Explosive cuteness! Everyone who saw Chiikawa and Hachiware’s dance was warmed by the heart, with comments such as “I can’t stop watching it” and “It’s highly addictive”

Episode 76 of the anime “Chiikawa” features a cute dance performed by Chiikawa (voiced by Aoki Haruka) and Hachiware (voiced by Tanaka Makoto), which has become a hot topic with people saying they “find themselves watching it over and over again.”

[Video] Chiikawa and Hachiware’s dance (from around 45 seconds)

“Chiikawa” is a popular manga that illustrator Nagano began serializing in 2020 and posts on X (formerly Twitter). The gap between the small and cute characters and the harsh worldview has made it popular with a wide range of people from adults to children, and it has now gained over 3.4 million followers. “Chiikawa” also won the Grand Prix at the “Japan Character Awards 2022” and the “Japan Character Awards 2024” announced in July 2024.

In episode 76, “Crack/Rock Paper Scissors,” there was an episode where Chiikawa jumped over a crack in the ground and danced to the song of a mimicking Rock Paper Scissors (voiced by Yukari Tamura). Although Chiikawa looked anxious while jumping over the crack, she used a trampoline to jump beautifully! She also successfully landed. Chiikawa and Hachiware also cutely danced to the song of Rock Paper Scissors.

The cute dancing of Chiikawa and Hachiware drew reactions such as “It’s so cute I can watch it over and over again” and “It’s highly addictive.” In addition, when it was revealed in the end credits that the voice actress Yukari Tamura was playing the mimicking rock-paper-scissors, reactions such as “Oh, it was Yukari,” and “The guest voice actress is Yukari, amazing!” elicited a succession of reactions.

■Episode 76 “Crack/Rock Paper Scissors”
[Synopsis]
As Chiikawa and Hachiware are walking, they come across a procession of Chiikawa tribe members. Up ahead, there is a crack…

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