Chiikawa Long Arcs List: A Guide to Reading the Original Manga's Major Storylines in Order

All 42 Chiikawa Arcs Ranked by Episode Count

When the 42 arcs in this site's arc data are arranged by episode count, the longest is the Island Arc (Siren Arc) at 130 installments. Next come the Weeding Certification: Sunfish Arc at 61, the Treasure Hunt Arc at 43, the Black Meteor Arc at 42, and then the Uprising Arc and The Story of Chiikawa and Usagi, both at 40. If you want a long, satisfying read, checking the top episode counts first gives you a sense of each arc's scale.

Episode counts refer to the number of original X posts tied to each arc. This is not the same unit as a chapter of a collected volume or an episode of the anime. Some arcs, like the Weeding Certification Arc, are spread across a long period, while others, like the Island Arc (Siren Arc), are long-form stories following a single major incident. Rather than judging content by length alone, the quickest route is to follow the arc names to their pages and check the serialization period and synopsis.

As of August 2026, many of the top-ranked arcs remain uncollected. The 61-installment Weeding Certification: Sunfish Arc, the 43-installment Treasure Hunt Arc, and the 34-installment Dashi Event Arc, Kurimanju God Arc, and Angel and Jizo Arc can only be read on X. Meanwhile, the Island Arc (Siren Arc) is collected in Volume 8, and the Black Meteor Arc and Prison Arc in Volume 5.

Volume 5's Prison Arc: From Capture to Life Behind Bars

In the Prison Arc, Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi, along with the large one-eyed Ode, are caught up in the same misfortune. As Ode holds some food beneath a tree, Goblins approach, bind the four with something like woven cord, and carry them to a rocky cave. With Usagi being hoisted up and even Ode getting tied, the calm of sharing a meal flips in an instant into an underground crisis.

In the cell, the four are dressed in black-and-white striped garments and surrounded by stone walls and bars. Ode realizes he may be at fault for eating a mushroom the Goblins treasured. After an ominous interval in which something like a cookbook is opened outside, a metal plate is passed in holding mashed potato, green leaves, and simmered beans with water. While Hachiware delights in the flavor, the large-bodied Ode protests that the portion is too small.

Even though they are being held captive, warm soup and plated meals keep arriving, so the Goblins' intentions can't be read from the treatment alone. The three, tagged with numbered plates, and the Goblins pondering recipes outside the bars maintain an atmosphere that could be either kindness or menace. It's a strangely unsettling long arc in which danger and the warmth of a dinner table sit side by side in the same cell.

The Climax of the Prison Arc: A Small Escape Route and Ode's Decision

At the wall of the cell, Usagi moves as if digging a small hole. Ode indicates it is an escape tunnel he had been digging for some time and urges Chiikawa and Hachiware to crawl through. But the passage is too small for Ode's large body. Not only the bars that confined the four, but even the difference in their body sizes becomes a condition for escape.

Ode tells them not to worry about him and to run, and he stays behind facing the Goblins. Spreading his arms and holding the enemies back to buy time for the three to flee, Ode faces them while Hachiware and the others can't shake their wish to escape together. It's not a battle fought to win, but the decision of the one who cannot fit through the hole taking on the burden for his friends, and it lingers in the heart.

After the escape, Chiikawa, Hachiware, and Usagi eat rice balls with meatballs inside while worrying about Ode's safety. Eventually they find a paper like a letter at the place they were before, and take it to mean their bond has not ended despite the separation. A meeting that began with food comes back around to a meal and compassion at the end, leaving a gentle afterglow on the rough escape story.

The Black Meteor Arc: From Rumors of Wishes to a Distorted Everyday Life

In the Black Meteor Arc, in a room where light bulbs hang from a rocky ceiling, Chiikawa and Hachiware eat pancakes baked from hotcake mix dissolved in water. Hachiware relates a rumor: wishing upon a black shooting star makes wishes come true, but it apparently leaves you feeling awful. The joy of a granted wish and the discomfort that follows are placed side by side, and Chiikawa cannot hide his shock.

On another morning, Chiikawa is asleep in his futon, and the moment he picks up his alarm clock his face changes and he dashes outside. Realizing he left a pink item on the futon, he rushes back in a panic, and Hachiware calls out to Chiikawa as he runs in tears. A little earlier, the two were seen gazing at a pink alarm clock in a clock shop, and an everyday household object gradually turns into a marker of strange events.

Unlike the Prison Arc, where a large enemy or a prison appears right in front of them, the Black Meteor Arc gradually shifts the textures of daily life—meals, sleep, meet-ups, clocks. It never rushes to explain the cause; instead, unease seeps into things that felt safe until yesterday. Because fear sits right beside calm conversation, it suits readers who want a quiet sense of dread.

Photographs and a Pink Clock Make the Strange Happenings Visible

In a grassy field, Hachiware aims a camera while Chiikawa strikes a pose, and Usagi dashes across the frame. Next, Usagi and Hachiware line up and Chiikawa takes the shot. Hachiware comes out crisp, while Usagi is blurred as if violently shaking. A photo session that seems to end with light laughter—it was blurry because he was running—leaves behind an image that is hard to explain.

With the pink clock beside him, Chiikawa checks the photo-taking moments and the passage of time again and again. Hachiware and Usagi also compare records nearby, but the sense that what remains on camera and what stands before their eyes don't match will not go away. The more the two trusted tools—the clock's time and the photo's captured moment—sit side by side, the deeper the confusion grows.

The fear of the Black Meteor Arc lies less in the strange happenings themselves than in the time when the three check their records and still can't reach an answer. Usagi's explosive speed is laughable, yet looking back at the captured image suddenly feels unsettling. It's a striking modulation that connects a lively photo session directly into a mystery of time.

Beginners Should Start with the Prison Arc; for Quiet Chills, the Black Meteor Arc

If you want to try one long-form story from the original, starting with the Prison Arc is recommended. The goals and situations change in an easy-to-follow way—being captured, living in a cell, digging out and escaping—and the relationship with Ode deepens through meals and the escape. Even the feeling of not wanting to leave a friend behind comes across directly, so you can follow both adventure and friendship through a stack of short cards.

If you prefer stories where daily life slowly crumbles, read the Black Meteor Arc next. The rumor of wishes heard over pancakes, a morning of oversleeping, the pink clock, and the blurred photo gradually connect as familiar events. Rather than waiting for a dramatic crisis, it suits a reading style that picks up on the unease at the same pace as Chiikawa and friends.

If you're choosing while avoiding spoilers, for the Prison Arc, look only up to the scene of being captured by the Goblins; for the Black Meteor Arc, up to the wish rumor and the photo session—to easily compare the atmospheres. The former is a story of getting beyond the bars; the latter is a story in which the sense of safe, dependable time wavers. Their forms of fear are so contrasting that reading the two back to back shows the full range of the long arcs.

Follow the Original Cards in Posting Order on Each Arc Page

Once you've decided which arc to read, choose its title from the arc list and proceed through the original cards in posting order to easily follow the changes in scenes. In the Prison Arc, reading capture, meals in the cell, the escape route, and the parting with Ode in sequence ties each card's expressions into a single escape drama. In the Black Meteor Arc, clocks and photos appear repeatedly, so there's the pleasure of going back to earlier cards and comparing them.

When you also want to see the everyday posts placed between the long arcs, you can trace the flow of publication from the post list. If you want to rebuild the order from the foundations of the world, checking the reading order guide first makes it easier to find your way. Including the way long arcs and short detours alternate, you can feel the rhythm so characteristic of the original Chiikawa.