Puro Chichi

A manga about a stay-at-home father who vows to become a professional dad to care for his newborn son while dealing with his own diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome.

Really good series. I like how the focus was child care through the eyes of an autistic adult. Mieko Osaka did a fantastic job of representing Asperger’s syndrome and creating a positive representation with the father Nao.

I do question how Nao could have grown up without ever getting any diagnosis. The end of the story focuses on the relationship between Nao and his judgmental mother and it felt like it was for the sake of conflict. Also it ends abruptly but I still really enjoyed this manga.

~dakazu