Love Me for Who I Am

Love Me for Who I Am follows high school student Mogumo, who lives away from their family home.

At school, fellow student Tetsu Iwaoka invites them to work at Question!, a maid café. Mogumo signs on, happy at first because they can present how they want, but soon discovers the reason Tetsu invited them to work there was because he mistook them for a cross-dressing boy. Incensed, Mogumo tells Iwaoka not to assume their gender based on presentation – causing Iwaoka (and the rest of the maid café's staff) to re-think what they know about gender.{{Cite web|title=Love Me For What I Am (FukaBoku): A Sweet Drama That Explores Japan's Gender Landscape|url=https://www.animeherald.com/2019/04/22/love-me-for-what-i-am-fukaboku-a-sweet-drama-that-explores-japans-gender-landscape/|date=2019-04-22|website=Anime Herald|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-30}}

;{{Nihongo|Ryuunosuke Mogumo (a.k.a. Mogumo)|百雲 龍之助|Mogumo Ryūnosuke}}

:The primary protagonist; a high school student who works for Question!. Commonly referred to solely by their surname.

;{{Nihongo|Tetsu Iwaoka|岩岡 哲|Iwaoka Tetsu}}

:The secondary protagonist; a cis male high school student whose family owns Question!, working there as a cook. He befriends Mogumo after witnessing their loneliness, and gradually falls in love with them.

;{{Nihongo|Satori Iwaoka|岩岡 智|Iwaoka Satori}}

:Tetsu's older sister; a trans woman and proprietor of Question!. In the first volume, Tetsu refers to Satori as "brother", but later in the story refers to her as "sister".

;{{Nihongo|Sakura Mogumo|百雲 さくら|Mogumo Sakura}}

:Mogumo's younger sister; she faces difficulties for not being outwardly “feminine” as she plays football and has short hair. As she is burdened by having to do all the housework, she attempts to guilt-trip Mogumo into coming back to the family home.

;{{Nihongo|Kotone Mizunoe|水之江 琴音|Mizunoe Kotone}}

:Mogumo's childhood friend; a cis lesbian high school student who is outwardly accepting of Mogumo, but secretly uses them to cope with her internalised homophobia. She is confronted by Mogumo about this behaviour, but later reconciles with and finds support from them.

;{{Nihongo|Mei Tatebayashi|館林 めい|Tatebayashi Mei}}

:A server at Question!; initially presents as a cross-dressing boy (identifying as an “otokonoko”) but later comes out as a trans girl after confiding in her colleagues.

;{{Nihongo|Sou Suzumi aka Suzu|鈴見 奏|Suzumi Sou}}

:A gay high school student and a server at Question!. He began cross-dressing to appeal to his boyfriend, Haruto, who only his colleagues at Question! are aware of.

;{{Nihongo|Tenmaru Inui aka Ten|犬局 天丸|Inui Tenmaru}}

:A server at Question!. Ten is a cosplay enthusiast and will cosplay in anything cute. He is talented in costume design, and frequently creates outfits for the others at Question!. Ten is also a high academic achiever, spending much of his time on studying.

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| LicensedRelDate = October 20, 2020{{cite web |title=Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 2|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/love-me-for-who-i-am-vol-2/ |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=June 29, 2021}}

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| LicensedRelDate = April 13, 2021{{cite web |title=Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 3|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/love-me-for-who-i-am-vol-3/ |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=June 29, 2021}}

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| OriginalISBN = 978-4-82-360070-8

| LicensedRelDate = August 24, 2021{{cite web |title=Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 4|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/love-me-for-who-i-am-vol-4/ |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=June 29, 2021}}

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| OriginalISBN = 978-4-82-360181-1

| LicensedRelDate = January 18, 2022{{cite web |title=Love Me for Who I Am Vol. 5|url=https://sevenseasentertainment.com/books/love-me-for-who-i-am-vol-5/ |publisher=Seven Seas Entertainment |access-date=June 29, 2021}}

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• {{official site|http://www.comic-medu.com/wk/fukaboku}} {{in lang|ja}}
• [https://sevenseasentertainment.com/series/love-me-for-who-i-am/ Love Me for Who I Am] at Seven Seas Entertainment
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