Dororonpa!

Dororonpa! is a Japanese manga and anime series by Mayumi Muroyama. It was serialized in Shōgakukan's Pyonpyon magazine. It has five volumes published by the Tentōmushi Comics label. It is also adapted into a TV anime series.

When Anko moves into a new home with her parents, she encounters Komachi, a ghost who has been wandering for 100 years. The family cannot exorcise Komachi due to her ability to phase through walls.

Angie, an angel serving under Archangel Michael, arrives to guide Komachi to the afterlife. However, her mission fails when she reveals that Komachi is destined to reincarnate as Anko's future child, angering both characters. To capture Komachi, Angie moves in with Anko's grandfather Monahiro, a monk who provides her with a blessed rosary that allows physical contact with spirits.

Despite their conflicting purposes, Anko, Komachi, and Angie develop a close friendship. This bond is tested when Michael recalls Angie and Anko enters middle school, becoming romantically involved with classmate Ono Tadashi. Recognizing Anko's transition to adulthood, Komachi tells Anko's mother she will return as her grandson and departs on a worldwide journey.

Meanwhile, Michael informs Angie that the King of Terror will destroy Earth in July 1999, requiring evacuation to another planet. When Angie refuses to abandon her friends, Michael reveals this was a loyalty test and promotes her. However, the King of Terror threat remains genuine.

After completing her global pilgrimage, Komachi ascends to heaven and is reincarnated through Angie's intervention. Anko, now 18 and married to Tadashi, gives birth to a daughter she names Komachi. Michael explains to Angie that the King of Terror will not arrive from outside but will be born on Earth, destined to create weapons surpassing nuclear arms.

Understanding the implications, Anko provides her daughter with specialized education to become a beneficial doctor rather than a destroyer, believing her knowledge of Komachi's past can prevent catastrophe.

It was broadcast on TV Asahi from April 8 to September 27, 1991, and was produced by Shin-Ei Animation. It had 28 episodes.^[1] The broadcast time was from 6:50 to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. It was sponsored by Sanki Co., Ltd. (under the name Funny). The opening theme was CREAM SODA・MELON SODA by the all-female band Go-Bang's, from their 1991 album SAMANTHA.^[1]

Like its predecessor, Gatapishi, this program was composed of two parts, mixing animation and live-action. Because it was a local sales slot, it was not broadcast in many areas. Yui Asaka was the program navigator for the live-action section.

Reruns were aired from January 26 to April 5, 1992, and on the final day, April 5, episode 115, Komachi's Filial Piety, which was not aired in the original broadcast, was aired^[2] (Some sources place Komachi's Filial Piety as episode 112, with each subsequent episode being pushed back by one).^[3]