Wash It All Away (manga)
Japanese manga series
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Wash It All Away (Japanese: 綺麗にしてもらえますか。, Hepburn: Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori. It was published in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from July 2017 to June 2023, with its chapters collected in 12 tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by Okuruto Noboru aired from January to March 2026.
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GenreSlice of life[1]
WrittenbyMitsuru Hattori
PublishedbySquare Enix
English publisher
- NA: Square Enix Manga & Books
| Wash It All Away | |
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Wakana Kinme | |
| 綺麗にしてもらえますか。 (Kirei ni Shite Moraemasu ka) | |
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| Genre | Slice of life[1] |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Mitsuru Hattori |
| Published by | Square Enix |
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| Imprint | Young Gangan Comics |
| Magazine | Young Gangan |
| Original run | July 7, 2017 – June 2, 2023 |
| Volumes | 12 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Kenta Ōnishi |
| Written by | Touko Machida |
| Music by | Eri Chichibu |
| Studio | Okuruto Noboru |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X, Tokyo MX ABC, SBS, BS Asahi |
| Original run | January 5, 2026 – March 23, 2026 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Plot
A beautiful young woman named Wakana Kinme runs the laundry service "Kinme Cleaning" in the calm and idyllic seaside town of Atami. Both Wakana and her shop are well beloved among the townsfolk, as she takes her work seriously and tackles each cleaning job with passion. Two years ago, Wakana had mysteriously lost her memory for some unknown reason. With no recollection of her previous life, she dedicates herself to her work, believing that each of her customer's items and the memories associated with them must be handled with the utmost care.
Characters
- Wakana Kinme (金目綿花奈, Kinme Wakana)
- Voiced by: Sayumi Suzushiro[2]
- A kind young woman who runs the Kinme Cleaning laundry service in Atami. She has amnesia, having mysteriously forgotten who she was prior to starting her job.
- Kyusho Ishimochi (石持毬祥, Ishimochi Kyūshō)
- Voiced by: Shūichirō Umeda[3]
- The son of an innkeeper who is a regular customer of Kinme Cleaning. He attends high school, and has a soft spot for Wakana, though he usually does not show it.
- Nairo Katakuchi (片口那色, Katakuchi Nairo)
- Voiced by: Konomi Inagaki[3]
- The daughter of a first-time customer of Kinme Cleaning. An elementary school student who likes drawing, she takes an interest in Wakana's occupation as a laundress.
- Moruda Wakasagi (鰙守大, Wakasagi Moruda)
- Voiced by: Kento Shiraishi[3]
- Kyusho's friend from school. He views Wakana as an ideal older sister, and is jealous of the attention she gives to Kyusho instead of him, implying he has a crush on her.
- Kuriru Wakasagi (鰙久里留, Wakasagi Kuriru)
- Voiced by: Yoshino Aoyama[3]
- A tomboyish high school girl, and Moruda's older fraternal twin sister. She goes to the same school as her brother and Kyusho, but does not keep her living space tidy.
- Asami Yagara (矢柄麻美, Yagara Asami)
- Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu[3]
- The first-known regular customer of Kinme Cleaning; Wakana sees her as a friend. She is married and rides a bicycle. It is later revealed that she plays volleyball and is Nairo's homeroom teacher.
