My Boy

私の少年

Watashi no Shounen

Thirty-year-old Satoko Tawada is stuck in a dull routine: she’s single, her desk job is uninspiring, her boss—an ex-boyfriend—keeps harassing her, and she has nothing to look forward to after work. Frustrated after another awful day, she stops by a park at night for a drink to decompress when a stray soccer ball rolls to her feet. Twelve-year-old Mashuu Hayami chases after the ball, and Satoko scolds him for being out so late. She soon discovers that evenings are the only time Mashuu is allowed to practice and sharpen his soccer skills. Because she once played on her university’s futsal team and worries about his safety at night, Satoko starts teaching him the basics of soccer. The more time she spends with Mashuu, the more she finds herself slipping into a maternal role for the neglected boy. Mashuu, in turn, begins to find comfort in their meetings. However, not everyone may accept or understand their unusual relationship.

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Background

Watashi no Shounen was nominated for the 10th Manga Taisho Award in 2017. In the same year, the manga ranked sixth on the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2017 list, third in the Best Printed Manga category at the third Tsugi ni Kuru Manga Awards, and second in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division. The series was published in English as My Boy by Vertical Inc. from April 10, 2018, to May 10, 2022.

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