Cheeky Angel

Cheeky Angel (Tenshi na Konamaiki) is a comedy romance manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It focuses on the adventures of a 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy with a secret: she used to be male. Originally a serial in Shonen Sunday, the format extended to a 20-volume serialised graphic novel and a 50-episode anime series.

When nine, Megumi was a macho little boy who rescued a sorcerer from a gang of other children. In return, he receives a magic book that will grant him one wish. Megumi wishes to become the manliest man among men. Pierrot, the jester-like genie in the book, appears to grant the wish, but turns out to be a trickster: Megumi becomes female instead, Pierrot claiming to have misheard the wish as "woman among women". It would cost 10 years of Megumi's life to reverse it, and she throws the book into a river.

Megumi grows up, no-one remembering the transformation except her friend Miki. While physically an attractive female, she still retains her macho mannerisms and fighting ability, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers comprising the punk Genzo Soga, Ichiro Fujiki (a boy trying to escape his reputation for weirdness at his previous school), and the hentai (perverted) nerd Tasuke Yasuda.

Theme Songs

Opening Songs

• "Grand Blue" - Aiko Kitahara
• "Sun rise train" - Aiko Kitahara

Ending Songs

• "Whenever I think of you" - U-Ka Saegusa in db
• "It's for you" - U-Ka Saegusa in db
• "Tears go by" - U-Ka Saegusa in db
• "Secret & Lies" - U-Ka Saegusa in db

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