- Aji (安治)
- Voiced by: Wasabi Mizuta[3]
- The elderly landlady of Kinme Cleaning's premises, and sometimes a customer. She knows that her previous tenant was also a dry cleaning service.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Mitsuru Hattori, Wash It All Away was first published in Square Enix's seinen manga magazine Young Gangan from July 7, 2017,[4][5] to June 2, 2023.[6][7] Square Enix collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from March 24, 2018,[8] to August 25, 2023.[9] The manga continued with one-shot chapters published sporadically since December 15, 2023.[10] An eleventh volume was released on December 25, 2025.[11] A twelfth volume was released on March 25, 2026.[12]
The manga is licensed in North America by Square Enix Manga & Books,[13] with the first volume released on April 22, 2025.[14]
Volumes
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | ||
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| 1 | March 24, 2018[15] | 978-4-7575-5674-4 | April 22, 2025[14] | 978-1-64609-374-8 | ||
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| 2 | October 25, 2018[16] | 978-4-7575-5896-0 | June 17, 2025[17] | 978-1-64609-375-5 | ||
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| 3 | May 25, 2019[18] | 978-4-7575-6137-3 | August 19, 2025[19] | 978-1-64609-376-2 | ||
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| 4 | December 25, 2019[20] | 978-4-7575-6447-3 | October 14, 2025[21] | 978-1-64609-377-9 | ||
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| 5 | July 22, 2020[22] | 978-4-7575-6768-9 | December 16, 2025[23] | 978-1-64609-378-6 | ||
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| 6 | February 25, 2021[24] | 978-4-7575-7110-5 | February 17, 2026[25] | 978-1-64609-379-3 | ||
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| 7 | September 25, 2021[26] | 978-4-7575-7487-8 | April 21, 2026[27] | 978-1-64609-439-4 | ||
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| 8 | April 25, 2022[28] | 978-4-7575-7892-0 | June 16, 2026[29] | 978-1-64609-440-0 | ||
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| 9 | November 25, 2022[30] | 978-4-7575-8270-5 | August 18, 2026[31] | 978-1-64609-441-7 | ||
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| 10 | August 25, 2023[9] | 978-4-7575-8736-6 | — | — | ||
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| 11 | December 25, 2025[11] | 978-4-30100-235-2 | — | — | ||
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| 12 | March 25, 2026[12] | 978-4-30100-337-3 | — | — | ||
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Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced by Happinet in June 2025. It was produced by Okuruto Noboru and directed by Kenta Ōnishi, with series composition and screenplays handled by Touko Machida, characters designed by Azuma Tozawa, and music composed by Eri Chichibu.[2] The series aired from January 5 to March 23, 2026, on AT-X, Tokyo MX and other networks.[32][3][33] The opening theme song is "Kirei" (綺麗。; 'Beautiful/Clean'), performed by Yū, while the ending theme song is "Wakaba no Koro" (若葉のころ; 'Youthful Days'), performed by Natsumi Kiyoura.[3]
Crunchyroll is streaming the series.[34]
Episodes
| No. | Title [35][36] | Directed by [35] | Written by [35] | Storyboarded by [35] | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "You Can Count on Kinme" Transliteration: "Kinme ni o Makase Kudasai" (Japanese: 金目にお任せください) | Kenta Ōnishi | Touko Machida | Kenta Ōnishi | January 5, 2026[37] | |
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Wakana Kinme operates a laundry shop, opening for the day after personally returning clean clothes to a customer. During business hours, a regular customer, the married Asami Yagara, visits. After closing, Wakana attends a bathhouse, greeting the same customer who had been waiting for her shop to open that day. The following day, she goes on a morning run before opening. She is visited by Aji, the elderly owner of her rented premises. In the afternoon, high school student Kyusho Ishimochi enters; Wakana recognizes him as the son of an innkeeper who is also a regular client. After returning the laundry from his mother, Wakana notices a scratch on his shoe and polishes both pairs. When rain begins to fall as Kyusho prepares to leave, Wakana lends him her umbrella and agrees to clean his schoolbag at a later time. | ||||||
| 2 | "We're Proud of Our Natural Hot Spring" Transliteration: "Gensen Kakenagashi ga Jiman Dakara" (Japanese: 源泉掛け流しが自慢だから) | Tatsuya Sasaki | Touko Machida | Tatsuya Sasaki | January 12, 2026[38] | |
