Kiko-chan's Smile (きこちゃんすまいる) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tsubasa Nunōra. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Be Love Pair, and later Be Love Parfait, from 1991 to 2001, with its chapters collected in five volumes; the publisher first collected its chapters in two volumes. The series follows Kiko Ninomiya, a kindergarten student who has many features of a child prodigy, but at the same time displays bizarre habits and an odd personality.
A 51-episode (totalling 126 segments) anime television series, produced by Eiken and animated by Magic Bus, was broadcast on TBS from 1996 to 1997.
Plot
Characters
- Kiko Shinomiya (篠宮 きこ)
- Kiko is a four-year-old (five in the end of the series) girl who attends a private kindergarten in Tokyo. She is capable of doing many things most four-year-olds are not capable of; these include cooking, unassisted grocery shopping, limited acrobatics. Despite the title of the series, it is very rare to actually see Kiko smile and almost as rare for her to speak. Despite this, Kiko is quite popular with her classmates. She also has a wide variety of interests, including