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I Think Our Son Is Gay (Japanese: うちの息子はたぶんゲイ, Hepburn: Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gei) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Okura. The series was initially serialized on Twitter from November 2018 to December 2022. It started serialization on the Gangan Pixiv website in August 2019. Its chapters have been collected in 5 tankōbon volumes.

Plot

The manga follows Tomoko Aoyama and her eldest son Hiroki. Hiroki is secretly gay but is embarrassed to reveal his sexuality, unaware that his own mother already knows it. While Tomoko has accepted her son and supports him, she refuses to out her son as she wants Hiroki himself to admit his sexuality by his own accord. Other supporting characters including Yuri, Tomoko’s younger son and Hiroki’s brother, who despite having no interest in romance, has attracted many girls attention and is also aware of his brother’s sexuality, Akiyoshi, Tomoko’s husband and the boys father, who is constantly travelling for work who love his sons but sometimes unintentionally hurts Hiroki’s feelings due to his negative and outdated views on homosexuality, Daigo, Hiroki’s classmate and his secret crush and Asumi, Hiroki’s childhood friend who develops feelings for Hiroki but is unaware of his sexuality.

Publication

The series is written and illustrated by Okura. It was initially serialized on Twitter from November 2018 to December 2022. It started serialization on the Gangan Pixiv service on August 16, 2019, with more chapters added between the original ones. Square Enix collected its chapters in five tankōbon volumes, released from August 22, 2019, to February 21, 2023.

In July 2020, Square Enix announced they would also be publishing the series in English.

Volume list

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	August 22, 2019	978-4-75-756233-2	May 11, 2021	978-1-64-609092-1
2	March 21, 2020	978-4-75-756585-2	November 23, 2021	978-1-64-609112-6
3	November 21, 2020	978-4-75-756943-0	July 18, 2022	978-1-64-609126-3
4	November 22, 2021	978-4-75-757580-6	November 8, 2022	978-1-64-609162-1
5	February 21, 2023	978-4-75-758413-6	November 14, 2023	978-1-64-609257-4

Reception

Ash Brown from Manga Bookshelf praised the first volume, calling it an “absolute delight”. Danica Davidson from Otaku USA also praised the first volume, calling it “endearing”. Lynzee Loveridge from Anime News Network rated the first volume an A, praising the characters, plot, and artwork. Sarah from Anime UK News also praised the first volume, stating it “delivers an entertaining and feel-good read”. Like previous critics, Takato from Manga News also praised both the plot and artwork.

うちの息子はたぶんゲイ (Uchi no Musuko wa Tabun Gei)
I Think Our Son Is Gay
Volume 1 cover art
Genre	Comedy, slice of life
Manga
Written by	Okura
Published by	Square Enix
English publisher	NA: Square Enix
Magazine	Gangan Pixiv
Demographic	Josei
Original run	August 16, 2019 – February 21, 2023
Volumes	5 (List of volumes)