History Manga / LoveMeForWhoIAm

* BleachedUnderpants: Kata Konayama got started from drawing doujinshi and adult works. Suzu's backstory is told in the author's 2016 adult doujinshi work ''Kimi Dake no Ponytail''.

* BaitAndSwitch: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:The end of chapter 22 implies that Mogumo got seriously, probably fatally wounded, when they tried to talk Sakura out of her suicide attempt. Thankfully, chapter 23, the beginning of volume 5, shows that Mogumo's injuries aren't too bad, and that they're perfectly fine, other than having their hands bandaged up.]]

** Kotone is jealous of [[spoiler:Tetsu, who she sees as turning Mogumo "gay" and stealing them away from her. She thankfully grows out of this in chapters 16 and 17, apologizing to Tetsu for her behavior towards him, though not without playfully joking that she'll resent him forever.]]

* PrideParade: Mei, Mogumo and Kotone go to a Pride Festival in Chapter 15. [[spoiler:This triggers a lot of emotions from Kotone, who's struggling to accept that she's a lesbian and is shocked to see how many women like her are out there.]]

* TraumaticHaircut: Narrowly averted. [[spoiler:Mogumo's father insists that to prove they're sorry for their actions, they need to cut their hair and start behaving like a man. Moguma -- who hates being perceived as a man so much it nearly drove them to suicide -- reluctantly agrees, on the condition that they explain why having long hair is important to them first. When Mogumo's mother accepts their identity, she insists to her husband that they listen to their children instead of talking over them. This finally makes him back off on cutting their hair.]]

%%* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Indicated as the reason why Mogumo initially starts liking [[spoiler:Tetsu.]]
* BleachedUnderpants: Kata Konayama got started from drawing doujinshi and adult works. Suzu's backstory is told in the author's 2016 adult doujinshi work ''Kimi Dake no Ponytail'' .

%%** Suzu suffers from a bit of this in the prequel, but is well over it by the story proper and is by far the teenager most internally comfortable with his sexuality.

* TransTribulations: Mogumo struggles with dysphoria and being nonbinary in a largely binary world.

* WhamShot: Chapter 17 ends with [[spoiler: Mogumo's younger sister entering Cafe Question and Mogumo having a distinctly uncomfortable look on their face.]]

---> '''Kotone:''' I'm not dealing with anything.\\
'''Mogumo:''' Then please stop using me as a replacement for a girl.

* {{Gayngst}}:
** [[spoiler:Kotone's misandry and obsession with Mogumo is revealed to be a result of her having to hide her homosexuality for so long.]]

* {{Transgender}}: Mogumo was assigned male at birth but is nonbinary. Mei realizes herself to be a trans girl. Satori is a trans woman, but doesn't seem to be transitioning.

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[[caption-width-right:250:Clockwise from the right: Tetsu, Mogumo, Mei, Suzu, and Ten]]

''Love Me For Who I Am'' (''Fukakai na Boku no Subete Wo'') is a {{Seinen}} manga by Kata Konayama about finding those who accept you for who you truly are. It ran in ''COMIC [=MeDu=]'' from 2018 to 2021. Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment announced that they licensed the manga and released the first volume in ([[UsefulNotes/PrideParade fittingly]]) June 2020.

''Love Me For Who I Am'' (''Fukakai na Boku no Subete Wo'') is a {{Seinen}} manga by Kata Konayama about finding those who accept you for who you truly are. It ran in ''COMIC [=MeDu=] from 2018 to 2021. Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment announced that they licensed the manga and released the first volume in ([[UsefulNotes/PrideParade fittingly]]) June 2020.

''Love Me For Who I Am'' (''Fukakai na Boku no Subete Wo'') is a 2018 manga by Kata Konayama about finding those who accept you for who you truly are. Creator/SevenSeasEntertainment announced that they licensed the manga and released the first volume in ([[UsefulNotes/PrideParade fittingly]]) June 2020.

When high school student Tetsu Iwaoka learns the wish of his lonely classmate Mogumo, "Please give me friends who will understand me", he thinks he knows the perfect place. He invites Mogumo to work at his family's maid café, and while Mogumo is excited to start, there's just one problem: it's a "girlyboy" (otokonoko) café, and Mogumo isn't a girl or a boy.

!!This series features examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Mogumo and Sakura's father is strict and emotionally abusive, unaccepting of Mogumo's non-binary identity and trying his damndest to force Sakura [[StayInTheKitchen to be more submissive and feminine.]] He also violently opposed Sakura cutting her hair short, thinking she was going to act like a boy because of it, and forced her to quit the soccer team.

* BaitAndSwitch: Played for drama. [[spoiler: The end of chapter 22 implies that Mogumo got seriously, probably fatally wounded, when they tried to talk Sakura out of her suicide attempt. Thankfully, chapter 23, the beginning of volume 5, shows that Mogumo's injuries aren't too bad, and that they're perfectly fine, other than having their hands bandaged up.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Indicated as the reason why Mogumo initially starts liking [[spoiler:Tetsu.]]
* BleachedUnderpants: Kata Konayama got started from drawing doujinshi and adult works, and Suzu's backstory is told in the author's 2016 adult doujinshi work ''Kimi Dake no Ponytail'' .
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: The three original café maids are Ten (blonde/light-brunette), Suzu (dark hair), and Mei (reddish-brunette).
* CastFullOfGay: Specifically, Mogumo is non-binary, Mei and Satori are trans women, Suzu is a gay man with a boyfriend, Tetsu isn't sure of his sexuality but does have interest in Mogumo, and [[spoiler: Kotone is a lesbian.]]
* ChildhoodFriends: Kotone and Mogumo have been friends since young children, when Mogumo's family first moved in Kotone's neighbourhood. The two have been close ever since, with Kotone in the present day still taking care of Mogumo by visiting their home to cook.
* CoolBigSis: Satori is a good older sister to Tetsu, and she also takes good care of the other café employees.

