Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi!

Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! (一畳間まんきつ暮らし!) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Kumako Hisama. It began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine in December 2018, and has been compiled into four volumes as of July 2025. An anime television series adaptation produced by PRA (company) premiered in April 2026.

Plot

The series follows Meiko Morita, a high school girl from the countryside. She enrolls at Amamiya Girls Academy, an all-girls school in Tokyo, attracted by an offer to live at a dorm with an allowance. However, upon arriving in Tokyo, she discovers that the dorm is actually a manga cafe. She ends up working at the cafe in order to pay for her tuition, befriending the cafe's residents.

Characters

• Meiko Morita (森田 芽衣子)
• [1]
• A second-year high school student from Akita Prefecture. She moved to Tokyo, where she lives in and works at a manga cafe called Hedgehog.
• Rie Amamiya (天宮 梨絵)
• [1]
• A second-year student. Her mother is the school's chair, while her family owns the school. She is a manga fan, and became interested in Meiko after mistaking her from a manga artist with the same name.
• Marika Suzuki (鈴木 万里花)
• [1]
• A second-year high school student who lives in and works at Hedgehog. Because she is sensitive to temperatures, she does not like wearing lower clothing. She is also a streamer. She lives in Hedgehog as she is on bad terms with her family due to their disapproval of her streaming career.
• Neo Nakano (中埜 音緒)
• [1]
• A second-year high school student who lives in and works at Hedgehog. She is knowledgeable about technology and aims to become a professional gamer.
• Michika Narumi (成海 みちか)
• [1]
• A first-year high school student who works part-time at a cat cafe located on the first floor of the same building as Hedgehog.
• Magical Momorin Gōda (剛田 魔法桃鈴)
• [1]
• Gao (ガオ)
• [1]
• Belna (ベルナ)
• [1]
• Miori Morita (森田 水織)
• [1]

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