A manufacturing method for an absorptive article includes a sheet-stretching step S30 for performing a stretching process to stretch a continuous body of the exterior sheet 120 in a widthwise direction while conveying a continuous body. In the step of performing the stretching process, the continuous body is stretched by a stretching apparatus 500 including a first roll and a second roll. An axial core of the first roll and an axial core of the second roll correspond to the widthwise direction of the continuous body. The first roll and the second roll have surfaces each provided with columns of tooth units and untoothed units.
