Penguin Revolution by Sakura Tsukuba (amazon.com)

Penguin Revolution is a series that manages to be very enjoyable despite a labored premise.Yukari has an erratic family life due to her father’s habit of constantly getting fired from jobs. Her greatest wish for herself is a career with some stability — she wants to be a civil servant. Unfortunately she has a unique talent that might throw her into show business. Whenever she spots someone with star potential, she sees an aura of angelic wings sprouting from their back. At school she sees tiny wings on the back of a sophomore girl Ryoko. Later in the day Yukari prevents some boys from hitting on Ryoko. She’s quite handy with a broom.
Yukari discovers that Ryoko is actually Ryo, a boy who has only managed to be assigned to the lowest level of the Peacock talent agency. Ryo is a “Penguin”, and part of his lowly status involves having to be in disguise as a girl at school. When Yukari’s father loses his latest job, leaving her without money or a place to live, Ryo offers to hire her as his manager. Unfortunately the boss at the talent agency seems to get his kicks by forcing new employees to cross-dress. As long as Yukari is Ryo’s manager, she has to dress as a boy! She moves in with Ryo and his number one star roommate Ayaori, and tries to adjust to her new life.

Yukari has to balance her attraction to show business with her need for a stable career. She’s not helped with this dilemma when faced with Ryo’s earnest determination to suceed, despite his lowly status. Will her natural ability to foster talent help her turn Ryo into a star?
Tsukuba’s other series Land of the Blindfolded was a pleasant shojo diversion, and Penguin Revolution seems like it will be equally fun to read - it has engaging characters and accomplished art. Ryo’s lowly status promises plenty of show business hijinks for future volumes, and it will be interesting to see how the friendships between all the characters evolve.