[3] Akira and Midori are elected president and vice-president respectively,[3] along with Bunta Kōno, Yūko Mamiya, and Shūichi Takigawa as other officers.

After their break-up, Midori begins dating Ken Nakagawa, a musician and friend from middle school, but she realizes she cannot love anyone but Akira and ends their relationship.

Akira decides to enter a preparatory college to eventually take over his father's company, while the rest of their classmates make plans for after high school graduation.

Written and illustrated by Ai Yazawa, Tenshi Nanka ja Nai was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from the September 1991 to the November 1994 issues.

[4] Yazawa also stated that she was asked by her editor to make her female characters more "attractive" and was also faced with the challenge of creating a story that would draw in Ribon's reader demographic of elementary school girls.

"[4] Chapter 29 shows a cameo appearance of characters from Marine Blue no Kaze ni Dakarete, Yazawa's previous work.

[19][20] It was animated by Group TAC and directed by Hiroko Tokita, with script by Tomoko Konparu, character designs by Yasuomi Umetsu, and music composed by Fujio Takano.