Deaimon

[Stark700]

Rin Asano's manga "Deaimon" has an anime adaptation in the works (format not specified)

Plot

Nagomu Irino returns to his Kyoto home for the first time in ten years when his father is hospitalized. Nagomu is eager to take over Ryokushou, the family's Japanese sweet shop, but he's instead asked to be a father figure to Itsuka Yukihira, the girl everyone calls the successor.

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[Guardian Enzo]

It's a series, premiering 2022. Experienced if not hugely impressive staff.

I know nothing about the manga, really, but with the state of things these days any seinen is at least small cause for hope.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...emiere/.176797

[Obelisk ze Tormentor]

Btw, is the name "Yukihira" always has some association with food, diner & restaurants in Japan?

This is the second example that I know where a show is using the name "Yukihira" for food business-related anime after Shokugeki no Souma.

[Guardian Enzo]

Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor

Btw, is the name "Yukihira" always has some association with food, diner & restaurants in Japan?

This is the second example that I know where a show is using the name "Yukihira" for food business-related anime after Shokugeki no Souma.

Would depend on the Kanji involved in the name I suppose. In Souma's case the Yukuhira Kanji refers to good luck, I think.

[iko_uwais]

In Shokugeki, the Yuki in Yukihira is written using the Kanji "幸" (kou) which means happiness, fortune or luck. In Deaimon, the Yuki in Yukihira is written with the Kanji "雪" (Yuki) which means snow. So no, the name has nothing to do with food, diner & restaurants. By the way, the Hira both is written with the kanji "平" (hei) which can mean ordinary, peace, or average.

[Tactics]

For a moment I thought about Doraemon, but after checking I guess its more like Barakamon.

[Dop]

I mean, I quite liked this one but yet I couldn't quite shake off the sinking feeling that it might all get a bit 'Bunny Drop' on us.
I really really hope they're not going to swing a romance angle between the two main characters.

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by Dop

I mean, I quite liked this one but yet I couldn't quite shake off the sinking feeling that it might all get a bit 'Bunny Drop' on us.
I really really hope they're not going to swing a romance angle between the two main characters.

I was getting the same feeling and I hope the show doesn't go down that route either.

[FlareKnight]

I get the worry about it going all Bunny Drop on us. Although even if it did, it wouldn't bother me as much as that one did. And I'm really not too worried. The ending and even preview seems to be setting up actual love interests for Nagomu. So things between him and Itsuka should remain pretty familial/parental.

Regardless, this was a really solid first episode. I like the dynamic and personalities of the two leads. They both have strengths and weaknesses and they make sense. It isn't like the MC just hated what his family but came back entitled. He caught part of a conversation (that probably was way more than he heard) and felt rejected. That his family gave up on him first so he found something else to get passionate about. He still came back when worried about his father's health.

Itsuka is in a good spot for growth too. Of course she started out really disliking this guy because she basically overlapped her feelings about her father onto him. But didn't take long for her to at least get to understand him. That he didn't just abandon his family, even if he did run from it. She's still looking for her father, but doesn't know how to rely on others. But she works hard and there's no shame if she did end up inheriting the place.

I really enjoyed the first episode here.