Baby & Me
Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use mdy dates Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Video Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo 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.<ref name="Anime News Network"/> As of November 2021, the manga had over 17.7 million copies in circulation.
Plot
Takuya Enoki lost his mother, Yukako, in a car accident. He now lives with his father, Harumi, and two-year-old little brother, Minoru. Although Takuya is only an elementary school student, he not only does all the housework, but takes care of his little brother. When the Kimura family blames him for Minoru's constant crying one day, his stress gradually builds up. A frustrated Takuya cannot help feeling upset over Minoru, who is stressing him and taking up all his time.
Later, Takuya picks Minoru up from preschool and saves him from a brutal dog that blocked Minoru's way. After coming home and seeing Minoru crying, Takuya realizes that Minoru is just lonely and becomes ashamed of himself. From now on, Takuya learns to care for his little brother.
Characters
Enoki family
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- Minoru is Takuya's two-year-old younger brother.
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- Harumi is Takuya and Minoru's father, who works hard to feed his family. He is a system engineer who is popular in his company. Harumi cares for his two sons very much.
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- Yukako is the deceased mother of Takuya and Minoru. Harumi, against her family's wishes, escaped her family in doing so.
Friends
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- Tadashi is Takuya's greedy and lazy classmate. Like Takuya, he acts as the older brother in his family, taking care of his younger sister Hiroko. His family works at a grocery store, where Tadashi often works.
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- Hiroko is Tadashi's younger sister of Tadashi, who goes to the same preschool as Minoru. She has a crush on him after he saves her from a dog.
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- Tokio is Takuya's stuck-up rich classmate who wears expensive designer clothes. He regularly teases Takuya and considers Gon as his rival.
Fujii family
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- The oldest daughter in the family, Akemi, is in charge of her other siblings as their parents constantly work.
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- Tomoya is the oldest son and second-oldest child in the Fujii family. He is a dirty-minded and loud, yet positive-thinking 17-year-old boy who is popular at school.
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- Asako is the second oldest daughter and third child in the Fujii family. She is a cold 15-year-old girl who feels jealous of Tomoya's cheerful personality.
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- Akihiro is the fourth child in the Fujii family. He is Takuya's intelligent and thoughtful classmate who is deemed cool in class.
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- Ichika is the fifth child in the Fujii family who has a crush on Minoru and often fights with Hiro. She is intelligent yet sharp-tongued.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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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
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Episodes
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Reception
Baby & Me won the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award in the shōjo category in 1995.<ref name="ShogakukanAward">Template:Cite web</ref> As of November 2021, the manga had over 17.7 million copies in circulation.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
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- 1997 Japanese television series endings
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- Studio Pierrot
- Shōjo manga
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- Winners of the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga
- Works about brothers