Bartender
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Japanese: バーテンダ
English: Bartender
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 21
Chapters: 167
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 3, 2004 to Dec 21, 2011
Genre: Gourmet Gourmet
Themes: Adult Cast Adult Cast, Workplace Workplace
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Super Jump
Authors: Nagatomo, Kenji (Art), Jou, Araki (Story)

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Score: 7.931 (scored by 62476,247 users)
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Ranked: #9712
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1107
Members: 19,564
Favorites: 336

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Synopsis

After spending eight years in Europe, bartender Ryuu Sasakura returns home to explore the local bar scene. As a seasoned veteran of the industry, Sasakura knows how to make the perfect drink to match a patron's mood and circumstance. Serving patrons at the bar Lapin, Sasakura utilizes his expertise and compassionate ear. Thanks to his excellent service, Sasakura's customers always have something special in store.

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Bartender was adapted into a live-action TV series in 2011.
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Bartender
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Bartender: Kami no Glass
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Characters

 Sasakura, Ryuu
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Kurushima, Miwa
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Wakui, Tsubasa
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Kurushima, Taizo
Supporting
Kitakata
Supporting
Kawakami, Kyouko
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Higashiyama, Minoru
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Kuzuhara, Ryuuichi
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Bar Saitou's Master
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Minegishi, Ryuuichi
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4 Recommended
3 Mixed Feelings
0 Not Recommended
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Sep 9, 2022
ansamant
Recommended
TLDR: read it, enjoy it, mull it over, and try not to become a drunk in the process (xD).

As is the case with stories such as these, Bartender is about the characters. A brilliant young bartender plays therapist/life coach to a vast variety of folks that enter his bar, they come with problems and leave with insights that help them face their life.
This type of story format has a lot of strengths:

- It is beginner friendly, there are few recurring characters and the plot relevant characters, change from story to story until about the end, so you can pick it from mostly anywhere.

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May 13, 2015
EmeraldFox11
Recommended
Im a big fan of slice of life mangas. As well as a big fan of different styles of alcoholic beverages. And this manga seemed to appeal to me when I first read the description of the story.

I found it a breath of fresh air when it comes to realistic manga. No love story of forbidden love, no sudden magic powers, no major plot twists. Just a good old story of a bartender, the life he leads, the customers he serves, and the advice he gives to the problems that they bring to his bar.

A lot of the drinks that are ...
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Feb 8, 2021
Curiouswanderer
Mixed Feelings
I gotta say, the amount of alcoholic drinks that I've learned from this manga, might as well be bigger than a thesis. I didn't even know there were actual drink names called Cinderella, Eye Opener, Red Eye, Didercar, Black Velvet, so much more that you just get overwhelmed so quickly haha! Honestly I just couldn't keep up with this manga with so alcohol drinks that involves different characters in every chapter! While this manga was different, it became just pretty overwhelming! Unless if you were serious about wanting to learn different types of drinks, you would find this particularly boring.

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