The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting


The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting is a Japanese web manga series written and illustrated by Tsukiya. It began serialization in the Comic Ride pixiv website in June 2018, and later transferred to Micro Magazine's Comic Elmo manga service in May 2020. It has been collected in 15 volumes as of December 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by Feel and Gaina aired from July to September 2022.

Characters

;Tōru Kirishima
;Yaeka Sakuragi
;Kei Sugihara
;Kazuhiko Sakuragi
;Kanami Kurosaki
;Miyuki Sakuragi
;Tōichirō Aoi
;Rei Hojo
;Masaya Hayami
;Yuri Mashiro

Media

Manga

The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting is written and illustrated by Tsukiya. The series began serialization in the Comic Ride pixiv website on June 5, 2018. In May 2020, it transferred to Micro Magazine's Comic Elmo manga service. The first volume was released on December 24, 2018. As of December 10, 2025, 15 volumes have been released.
In December 2020, Kaiten Books announced that it had licensed the series for English publication. The first volume was released digitally on February 12, 2021, and in print format on July 20. The series was added to Azuki in June 2021 as a launch title.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation was announced on September 8, 2021. It is produced by Feel and Gaina and directed by Itsuro Kawasaki, with scripts written by, character designs by Hiromi Ogata, and music composed by. The series aired from July 7 to September 22, 2022, on Tokyo MX and other channels. The opening theme song is "Mirai no Hero Tachi e", performed by, and the ending theme song is "Kaerimichi no Iro", performed by VTuber. Crunchyroll has licensed the series, and have streamed an English dub starting on October 20, 2022.

Reception

In 2019, The Yakuza's Guide to Babysitting was nominated for the 5th Next Manga Awards in the digital category and placed 15th out of 50 nominees.