Manga

Manga
Kanji	天使な小生意気
Romaji	Tenshi na Konamaiki
Volumes	20
Chapters	199
Status	Finished
Published	JAPAN: June 2, 1999 to Aug 27, 2003 Shōnen Sunday Sep 18, 1999 to Sep 18, 2003 Tankōbon . ENGLISH: Jul 7, 2004 to Jan 8, 2008 Viz May 12, 2015 Viz
Genres	Action, Comedy, Romance and Shounen
Authors	Hiroyuki Nishimori.
Serializations	Shōnen Sunday

Cheeky Angel (天使な小生意気, Tenshi Na Konamaiki), sometimes titled "A Cheeky Angel" or simply "Tenkona" in japanese spaces, is a Shonen action-comedy written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It follows the story of 15 year old teenager Amatsuka Megumi as she tries to find a magic book that would turn her back into a boy.

It was published in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday on June 2, 1999 and finished on August 27, 2003.

There are 199 chapters collected in 20 volumes. In the wide version, there's 201 chapters, including 2 chapters Nishimori couldn't publish beforehand.

While the manga and anime are relatively similar, the manga further fleshes out the story of the Gakusan Game Arc as the anime took a different approach due to having caught up with the manga before it finished.

Publication

The individual chapters were compiled and collected by Shogakukan in twenty tankōbon volumes, released between September 18, 1999 and September 18, 2003.

The manga was published in English by Viz Media. The first volume was released on July 7, 2004, and the final volume on January 8, 2008. Between May 12, 2015 and February 23, 2016, Viz Media re-published the series digitally . In March 2021, Viz Media confirmed that they no longer holds the series' license and english publication ceased entirely.

Volumes

Trivia

• Aka Akasaka, mangaka of Kaguya-sama: Love is War, mentioned that Cheeky Angel and Nishimori drew him to the path of being a mangaka. He used to watch Cheeky Angel episodes as it aired late at night, after his soccer practice and even collected the volumes.
• Blue Lock character Gagamaru Gin lists Cheeky Angel as one of his favourite mangas.
• Actor Takeru Satoh, most known for his role as Ryotaro Nogami in the Kamen Rider Den-O franchise, and as Himura Kenshin in the live-action Rurouni Kenshin film and its sequels, has stated before that his favourite manga is Cheeky Angel. His bookshelf even has a Megumi illustration drawn personally by Nishimori as a Thank you to Satoh.
• The manga is constantly referenced in Nishimori's works that were made after Cheeky Angel. For example, in Hiiragi-sama, Genzo makes an appearance in the background on manga book and even appeared in a full panel when Hiiragi asks about his emotions. Megumi and Genzo also appeared in Kyo Kara Ore Wa: Sagara The Hero & Those Two on a tablet screen.