is a Japanese

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series written and illustrated by Mamoru Aoi. It tells the story of high schoolers Sachi and her boyfriend Takara who must suddenly deal with Sachi's unexpected pregnancy, exploring topics around

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and how the characters' lives and interpersonal relations are shaped by the event. The manga began serialization in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' in May 2021. The manga ended serialization in July 2024, with the tenth and final ''

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'' volume released the following November. A

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adaptation aired from June to September 2024. In 2023, the manga won the 47th

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in the category. The English release of the first volume was nominated for the 2024

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Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Mamoru Aoi, the series began serialization in

's ''

'' magazine on May 13, 2021. The series entered its final arc on December 13, 2023. The series ended its main story on July 12, 2024, with four spin-off chapters being published from August 13 that same year. The series' individual chapters were collected into ten volumes released from September 13, 2021 to November 13, 2024. In September 2022,

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announced that they licensed the series for English publication.

Volume list

Drama

adaptation was announced on May 25, 2024. The drama is directed by Hidenobu Abera, Miyō Yamaura, and Takeshi Matsuura, with Naomi Hiruta handling series composition and Haruka Nakamura composing the music. It aired on

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from June 25 to September 17, 2024.

Reception

The series ranked eighth on the Publisher Comics' Recommended Comics list of 2022. In the 2022 edition of the ''

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'' guidebook, the series ranked 14th on the list of the top manga for female readers. In 2023, ''My Girlfriend's Child'' won the 47th

in the category. In 2024, the first volume was nominated for the

. Manga author

Makoto Yukimura is a Japanese manga artist best known for his manga ''Planetes'' and '' Vinland Saga''. Biography Early life Yukimura considered himself a laidback child at school. The first manga he read was Akira Toriyama's ''Dr. Slump'' at 5; he was partic ...

recommended the manga on his

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account in May 2023, where he commented: "It is a manga which very earnestly and seriously considers its theme. Mamoru Aoi's precise skill and earnest approach to creation touched my heart."

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