The series follows the exploits of Hotori Arashiyama, her friends, family, neighbors, shopkeepers and colleagues at the local maid café. The typical slice-of-life format is occasionally interspersed with stories dealing with aliens, ghosts and the paranormal. An anime television series was broadcast from October 8, 2010, to December 24, 2010. In 2020 it was also licensed by Manga Planet, with the name SoreMachi: And Yet the Town Moves.