Baby & I 15

赤ちゃんと僕 [Akachan to Boku] #15

by Marimo Ragawa

R to L (Japanese Style). Everyone's an art critic. First Takuya's brainy friend Hitoshi reveals his secret passion for drawing stories about space heroes, only to get into a feud with Fujii over the artistic direction of the project. Then Minoru takes his favorite picture book a little too seriously and becomes convinced that a wolf is breaking into his house. And Takuya helps his friend Hirose's manga-artist dad get over a serious case of creative block--and patch things up with Hirose in the process.

Genres: Manga, Komik

First published November 1, 1996

About the author

Marimo Ragawa 羅川真里茂 was born on September 21 in Hachinohe, Aomori, but her age is not disclosed.
Marimo Ragawa first started submitting manga to comic magazines when she was only 12 years old, which is when she was in 6th grade of elementary school. She continued to send her manga to the same magazine for four years, but a positive critical reception was yet to come. Ragawa then decided to switch to a different magazine. Surprisingly, her first submission to this magazine, Hana to Yume, won a prize called the Top-prize. She succeeded in achieving her debut with her first manga, Time Limit.

Marimo Ragawa continues to draw other manga such as Aka-chan to Boku (Baby and Me), New York New York, and Itsudemo Otenki Kibun. She received the 1995 Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Baby and Me. She continues to draw a tennis themed manga, Shanimuni-Go in Hana to Yume (Flowers and Dreams).

Marimo Ragawa's calm and cute design is one of the traits of her drawings. Her energetic drawing and characters are very attractive, even to non-manga readers. She is widely known for her great ability in describing complicated emotions, especially in New York New York and Baby and Me.
Her manga Mashiro no Oto has been nominated for the 4th Manga Taishō.

Reviews

[hotsake (André Troesch) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great volume, this series is like a balm for my soul.

[Noelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of the chapters in this book are perfect! The swimming club story was my favorite. It was fun to see the characters in that environment.

While I won’t dock my rating for this, I have to say that the bonus story fell flat. I didn’t feel anything for the characters, understood their motives, and I felt like it was just filler to complete the volume.

[Vera Maharani · Rating 3 out of 5]

Highlight edisi ini : muka Takuya marah! Übercute. Tak salah lagi kakaknya Minoru. Cerita lepasan di belakang agak terpenggal-penggal nih ceritanya. Mungkin seperti kata Ragawa di nomor-nomor awal, dia lebih nyaman menulis cerita keluarga atau persahabatan. Ketika menulis cerita cinta, jatuhnya agak.. Krik krik.