ぽんのみち
Pon no Michi
🚪 Often abandoned
The anime is set in Hiroshima Prefecture's Onomichi City, where a high school student Nashiko Jippensha was kicked out of her house. Without a place to play with her friends, she learns that the mahjong parlor that her father used to run is now vacant. She fixes the mahjong parlor and turns it into a place where she and her friends can have fun, cook, have tea, and sometimes play mahjong. (Source: Anime News Network)
Names
| Original | ぽんのみち (japanese) |
|---|---|
| Romaji | Pon no Michi |
| English | Pon no Michi |
| Chinese | 碰之道 (unknown · via wikidata) |
| Also known as | The Way of Pon |
Facts
| Format | TV series · 12 ep · 24 min · 5h total |
|---|---|
| Aired | 2024-01-06 → 2024-03-23 (Winter 2024) |
| Status | FINISHED |
| Studio | OLM |
| Source | Original work |
| Origin | Japan (Anime) |
| Genres | Slice of Life |
| Themes | Primarily Female CastMahjongCute Girls Doing Cute ThingsFemale ProtagonistPrimarily Teen CastFood |
| Streaming | YouTube · Bilibili TV · iQ · YouTube · YouTube · Netflix |
Reception
| Community score | 6.83 / 10 |
|---|---|
| Bayesian score | 7.03 / 10 |
| Composite | 45.0 |
| On lists | 16,202 |
| Favourited | 201 (1.2%) |
| Completion | 52.4% |
| Drop rate | 20.8% |
| In backlog | 44.5% |
| Score spread σ | 2.05 |
Score distribution
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Where it places
| Cohort | Value | Tier | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadcast season | Winter 2024 | D | 48 of 62 |
| Studio | OLM | D | 125 of 181 |
| Year | 2024 | E | 242 of 297 |
| Season (all years) | Winter | D | 1,070 of 1,557 |
| Source material | Original work | D | 1,190 of 1,732 |
| Genre | Slice of Life | D | 1,247 of 1,578 |
| Era | Early 2020s | D | 1,254 of 1,596 |
| Length | Single-cour | D | 1,799 of 2,668 |
| Format | TV series | D | 2,413 of 3,322 |
| Origin | Japan | D | 5,071 of 7,157 |
Key staff
| Director | Tatsuma Minamikawa, Scott MacDonald, Miyabi Amada |
|---|---|
| Character design | Negi Haruba, Kenji Oota |
| Original creator | IIS-P, Negi Haruba |
Related
| Relation | Year | Title |
|---|---|---|
| character | — | Jongtama PV |
AniList id 165314 · MAL id 55397 · record updated 2026-08-27