Akkan Baby

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as time goes on and i get older and older, i have more trouble relating to these types of stories. that might sound pretty stupid coming from someone who just entered their twenties last year, but it's the truth. the further i get from being a teenager, the more i think "should i even be reading this?" about teenage-led stories (even the ones i end up enjoying, to be honest).

akkan baby is a different story. as an (former) outcasted high school student and a blossoming adult "woman", i can understand where the characters come from on many occassions. all of the characters, though most ... times exaggerated to the extreme, are realistically involved in the main plot line. none of the adult characters ever make shigeru or yuki think that having a baby is going to be an easy feat, and i respect the author for writing ALL of them like that.

when you're writing a teenage pregnancy story where the two main characters are a couple of well-meaning, idiotic children, i think it's probably hard to find a good balance of realism and cartoonish-ness, but the author did a wonderful job of managing that! it was refreshing for a shoujo to be dramatic in, not a romantic quagmire but, a realistic way, y'know? i think it's the kind of story that young girls should read and that there should be more stories like it that show teen pregnancy as something that (although can be incredibly harmful) isn't something to be demonized for.

the main characters were so sweet <3 i honestly cried a few times for shigeru and all she had to go through during her pregnancy. i think yuki had an amazing development as a character... and the best part is that he didn't have to go through some big transformation or anything! i also loved the characters in the band AND even the principal lmao... there's just such a treasure trove of purity and sweetness in this manga, to be honest. i wasn't expecting to be so impressed but it really made me happy! i think it's well worth the read ^___^!

I often read the same kind of reviews so I thought I should write what I'd like to find and it's ridiculously hard to come by, spoiler free answers to the questions:

Is the ending good? Does the main couple end up together? Is it worth my time?

I absolutely HATE SPOILERS with all my might! But I really don't see why I'd want to waste my time with a story that ends badly or one where, after all their trouble, the couple doesn't end up together. I also don't like to waste my time browsing through incredibly long opinionated reviews only to be more confused than ... I was before, not find the answers I was looking for and usually bumping into unwanted spoilers. Because of all this I intend to make my reviews brief, focusing on answering these three questions.

So with that being said, let's get to business. I'm answering in a completely spoiler free way, with a simple YES or NO, the questions:
Is the ending good? Does the main couple end up together? Is it worth my time?

If you don't want to know the answers to these questions you should stop reading right now.
If you're like me who just want to know if the story is worth your time, go ahead. So with no further ado:

Is the ending good? YES

Does the main couple end up together? YES

Is it worth my time? YES
This story breaks the mold of a classic shoujo with the very rare theme of teen pregnancy. It deals with it in a somewhat light mood where, at the same time, has a great character development, allowing them to grow but not changing the essence of who they are, which is actually pretty difficult and rare. Also rare is the relationship that doesn't begin at the end of the story, which is usually what happens on shoujos, but actually in the beginning where you can see their development as a couple trough their troubled times and tough decisions throughout the story. At first the characters seem superficial and too dumb to exist but eventually you can't help but care for them as the author gradually deepens their personality and let them deal with mature choices in, at a lot of times, a very funny way, still not diminishing the weight of their choices one bit.

Of course this is all my opinion, but I'd say I'm a pretty ordinary, sane and a romantic person, just so you can have an idea of who wrote this.


If you like this kind of review I try my best to write in all animes and mangas I've experienced, so you can see complete list of reviews next to my name just above.

Thank you, you're welcome and peace out.

Akkan Baby is one of those stories that excites you more from dialogues, than from the whole story. The beginning of the manga is excellent presenting the characters and the secondary ones. Soon after, it enters deeper into the plot between the protagonist couple with their challenges and their problems. Core values ​​for all of us like family, friendship, loyalty, love and courage are illustrated right in front of us without any code or subliminal way. Despite a much more mature story, Akkan Baby takes all the themes addressed in it seriously.


Akkan Baby é uma daquelas histórias que te emociona mais pela parte de diálogos, ... do que pela toda uma história. O começo do mangá é excelente apresentando os personagens e os secundários. Logo em seguida, entra de modo mais profundo no enredo entre o casal protagonista com os seus desafios e os seus problemas. Valores fundamentais para todos nós como família, amizade, lealdade, amor e coragem são ilustrados bem na nossa frente sem qualquer código ou de modo subliminar. Apesar de uma história bem mais madura, Akkan Baby leva muito a sério todos os temas abordados nele.