Series synopsis
Pon no Michi, also known as ぽんのみち is a Japanese animation comedy television series that premiered on MBS on January 6, 2024. It ended on March 23, 2024. It stars Kaori Maeda, Iori Saeki, Shion Wakayama and Yui Kondo.
The story is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.
Premise
The story is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Kaori Maeda as Nashiko Jippensha (voice)
- Iori Saeki as Pai Kawahigashi (voice)
- Shion Wakayama as Izumi Tokutomi (voice)
- Yui Kondo as Riche Hayashi (voice)
- Akio Otsuka as Chōnbo (voice)
- Hibiku Yamamura as Haneru Emi (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 12 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 12 | January 6, 2024 | March 23, 2024 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Nashiko's First Pass One day, Nashiko Jippensha is kicked out of the house by her mother for making too much noise in her room. Having lost her place to party freely, Nashiko receives a call from her father telling her that she can use the old mahjong hall he used to run as she pleases in exchange for cleaning the place up. She immediately starts cleaning and then, a mysterious spirit appears from the store's mahjong tiles...?! |
January 6, 2024 |
| 2 |
Four Players Gathered Riche finds Nashiko at the mahjong club, as she promised, and manages to convince her to let her join the group of friends. She also meets Pai, Izumi and Chombo and, around the mahjong table, a new friendship is created. |
January 13, 2024 |
| 3 |
Let's Eat Now that the four friends know that the stove works, the next step is obvious: prepare a good dish! On the menu, a delicious curry accompanied by sashimi and ice cream for dessert. But before that, they start putting the old mahjong club in order. |
January 20, 2024 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | MBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 6, 2024 |
| Last aired | March 23, 2024 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |