Aishiteruze Baby (愛してるぜ ベイベ ,Aishiteru ze Beibe, also known as I Love Ya, Baby)

a shōjo romance manga by Yoko Maki. It was serialized by Shueisha in Ribon from April 2002 and January 2005 and collected in seven bound volumes. It was adapted as a 26-episode anime television series produced by TMS Entertainment and Animax, broadcast in Japan on Animax from April to October 2004. The series is about a teenage boy, Kippei, who becomes the caretaker of his 5-year-old cousin, Yuzuyu, after her mother abandons her. Both the manga and anime have been praised for successfully mixing serious issues with a light-hearted tone.

Aishiteruze Baby
Cover of Japanese volume 1
愛してるぜ ベイベ★★ (Aishiteru ze Beibe★★)
Genre	Slice of life story, Romance
Manga
Author	Yoko Maki
Publisher	Shueisha
English publisher	Viz Media
[show]Other publishers: Génération Comics Panini Comics Seoul Media Group
Demographic	Shōjo
Magazine	Ribon
Original run	April 2002 – January 2005
Volumes	7
TV anime
Director	Masaharu Okuwaki
Studio	TMS Entertainment
Network	Animax
Original run	3 April 2004 – 9 October 2004
Episodes	26

Plot

Aishiteruze Baby is a shōjo manga series that revolves around the life of Kippei Katakura, a popular high-school playboy who flirts with any girl he sees, without thinking about their feelings. His life is turned upside down when one day his aunt abandons his five-year-old cousin Yuzuyu at his house. Kippei is assigned the task of taking care of Yuzuyu for the time being, and he must learn how to become the "mother" she needs. As Kippei learns how to care for Yuzuyu, he also learns to care for Kokoro, a quiet girl at his school, who helps him out.

In Japanese, aishiteru ze (愛してるぜ ^?) is a casual, masculine way of saying "I love you" (see Gender differences in spoken Japanese).