Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru

Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru (妻、小学生になる.) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yayū Murata. It was originally a one-shot published in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Times in April 2018, before being serialized in the same magazine from July 2018 to December 2022. The series has been collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired from January to March 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by Studio Signpost is set to premiere in October 2024.

Characters

 * Keisuke Niijima (新島 圭介)


 * Takae Niijima (新島 貴恵) / Marika Shiraishi (白石 万理華)


 * Mai Niijima (新島 麻衣)

Manga
Written and illustrated by Yayū Murata, Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru was initially a one-shot published in Houbunsha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Manga Times on April 27, 2018. It was serialized in the same magazine from July 27, 2018, to December 2, 2022. Fourteen tankōbon volumes were published from April 2019 to March 2023.

A spin-off manga titled Hatsukoi Aite no Kimi wa Dare? was serialized in the same magazine from March 8 to May 10, 2024.

Drama
A television drama adaptation was announced on November 3, 2021. It was directed by Toshio Tsuboi, Takeyoshi Yamamoto, Maiko Ōuchi, and Naoki Katō, based on a screenplay by Satomi Ōshima. Yoshihiko Nakai and Chie Masuda served as the producers. The series aired on TBS from January 21 to March 25, 2022. Yuga performed the theme song "Tomoshibi" (灯火).

Yako, Shōgakusei ni Naru, a spin-off series featuring an original story, was released on the Japanese streaming service Paravi from February 11 to March 25, 2022. Hidetaka Sakamoto, Hiroyuki Tamekawa, and Saya Hirosawa directed the series from a screenplay by Masashi Suwa.

Anime
An anime adaptation was announced on March 16, 2023. It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by Studio Signpost and directed by Noriyuki Abe, with scripts supervised and written by Sawako Hirabayashi, characters designed by Narihito Sekikawa, and music composed by Hiroko Yamasaki. It is set to premiere in October 2024 on Tokyo MX and BS11.

Reception
In 2019, Tsuma, Shōgakusei ni Naru ranked 11th at the fifth Next Manga Awards in the print category.