“Chiikawa” is a popular manga that illustrator Nagano has been posting on X (formerly Twitter) since 2020. It won Japan Character Awards 2022, and then took the Grand Prize two years in a row at Japan Character Awards 2024 and Japan Character Awards 2025. The gap between the small, cute characters and the harsh world has earned popularity among everyone from adults to children, and its followers have now surpassed 5.48 million.
The anime Chiikawa is currently airing on the Fuji TV network's “Mezamashi TV” every Tuesday and Thursday at around 7:36 a.m. Also, Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of the Mermaid Island, the first theatrical film for Chiikawa, which has been in theaters since July 24, has surpassed 15.84 billion yen at the box office 59 days after its release.
Episode 181 “Tin of Cookies” (Synopsis)
Chiikawa received Muchauma Cookies…
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