| CPC D21H 17/375 (2013.01) [D21H 17/28 (2013.01); D21H 21/20 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |

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1. A papermaking agent, comprising:
water; and
a (meth)acrylamide polymer containing at least one starch (a1), a (meth)acrylamide (a2), a polymerizable monomer having an amino group (a3), a polymerizable monomer having a carboxy group (a4) and a polymerizable monomer having a sulfonate group (a5) as essential constituent components,
wherein a ratio between an amount of the component (a1) used in terms of non-volatile content weight and a total amount of the components (a2) to (a5) used is [(a1)/{(a2)+(a3)+(a4)+(a5)}]=5/95 to 45/55, and
wherein the papermaking agent has a non-volatile content concentration of 22 to 35 weight %, and wherein the (meth)acrylamide polymer has a weight average molecular weight of 1,500,000 to 7,000,000.
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