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Soremachi Chapter Guide – Vol 1 Chapter 5: Romantic Runaway
Synopsis: Hotori and Sanada skips school as they miss their bus stop and travel together in this new town at the final stop. They proceed to go on…


Soremachi Chapter Guide – Vol 1 Chapter 4: Eyes
Synopsis: Hotori is presented with a challenge by Mr. Moriaki – solve the mystery behind the mysterious painting left by Moriaki’s grandfather. And she succeeds. For the first…


Soremachi Chapter Guide – Vol 1 Chapter 3: Sexual Harassment Trial
Synopsis: Hotori gets away from trouble at home by visiting Seaside as a customer and decides to help out Granny Uki in buying groceries for the maid cafe…


Soremachi Chapter Guide – Vol 1 Chapter 2: The Blessed Cafe (After)
Synopsis: Mr. Moriaki, the homeroom and Math teacher has found out Hotori and Tatsuno are working at a maid cafe without permission and confronts them – eventually being…


Soremachi Chapter Guide – Vol 1 Chapter 1: The Blessed Cafe (Before)
Synopsis: Arashiyama Hotori works at a maid cafe called Seaside with Sanada Hiroyuki being the only customer of note in the opening of this chapter. Hotori invites her…


Interview between Akiyuki Shinbo and Naoyuki Tatsuwa on the Soremachi anime (Akiyuki Shimbo x Shaft Chronicle, 2019)
In commemoration of the 14th anniversary of the Soremachi anime, I am glad to be able to share yet another interview giving us a unique behind the scenes…


Interview between Masakazu Ishiguro and Akiyuki Shinbo on the Soremachi anime (Shinbogatari Interview Column, 2011)
In commemoration of the 13th anniversary of the Soremachi anime, I’ve found an interesting interview between Masakazu Ishiguro and Akiyuki Shinbo who was the director of the Soremachi…


“What’s next?” A Short Introduction to Other Masakazu Ishiguro Masterpieces
There has never been a greater time to be a Masakazu Ishiguro fan. With the release of the Tengoku Daimakyou (Heavenly Delusion) anime, the buzz surrounding the series…


The Troubled and Confusing History on the Translation of the Soremachi Manga
Fan translations have been the driving force for the growing popularity of anime and manga outside Japan for decades now. This is because there are hundreds of manga…


List of Ishiguro-sensei Interviews (Last Updated: Oct 2022)
Welcome to the list of interviews I’ve compiled of Ishiguro-sensei that I’ve found on the Internet. I’ve been fascinated for a long time now by reading thoughts of…
Comprehensive Guide to Soremachi Merchandise (Part 1: Anime Goods)
Every avid anime/manga fan has that time in their life where they get obsessed with a certain franchise that they start thinking of spending their well earned money…
Attack on Titan, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Neon Genesis Evangelion


Q&A With Masakazu Ishiguro on Soremachi, Tengoku Daimakyou and more!
Never in my wildest dreams could I have believed that I could arrange a Q&A with Ishiguro-sensei, a mangaka that I’ve followed for years now – loving every…


Introduction to Soremachi / And Yet The Town Moves
Maido! Welcome to the first ever post of the Soremachi fansite on Wordpress, ran by the one-person army behind the Twitter account, @dailysoremachi. I’ve created this fansite just…