Behold the the struggle of the adorable little cockroach Gokicha-chan as she struggles to make friends with humans after moving to frigid Hokkaido to escape the unfortunate reputation her species enjoys in the Kanto region.
5 Volumes (Complete)





Yup, so cute it can safely be called adorable, and a laugh (or more) each and every chapter from start to finish. Easily one of the best 4-koma I've ever read, you really couldn't ask for more than what this one delivers.
For some reason this had me sniffling from the first episode. The little main character is AMAZINGLY cute, yet she's recognizable as a cockroach. I keep falling in love with her cuteness, then noticing that in certain positions she looks just like the scuttling things I usually blast with a roach bomb. Back and forth, back and forth...continually. If you're prone to automatically feeling sorry for the weak and rooting for underdogs, the constant changefulness of this creature's look can really whipsaw your feelings.
But the most unsettling thing comes whenever I remember that the poor little creature's search for a human friend is completely hopeless. NO-ONE likes cockroaches.
I think this is meant to be a comedy, but I also think this story of a cute being who's also a complete outcast may become sadly disturbing for some. Just beneath its surface, this manga has a lot to say about the pain that the tendency of human groups to designate, exclude, and torment outcasts routinely causes.
When i see this manga description the 1st thing i thought this mangaka is a totally freak when choose cockroach as the main char is disgusting thing. But let me tell you this i was wrong after reading this, the maga make my heart warm with full of love. I realize the message that the Tamachi Rui want to tell us is everything on this planet has the right to live. We human is full of hating, killing, fighting should stop destroy our planet and think and love more every life around us. So 10 points for the creative and 10 for the drawing that cute cockroach ... and 10 for the warm story. Sorry for my bad English.
Such a sweet little cockroach who only wants to be friends... sniff... I'm gonna give the very next cockroach I see some ice cream... stupid mean humans...
Aaaahhh, I'm such a sucker for these super cute anthropomorphizations.