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)
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- 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.