Kaya-chan Isn't Scary (カヤちゃんはコワくない) is a Japanese supernatural horror manga series written and illustrated by Tarō Yuri. It began serialization on Shinchosha's Kurage Bunch manga website in April 2022. An anime television series adaptation produced by East Fish Studio premiered aired from January to March 2026.
Plot
Kaya is an infamous problem child in her kindergarten, always causing trouble for her friends and teachers. However, when teacher Chie is put in charge of her, she discovers that Kaya is actually protecting the children from evil spirits that wish to bring harm to others. A story of a misunderstood hero follows.
Characters
Main characters
- Kaya Satō (佐藤 神八) / Kaya-chan (カヤちゃん)
- A 5-year-old kindergartener with powerful psychic abilities, which she uses to defend her classmates from evil spirits. However, since ordinary people cannot perceive these specters, she gets misunderstood as a problem child. It is later revealed that she is the result of her mother's failed attempt to give birth to an evil spirit, causing her soul to be infused with the spirit of the ancestor of the Ebisumori clan.