ちおちゃんの通学路 [Chio-chan no Tsūgakuro / Chio's School Road]

Chio-chan's School Road, published by Kadokawa from 2014 to 2018, is a nine-issue manga series that turns the daily commute to school into a high-stakes, absurdist comedy. Creator Tadataka Kawasaki finds endless humor in the ordinary, as the titular Chio navigates a gauntlet of social awkwardness, video game logic, and over-the-top obstacles on her walk to class. Its charm lies in taking a universally mundane experience and inflating it into a hilarious, relatable epic of procrastination and survival.