Hito Natsu no Kids Game(ひと夏のKIDSゲームHito Natsu no KIDS Gēmu) is a short and also the debut manga work by Ken Akamatsu, the creator of Love Hina. The manga was published on September issue of Kodansha’s Magazine Fresh on 10 September 1993. Ken Akamatsu later received Kodansha’s Freshman Manga Award (Japanese: 新人漫画賞/少年マガジン新人賞) and Special Jury Award (Japanese: 審査員特別賞) for this work. The manga was re-published on 20 May 2001.