Chiikawa is a popular manga that illustrator Nagano has been posting on X (formerly Twitter) since 2020. It won the Japan Character Awards 2022, and went on to take the Grand Prix at both the Japan Character Awards 2024 and the Japan Character Awards 2025, two years in a row. The gap between its small, cute characters and its harsh worldview has earned wide popularity among people of all ages, and its followers have now surpassed 5.64 million.

The Chiikawa anime is currently airing on the Fuji TV network within Mezamashi TV every Tuesday and Thursday from around 7:36 a.m. Chiikawa the Movie: The Secret of 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 in 59 days since its release.

Episode 182 "Nighttime Happenings 1" Synopsis: Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi are sleeping peacefully together when...

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