is a Japanese original anime television series created by IIS-P and animated by OLM. It aired from January to March 2024. A

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adaptation by Tsukasa Unohana was serialized in

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's manga magazine ''

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'' from September 2023 to March 2024.

Plot

Nashiko Jippensha is a high school student from

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who has been kicked out of her house. Having no place to go where she can hang out with her friends, she soon discovers that her father has left behind a vacant mahjong parlor he used to own. As such, Nashiko cleans up the parlor and turns it into her personal hangout.

Characters

; : :Nashiko is the daughter of a former mahjong parlor owner. Although the parlor has since closed down, she comes to live there after being kicked out of the family home. She is initially a beginner at mahjong but becomes interested in it. She speaks in a Hiroshima dialect and has a liking for unusual food combinations. ; : :Pai is a friend of Nashiko's who knows the basics of mahjong. She has a kind personality. ; : :Izumi is a friend of Nashiko's who is the most knowledgeable about mahjong among herself, Nashiko, and Pai due to her playing it at family gatherings. ; : :Riche is a young girl who regularly hung out at the parlor thanks to her parents. She becomes friends with everyone once she finds out Nashiko is using the parlor. ; : :Chonbo is a mahjong spirit who takes the form of a sparrow. Nashiko is the only one who can actually hear him. ; : :Haneru is a young girl from Hiroshima who becomes friends with everyone after they play a game of mahjong online.

Media

Manga

adaptation illustrated by Tsukasa Unohana was serialized in

's manga magazine ''

'' from September 1, 2023, to March 1, 2024. Its seven chapters were collected in a single '' tankōbon'' volume released on January 12, 2024. A "self-proclaimed unofficial" official

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manga series by Jun Endō, titled , began serialization on Kodansha's ''YanMaga Web'' website and app on January 8, 2024.

''Pon no Michi''

''Pon no Michi: Ryūkyoku Shānyū-hen''

Anime

The original anime television series by OLM was announced on May 23, 2023. It is an original work by IISP, and features direction and series composition by Tatsuma Minamikawa, original character designs by

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, animation character designs by Kenji Ota, and music composed by Sachiko Takahashi, Takuma Sogi, hisakuni, Riko Ohashi, Kanji Eguchi, and Shari. The series aired from January 6 to March 23, 2024, on the

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programming block on all JNN affiliates, including

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, TBS, and

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. The opening theme song is , performed by Kana Nakada feat. Pon no Michi All Stars (a unit composed of the voice actors of the anime), while the ending theme song is "Good Luck Waker", performed by Halca. Animation Digital Network licensed the series on YouTube outside of Asia. Remow licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.

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