In exchange, he agrees to join the student council and spend the rest of his high school life dressed as a girl.

In return for paying off his debt, Hime agrees to their conditions of becoming the student council's servant and spending his high school life dressed as a girl.

Norio Tsukudani based Himegoto on an earlier four-panel manga she drew for fun during her time as a student.

[3] Although Tsukudani kept a notebook with story ideas, she admitted that on many occasions the theme of a chapter was born out of her own daydreams.

Conversely, if the characters were stiff with a given theme, Tsukudani could not develop an interesting story and moved on to another idea.

[15] A 13-episode anime television series adaptation, directed by Takeyuki Yanase and produced by Asahi Production,[20][21] aired in Japan between July 7 and September 29, 2014 on BS11.

); both are sung by I My Me Mine, a group composed of Yūki Kuwahara, Yuka Matenrō, Saki Ono and Hisako Tōjō.

[28][29] The show was streamed online every Wednesday and was produced by the Japanese Internet radio station Onsen.

[30][31] Reviewer Chris Beveridge of The Fandom Post described the anime's short episode format as offering "more direct comedy, quicker hits and more playfulness and abuse when it comes to the gender issues.

[43] By the end of the series, Beveridge noted that its approach focused on humiliation and shame and said that it "works one gag and does its best to run it into the ground as much as possible.

"[44] Tim Jones at THEM Anime Reviews heavily panned the series, calling the treatment of the student council girls towards Hime as "sinister and tasteless".

[1] Jones expressed his frustration with every episode, going on to heavily pan the characters and use of a "terrible one-joke premise".