* DoubleDate: [[spoiler: Mogumo and Tetsu]] go on one with Suzu and his boyfriend, Haruto.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: Mogumo is revealed to be nonbinary in the first chapter. It's a surprise to all the other characters, but necessary to reveal in order to describe the premise.

** [[spoiler: Kotone's misandry and somewhat yandere nature towards Mogumo is revealed to be a result of her having to hide her homosexuality for so long.]]
** Suzu suffers from a bit of this in the prequel, but is well over it by the story proper and is by far the teenager most internally comfortable with his sexuality.

** Mei is initially envious of Mogumo for being able to say that they aren't a boy or a girl, while Mei feels she needs to hold on to her assigned gender even though she is a girl. This explains why she's so defensive when Mogumo doesn't want to call themself a "girlyboy/otokonoko".

* JustTheWayYouAre: Mogumo considers trying to be more feminine and dressing like the much girlier Mei in hopes that Tetsu will like them more that way.[[spoiler:As it turns out, Tetsu prefers Mogumo's personal style and personality rather than them trying to be something they aren't.]]

* SelfHarm: Chapter 23 reveals that [[spoiler: in the past, Mogumo, experiencing heavy dysphoria, horrified that their voice was changing, attempted to use a knife to cut out their Adam's Apple. Their mother tried to talk them out of it, but Mogumo called her out for not making any attempt to understand them and their issues. They don't go through with it, but the incident fractured their family enough that Mogumo left.]]

* StayInTheKitchen: It turns out Sakura and Mogumo's father very strongly believes in imposing strict gender roles, openly opposing Sakura cutting her hair short and joining the soccer team and pressuring her to focus on cooking and cleaning so she can be a good wife to some guy.
* {{Transgender}}: Mogumo is assigned male at birth but is nonbinary, and Mei realises herself to be trans too. Satori is also a trans woman, but doesn't seem to be transitioning.
* TransRelationshipTroubles: A rare non-binary example. Mogumo is AMAB and feminine presenting, but they're neither a boy or a girl. Their male friend [[spoiler:Tetsu]] has a crush on them. Kotone, who [[spoiler:is a closeted lesbian and likes Mogumo herself]], [[AndThenWhat questions]] [[spoiler:Tetsuo]] on this later. The two are male on paper, so they can't get married in Japan. Others see them as a gay couple, even if their relationship isn't same-gender.

* TwiceShy: Subverted, [[spoiler: Tetsu]] and [[spoiler: Mogumo]] have an odd and adorable LoveConfession scene where [[spoiler:Mogumo loudly interrupts Tetsu's attempted confession with a confession of their own. They then begin to argue about who likes whom more.]]
* WantedAGenderConformingChild: In a flashback to Mogumo's childhood, their mother comments that she hopes Mogumo's feminine tendencies and interests are just a phase. As it turns out, it wasn't a phase at all; the lack of acceptance has made Mogumo pretty much ghost their family, [[spoiler:at least until their sister pays them a visit at the cafe.]] As a result, their father pressures Sakura to be more woman-like, forcing her to quit the soccer team to focus on housework as a means to force her to conform to a strict gender role.
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 22. The second half of it involves Sakura visiting Mogumo at their house... and [[spoiler:taking a knife to her own neck, threatening suicide]]. The scene makes Mogumo remember a time when they themselves [[spoiler:attempted to gouge their Adam's Apple out in the same way]]. Mogumo tries to convince Sakura not to go through with it, but [[spoiler:in their attempt to get the knife away from her, it's implied that Mogumo got badly hurt in the process]].

* BaitAndSwitch: Played for drama. [[spoiler: The end of chapter 22 implies that Mogumo got seriously, probably fatally wounded, when they tried to talk Sakura out of her attempted suicide attempt. Thankfully, chapter 23, the beginning of volume 5, shows that Mogumo's injuries aren't too bad, and that they're perfectly fine, other than having their hands bandaged up.]]

--> '''Sakura:''' [[spoiler: Mom isn't doing well.]]

* WhamEpisode: Dear lord, chapter 22. [[spoiler: The second half of it involves Sakura visiting Mogumo at their house...and taking a knife to her own neck, threatening suicide. The scene makes Mogumo remember a time when they themselves attempted to gouge their Adam's Apple out in the same way. Mogumo tries to convince Sakura not to go through with it, but in their attempt to get the knife away from her, it's implied that Mogumo got badly hurt in the process.]]

* WhamLine: Chapter 16 delivers one from Mogumo of all people.
--> '''Kotone:''' I'm not dealing with anything.
--> '''Mogumo:''' Then please stop using me as a replacement for a girl.

* CoolBigSis:
** Satori is a good older sister to Tetsu, and she also takes good care of the other café employees.

** Mogumo sees Kotone an older siser figure, calling her "Koto-nee" (with ''nee'' being UsefulNotes/JapaneseSiblingTerminology for older sisters), but its clear Kotone herself sees something more.