The novel follows Jun Andō, a gay high school student who befriends his classmate Sae Miura, a fujoshi who helps him become comfortable with his sexual identity.

[4] Miura admits that she is secretly a fujoshi and, having lost her circle of friends in middle school after they discovered her hobby, she makes him promise not to tell anyone.

Miura lends him her yaoi manga, and as she begins to understand Jun more, she asks him to attend the end-of-term school assembly, where she will be given an award for her painting.

During the event, Miura suddenly takes the microphone to announce her support for gay people, explaining how Jun helped her accept herself and her interest in yaoi.

[13] He had not intended to write the novel as a commentary on LGBT issues and society, but that he had wanted to depict a young gay person in present time with focus on human emotions.

A live-action television drama series adaptation titled Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru (腐女子、うっかりゲイに告る。, lit.

[5] Similar to the novel, the television drama series uses a motif based on Queen, Jun's favorite band, and all episodes are named after their songs.

[2][15] Producer Takuya Shimizu noted that the television drama adaptation had come after a string of live-action yaoi series that had become popular in the recent years, as well as the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, but had insisted the timing was coincidental.

[14] A live-action television drama series adaptation titled Kanojo ga Suki na Mono wa (彼女が好きなものは, lit.

[22] Nao Kawamoto from Da Vinci described the novel as "heart-wrenching" and "fresh", praising the realistic depictions of gay people in characters such as Jun, Makoto, and Mr.

[1] Miho Suzuki from the Mainichi Shimbun noted that Fujoshi, Ukkari Gay ni Kokuru followed a wave of LGBT television series broadcasting after the popularity of Ossan's Love and What Did You Eat Yesterday?

[23] Jin Kitamura from ITMedia [ja] reviewed the series favorably, but he also criticized how Mr. Fahrenheit and his boyfriend having HIV/AIDS used negative stereotypes of the disease and gay people.

[24] In an audience survey held by the magazine Confidence, Daichi Kaneko and Ryōko Fujino's acting received praise.