My Boy (manga)

My Boy (Japanese: 私の少年, Hepburn: Watashi no Shōnen) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hitomi Takano. It was first serialized in Futabasha's Monthly Action from December 2015 to December 2017. It was then transferred to Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine, being serialized from May 2018 to October 2020. In North America, the manga is licensed by Vertical for English language release.

My Boy
Cover of the first manga volume
私の少年
(Watashi no Shōnen)
Manga
Written byHitomi Takano
Published by
English publisher
Magazine
DemographicSeinen
Original runDecember 25, 2015 – October 26, 2020
Volumes9

Publication

My Boy is written and illustrated by Hitomi Takano. The manga began in the February 2016 issue of Futabasha's Monthly Action, published on December 25, 2015.[1] It finished in the February 2018 issue of the magazine, released on December 25, 2017.[2] In April 2018, it was announced that the series would be transferred to Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine, starting on May 28 of the same year, and despite being serialized in a weekly magazine, it would keep its monthly basis release.[3] The manga finished on October 26, 2020.[4][5] Futabasha compiled its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from June 11, 2016 to December 12, 2017.[6][7] Kodansha re-released these four volumes between June 6 and October 5, 2018,[8][9] and published the ninth and final volume on December 4, 2020.[10]

In North America, Vertical announced the English language release of the manga in July 2017.[11] The first volume was released on April 10, 2018.[12]

Volume list
No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 June 11, 2016 (Futabasha)[6]
June 6, 2018 (Kodansha)[8]		978-4-575-84810-6 (Futabasha)
978-4-06-511683-8 (Kodansha)		April 10, 2018[12]978-1-945054-87-7
2 December 12, 2016 (Futabasha)[13]
July 6, 2018 (Kodansha)[14]		978-4-575-84895-3 (Futabasha)
978-4-06-512030-9 (Kodansha)		July 17, 2018[15]978-1-945054-88-4
3 July 12, 2017 (Futabasha)[16]
August 6, 2018 (Kodansha)[17]		978-4-575-85001-7 (Futabasha)
978-4-06-512053-8 (Kodansha)		March 12, 2019[18]978-1-947194-21-2
4 December 12, 2017 (Futabasha)[7]
October 5, 2018 (Kodansha)[9]		978-4-575-85072-7 (Futabasha)
978-4-06-512052-1 (Kodansha)		May 21, 2019[19]978-1-947194-74-8
5 November 6, 2018[20]978-4-06-512756-8September 10, 2019[21]978-1-947194-78-6
6 May 7, 2019[22]978-4-06-515466-3July 14, 2020[23]978-1-949980-46-2
7 November 6, 2019[24]978-4-06-517736-5March 30, 2021[25]978-1-949980-75-2
8 June 5, 2020[26]978-4-06-519983-1——
9 December 4, 2020[10]978-4-06-521702-3——

Reception

As of November 2018, the manga had 1.1 million copies in circulation.[27] The series ranked #6 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017".[28] The manga was nominated for the 10th Manga Taishō awards in January 2017, receiving 20 points from the Manga Taisho awards' "Executive Committee".[29][30] The series placed third at the 3rd "Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards" in the comics division for manga published in print book format in 2017.[31] The 2017 edition of Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook ranked the series #2 on its list of manga for male readers.[32]

References
  1. 竜騎士07×小池ノクト「蛍火の灯る頃に」0話が月刊アクションに. Natalie (in Japanese). December 25, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  2. "ja:月刊アクション ２０１８年２月号". e-hon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on September 19, 2020. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  3. Ressler, Karen (April 30, 2018). "Hitomi Takano's My Boy Manga Changes Publishers, Magazines". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  4. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (September 19, 2020). "Hitomi Takano's My Boy Manga Ends in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  5. 立場や年齢差を越えた絆の物語、高野ひと深「私の少年」がヤンマガで完結. Natalie (in Japanese). October 26, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
  6. 私の少年 1 (in Japanese). Futabasha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  7. 私の少年 4 (in Japanese). Futabasha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  8. 私の少年（１） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  9. 私の少年（４） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  10. 私の少年（９） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  11. Ressler, Karen (July 3, 2017). "Vertical Licenses CITY, Moteki, My Boy Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  12. "My Boy, volume 1". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  13. 私の少年 2 (in Japanese). Futabasha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  14. 私の少年（２） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  15. "My Boy, volume 2". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  16. 私の少年 3 (in Japanese). Futabasha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  17. 私の少年（３） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  18. "My Boy, volume 3". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  19. "My Boy, volume 4". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  20. 私の少年（５） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  21. "My Boy, volume 5". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  22. 私の少年（６） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  23. "My Boy, volume 6". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  24. 私の少年（７） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  25. "My Boy, volume 7". Penguin Random House. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  26. 私の少年（８） (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  27. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (November 3, 2018). "Roundup of Newly Revealed Print Counts for Manga, Light Novel Series - October 2018". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  28. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (February 2, 2017). "Japanese Bookstores Recommend 15 Top Manga for 2017". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  29. Hodgkins, Crystalyn (January 23, 2017). "10th Manga Taisho Awards Nominates 13 Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  30. Ressler, Karen (March 28, 2017). "Mitsuharu Yanamoto's Hibiki: Shōsetsuka ni Naru Hōhō Wins 10th Manga Taisho Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  31. Sherman, Jennifer (August 27, 2017). "Gaku Kuze's Uramichi Oniisan, Aka Akasaka's Kaguya-sama: Love is War Win Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  32. Ressler, Karen (December 9, 2016). "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2017's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
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