AniWorthIchijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi!
Introduction
Hailing from a rural town, Meiko Morita moves to the bright city of Tokyo to enroll in the prestigious Amamiya Girls' Academy. Though she expects the institution's dormitory to be full of glamor, Meiko discovers that her new home is actually a manga cafe where its residents run the business by doing community service.
Although inept with modern technology, Meiko is warmly welcomed by the other residents: Rie Amamiya, the head of the dormitory; Marika Suzuki, a popular streamer; and Neo Nakano, an aspiring professional gamer. Together, the girls navigate through school and run the manga cafe, never forgetting to enjoy every second of every day.
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MyAnimeList / Tenrai : 6.65/10 · 5102
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Audience reviews
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OF62
Warning, this review might be long!
Ichijouma Mankitsu Gurashi, from Manga Time Kirara, is a cute girls doing cute things anime that I didn't expect to love. It started weird at first and I was expecting this anime to be a big borefest, but then it warmed me up as it went on. Yes, I know that it's not the best CGDCT out there, but I enjoyed watching this anime for a lot of reasons.
--- Plot ---
It starts with countryside girl Morita Meiko moving to the city and starting her brand-new life in a manga café. ...Well, considering that this is a typical cute girls doing cute things anime, the manga cafe's only in for most of its runtime and it's just a setting so it doesn't matter. At times it's about the four girls' daily lives, with comedy sprinkled in! (Oh, and if you're lucky, the jokes c…
Read at the sourceBrotherCoa
This was one nice CGDCT anime, probably the best one this season. It is quite standard one, it is not tryin to invent something new nor to amaze us with some drama or twist - it is very safe and very average anime with cute girls. And that in itself is not a bad thing.
Animation and music: decent. Animation is good and consistent throughout the entire length of the show. The music is also standard one, with the exception of OP song which is just amazing. It is such cheerful song and it really awakens those "cute" emotions in you. Perfect theme for this anime.
Overall - animation is good and music is ok with the exception of opening song which is great.
Characters: Meiko is our FMC, she is average country bumpkin girl. Hard working, honest, serious, dedicated and all kinds of cute. She i…
Read at the sourceregaldemocrat
If you're not too demanding, Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi! is… perfectly fine. But it’s genuinely hard to tell what the producers were actually trying to achieve with this adaptation.
The premise is simple: a girl from rural Akita gets mistakenly accepted into a prestigious all-girls academy in Tokyo and ends up living and working in the dorm’s one-tatami-mat manga café alongside a cast of quirky otaku roommates. It leans into absurd Japanese humor and otaku pride, which is a solid foundation on paper.
Unfortunately, the execution is painfully slow and emotionally flat. There’s rarely any sense of “wow, this is great” or even “I’m excited to see what happens next week.” The story unfolds in such an ordinary, low-key way that it often feels dull, leaving you wondering what the creators were…
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