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is a Japanese four-panel
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series by
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. It has been serialized since September 2013 in
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's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''
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'', which was originally a magazine supplement in the ''seinen'' manga magazine ''
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'' until August 2015. It has been collected in four ''
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'' volumes. An
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premiered on April 4, 2018.


Synopsis

The story was set in 4-koma format. The story was about twin sisters Airi and Rise living on their older brother-in-law's house. They were always visited by their friends, Maco and her younger sister Coco. On the way, they found Ruha, and we were introduced to Kisaki, the older brother's childhood friend. A rival maid cafe under Yamirii is the competition of the Kisa Kissa, run by Kisaki and used the four girls as part-time wait staff.


Characters

; : : One of the twins under Big Brother. She was straightforward of the duo. She always wears red coloured clothes. ; : : One of the twins under Big Brother. The tsundere of the duo, and wears blue coloured clothes. ; : : The unnamed brother-in-law of the twins, who takes care of them. ; : : The older sister neighbor and the twins's friend. Despite being good at cooking, she was always at the protagonist's house to eat. ; : : The younger sister of Maco. Despite being gentle, she is a terrible cook. ; : : Manager of Kisa Kissa, and Big Brother's childhood friend. ; : : A mysterious woman. Always hungry and spacing out. ; : : A Forest Fairy that lives on the twins's house. ; : : Dust Bunnies were fairies living on Kisaki's cafe, assists her in everything. ; : : Owner of a rival cafe, which focused on witchcraft-themed settings.


Media


Manga

''Alice or Alice'' is a four-panel
manga are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
series by
Riko Korie is a female Japanese illustrator and manga artist. She was one of the members of Kero Q and Makura. List of Works Visual novels ;Under BLUEWATER * ''Diagnosis'' (March 24, 2006) * '' Despair Witch'' (February 11, 2007) * '' Diagnosis2'' (May 1 ...
, a Japanese artist who mainly illustrates
light novel A is a type of Genre fiction, popular literature novel from Japan usually classified as young adult fiction, generally targeting Adolescence, teens to Young adult, twenties or older. The definition is very vague, and wide-ranging. The abbr ...
s and
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s. The series was initially published in ''
Comic Cune is a Japanese seinen manga magazine which mainly serializes 4-koma manga published by Media Factory. The magazine originally began to be published as a supplement 4-koma magazine in Comic Alive in October 2014 but in June 2015, the publisher an ...
'' as a
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in 2013. It began serialization in ''Comic Cunes November 2013 issue released on September 27, 2013; At first, ''Comic Cune'' was a "magazine in magazine" placed in ''
Monthly Comic Alive is a Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Media Factory. The first issue was released on June 27, 2006. Serialized titles *'' Absolute Duo'' *'' Alice or Alice'' (until 2015, part of the supplement magazine '' Comic Cune'') *'' Ano Ko ni ...
'', later it became independent of ''Comic Alive'' and changed to a formal magazine on August 27, 2015. Four ''
tankōbon A is a standard publishing format for books in Japan, alongside other formats such as ''shinsho'' (17x11 cm paperback books) and ''bunkobon''. Used as a loanword in English, the term specifically refers to a printed collection of a manga that w ...
'' volumes of the manga were released between January 23, 2015 and July 23, 2019.


Anime

The 12-episode
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television series adaptation by
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from April 4 to June 20, 2018. The series is directed by Kōsuke Kobayashi and written by Saeka Fujimoto, with character designs by Naoko Kuwabara. The opening theme titled "A or A!?" is performed by petit milady and the ending theme titled "LONELY ALICE" is performed by Pyxis.
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has licensed the series and is streaming it on
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in North America, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, South America, Spain and Portugal.


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