My Boy

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 for English release by Vertical. Plot One spring, Satoko Tawada, a 30-year-old office worker for a sports manufacturer in Tokyo, meets a 12-year-old elementary school student named Mashu Hayami in a park near her home and teachers him soccer. Around the same time, she is invited out for drinks by her boss and former lover Fumitaka Shiikawa. Satoko accepts the invitation but is introduced to Shiikawa's fiancé in her seat. Shocked by Shiikawa's treatment, Satoko cries in front of Mashu, who comforts her. On the other hand, Mashu has a complicated family situation, and they come to interact outside of soccer practice. When Mashu's father finds out about their relationship, he is angry and asks Satoko's employer to punish her, and she is transferred to a branch office in Sendai. Two years after her transfer, Satoko celebrates her 33rd birthday. That night, she happens to reunite with Mashu, who is in Sendai for his junior high school trip. Mashu gives her his contact information, and the two begin to interact again. Satoko is then asked by Shiikawa to join the project team he set up, and she decides to return to Tokyo. The night of Satoko's return to Tokyo, Mashu confesses to her but is rejected on the basis that they are adult and child. Mashu is depressed but receives advice from Mayuko, Satoko's younger sister, and decides to face Satoko again. On the other hand, Satoko is driven by desire to improve Mashu's home environment but finds out that it improved once he entered junior high school. Satoko realizes that her desire to save Mashu was a pretext, and she really just wanted to be by his side.