Place to Place (あっちこっち) is a Japanese four-panel manga series written and illustrated by Ishiki. The manga began serialization in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine in 2006, with its chapters collected into nine volumes as of September 27, 2022. An anime television series adaptation by AIC aired on TBS between April and June 2012.[1][2]
Plot
The serious-minded Io and the pure-hearted Tsumiki feel they never want to break up, but have not become a couple yet. More than friends but less than lovers, they develop an awkward romance.
Characters
Main characters
- Tsumiki Miniwa (御庭 つみき)
- The main female protagonist, Tsumiki is a somewhat petite tsundere who is dainty in stature and in love with Io. She has a tendency to grow cat ears when petted or amused.
- Io Otonashi (音無 伊御)
- Io is the main male protagonist who works part-time at Hatch Potch. Dense yet very kindhearted, he is unaware of Tsumiki's feelings for him, but nevertheless considers her close.
- Hime Haruno (春野 姫)
- The clumsy and air-headed, yet sweet member of the group who works part-time at Hatch Potch. She also gets easily frightened compared to the other female characters. Hime gets nosebleeds whenever she becomes excited or infatuated by anything cute.
- Mayoi Katase (片瀬 真宵)
- Along with Sakaki, Mayoi forms a prankster duo in the friendship circle. Very savvy with electronics and almost never seen without her lab coat, Mayoi loved to tease Tsumiki about her crush on Io. It is implied early on that she may be a masochist. She tends to end her sentences with "nyan".
- Sakaki Inui (戌井 榊)
- Io's best friend and partner-in-crime. Together with Mayoi, he forms a prankster duo in the friendship circle. Like Mayoi, Sakaki is also a frequent victim of slapstick, but normally by pure accident rather than karmic backlash. His sister owns a patisserie where he, Hime, and Io also work.
Other characters
- Kikue Sakuragawa (桜川 キクヱ)
- A clumsy and insecure teacher who wants a boyfriend, but is often depressed about it. She is close friends with Miiko.
- Miiko Inui (戌井 みいこ)
- The cheerful owner of a cake shop named Hatch Potch (ハチポチ) and Sakaki's adult sister. She becomes one of Io's weaknesses as he cannot refuse an earnest request from her. Miiko is also a close friend to Kikue.
- Saki Sakimori (崎守 咲)
- Saki is a schoolgirl who likes to tease Kyōya, the boy unaware of his crush on her.
- Kana Miyama (深山 佳奈)
- Kana is a cheerful and spontaneous schoolgirl who is close to Saki.
- Kyōya Saibara (西原 京谷)
- Kyōya is a student who is in love with Saki, and he acts in a tsundere attitude around her or whenever someone mentions his crush on her.
- Ami Kirino (桐野 亜美)
- Ami is the energetic member of the Broadcast Committee which operates the school radio.
Media
Manga
Anime
An anime television series created by AIC aired between April 5 and June 28, 2012. The series ran for 12 episodes and an extra thirteenth was released on November 16, 2012, with the sixth Blu-ray Disc and DVD volumes in Japan.[4] The opening theme is "Atchi de Kotchi de" (あっちでこっちで) by Rumi Ōkubo, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Hitomi Nabatame, Kaori Fukuhara, and Shintarō Asanuma, whilst the ending theme is "Te o Gyu Shite ne" (手をギュしてね) by Ōkubo.[5] Sentai Filmworks released the series on DVD in North America on April 16, 2013.[6]
Video game
Characters from the series appear alongside other Manga Time Kirara ones in the 2020 mobile role-playing game, Kirara Fantasia.[7]
External links
References
- Egan Loo. Atchi Kotchi School Romantic Comedy Manga Gets TV Anime Anime News Network, December 7, 2011, retrieved January 27, 2012^
- Egan Loo. Atchi Kotchi/Place to Place Comedy Anime's Promo Streamed Anime News Network, January 27, 2012, retrieved July 12, 2025^
- https://houbunsha.co.jp/comics/detail.php?p=%A4%A2%A4%C3%A4%C1%A4%B3%A4%C3%A4%C1 Houbunsha, retrieved 30 September 2022^
- http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/ackc/news/owabi.html Tokyo Broadcasting System, retrieved October 27, 2013^
- Tsumiki Miniwa – Te wo Gyu Shite ne JpopTime^
- Crystalyn Hodgkins. North American Anime, Manga Releases, April 14–20 Anime News Network, April 16, 2013, retrieved July 12, 2025^
- https://www.4gamer.net/games/385/G038590/20200908059/ 4Gamer.net, Aetas, Inc., September 9, 2020, retrieved January 14, 2021^