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As part of her evening deliveries, Wakana visits the Ishimochi Inn to return laundry and retrieve the umbrella she lent to the innkeeper's son, Kyusho. Persuaded by the innkeeper, she tries the inn's natural hot spring before proceeding to the roof where Kyusho is working. There, she reveals she has amnesia and remembers only the past two years. On a separate day, a first-time customer and her daughter, Nairo, visit the shop after a recommendation. Nairo observes Wakana's work but her request to help is declined; Wakana explains she must first learn to care for her own clothes, as they become treasures of memory. Later, Wakana visits a gift shop owned by Nairo's grandmother, discovering Nairo imitated her grandmother's voice to request cleaning for her late grandfather's fishing banner. Wakana agrees to examine the banner's condition and accepts a portion of dried fish before leaving. That evening, she encounters both Nairo and her grandmother at her usual bathhouse. | ||||||
| 3 | "(We Are Closed for the Day.)" Transliteration: "(Honjitsu, Teikyūbi Desu.)" (Japanese: （本日、定休日です。）) | Tsutomu Murakami | Kouki Kitamura | Tsutomu Murakami | January 19, 2026[39] | |
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Kyusho comes across the laundry shop after school, noticing that it has not yet opened for business. He is persuaded by one of the regular customers to climb up a nearby tree and check on Wakana from outside her balcony. Kyusho finds out that Wakana overslept after a hangover from a dinner party the previous night, which Asami had invited her to. On a subsequent day in which she distributes flyers advertising a discount for her laundry service, Wakana visits the foot bath near Atami Station and talks to a stranger, finding out from the stranger's photograph what the station used to look like. Later that night, while watching the sky, Wakana has a fleeting memory of how she ended up at Atami. At some point, Asami reveals that she plays volleyball, and invites Wakana to practice with her. | ||||||
| 4 | "A Special Request from Kinme" Transliteration: "Kinme Kara no Onegai Desu" (Japanese: 金目からのお願いですっ) | Ken Kiyota | Touko Machida | Hiroaki Yoshikawa | January 26, 2026[40] | |
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Wakana notices a high school student almost miss her train before the buttons eventually pop off the latter's blouse. Wakana helps the girl, named Kuriru Wakasagi, fix her buttons back at the next station. She then visits Kuriru's apartment. Unimpressed by Kuriru's untidiness and habits, Wakana gives advice and even teaches Kuriru how to sew. She also finds out that Kuriru's fraternal twin brother Moruda is friends with Kyusho. On a subsequent day, Wakana learns about an upcoming float parade that Nairo, Kuriru, Moruda, Kyusho and his mother will all be participating in. Wakana helps find the parade outfits in the community center, which have been stained with mold due to a leak in the ceiling. She immediately decides to clean them, with Kyusho arriving after his shift at the inn to suggest to Moruda and Kuriru that the three of them help her out. | ||||||
| 5 | "I Have a Feeling..." Transliteration: "Watashi ni Tottemo..." (Japanese: 私にとっても...) | Madoka Yaguchi | Touko Machida | Kenta Ōnishi | February 2, 2026[41] | |
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With the help of Kyusho, Kuriru and Moruda, Wakana cleans the parade outfits and returns them to their intended wearers on the night before the float parade. The following day, Wakana concludes her business hours early in order to attend the parade as a spectator. At the end of the procession, Kyusho invites Wakana onto their float, only for Wakana to lose her balance, fall off, and land on Kyusho in a way that cause their faces to make contact. | ||||||
| 6 | "Pop, Pop, Boom" Transliteration: "(Don, Dodon)" (Japanese: （ドン、ドドン）) | Tatsuya Sasaki | Touko Machida | Tatsuya Sasaki | February 9, 2026[42] | |
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As part of a pickup requested by one of Atami's more traditional inns, Wakana is tasked with cleaning a doll that the innkeeper had bought a long time ago for her daughter. While cleaning the doll, Wakana seems to recall taking on a similar job more than two years ago. After a morning swim the following day, Wakana passes by the inn of Kyusho's mother and is tasked with another laundry job. After her work concludes, Wakana goes to a diner with Asami and talks about what happened during the float parade, and suspects Kyusho is avoiding her as a result. Asami assures her that their ordeal will pass with time. The conversation is overheard by Kuriru, who is working part-time as a waitress at said diner. All three of them watch the fireworks over Atami later that night. | ||||||
| 7 | "You Should Leverage Your Assets!!" Transliteration: "Appīru Shite Ikeba Ī n desu!!" (Japanese: アッピールしていけばいいんです!!) | Yuki Iwasaki | Touko Machida | Yuki Iwasaki | February 16, 2026[43] | |
