Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend

Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend (Japanese: 明日、私は誰かのカノジョ, Hepburn: Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo)^[2][3] is a Japanese anthology web manga series written and illustrated by Hinao Wono. It was serialized on Cygames's online magazine Cycomi [ja] from May 2019 to November 2023, with its chapters collected and published in print by Shogakukan in 17 tankōbon volumes.

Tomorrow, I'll Be Someone's Girlfriend
First tankōbon volume cover
明日、私は誰かのカノジョ (Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo)
Genre	Romance[1]
Manga
Written by	Hinao Wono
Published by	Cygames (web) Shogakukan (print)
Imprint	Ura Sunday Comics
Magazine	Cycomi [ja]
Original run	May 3, 2019 – November 10, 2023
Volumes	17
Television drama
Directed by	Mai Sakai Sachiko Kondo Masato Sugawara
Written by	Kisa Miura Anna Kawahara Lee Nawon
Licensed by	Disney Platform Distribution
Original network	MBS, TBS
Original run	April 13, 2022 – June 28, 2023
Episodes	21

A 12-episode television drama adaptation aired from April to June 2022. A second season aired from May to June 2023.

The manga had over 5.6 million copies in circulation by August 2023. In 2023, the manga won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award for the shōjo category.

Plot

The story is about college student Yuki, who accepts money to pretend to be men's dates and hold hands with them. Yuki has burn scars on her face, but covers them with makeup while working as a rental girlfriend.

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Hinao Wono, Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo started on Cygames's online magazine Cycomi [ja] on May 3, 2019.^[4] The series finished with its 215th chapter on October 13, 2023,^[5] which was followed by an epilogue chapter released on November 10 of the same year.^[6] A special chapter was published on February 16, 2024.^[7] Its chapters were collected and published in print by Shogakukan in 17 tankōbon volumes, released from December 19, 2019,^[1] to February 19, 2024.^[8]

Volumes

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	December 19, 2019[9]	978-4-09-129494-4
2	March 19, 2020[10]	978-4-09-850030-7
3	May 19, 2020[11]	978-4-09-850051-2
4	September 18, 2020[12]	978-4-09-850253-0
5	December 18, 2020[13]	978-4-09-850354-4
6	March 19, 2021[14]	978-4-09-850447-3
7	June 17, 2021[15]	978-4-09-850587-6
8	September 16, 2021[16]	978-4-09-850655-2
9	December 17, 2021[17]	978-4-09-850777-1
10	April 19, 2022[18]	978-4-09-851043-6
11	July 19, 2022[19]	978-4-09-851212-6
12	October 19, 2022[20]	978-4-09-851254-6
13	February 17, 2023[21]	978-4-09-851436-6
14	May 19, 2023[22]	97-84-09-851557-8
15	August 18, 2023[23]	978-4-09-852798-4
16	November 17, 2023[24]	978-4-09-853045-8
17	February 19, 2024[8]	978-4-09-853136-3

Drama

In March 2022, it was announced that the series would receive a television drama adaptation.^[25] It aired on MBS and TBS from April 13 to June 29, 2022.^[26][27][a] Disney Platform Distribution licensed the series for streaming worldwide.^[29]

A second season of the series was announced in April 2023. It aired from May 2 to June 28, 2023.^[30][31]

Reception

In 2020, the manga was among 50 nominees for the sixth Next Manga Awards in the web category.^[32]

By March 2022, the manga had over 300,000 copies in circulation.^[33] By August 2023, it had over 5.6 million copies in circulation.^[34]

The series ranked 18th on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! 2022 list of best manga for male readers.^[35] The series won the 68th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2023.^[36]

Notes

1. MBS listed the air dates for the series on Tuesday at 24:59, which is effectively Wednesday at 0:59 a.m. JST.^[28]