Yatogame-chan Observation Diary

is a manga series by Masaki Andou. It is serialized in Comic REX. The manga has released 9 tankobon volumes with the most recent releasing on October 27, 2020. An anime adaptation was announced in the fourth volume of the manga on May 26, 2018. The short-form (3 min episodes) anime television series adaptation produced by Creators in Pack and Saetta premiered on April 4, 2021 and ran for 12 episodes to June 20, 2019. The first season was broadcast on TV Aichi and Tokyo MX. The series directed by Hisayoshi Hirasawa with Satsuki Hayasaka as the character designer. On the day of the season 1 finale, a season 2 was announced to be in the works by the same studios. The second season started airing on January 5, 2020 and ran for 12 episodes to March 22, 2020. A third season (LEVELS joined as lead studio and had worked on the previous two adaptations) premiered on January 10, 2021 also running 12 episodes to March 28, 2021.

Plot
After growing up in Tokyo, high school student Jin Kaito moves to Nagoya where he meets Yatogame Monaka, a fellow student who puts her Nagoya dialect on full display. With her cat-like appearance and unvarnished Nagoya dialect, Yatogame won't open up to him at all. This popular local comedy is increasing the status of Nagoya through observation of the adorable Yatogame-chan!

Official

 * Official manga website (in Japanese)
 * Official anime website (in Japanese)

Other Sources



 * Manga


 * Anime


 * Anime Season 2


 * Anime Season 3