Provided is a method for manufacturing an absorbent article, said method comprising: a top-sheet joining step (S14) that forms a continuous strip of wearer-side sheets (150) by joining a pair of continuous strips of leakage-prevention parts (140A, 140B) to the outer edges, in a cross direction (CD), of a continuous strip of surface sheets (110) an absorbent-body arrangement step (S32) that arranges absorbent bodies (30) at prescribed intervals along the continuous strip of wearer-side sheets (150) a product outer-shape cutting step (S23) that cuts a rim part, along a machining direction (MD) of a continuous strip of outer sheets (120), into the shape of a product narrower than the leakage-prevention parts (40) an outer-sheet pasting step (S34) that forms a continuous product strip (100) by joining the outer sheets to the continuous strip of wearer-side sheets (150) on which absorbent bodies (30) are arranged and a product separation step (S36) that cuts the continuous product strip (100) into individual absorbent articles (1).
