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Drifting Net Cafe
Cover from volume 1 of the manga series Drifting Net Cafe, published by Futabasha
漂流ネットカフェ
(Hyōryū Netto Kafe)
GenreScience fiction, mystery, romance
Manga
Written byShūzō Oshimi
Published byFutabasha
MagazineManga Action
DemographicSeinen
Original runFebruary 28, 2009 – June 28, 2011
Volumes7
Television drama
Directed byHajime Takezono
Takashi Fujio
Original networkTBS / MBS
Original run April 15, 2009 – June 24, 2009
Episodes11

Drifting Net Cafe (漂流ネットカフェ, Hyōryū Netto Kafe) is a Japanese seinen manga by Shūzō Oshimi that was serialized in the manga magazine, Manga Action. Drifting Net Cafe is a science fiction mystery involving a group of patrons trapped in an internet café, which has become a strange universe of its own. The story focuses primarily on the relationship between Koichi Toki, a salaryman who leads a trouble-free but unexciting life, and Kaho Tono, his first love whom he never forgot.

The manga was adapted into a TBS television series on April 15, 2009 and stars Atsushi Itō as Koichi Toki.[1]

Plot

Manga

The manga was serialized in Futabasha's Manga Action and the 63 chapters were compiled into 7 volumes from February 28, 2009[2] to June 28, 2011.[3] The defunct American publisher JManga licensed the manga and released the first volume in August 2011.[4] The name of the manga is a reference to Kazuo Umezu's The Drifting Classroom, which it is a retelling of.[5] The manga has also been published in Spain by Milky Way Ediciones.[6]

Television series

The series was released in a 4-disc DVD boxset on August 5, 2009. The ending theme「Brave Heart (Remix)」by MAY'S was released as a single on April 22, 2009.[7]

Cast

Episode information

File On Air
(Kansai Time)		 On Air
(Kanto Time)		 Subtitle Ratings
(Kansai)		 Ratings
(Kanto)
1 Apr 10, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 Apr 15, 2009
0.44 - 1.14		 Drift
(漂流)		 5.0 3.3
2 Apr 17, 2009
0.15 - 0.45		 Apr 22, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 To a Forest
(森へ)		 3.9 3.4
3 Apr 24, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 Apr 29, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 Tom Sawyer
(トムソーヤ)		 2.9 3.7
4 May 1, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 May 6, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 Toki & Tono
(土岐と遠野)		 4.7 2.0
5 May 8, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 May 13, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 Seeds of Hope
(希望の種)		 2.7
6 May 15, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 May 20, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 Dead World
(死んだ世界)		 3.4 2.5
7 May 22, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 May 27, 2009
1.09 - 1.39		 Crack
(亀裂)		 3.0 1.7
8 May 29, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 June 3, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 Experimental
(実験)		 3.5 2.5
9 June 5, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 June 10, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 McEnroe
(マッケンロー)		 4.4 2.1
10 June 12, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 June 17, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 End of the World
(世界の終わり)		 2.7
Final
(11)		 June 19, 2009
0.00 - 0.30		 June 24, 2009
0.29 - 0.59		 I'm Home
(ただいま)		 2.0

Special Rerun

File On Air
(Kansai Time)		 Ratings
(Kansai)
1 Aug 11, 2009
13.53 - 14.55		 3.3
2 Aug 12, 2009
13.53 - 14.55		 2.6
3 Aug 13, 2009
13.53 - 14.55		 3.2
4 Aug 17, 2009
13.53 - 14.55		 3.0

Reception

Katherine Dacey of Manga Bookshelf was disappointed in how the first volume of the manga stood in comparison to The Drifting Classroom, saying the horror was not as well-executed, but felt that the manga had better pacing and artwork: "Long-time fans of Classroom are likely to find Oshimi's update slick but soulless, as it relies more heavily on low-budget disaster movies than the original source material for its characters and conflicts."[5] Sean Gaffney of A Case Suitable for Treatment felt that the horror aspect was pulled off well in the first volume, but was turned off by the excessive violence and sex: "It's as sordid as it sounds, and made me feel ill... [It] didn't take long for morality to erode, much like [The Drifting Classroom]."[8]

References

  1. ^ "Drifting Net Cafe" becomes drama". Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  2. ^ "漂流ネットカフェ 1". Futabasha. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  3. ^ "漂流ネットカフェ 7 完". Futabasha. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Vertical Adds Flowers of Evil School Romance Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  5. ^ a b Dacey, Katherine. "Drifting Net Cafe, Vol. 1". Manga Bookshelf. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Cibercafé a la deriva". Milky Way Ediciones (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Horyu net cafe releases". Startchild. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  8. ^ Gaffney, Sean. "Drifting Net Café, Vol. 1". A Case Suitable for Treatment. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
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