Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox animanga/Header Template:Infobox animanga/Print Template:Infobox animanga/Video Template:Infobox animanga/Footer Template:Nihongo is a Japanese manga series by Ori Mita. It is serialized in the boys' love manga magazine Rutile from November 21, 2015, to January 21, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast from April 6, 2023, to June 15, 2023, on BS-TBS.
Plot
Yutaka Hozumi is a lonely salaryman who is estranged from his family and finds it difficult to eat with other people. One day in the park, he meets brothers Minoru and Tane Ueda. Minoru and Tane find his cooking delicious and ask him to visit and teach them how to cook. Soon, Yutaka begins visiting and eating with the Ueda family. At the same time, Yutaka and Minoru's relationship begins to grow deeper as the two confront each other's past loneliness.[1]
Characters
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- Yutaka is a salaryman.[2] He was adopted into a family as a young child, and because his stepsiblings would tell him they were disgusted to eat with him, eventually, he found it difficult to eat with other people.[2]
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- Minoru is a freeter who is Yutaka's age. He often acts as Tane's caretaker.[2]
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- Tane is Minoru's 4-year-old younger brother.[2]
Media
Manga
Our Dining Table is written and illustrated by Ori Mita. It is serialized in the boys' love manga magazine Rutile from the January 2016 issue released on November 21, 2015,[3] to the March 2017 issue released on January 21, 2017.[4] The chapters were later released in one bound volume by Gentosha under the Birz Comics Rutile Collection imprint.[5]
On May 23, 2019, Seven Seas Entertainment announced that they had licensed the series for English-language distribution in North America.[5]
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Television drama
On November 23, 2021, a live-action television drama series adaptation was announced through Rutile's Twitter account.[6][7] The series was broadcast from April 6, 2023, to June 15, 2023, on BS-TBS.[1][8][9] During BS-TBS's press conference on March 8, 2023, the company highlighted Our Dining Table as one of the serial dramas meant to target the adult demographic, following the channel's Q2 programming's theme of "Let's enjoy being adults."[10] In addition to BS-TBS, the series was also streamed digitally on Lemino beginning on April 12, 2023.[9] It was streamed internationally with English subtitles on GagaOOLala.[11]
The adaptation starred Atsuhiro Inukai as Yutaka, Hiroki Iijima as Minoru, and Kūga Maeyama as Tane.[1] The supporting cast includes Template:Ill as Kōji Ueda, Minoru and Tane's father; Seika Furuhata as Rei Ohata, Yutaka's co-worker; and Tomohiro Ichikawa as Yuki Hozumi, Yutaka's older stepbrother.[9] Additional cast members include Tetsuji from the comedy duo Template:Ill as Gotō, the owner of the ramen shop where Minoru works; Shiori Tamada as Nao, Minoru's ex-girlfriend, and Yo Hasegawa as Mika Ueda, Minoru and Tane's mother.[9][12] The series is produced by The Room.[9] It is directed by Yuho Ishibashi, Template:Ill, and Template:Ill.[1] The three, along with Template:Ill, were also in charge of the script.[9] Filming took place in Mima in Tokushima Prefecture, which is also Inukai's hometown.[1][13][14] The opening theme song is "Andante no Sunadokei" by Beverly,[15] and the ending theme song is "Tooi Kuni" by Template:Ill.[16]
Reception
Our Dining Table came in 3rd place for Best Comic at the 9th BL Awards in 2018.[17] Anime News Network reviewed Our Dining Table favorably, calling the series "charming."[2]
For the television drama adaptation, Template:Ill called the series "heart-warming."[18]
References
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