The Gender of Mona Lisa
The Gender of Mona Lisa, also known in English as Just Like Mona Lisa, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsumuji Yoshimura. It was serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website from May 2018 to October 2022.
Plot
The story is set in a world where people do not have a biological sex until they are twelve years old, upon which they will begin male or female puberty depending on their preference. Hinase, an eighteen-year-old who remains genderless, receives confessions of love from both of their childhood friends: Shiori and Ritsu, a boy and a girl respectively.Publication
Written and illustrated by Tsumuji Yoshimura, The Gender of Mona Lisa was serialized on Square Enix's Gangan Online manga website from May 14, 2018, to October 3, 2022. The series' chapters were compiled into ten volumes from September 21, 2018, to December 12, 2022.The series is published in English by Comikey and Square Enix through their Manga UP! Global app. During their Anime Expo 2023 panel, Square Enix Manga & Books announced that they would begin publishing the series under the title Just Like Mona Lisa in July 2024.