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Sumiyaki, a supplier for Wakana's laundry shop, suggests that she should promote her business on social media. When Wakana admits her inexperience with the internet, Nairo and her friends, who are also visiting Wakana, help her set up a social media account. Once she cleans a hat that belongs to a famous influencer, Wakana receives cleaning requests from across the country. Despite being overwhelmed thanks to her sudden popularity, Wakana notices Kyusho pass by and eventually follows him to the shopping district, having remembered his request to clean his schoolbag. | ||||||
| 8 | "That Was Too Impressive" Transliteration: "Migoto Sugimasu" (Japanese: おみごとすぎますぅ) | Hideaki Uehara | Touko Machida | Hideaki Uehara | February 23, 2026[44] | |
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At a different bathhouse after work, Wakana quickly resolves a commotion caused by spilled coffee. The person responsible, a location scout named Uka Hatsuayu, immediately becomes an admirer, and passes by Wakana's laundry shop on another day. When Wakana catches Uka following her around, the shy Uka replies that she wants to improve her communication skills. After one conversation, Uka gains enough confidence to improve her inter-personal handling. Uka later invites Wakana to go on a photoshoot with her on the nearby island of Hatsushima; Wakana is only persuaded when the publication in charge of the photoshoot offers free publicity of her business in exchange. Once the photoshoot is over with, Wakana wanders the island in search of her memories, and almost misses the last return ferry of the day to Atami. | ||||||
| 9 | "Power's Out" Transliteration: "...Teiden" (Japanese: ...停電) | Shintarō Itoga | Touko Machida | Alan Smithee & Hiromi Kazama | March 2, 2026[45] | |
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Kyusho and Kuriru take shelter at Wakana's laundry shop due to the rain outside. Kuriru leaves before the weather worsens and causes a power outage, which forces Wakana to suspend her business. While Wakana does remember to return Kyusho's schoolbag, which is now clean, Kyusho offers to stay for longer, having noticed Wakana's fear of thunder. A fallen branch proceeds to damage the awning outside due to lightning striking a nearby tree. Power is restored late at night forcing Wakana to resume business; when it concludes, Wakana realizes that her work took up one of the spare rooms, causing her to ask Kyusho to sleep in the same room as her. Before they sleep, Wakana expresses her worries over losing more of her recent memory. | ||||||
| 10 | "A Top-Class Challenge!" Transliteration: "Toppu Kurasu no Tegowasa Nan Desu!" (Japanese: トップクラスの手強さなんです！) | Hiromi Kazama | Touko Machida | Hiromi Kazama | March 9, 2026[46] | |
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The day after the lightning strike, Wakana is tasked by Asami with removing what appears to be an insoluble stain on her clothes caused by calligraphy ink. Upon redelivery, Wakana finds out that Asami is Nairo's homeroom teacher. On a subsequent day, before she opens for business, Wakana is invited to a meal with Uka at her home. The presence of two big dogs in Uka's household appears to unlock more of Wakana's memories. | ||||||
| 11 | "To Help This Little Guy Out" Transliteration: "Kono Ko no Tame ni mo" (Japanese: この子のためにもー) | Tatsuya Sasaki | Touko Machida | Tatsuya Sasaki | March 16, 2026[47] | |
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Kyusho is instructed by his mother to visit his grandfather's grave after school. He decides to visit the nearby shrine after doing so, and on the way, passes by Wakana, who is flush with embarrassment after a gust blows up her skirt. On a subsequent day, when visiting Wakana at her laundry shop, Nairo wonders about the locked hatch on the floor. Wakana sees a storage space under the hatch with various items that the previous tenants had left behind. Among them is a stuffed toy that has collected mold, which Wakana decides to clean and return to its owner. Wakana and Nairo then discover that the intended address for the stuffed toy no longer exists. | ||||||
| 12 | "Local Cleaning with a Heart" Transliteration: "Chiiki ni Nezashita Magokoro Sābisu o" (Japanese: 地域に根ざしたまごころサービスを) | Kenta Ōnishi | Touko Machida | Kenta Ōnishi | March 23, 2026[48] | |
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On the day Wakana is supposed to pay her rent for the month, Aji appears to take offense at one of Wakana's remarks involving her clothes, and leaves the laundry shop without collecting the rent. After her business concludes for the day, Wakana decides to visit Aji at her home, eventually finding her hunched over at the door of a closet. After she recovers, Aji admits that she should have visited a doctor. On a subsequent day, Wakana is called up by Asami as a fill in for the latter's volleyball team. As a result, she helps the team win. Afterwards, on Wakana's second business anniversary, her regular customers gather at the laundry shop to present Wakana with several gifts, including a couple of anniversary cakes. | ||||||
Notes
- This chapter is titled "3...2...1..." in the Japanese version.