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"**Be My Boyfriend!**" is the first chapter of *The Cuckoo's Fiancee* manga series and the first chapter of Volume 1.

## Summary

Nagi Umino was mistakenly switched at birth with another baby. He currently attends a prestigious private high school but struggles to achieve the first place of his year.

One day, most likely during a break, Nagi prepared to meet his biological parents whom he had just known about one month ago. Sachi Umino, his (no longer biological) little sister had expressed concerns about Nagi leaving, but Nagi reassured her that he has no intention of becoming his biological parents' son. However, while traveling to the meeting place, he met Erika Amano, an incredibly high-class high-school girl who claims that she is on the way to meet her fiancee. Erika had asked Nagi to be her fake boyfriend to which he reluctantly accepted, in order to fool her father. Despite their efforts, they failed. Nevertheless, they appreciated each others' company and parted ways.

To both of their surprises, it turns out that Nagi's biological parents are Erika's current parents and vice-versa; in addition, through those four's decisions, Erika's fiance is actually Nagi.

Once the next semester started, Nagi encountered Hiro Segawa, the current first place, and declared that he will crush her on the next aptitude test. However, this is all in order to confess to her by becoming the type of guy who she likes, which is someone smarter than her.

## Chapter Notes

* Nagi and Erika got switched due to a nurse's mistake in placing the baby.[*page 1*]
* Nagi ranks 2nd out of 243 second-year students in Megurogawa Academy.[*page 4*]
* Nagi's classmate describe him as "never talk to anyone" and "having no friends".[*page 4*]
* Nagi is currently 16 years old.[*page 5*]
* Nagi is obssessed with his rivalry.[*page 8*]
* Sachi describes Nagi as smart.[*page 8*]
* Erika is a second-year student of Orpheus Academy, an all-girls school.[*page 18*]
* Erika is an online celebrity, presumably Instagram, even known to Nagi's school.[*page 18*]
* Nagi describes Erika as selfish nutjob.[*page 20*]
* Mr Amano is a hotel tycoon.[*page 32-33*]
* Erika has a nickname: Erikitten.[*page 36*]
* Nagi has a strong physique, capable of punching a male teenager to some distance.[*page 39*]
* Mr Umino and Mrs Umino was a school delinquents.[*page 40*]
* Erika considers herself to have no friends.[*page 42*]
* Nagi is assigned to Class A.[*page 49*]
* Hiro is described as klutzy, cute, and airheaded by her friends.[*page 51*]
* Hiro is Nagi's self-proclaimed rival, ranked first among the second year.[*page 52*]
* Hiro likes a guy who is smarter than her.[*page 54*]
* Nagi's goal is to rank higher than Hiro and confess to her.[*page 55*]
* Sachi calls Nagi as "Nagi, and Erika calls Nagi as "Nagi-kun".[*page 56*] Nagi calls them as Erika and Sachi.

## Difference(s) with Oneshot

* Nagi is never shown to rank 2nd among the second-year in the Oneshot.
* The daily-life of Umino household is not shown in the Oneshot.
* Nagi's school name is Bunkyou Academy in the Oneshot, but is changed to Megurogawa Academy in Chapter 1.
* The Umino household looks poorer in Ch.1. For example, no bed was shown in Ch.1 unlike in the Oneshot
* Nagi and Erika are moved up one year from a 1st-year student to 2nd-year student.
* Nagi and Erika trying out a different outfits. Erika's outfit is more revealing in Chapter 1.
* The price of their clothes is changed from 245,000 to 495,000 Yen.
* The encounter with the deliquents was changed from a park in the Oneshot to a shrine.
* Two of the delinquents are heavily re-designed in the Oneshot.
* Nagi and Erika's school outfit are different from Oneshot.
* The meeting between Amano and Umino family is shown to be at night/dusk in Ch.1 compared to afternoon/evening in Oneshot.
* Hiro Segawa is not introduced in the Oneshot.
* Nagi never states his goal to rank higher than Hiro and confess to her afterwards in the Oneshot.
* Sachi and Erika are not shown to think about Negi in the Oneshot.

## Characters

List of characters:

* Nagi Umino
* Mrs. Umino
* Sachi Umino
* Erika Amano
* Delinquent A
* Delinquent B
* Delinquent C
* Amano Family's Chauffer
* Mr. Umino
* Mr Amano
* Mrs Amano
* Hiro Segawa

## Quotes

* *"Be my boyfriend!"* - Erika Amano[*page 19*]
* *"A picture should deliver the atmosphere of a moment. That's what makes a good shot." - Erika Amano*[*page 31-32*]
* *"The Umino's family motto: if someone starts a fight, end it."* - Nagi Umino[*page 40*]
* *"What kind of a guy I like? Someone smarter than me, I guess."* - Hiro Segawa[*page 54*]
* *"I'm going to take first, and confess to her!"* - Nagi Umino[*page 55*]

## Trivia

* Both Megurogawa Academy and Bunkyou Academy are located in Tokyo (Meguro City and Bunkyou City, respectively). Miki Yoshikawa is situated in Tokyo.
* This chapter marks the first appearance of Shoba Doll, a recurring item from *Yamada and The Seven Witches* series (author's previous work).
* Miyabi, Nene, Urara, Yamada, and Ushio (*Yamada and The Seven Witches*) made a cameo appearance in page 49.
* **Lost in Translation**: In the English translation, although Sachi calls Nagi as "Nagi", the original text is actually her calling Nagi as Onii-chan (お兄ちゃん) which means 'older brother'. Erika calls Nagi as Nagi (凪) in the original.