# Is the Order a Rabbit? (ご注文はうさぎですか？)

**Is the Order a Rabbit?** (ご注文はうさぎですか？), abbreviated as GochiUsa (ごちうさ), is a Japanese four-panel slice-of-life manga written and illustrated by Koi, serialized in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara MAX since 2011 and adapted into a television anime series that began broadcasting in 2014.<sup>[1](https://aniorder.com/series/gochiusa/?order=chronological)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[2](https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/226997/att_226997_1.pdf)</sup> The story follows Cocoa Hoto (保登心愛), a girl who moves to a timber-framed town and begins working at the cafe Rabbit House, where she meets the cafe's daughter Chino and the staff and friends Rize, Chiya, and Sharo.<sup>[3](https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=S119624&t=1674950400058)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://renote.net/reviews/2995)</sup>

| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original work | Four-panel manga by Koi, serialized in Manga Time Kirara MAX (Houbunsha)<sup>[1](https://aniorder.com/series/gochiusa/?order=chronological)</sup> |
| Serialization start | 2011; the series marked ten years of serialization in 2021<sup>[5](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/n01830000.html)</sup> |
| Collected volumes | 14 volumes as of the volume released September 26, 2026 (ISBN 978-4-8322-9752-4, 1,210 yen)<sup>[6](https://houbunsha.co.jp/comics/detail.php?p=%25A4%25B4%25C3%25ED%25CA%25B8%25A4%25CF%25A4%25A6%25A4%25B5%25A4%25AE%25A4%25C7%25A4%25B9%25A4%25AB%25A1%25A9)</sup> |
| Anime series | TV season 1 (2014), season 2, special episode *Dear My Sister*, OVA *Sing For You*, and season 3 *BLOOM* from October 10, 2020<sup>[2](https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/226997/att_226997_1.pdf)</sup> |
| Theatrical film | *Gekijōban Gochūmon wa Usagi desu ka?* announced December 25, 2025, with a teaser site opened<sup>[7](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/list00010001.html)</sup> |
| Setting | A storybook town modeled on the Colmar region of France; the cafe Rabbit House<sup>[8](https://ranking.net/items/635f97)</sup> |
| Main characters | Cocoa, Chino, Rize, Chiya, and Sharo<sup>[3](https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=S119624&t=1674950400058)</sup> |

## Premise and setting

The story begins when Cocoa moves to a timber-built town to look for lodging and starts a new life as a live-in worker at the cafe Rabbit House.<sup>[9](https://bookworms.jp/book/B00IZ7R7LK)</sup> The girls she meets at the shops in town include the cool and small Chino, the military-minded Rize, the gentle, Japanese-style Chiya, and the refined but thrifty Sharo, and the series follows their daily lives at work, at school, and around town.<sup>[3](https://manga.line.me/product/periodic?id=S119624&t=1674950400058)</sup> Cocoa treats Chino like a little sister, and Chino, while protesting, does not entirely dislike the attention.<sup>[10](https://ranking.net/items/5041d6/)</sup>

The setting is a storybook town modeled on the Colmar region of France, where Cocoa spends peaceful days with Chino and her friends.<sup>[8](https://ranking.net/items/635f97)</sup> A report on regional exchange notes that the anime's scenes have drawn attention to the real town that inspired them and to the connections between Japan and France.<sup>[11](https://www.toyo.ac.jp/assets/academics/international-exchange/cavcic.pdf)</sup> Later volumes introduce new residents who arrive in the timber-framed town from the city: Fuyu, El, and Natsume.<sup>[6](https://houbunsha.co.jp/comics/detail.php?p=%25A4%25B4%25C3%25ED%25CA%25B8%25A4%25CF%25A4%25A6%25A4%25B5%25A4%25AE%25A4%25C7%25A4%25B9%25A4%25AB%25A1%25A9)</sup>

## The manga

The series is a comedy four-panel manga in which small differences in personality, such as Cocoa's pushy friendliness, Chino's shyness, Rize's dependability, and Chiya's and Sharo's posturing, turn into humor in every conversation.<sup>[9](https://bookworms.jp/book/B00IZ7R7LK)</sup> A reviewer of the most recent volumes notes that even in the newest episodes the artist keeps the basic Manga Time Kirara four-panel grid, four panels per row across two pages, balancing the genre's cyclical sense of time with occasional forward movement in the story.<sup>[12](https://note.com/yomizi/n/n1226b5af3680)</sup>

The publisher's tagline for the series, "everything is cute" (すべてがかわいい。), was paired in early promotion with the claim that the series should not be dismissed as lacking a punchline.<sup>[13](https://note.com/kumomajin/n/ndbf502ab2a38)</sup> One essayist argues that the series built its comedy on unintended repetition and resemblance between characters rather than on conventional dramatic structure, placing it in a line of everyday-life four-panel works that developed their own dramaturgy.<sup>[13](https://note.com/kumomajin/n/ndbf502ab2a38)</sup> An academic paper on the economics of everyday-life four-panel manga treats the genre, of which this series is a prominent example, as a case for examining how cuteness functions as a commercial category.<sup>[14](https://kiu.repo.nii.ac.jp/record/787/files/kokusaikeizai6-003maki.pdf)</sup>

