, and Lemon shows up in Sunao's body; the two realize they have started swapping bodies on alternating days. Meanwhile, Sunao discovers that not only is Lemon a student at a top-tier school, she is also roommates with Kogahara. The story follows the trio as they navigate their situation and their feelings for each other.
Characters
;Sunao Akiyoshi;Lemon Nishikawa
;Natsumi Kogahara
;Suzuka
;Raika Asagi
Publication
Hope You're Happy, Lemon is written and illustrated by Mizuki Kishikawa. The series began serialization on Shueisha's Shōnen Jump+ manga service on October 15, 2023. Its chapters have been collected into nine tankōbon volumes as of January 2026.The series' chapters are simultaneously published in English on Shueisha's Manga Plus platform. In January 2025, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English publication, with the first volume being released in October 2025.
Reception
Accolades
The series was nominated for the 10th Next Manga Awards in 2024 in the web category and ranked fourth.Critical reception
Zach Zamora of Screen Rant acclaimed the series, calling it "unique" and the "next big thing" in the romantic comedies of manga. He argued that while the premise was otherwise "typical", the story elevated itself through putting "compelling characters in complicated scenarios". He praised the body-swapping narrative for focusing on Sunao and Lemon's mutual feelings rather than comedic scenarios typical for the trope, as well as the unusual narrative situations, which he felt "made even ordinary character interactions entertaining".Kevin Cormack of Anime News Network gave the first volume a positive review, describing it as "adorable" and "utterly enchanting". He praised the likability of the "sweetest little trio" of characters, finding their interactions consistently "amusing" throughout the story. He was also generally positive about the art style, which he called "super-cute" despite a relatively simple design. Bolts, reviewing for the same site, was less enthused. Although he commended Sunao's characterization, he disliked Lemon, who he found less sympathetic. He ultimately decided to stick with the series, but felt that there was some "missed potential" in the storyline.