It was serialized in the monthly magazine Young King OURs from March 2005 to October 2016, and was collected into 16 bound volumes.
The series follows the exploits of whiny Hotori Arashiyama, her friends, family, neighbors, shopkeepers and colleagues at the local maid café.
Written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro, And Yet the Town Moves was serialized in Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga monthly magazine Young King OURs from March 30, 2005,[a] to October 28, 2016.
[2] J-pop band Round Table composed the music, Katsuhiko Takayama acted as series composition writer, and Hiroki Yamamura (Studio Pastoral) designed the characters.
She complains to friends Toshiko Tatsuno and Harue Haribara that the stern lecture she will receive after school will make her late for her new part time job at the café.
The next customer to enter the café gets the full "Welcome home, master" treatment from Hotori, but he misinterprets the greeting and makes a pass at her.
After learning that he is a regular, smitten Toshiko reconsiders Uki's offer and accepts the maid job.
Toshiko Tatsuno has a ticket for an advance film screening and desperately wants to ask Hiroyuki Sanada on a date.
With a ¥1000 note donated by Hotori, the two wander around town eating ice cream, visit a sweet shop and narrowly avoid Takeru's friends.
The next time they meet at school, Eri punishes Takeru for using her nickname "Ebi-chan", indicating that, for now, their friendship should remain a secret.
While searching for a birthday present for Tatsuno, Hotori visits clumsy Shizuka Kameidō's antiques store.
Shizuka offers Hotori an African mask that grants the wearer the ability to locate anyone and anything (including lovers).
At Tatsuno's early birthday party, Hotori presents her gift: a strange locked box, missing its key.
When Hotori extracts Futaba's student ID card from her bag, she discovers that today is also her birthday, causing much consternation.
After discovering that the mask only finds lovers of African origin, Tatsuno returns it to Shizuka's antique store.
Hiroyuki leaves home in a bad mood after a disappointing breakfast, only to meet a tired looking Hotori at the bus stop.
Unfortunately, she falls asleep on Hiroyuki who, not wanting to disturb her and aching to fulfill today's blood horoscope prophecy, allows the bus to pass school and proceed to the next town.
Hotori, Futaba and Toshiko are sheltering from heavy rain under the laundromat awning and complaining about the weather forecasters.
At Shizuka's antiques store, a woman with green hair brings in a vase and seems to be in a hurry to sell it.
Toshiko enjoys watching Hiroyuki playing basketball while Hotori fails at vaulting and table tennis.
Harue issues a match challenge to Toshiko, who not wanting to look bad in front of her love interest, plays a fantastic game but ultimately loses to her friend.
Ignored by the collection angels, he is left to wander the town, tormenting dogs and waving his ghostly cane through the residents.
Back home, Hotori takes Josephine for a walk and meets up with Harue and Futaba who point out that she resembles a tanuki, just like her dog.
Futaba returns home to find a showered Hotori sleeping in her bed, the air conditioning set to cold and a bottle of water removed from her fridge.
To make matters worse, she has a stupid look on her face, an inflated rubber ring next to her, and has left the cat locked outside.
At the café, Futaba and Toshiko are not on close speaking terms because of latter's refusal to join the high school table tennis club.
Unable to repair the pen, her spirits are lifted when she sees a writing competition in one of her detective magazines.
She has fun using an afterlife photo booth to add spirit shadows to Futaba's photographs back on Earth.
[47] And Yet the Town Moves was awarded the Excellence Award at the 17th Japan Media Arts Festival in the Manga Division in 2013; where the jury described the manga as one that can convey drama, happy daily lives and connection with people without depicting any dramatic or personal traumatic incidents.