Volume 10, released December 25, 2021, marked the tenth anniversary of serialization.<sup>[6](https://houbunsha.co.jp/comics/detail.php?p=%25A4%25B4%25C3%25ED%25CA%25B8%25A4%25CF%25A4%25A6%25A4%25B5%25A4%25AE%25A4%25C7%25A4%25B9%25A4%25AB%25A1%25A9)</sup> Volume 13 (August 27, 2025) carried the announcement that new anime was in production, and volume 14, released September 26, 2026, announces a theatrical anime in production and depicts the Rabbit House staff organizing a Christmas concert.<sup>[6](https://houbunsha.co.jp/comics/detail.php?p=%25A4%25B4%25C3%25ED%25CA%25B8%25A4%25CF%25A4%25A6%25A4%25B5%25A4%25AE%25A4%25C7%25A4%25B9%25A4%25AB%25A1%25A9)</sup>

## Anime adaptations

The television anime began broadcasting in 2014, promoted at the time as a cafe four-panel about cute, heartwarming girls.<sup>[2](https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/226997/att_226997_1.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[15](https://uraraka.co.jp/downloadpop/media/pdf_media/201404_media.pdf)</sup> It was followed by a second season, the special episode *Dear My Sister*, the OVA *Sing For You*, and the third season *BLOOM*, which began broadcasting on October 10, 2020.<sup>[2](https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/226997/att_226997_1.pdf)</sup> The third season's premiere was accompanied by a collaboration with the Eizan Electric Railway in Kyoto, which ran a wrapped train on car 711 from October 10, 2020 through May 31, 2021 and posted collaboration posters at five stations.<sup>[2](https://www.atpress.ne.jp/releases/226997/att_226997_1.pdf)</sup> The television series totals 36 episodes across its three seasons, about 14.4 hours of viewing time.<sup>[16](https://dokode-mireru.jp/anime/gochuumonhausagidesuka/)</sup>

On December 25, 2025, the official site announced that a theatrical film, *Gekijōban Gochūmon wa Usagi desu ka?*, was in production and opened a teaser site for it.<sup>[7](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/list00010001.html)</sup> A film database entry for the theatrical work lists its production staff, including animation producer Kentaro Kai.<sup>[17](https://www.allcinema.net/cinema/pdf/353402)</sup>

## Anniversaries and collaborations

The franchise has sustained itself heavily through merchandise collaborations with retailers and brands. The serialization's tenth anniversary in 2021 brought a Fuyu character song performed by Maaya Iwami, a first hi-res best album, a rearranged anime theme-song album, a complete edition of the comics, and an anniversary exhibition.<sup>[5](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/n01830000.html)</sup> For the television anime's tenth anniversary in 2024, the production opened a commemorative page with a celebratory illustration drawn by Koi, announced a limited-production Blu-ray BOX, held a special stage event with cast appearances including [Ayane Sakura](https://www.edgepedia.org/ayane-sakura) and Rie Murakawa, sold birthday merchandise for individual characters, and released a live-action music video for "Daydream café".<sup>[18](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/list00010004.html)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[19](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/list00010002.html)</sup>

Commercial tie-ins have run continuously. Examples include a Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS credit card with BLOOM artwork, a GiGO arcade campaign from February 14, 2025, a Weiss Schwarz premium booster in October 2024, and, in 2026, tie-ins with Sanrio characters, Suntory original-label cans, the arcade chain Round One, Tokyo Anime Center, OIOI (Marui), and a crossover scale figure project with *Bocchi the Rock!* announced on October 1, 2026.<sup>[20](https://info.cr.mufg.jp/news/down2.php?attach_id=503&category=1&page=1&seq=1690)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[21](https://www.gendagigo.jp/Portals/0/%E3%80%90GGE%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91%E3%80%8E%E3%81%94%E6%B3%A8%E6%96%87%E3%81%AF%E3%81%86%E3%81%95%E3%81%8E%E3%81%A7%E3%81%99%E3%81%8B%EF%BC%9F%20BLOOM%E3%80%8F%20GiGO%E3%82%B3%E3%83%A9%E3%83%9C%E9%96%8B%E5%82%AC%E3%81%AE%E3%81%8A%E7%9F%A5%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B.pdf)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[22](https://bushiroad.co.jp/media/f760c076e03630ba)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[23](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/)</sup> The official news archive lists 363 announcements in total.<sup>[23](https://gochiusa.com/bloom/news/)</sup>

## Reception

On the review aggregator site Anikore, the second season holds a composite score of 76.2 out of 100 based on 1,145 reviews, with character ratings (4.1) above story ratings (3.7).<sup>[24](https://www.anikore.jp/anime_review/9068/)</sup> Reviewers commonly describe the series as a relaxing slice-of-life work whose appeal lies in its cast rather than in plot or gag structure; one notes that the pairing of characters changes from episode to episode and that viewers seeking escape from intense action anime coined the term "GochiUsa refugees" for such audiences.<sup>[8](https://ranking.net/items/635f97)</sup> A book review of the first volume argues that the series' lasting appeal comes from carefully building a sense of belonging among the characters rather than from cuteness alone.<sup>[9](https://bookworms.jp/book/B00IZ7R7LK)</sup> Aggregator scores for the first season include 7.6 at Anizukan and 57 points at one review site, which places it within the everyday-life anime slot alongside works such as *Kin-iro Mosaic* and *Non Non Biyori*.<sup>[25](https://anizukan.com/anime/17269/gochuumon-wa-usagi-desu-ka)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[26](https://www.animekansou.com/2014/07/gochiusa.html)</sup>

The series has also found an unexpected educational use. A study of Japanese listening practice support used anime dialogue scenes as teaching material, with *Is the Order a Rabbit?* among the works whose scripts were analyzed to estimate the difficulty of partial conversations for learners.<sup>[27](https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/artsci/20/2/20_108/_pdf)</sup>

## References

1. [ご注文はうさぎですか？を見る順番〖2026年最新〗, アニオーダー](https://aniorder.com/series/gochiusa/?order=chronological)
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