Mahoraba Avatars

Mahoraba is a manga series by Akira Kojima, which was later adapted into an anime. It was serialized in Square Enix's Monthly Gangan WING manga magazine between January 2000 and July 2006, spanning a total of 12 tankbon volumes.

The anime adaptation, entitled Mahoraba Heartful days (Heartful days, Mahoraba), was produced by J.C. Staff, premiered across TV Tokyo on January 10, 2005, and ended on June 26, 2005, spanning a total of 26 episodes.

Ryushi Shiratori is going to school to become a children book artist and needs lodging in Tokyo. He manages to secure it at an inn, Narutakisou. The landlady of Narutakisou is Kozue Aoba, a high school student and a forgotten childhood friend (and second cousin) of Shiratori. However, the landlady is not all as she seems, and holds a mysterious secret of which even she does not know.