Kodomo Ga Hoshi! / Original Title:! (Shirozu U Books 263 Kaigai Shosetsu Eien No Hondana)

[Machine Translation] After the October Revolution and civil war, the Soviet Union was in full swing in Moscow in the mid-1920s. The city was booming during the Nep period, and people were pouring into the city in large numbers to participate in the new way of life. The main character, Milda, and the other characters live in a Soviet-style communal house where several households share a single plot of land. Milda, a member of the Women's Communist Party, struggles to create a new type of day-care center attached to the house in order to solve the "child problem," which hinders the advancement of women in society. In the process, Milda, whose appearance is sometimes mistaken for that of a man and who has no interest in sex, finds herself with a desire to have a child. Based on her eugenic philosophy, Milda invites Yakov, a talented proletarian, to join her in the hope that he will be able to provide her with quality sperm. I don't want a husband. What I want is a baby. I don't need you myself. What I need is your sperm.

十月革命と内戦を経て、本格的にソ連邦が動きだしていた1920年代半ばのモスクワ。ネップ期で活況を呈す都市部には、新たな生活に参画すべく人びとが大量に流入していた。主人公のミルダや登場人物たちが暮らすのは、ひとつの区画をいくつもの世帯で共有するソ連式の共同住宅。女性共産党員であるミルダは、女性の社会進出を阻害する「子どもの問題」を解消すべく、住宅に付属する新しいタイプの託児所の創設に奮闘する。そうしたさなか、風貌はときに男性に間違えられ、色恋にはまったく関心がないミルダも、あることをきっかけに「子どもがほしい」という欲望をもっている自分に気づく。ミルダは優生学的思想に基づき、良質な精子を提供できるだろうとの見立てのもと、優秀なプロレタリアートのヤコフを誘う。「私は夫はいらないんです。ほしいのは赤ん坊なの。私にはあなた自身は必要なくて。私に必要なのは、あなたの精子」―共産主義社会にあるべき「家族」像を議論する、問題含みの討論劇!