is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Marimo Ragawa. It was published in Hakusensha's magazine Hana to Yume from 1991 to 1997. In North America, it was published by Viz Media. In 1995, Baby & Me received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category. An anime adaptation by Studio Pierrot aired on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from July 1996 to March 1997.

A South Korean film adaptation of the anime, Baby and I, was released in 2008.

:Takuya is a caring and hard-working 12-year-old elementary schoolboy who has taken the responsibility of caring younger brother, Minoru, since their mother's death.

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:Masaki is the gentle and intelligent youngest child in the Fujii family.

Other characters

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:Shinako is one of Takuya's classmates with a quick temper. Her reputation as a liar makes it hard for her to have friends. Shinako frequently speaks too honestly, and words come out of her mouth before she thinks it through, leading her to hurt others' feelings without meaning to.

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:Ai is the class representative of Class 6-3 with a crush on Gon.

Media

  1. published in March 1992
  2. published in August 1992
  3. published in December 1992
  4. published in February 1993
  5. published in June 1993
  6. published in November 1993
  7. published in March 1994
  8. published in July 1994
  9. published in November 1994
  10. published in February 1992
  11. published in May 1995
  12. published in September 1995
  13. published in January 1996
  14. published in July 1996
  15. published in November 1996
  16. published in March 1997
  17. published in June 1997
  18. published in September 1997

Episodes

Reception

Baby & Me won the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 1995. As of November 2021, the manga had over 17.7 million copies in circulation.

References

  • at Viz Media