Yubisaki Milk Tea (ゆびさきミルクティー) is a Japanese manga by Tomochika Miyano. It was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal between December 2002 and March 2010, with its chapters collected in 10 tankōbon volumes. The series focuses 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. The manga was licensed in North America by Tokyopop.

Plot

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.

Characters

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Tomochika Miyano, Yubisaki Milk Tea was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from December 27, 2002, to March 12, 2010. Hakusensha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from July 29, 2003, to July 29, 2010. In North America, the series was licensed by Tokyopop. Eight volumes were released from April 11, 2006, to April 1, 2010 (volume eight combined the eighth and ninth Japanese volumes), before Tokyopop closed down its North American publishing division in April 2011.

Drama CD

A drama CD based on the manga was first released in Japan on July 23, 2004. The CD contained fourteen tracks with four characters: Yoshinori, Hidari, Minamo, and Miki.

Reception

Eduardo Chavez of Mania found the first volume to have a "sweet and titilating story." Erin Finnegan found the first and second volumes were "actually perverted." Gia Manry of Anime Vice noted that the story, "in honesty doesn't deliver as much as it could," concluding that "the result is in large part an angsty love-triangle soap opera." However, she adds that "it's still a bit more creative than your average love-triangle manga." Carlo Santos found the "underage fanservice" "creepy", and felt the art "lack[ed] craftsmanship".