SAKAI ERI

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Set in a world where men can give birth. Now 35 years old, Hiyama Kentarou is busy supervising his subordinates as a section chief while also raising his child, Koutarou as a single father. Since the prejudice towards men who give birth is still strongly rooted in society, Hiyama now finds the cafe he produced specially for those men to be in trouble of staying afloat. While Hiyama was worrying over this, a certain pregnant man came to visit him...

Shinobu Watanuki (39), who has moved into her husband's family home, is an unsuccessful comic artist. She had planned to use this move as a chance to give up her career, but after one of her old works becomes a hit online, she decides to create a new comic instead. In need of help with this, she looks for an assistant online. A handsome 22-year-old man named Chiaki Tachibana applies to her ad, and Shinobu finds herself at a major turning point in her life. Delve into a poignant tale by a seasoned comic artist, skillfully blending themes of dreams, career, and romance in life from 40.

When career-minded Kentaro Hiyama finds out that he's pregnant, it will change the course of more than just his own life. In the Japan of Eri Sakai's thought experiment, ten years have passed since the male sex has spontaneously gained the ability to get pregnant, and society has struggled to adjust. Kentaro isn't sure at first who the mother might be, and quickly finds himself butting up against regressive attitudes and discriminatory policies-most of which long precede male pregnancy. In his previous life, he'd never given any of it a second thought-he may have even held the same views. But through his encounters with other pregnant people, and galvanized by his new perspective, Kentaro turns his skills in business and marketing to effecting social change.

Her father dies, and fertility treatment is abandoned. Kawasumi Sae turns 40 and feels that she is entering a new stage in her life, but on the way home from her father's funeral, she discovers that her husband has been having an affair. She returns to her parents' home to help out at the family bento shop, but then her mother disappears...!? What will Sae do when faced with a series of shocking events?! This is a story that asks, "What is marriage? What is a family?", brought to you by Sakai Eri, author of "Shijuukara" and "Hiyama Kentaro's Pregnancy," which were also made into TV dramas.