Chiikawa: Crying Shisa Gets Saved by Fan-Favorite Kurimanju-Senpai
『ちいかわ』シーサーの涙を救ったのは、全読者待望の“くりまんじゅう先輩”
A Chiikawa reaction-compilation video posted October 3 is built around one specific manga beat: the character Shisa, mid-breakdown and in tears, finally gets interrupted by the entrance of Kurimanju-senpai — a side character commenters say the whole readership had been begging to see.
Across the video's 140 comments, the top-liked one (218 likes) joked that series creator Nagano apparently "still has a heart left," and most of the rest of the thread split between pure relief at Kurimanju's timing and commenters filling in why Shisa was struggling in the first place — not because the task itself was the problem, but because of who she didn't want to disappoint.
This Chiikawa reaction-compilation video is built around one specific beat from the ongoing Shisa arc: the character Shisa, crying and on the run, finally gets interrupted by the entrance of Kurimanju-senpai, a side character fans say the whole readership had been waiting on. The video, which walks through the manga's panels with commentary rather than reacting to animation, drew 140 comments of its own — most of them circling the same two feelings: huge relief that help showed up at all, and the nagging sense that it's far too early to relax about where this particular storyline is actually headed.
Kurimanju barely shows up in Chiikawa at all, which is exactly why the comment section treated his entrance like a main event rather than a cameo. Half the thread is just pure relief that he actually came through at the moment Shisa needed someone, instead of being another background face.
“Breaking news: Nagano still has a heart left 🎉”
朗報 ナガノに人の心が残ってた🎉
“Kurimanju-senpai showing up is the best, but I still can't let my guard down until this is actually over.”
くりまんじゅう先輩が来て最高なんだけど、最後まで気が抜けない
“The most dependable two-heads-tall guy in the world.”
世界一頼もしい2頭身
“Has a character's entrance ever made readers this genuinely happy before......”
かつてここまで読者が「くりまんじゅう先輩」の登場に喜び湧いたことがあっただろうか……
“Turns out Kuriman got his license from a shooting star too, as it happens...!”
実はクリマンも星から免許をもらっていたのだった…！
Other commenters used the moment to fill in what was actually driving Shisa's breakdown — and it wasn't the task in front of her so much as who she was afraid of letting down by failing it.
“Shisa almost getting swept away wasn't because she hated studying — it's because she didn't want to burden her mentor any further.”
シーサーちゃんが流されかけたのも勉強がイヤだからじゃなくて 師匠にこれ以上迷惑かけたくないからだからな
One reply drew a quieter parallel to an earlier arc, pointing out that another character going through hard times never had a Kurimanju of her own to lean on — a comment that reframed the whole rescue as less about one lucky entrance and more about how much it matters to have anyone at all in your corner.
“That other girl didn't have a friend like Kuriman around, back when the hardships of this world got to be too much for her.”
あのこにはくりまんのような友人が居なかったんだよな この世界の苦労の日々が嫌になったとき
From there the thread leaned all the way into hero-worship, treating a minor character's appearance like an honest-to-god rescue mission rather than one more panel in a four-panel comic.
“The one who wiped away Shisa's tears as she ran off was that cool, easygoing man — a little tipsy, that man.”
駆け去るシーサーの涙を拭ったのは クールでいなせなあの男 ほろ酔い気分の あの男
“Kuriman shows up the exact moment readers are thinking "it's hopeless, somebody help her!" — total Ultraman-level hero energy.”
読者が「もうダメだ！誰か助けてくれ！」って思った瞬間に出てくるくりまんがウル◯ラマン並みのヒーロー感。
“"We won, huh." "Yeah..."”
｢勝ったな｣ ｢ああ…｣
“Never thought Kurimanju would end up at the center of one of the most intense moments out of all the long arcs so far. I really hope he can save Shisa...!”
まさかくりまんじゅうがこれまであった数ある長編の中でも屈指の熱い場面の中心になるとはなあ どうかくりまんじゅうにはシーサーを救ってやって欲しい・・・！
“This story isn't even over yet, but Nagano's damage control is just too skillful.”
まだこの話終わってないけどナガノのダメージコントロールが巧みすぎる
Whether that relief holds for the rest of the arc is very much an open question. Commenters know Nagano's history with this cast too well to call the crisis over just because the right character finally walked in — and more than a few are already bracing for whatever comes after the hug.
FAQ
- Who is Kurimanju-senpai in Chiikawa?
- Commenters describe him as a minor, rarely-seen character who still gets treated as the franchise's most reliable figure whenever he shows up — one top comment called him "the most dependable two-heads-tall guy in the world."
- Why was Shisa crying before Kurimanju showed up?
- Commenters say Shisa wasn't running away because she hated the task in front of her, but because she didn't want to keep burdening her mentor — several pointed to that as the real source of her distress.
- Why do commenters joke that creator Nagano "has a heart"?
- Chiikawa's creator, Nagano, has a reputation among fans for writing unexpectedly harsh twists for its cute cast, so commenters treated this rescue as a rare moment of mercy — several also warned the arc isn't necessarily over yet.
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