The story takes place in the countryside village of Asahigaoka, where many conveniences are several miles away and the school consists of only five students, each of whom come from different grades of elementary and middle school. Hotaru Ichijo, a fifth grader from Tokyo, transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School and adjusts to countryside life with her new friends.






Name: Renge Miyauchi Grade: A first-year elementary school student Facts: She likes to greet her friends by saying "Nyanpasū" (Meow-ning), a nonsensical phrase. While she generally acts her age, she is often quite perceptive. She often ends her sentences with 'na non' which is a dialect of the village. She is the younger sister to Hikage and Kazuho.


Name: Hotaru Ichijo Grade:A fifth-year elementary school student who transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School from Tokyo Facts:A fifth-year elementary school student who transfers into Asahigaoka Branch School from Tokyo. She is quite tall for her age and has a crush on Komari, and even sews a collection of plush dolls of Komari to decorate her room. She had come to Asahigaoka several times because her relatives live nearby.

Name: Natsumi Koshigaya Grade:A first-year middle school student Facts:She is taller than Komari, her older sister. Rebellious and carefree, she often talks back to her mother, plays pranks on her older sister, and does poorly in school.


Name: Komari Koshigaya Grade: A second-year middle school student Facts: Natsumi's older sister. She is quite short, a fact which she detests. She is innocent and easily scared, which Natsumi often takes advantage of.

Name: Kazuho Miyauch facts:the only teacher in the local school. She is very fond of sleep. Since all the students study their own material, she often spends classtime napping.

Name: Yukiko Koshigaya Facts: Natsumi, Komari, and Suguru's mother. She is often strict, particularly towards Natsumi, who slacks off a lot. She is also a graduate of Asahigaoka branch school. When she was a student, she took care of Kazuho as Kaede does for Renge

Name: Dakota san Grade:A second-year middle school student Facts: hate going to school is the older brother of Kiriyuko San

Name: Kiriyuko San Grade:A first-year elementary school student Facts: is the younger sister of Dakota San and likes to act like a kitten