Template:Short description Template:Expand Japanese Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Video Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo is a Japanese four-panel manga series by Riko Korie. It has been serialized since September 2013 in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Comic Cune, which was originally a magazine supplement in the seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive until August 2015. It has been collected in four tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by EMT Squared premiered on April 4, 2018.
Synopsis
The story was set in 4-koma format. The story was about twin sisters Airi and Rise living on their older brother-in-law's house. They were always visited by their friends, Maco and her younger sister Coco.
On the way, they found Ruha, and we were introduced to Kisaki, the older brother's childhood friend. A rival maid cafe under Yamirii is the competition of the Kisa Kissa, run by Kisaki and used the four girls as part-time wait staff.
Characters
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- One of the twins under Big Brother. She was straightforward of the duo. She always wears red coloured clothes.
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- One of the twins under Big Brother. The tsundere of the duo, and wears blue coloured clothes.
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- The unnamed brother-in-law of the twins, who takes care of them.
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- The older sister neighbor and the twins's friend. Despite being good at cooking, she was always at the protagonist's house to eat.
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- The younger sister of Maco. Despite being gentle, she is a terrible cook.
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- Manager of Kisa Kissa, and Big Brother's childhood friend.
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- A mysterious woman. Always hungry and spacing out.
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- A Forest Fairy that lives on the twins's house.
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- Dust Bunnies were fairies living on Kisaki's cafe, assists her in everything.
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- Owner of a rival cafe, which focused on witchcraft-themed settings.
Media
Manga
Alice or Alice is a four-panel manga series by Riko Korie, a Japanese artist who mainly illustrates light novels and visual novels. The series was initially published in Comic Cune as a one-shot in 2013.[3] It began serialization in Comic Cune's November 2013 issue released on September 27, 2013; At first, Comic Cune was a "magazine in magazine" placed in Monthly Comic Alive,[4] later it became independent of Comic Alive and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015.[5] Four tankōbon volumes of the manga were released between January 23, 2015 and July 23, 2019.[6][7]
Anime
The 12-episode anime television series adaptation by EMT Squared from April 4 to June 20, 2018.[8][2] The series is directed by Kōsuke Kobayashi and written by Saeka Fujimoto, with character designs by Naoko Kuwabara.[1] The opening theme titled "A or A!?" is performed by petit milady and the ending theme titled "LONELY ALICE" is performed by Pyxis.[9] Sentai Filmworks has licensed the series and is streaming it on Hidive in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South America, Spain and Portugal.[10]