My Girlfriend's Child
My Girlfriend's Child is a Japanese manga 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 teen pregnancy and how the characters' lives and interpersonal relations are shaped by the event.
The manga began serialization in Kodansha's manga magazine Bessatsu Friend in May 2021. The manga ended serialization in July 2024, with the tenth and final tankōbon volume released the following November. A television drama adaptation aired from June to September 2024.
In 2023, the manga won the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the category. The English release of the first volume was nominated for the 2024 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens.
Characters
;Sachi Kawakami;Takara Tsukishima
;Nozomi Yazawa
;Hayato Sasabe
;Kō Kawakami
;Yūto Okita
;Kei Kawakami
;Naomi Tsukishima
;Harumi Kawakami
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Mamoru Aoi, the series began serialization in Kodansha's Bessatsu Friend 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, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they licensed the series for English publication.
Drama
A television 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 Kansai Television 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 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook, the series ranked 14th on the list of the top manga for female readers. In 2023, My Girlfriend's Child won the 47th Kodansha Manga Award in the category. In 2024, the first volume was nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens.Manga author Makoto Yukimura recommended the manga on his Twitter 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."