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Kodomo no Kodomo (コドモのコドモ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Sasō. The story revolves around a playful 11-year-old girl named Haruna, who indulges in a game of kuttsukekko with a boy named Hiroyuki but thinks nothing of it until a sex education class informs her that they have had sex and that she has become pregnant.

Book One
Haruna is a playful 11-year-old girl. She has been friends with a quiet boy named Hiroyuki for since they were toddlers. After entering the fifth grade, the two meet one spring day at the park where they have always played Fox together. They indulge in a game of "kuttsukekko (くっつけっ子)" but think nothing of it. Haruna later realizes after a rather explicit sex education class that the two have had sex and later that she has become pregnant. The adults she tells do not believe her, so she decides to have the baby by herself. Around the same time, her sister Akimi's friend Tomoko discovers herself pregnant and decides to have an abortion.

Book Two
Haruna's baby bump starts to show. Her friends start to notice and she tells them it's a baby. They decide to help her. Some tell their parents and they talk about it at a PTA meeting, but laugh it off as children being naive. Her grandmother gets sick. Her teacher starts getting really stressed out, due to her pestering boyfriend and her workload. Haruna starts to gain weight and her classmates do research on pregnancy and childbirth for her. Hiroyuki hears the baby's heartbeat for the first time. The teacher gets hounded by parents and the school board about not being able to control her class.

Book Three
Haruna finds what looks like an old storehouse, and it seems like she found a place to have the baby at so no one will find out. Haruna's grandmother finds out about the baby and believes her. She gives her a charm for an easy birth. Then her grandmother has a heart attack and dies, three days before Haruna goes into labor. Her friends deliver the baby, a boy and name him Hajime (元). The baby is healthy and Haruna nurses him. The children work to take care of the baby, with mixed results. Haruna hides the baby in the storehouse, going between school and home to care for the baby and nurse him. Her grandfather finds them, and is pleased when he sees that the baby is a boy. He announces it to the rest of the family but they believe that he is getting senile. Haruna loses her pregnancy weight. Haruna rescues her teacher from her stalker boyfriend and brings her to the baby hut. He tries to attack them, but her class shows up and he is taken away by police. Haruna brings the baby to class, shocking the teacher.

Haruna carries baby around town. Her grandfather and ? babysit him while she's on a class trip. The baby cries, and they bring her the baby and she feeds him while adults, including Haruna's mom, watch in shock. Haruna brings the baby home. The PTA finds out that Haruna really did have a baby. A DNA test confirms Hiroyuki as the father.

Several years later, the baby is now elementary school age and he and a friend finds the baby hut. Haruna is now a fashion model, and she shocks her boss/manager announcing she has to leave to go to a PTA meeting. Haruna and her sister visit the baby hut and an older Hiroyuki shows up. Father and son meet for the first time. Later, Haruna's sister has a baby. The baby is named Haruna.

Characters

 * Mochida Haruna (持田 春菜)


 * The protagonist of the story, Haruna, is a girl who grows up in a household where sexual matters are discussed rarely, if at all. She has a tomboyish nature and unruly hair.


 * Hiroyuki (ヒロユキ)


 * Hiroyuki is a young boy who has been friends with Haruna since birth. He is mainly interested in insects.


 * Maruyama Tama (まるやま たま)


 * A close friend of Haruna's


 * Mayu Asakura (朝倉 真由)


 * A close friend of Haruna's


 * Yoshida Mika (吉田 美香)


 * A quiet bespectacled young girl who is the most polite of Haruna's friends. Class representative.


 * Kiyoko Yagi (八木 希代子)
 * A young, teacher who has progressive ideas. She has a hard time controlling her class and has a stalker. Other teachers look down on her because of the troubles with her class.


 * Saeko (母)
 * Haruna's mother. She has naturally curly hair.


 * Yoshiro (名前はヨシロウ.)
 * Haruna's father. Works at a company.


 * Akiyoshi (上で名前は秋美)
 * Haruna's sister. Her best friend Tomoko has an abortion at Namatame's father's clinic.


 * Grandfather (祖父)
 * Haruna's grandfather. He was a farmer.


 * Grandmother (祖母)
 * Haruna's Grandmother. She is the first in the family to notice the pregnancy. She suddenly collapsed three days before the birth and died.


 * Pigman (ブタマン)
 * A large portly friend of Haruna's. His real name is Mansaku.


 * Namatame Mitsuo (生田目 ミツオ)
 * Pigman's sidekick. His father is an obstetrician.


 * Daigo (ダイゴ)
 * A boy in Haruna's class.

Film
A live-action movie was released on September 27, 2008. Amariharuna (甘利はるな) starred as Haruna. The film had a 122 minutes running time. It was filmed at Noshiro Municipal second elementary school, with a production cost of ¥300 million. It was well received.

Volumes
It has been published as an action comics from Futaba.
 * (February 28, 2005, Issue 2) Volume 1 ISBN 4-575-83052-6
 * (May 28, 2005 issue) Volume 2 ISBN 4-575-83084-4
 * (August 27, 2005 issue) Volume 3 ISBN 4-575-83129-8

Controversy
There was some question about the shooting location.