“Gamer Chio takes wild, obstacle-filled routes to school, using game skills to avoid tardiness penalties.”
Chio's School Road
ちおちゃんの通学路
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Synopsis
Gamer Chio takes wild, obstacle-filled routes to school, using game skills to avoid tardiness penalties.
For the average Japanese high school student, walking to school can be a chore, but for first-year Chio Miyamo, it's always an adventure. Constantly running late due to her long night sessions playing video games, she is forced to come up with new routes to make it to Samejima Private Academy on time. On her many bizarre journeys to school, Chio contends with obstacles like street-blocking detours, overzealous kabaddi players, and befuddled motorcycle gang leaders. But these minor hindrances are no match for the special ops training that Chio, AKA the legendary assassin "Bloody Butterfly," has received from her extensive gaming obsession. Together with her best friends Manana Nonomura and Yuki Hosokawa, Chio will do whatever it takes to avoid her school's harsh penalties for tardiness.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 27 sampled reviews
What 27 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.67 · some divergence
6.1 pts
Recommenders 8.1 · others 2.0
↓ 0.85
Running avg · Jul 2018 → Feb 2026
- 8 “The show transforms its mundane premise about a school commute into brilliant comedy through Chio's over-the-top attempts to avoid social interaction. While the concept initially seems...”
- 8 “Chio's School Road delivers non-stop laughs through its unpredictable episodes and the fantastic dynamic between Chio and Manana - one of anime's most refreshingly self-interested yet supportive...”
- 7 “Chio's daily school commute becomes a weird and hilarious adventure thanks to her over-active imagination and gaming obsession, with fun continuity between episodes and plenty of video game...”
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A Tv Production · Summer 2018
Diomedéa.- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2018 – Sep 2018 Summer 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-12881 catalog
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- Funimation Licensor