Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi!

• Ja Kanji — 一畳間まんきつ暮らし! • Ja Romaji — Ichijōma Mankitsu Gurashi! • Genre — * Comedy • Slice of life

• Type — manga • Author — Kumako Hisama • Publisher — Houbunsha • Imprint — Manga Time KR Comics • Magazine — Manga Time Kirara • First — December 7, 2018 • Volumes — 5

• Type — tv series • Director — Toshinori Watanabe • Writer — * Tatsuya Takahashi (screenwriter) • Kana Yamada • Music — Monaca (company) • Studio — PRA (company) • Licensee — Remow • Network — ANN (ABC, TV Asahi), BS NTV • First — April 12, 2026 • Last — June 21, 2026 • Episodes — 11

• Portal — yes Ichijyoma Mankitsu Gurashi! 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 five volumes as of May 2026. An anime television series adaptation produced by PRA (company) aired from April to June 2026.

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.

• Meiko Morita • Hana Hishikawa • 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 • Saho Shirasu • 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 • Chiharu (voice actress) • 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 • Miyari Nemoto • 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 • Momoka Terasawa • 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 Goda • Kaori Maeda • An 18-year-old woman who takes a liking to Hedgehog. Due to her love of history, she became the younger person to ever obtain a license as an antique appraiser. She is referred to as "Suzu". • Gao • Chiwa Saitō • A popular streamer who Marika sees as a rival. Unbeknownst to Marika, Gao is a big fan of hers. • Beruna • Ran Koba • A maid and spy who is devoted to Gao. Due to said devotion, she takes up residence at Hedgehog to take care of Marika per Gao's request. • Miori Morita • Natsumi Murakami • Meiko's younger sister who is a middle school student. While she comes across as being aloof towards Meiko, she actually deeply admires her older sister.

The series is written and illustrated by Kumako Hisama. It was originally released as a guest series in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara magazine on May 9, 2018, before beginning serialization in the same magazine on December 7 of that year. Five tankōbon volumes have been published as of May 2026.

An anime television series adaptation was announced in Manga Time Kirara on July 9, 2025. It was produced by PRA (company) and directed by Toshinori Watanabe, with series composition handled by Tatsuya Takahashi (screenwriter), who also wrote the episode screenplays with Kana Yamada, and characters designed by Fumiya Uehara, who also served as chief animation director with Minefumi Harada, Yuki Yabuta, and Saori Sakiguchi. Monaca (company) composed the music. The series aired from April 12 to June 21, 2026, on the Animazing!!! programming block on all ANN affiliates, including ABC and TV Asahi. The opening theme song is "Ciao Ciao", performed by Sophià la Mode, while the ending theme song is "Yawayawa Nerd Chō FreQuency", performed by Mugendai Mewtype of the BanG Dream! franchise. Remow licensed the series for simultaneous airing worldwide on the It's Anime YouTube channel, as well as OceanVeil in North America and Rakuten Viki in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australasia.