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I sent a tweet to Eri Sakai with the following message:
Hello, I'm an American. 翻訳者から「ヒヤマケンタロウの妊娠」を読んだことがありますが、とてもいい漫画です。私はGoogleを使ってメッセージを書いています。あなたのマンガは公式のアメリカのリリースを取得しますか? (I have read "Kentaro Hiyama's Pregnancy" from a translator, and it is a very good manga. I used Google to write this. Will your manga get an official American release?)
I hope she responds.
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I hope so too! A couple of months ago I sent a message to the American branch of Kodansha (the publisher) requesting an official English release. I did not receive a reply. Hopefully she will be able to get something started on an English release!
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I finally messaged Eri Sakai who responded! Unfortunately, she thought I was talking about the Netflix series, so I had to clarify about the manga. I hope she responds back to me.
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Hey, I just discovered that the drama version of the manga (He's Expecting) is available on Canadian Netflix.
I haven't watched it yet, but it's there. Eight 25 minute-long episodes starting with Kentaro finding out he's pregnant and then ending with the birth of the baby, going by the episode summaries, and with more focus on Kentaro and Aki's relationship.
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I guess the series ignited a translation! Hopefully a English version is on its way!
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This is promising.
Hopefully they'll pick up the Ikuji-Hen series as well. It would definitely help with translating since French is a language I'm actually mostly fluent in.