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Bartender (バーテンダー,
Bātendā?) is the title of a Japanese manga series written by Japanese
mangaka Araki Joh and illustrated by Kenji Nagatomo. Its focus is a
genius bartender who uses his world-class talents to ease the worries
and soothe the souls of troubled customers. The manga was first
serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Super Jump. The manga was
later adapted into an anime which began airing in Japan on October 15,
2006.
Plot
Bartender follows the nightlife of Ryū
Sasakura, a bartending prodigy who is said to mix the best cocktails
anyone has ever tasted. Sasakura bides his time in a bar named Eden
Hall, hidden in a nook of the Ginza district in downtown Tokyo. It is
said that normal people cannot simply find and enter Eden Hall, but
they must be invited in by the host. Over the course of the anime,
various figures of high and low stature, all of who share unusual
troubles and heavy burdens, are "invited" into Eden Hall and are
treated to Sasakura's fine drinks, which, with guidance from the young
bartender, lead the customers to reflect on their lives and decide on a
course of action to tackle with their problems.
My Thoughts
Although I have yet to see this series, I was quite intrigue with the
story which focuses on a particular bartender who gets to interact with
different kinds of "guests" who can only get into the bar by
invitation. Although it isn't common even in real life that these
things happened, I still wonder what makes this bar, this bartender so
special?
I also find the main character "attractive" so that also
motivated me to download the series though I know that there's definitely more than just his looks.
