cheecky angel

Cheeky Angel( Tenshi na Konamaiki?) is a comedy romance manga series by Hiroyuki Nishimori. The story revolves around the adventures of 15-year old schoolgirl Megumi Amatsuka, a popular and beautiful tomboy with a secret: she used to be a boy. Originally a serial in Shōnen Sunday, it has been collected in 20 tankōbon volumes and adapted as a 50-episode anime series. In 2001, the manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen.

Story
At the age of nine, Megumi is a typical boy. One day he saves a strange man from a gang of other children. In return, Megumi receives a magical book. After accidentally bleeding on the book, a genie named Pierrot appears and offers to grant him a wish. Megumi wishes to become a man. Pierrot, a trickster inadvertently turns Megumi into a woman. Megumi, furious, throws the book into the riverbank. Believing the only way to reverse the spell is to retrieve the book, Megumi begins a 6 year long search but is told that she can find the book if she attends Furinkan High School.

 Characters


Megumi Amatsuka
Voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara
While Megumi is physically a very attractive female, she still retains her masculine mannerisms and fighting abilities, attracting the 'Megu-chan Protection Club', a group of misfit admirers. Nobody else knows she used to be a boy but was transformed into a girl, initially only Megumi's best friend, Miki knew her secret, however the protection club quickly finds out. Out of all the men in Furinkan High, the only one who seems to make any headway is Genzo Sōga for his unparalleled willingness to do anything to prove himself to Megumi. A tomboy at heart, if she unintentionally displays any sort of affection for anyone, she is very quick to deny everything. At the end of the manga, it is revealed that she was and always had been a girl. One of the main reason why she wished to be a boy was because when they were younger, despite being stronger than Genzo, he injured himself to protect her, saying that it was because it is a man's duty to protect a women.

Miki Hanakain
Voiced by: Makiko Ohmoto
Miki is Megumi's childhood friend and would do anything to help her. She is the only one that remembers the former Megumi and knows of the transformation. She does everything she can to turn Megumi into a better more feminine girl and even goes so far as to threaten to stop being Megumi's friend if she cuts her hair. Miki is extremely loyal to Megumi and has been at her side since pre-school, she even accepted an arranged marriage just so she could go to the same high school as Megumi.

Keiko Tanaka
Voiced by: Naoko Matsui
A spoiled brat and Megumi's rival. She shows up later in the series. She suffers a form of superiority complex. She hates Megumi because she realizes that everyone around her thinks Megumi is more beautiful than she is. Now she follows Megumi where ever she goes in hope of dis-proving Megumi's beauty.
Megumi's father (aka Megu-papa)
Voiced by: Banjou Ginga
His real name is unknown. Megu-papa is perverted like Yasuda, frequently seen entering Megumi's room through secret entrances he creates without Megumi's permission.

Amatsuka Tsubasa
Voiced by: Megumi Urawa
Megumi's mother. Her work requires her to travel around the world, so she's rarely home.

 Megu-chan Protection Club
Genzo Sōga
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi
A very stubborn punk who has become Megumi's biggest admirer. The strongest in terms of physical power, Genzo is feared by many at school and various gangs in the city. The manga begins with Megumi, upset that this punk has mistreated his most recent girlfriend, beating Genzo up, the first person to do it since at least grade-school. Soon after that incident, Genzo quickly falls in head over heels for Megumi. On his 16th birthday, Genzo proposed to Megumi but he was rejected. In the manga, it is revealed that Genzo received his scar protecting Megu from falling glass while she was rescuing Miki from kidnappers. Genzo often refers to Megumi as Megu-chan as a sign affection.

Ichiro Fujiki
Voiced by: Kazunari Tanaka
An "average" boy trying to escape his reputation for being weird and a pervert at his previous school. While appearing physically inferior to Genzo, he has fought to defend himself and Megumi on several occasions. Near the end of the series, he seemed to have accepted the role as Yoshimi's 'Prince'.

Tasuke Yasuda
Voiced by: Yuji Ueda
The "hentai" (perverted) and yet good-hearted nerd who nosebleeds when he gets overly excited. Yasuda is the weakest when it comes to physical prowess, but his intelligence continues to surprise everyone and aids the group solving many problems. He has a little brother that looks like a mini version of him and the same personality. Yasuda appears like a cute girl when his glasses are removed.

Hitomonji Kobayashi
Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama
A samurai in-training and arguably the most decent man in the group. Kobayashi is the second strongest, having learned martial arts since childhood. Near the end of the series he seems to develop some feelings for Miki.


 Other CharactersYoriko
Amatsuka's housemaid. She was first seen on episode 11 of the anime. She was always seen in the anime as Megumi's investigator and a substitute to Tsubasa in times of need. She even helped Megu by revising the rules of Yamato Nadeshiko cup in order to that the rules will be fair and square.

Takao Gakusan
First seen on episode 21 of the anime. He was Miki's supposed to be "fiance". He was beaten up by Genzo in duel as he posed to be Miki's boyfriend to protect her. In later episodes, he planned to kidnap Miki but he was defeated by the Megu-group.

Reiko
A thief that Megumi met in Osaka. She was first seen on episode 13 of the anime. She was saved by Megumi in a near-death experience. Along with Megumi, Genzo, and Fujiki, they've helped the police caught a yakuza. In later episodes, she helped Megumi find magic books, a bone, and a scroll (which of course, she obatined by stealing).

Yoshimi Shirasagi
Keiko's friend. In later episodes, she fell in love with Genzo because he saved her right in time. Somehow, the feelings changed when she was saved by Fujiki when she falls in a stair during their field trip in Kyoto and calls Fujiki her "prince".

Setsuka
Genzo's "Big" Sister. She was first seen on episode 26 of the anime. She saves Megumi when her brother tries to "make her happy". She was amazed on how Megumi changed Genzo from a deliquent to a charming person. She wants to be called by Megumi as "Onee-san".

Yanigizawa
A punk that Megumi and Genzo met during the Yamato Nadeshiko cup. He was first seen on episode 38 of the anime. He was defeated by Genzo. In later episodes, he was hired by Takao Gakusan to kidnap Miki.



Theme songsOpening
Grand Blue - Aiko Kitahara (episodes 1-26)
Sun rise train - Aiko Kitahara (episodes 27-50)
Ending
Whenever I think of you - U-ka saegusa IN db
It's for you - U-Ka Saegusa in db (episodes 15-26)
Tears go by - U-Ka Saegusa in db (eps 27-37)
Secret and Lies - U-Ka Saegusa in db (eps 38-49)
Grand Blue - Aiko Kitahara (ep 50)