False Child

False Child (嘘の子供, Uso no Kodomo) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura. It was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from November 2022 to March 2024.

False Child
First tankōbon volume cover
嘘の子供 (Uso no Kodomo)
Genre	Drama[1]
Manga
Written by	Taku Kawamura
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Imprint	Gangan Comics Joker
Magazine	Monthly Gangan Joker
Original run	November 22, 2022 – March 22, 2024
Volumes	4

Synopsis

The series is centered around a bake-danuki seeking revenge on human society disguising herself as a grieving couple's dead daughter. The parents decide to resume living with the bake-danuki as their child.

Publication

Written and illustrated by Taku Kawamura, False Child was serialized in Square Enix's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Gangan Joker from November 22, 2022 to March 22, 2024.^[2][3] Its chapters were collected into four tankōbon volumes released from March 22, 2023 to July 22, 2024.^[4][5]

The series is published in English on Square Enix's Manga UP! Global manga service.^[6]

No.	Release date	ISBN
1	March 22, 2023[4]	978-4-7575-8479-2
2	July 22, 2023[7]	978-4-7575-8673-4
3	November 21, 2023[8]	978-4-7575-8906-3
4	July 22, 2024[5]	978-4-7575-9310-7

See also

• My Clueless First Friend, another manga series by Taku Kawamura