Love Me For Who I Am

LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM / LOVE ME FOR WHAT I AM / EVERYTHING ABOUT ME IS MYSTERIOUS / FUKAKAI na BOKU no SUBETE o

A longer short story by Kata Konayama

**Synopsis**

Ryuunosuke Mogumo is a cute, very feminine high school student who is seen and treated as a boy by nearly everyone, although always being dressed in the female sailor suit school uniform every school day. This happens, unfortunately, because Mogumo was designated a "male" on their Birth Certificate, and then on the School Registry when they entered kindergarten. This despite the fact that although they were perceived as a male at birth, however, they have grown up to view themselves as Gen X/Third Gender/No Gender, and therefore with no distinct gender affiliation. Mogumo uses only their last name, as they greatly dislike having been given a masculine first name. From childhood onward, they have selected to present with a female Gender Expression. Mogumo is a very lonely at school, as well as having to live virtually alone, and who just wants a few close, loving friends. But nobody at school, or otherwise, will come near Mogumo, knowing that they are neither male nor female, let alone talk to them or befriend them.

However, one day, fellow student classmate and cis-male Tetsu Iwaoka decides to try and get to know Mogumo better, and invites Mogumo to work at his family’s café featuring *"girlyboys"* (gender variant / non-conformimg boys who dress and present as girls) as waitresses. Yet, Tetsu makes an incorrect assumption: Mogumo can't be a "girlyboy" because they are non-binary Gen X, and doesn’t fully identify as a boy or a girl. However, Mogumo soon finds out that the café is staffed by and patronized by non-conforming folks of all different persuasions, everyone with their own reasons for congregating there.

This touching manga story explores Gender Identity, Gender Expression / Presentation, and sexuality from many different angles, including the ways people are pushed to conform in a world that doesn’t understand them....until society begins to learn, one person at a time, that all, including Mogumo, need to be loved for who they are.

**Character Profiles**

(Click on the character's profile picture to be taken to that character's profile page)

Mogumo / RyuunosukeTetsu IwaokaMei TatebayashiSou SuzumiInui TenmaruSatori IwaokaKotone MizunoePixHHHPixJJJ
*LOVE ME FOR WHO I AM*, by Kata Konayama

(Story Note---The Main Character of the story, Mogumo, does not identify as fully male or female, and has an undetermined Gender Identity. However, they do present themselves with a female Gender Expression / presentation. Female gender designations referring to Mogumo will be used by the storyteller at the times when they are presenting a female Gender Expression, up to the point in the story when Mogumo declares to all that they are neither boy nor girl. After that point, Mogumo will be referred to with Gender Neutral designations (singular 'they', 'them', etc.). When Mogumo is referring to themselves, Gender Neutral designations will be used. Others who use incorrect gender expressions when referring to Mogumo, who was born perceived as a "male", and is Gen X / non-binary / gender non-conforming, will be placed in brackets (i.e. {male}, {girlyboy}, {hers}), to indicate that the gender designation is not accurate, but is nevertheless being chosen and used by the other characters, as well as by the mangaka and/or translator. FANDOM's policy on Gender Designations (this Wiki will abide by it) can be found here.)

(Additional Story Note---The manga *Love Me For Who I Am* features the stories of several teenage people of many, varied social and personal identities and orientations. Although other characters will be included in the story narrative, this Wiki version will primarily chronicle the stories of only two characters, the teenager who views themselves as Gen X, named Mogumo, and the teenage trans girl, named Mei. Some chapters may be abridged, or not chronicled at all.)

**Table of Contents**

(Click on the Chapter Title to be taken to that Chapter's page)

Love Me: Chapter 1

Love Me: Chapter 2

Love Me: Chapter 3

Love Me: Chapter 4

Love Me: Chapter 5

Love Me: Chapter 6

Love Me: Chapter 7

Love Me: Chapter 8

Love Me: Chapter 9