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Blend S
Cover of the first manga volume featuring Maika Sakuranomiya
ブレンド・S
(Burendo Esu)
GenreComedy, Slice of life
Manga
Written byMiyuki Nakayama
Published byHoubunsha
MagazineManga Time Kirara Carat
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 2013 – present
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byRyōji Masuyama
Produced byShōki Niwa
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Noriko Kosukegawa
Yasuhira Tsuchikura
Taiki Onoue
Nobutaka Sakurai
Kisho Tsuruta
Written byGō Zappa
Music byTomoki Kikuya
StudioA-1 Pictures
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, KTV, TVA, AT-X
Original run October 7, 2017 – present
Episodes5

Blend S (ブレンド・S, Burendo Esu) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine with the October 2013 issue. An anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures premiered in October 2017.

Plot

High school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by an Italian man who is also the manager of Stile, a cafe where its waitresses are given unique traits such as tsundere and younger sister. Maika is given a sadist trait because of her looks and has to adopt a dominant and cruel persona when servicing customers, particularly masochist ones.

Characters

Maika Sakuranomiya (桜ノ宮 苺香, Sakuranomiya Maika)
Voiced by: Azumi Waki[1]
Maika is a 16-year-old girl who despite having a positive and cheerful personality, unintentionally gains a sadistic look in her eyes whenever she smiles. This look catches the attention of Dino, who scouts her to be the 'sadistic girl' waitress at cafe Stile. Despite being told that the customers like being treated badly, her worry about how she is treating customers gets the better of her, causing her to snap into an apologetic personality as soon as they have left. She comes from a very traditional family and works part time so she could study abroad using her own money. Her love of other countries also makes her develop an admiration towards the "old man from the chicken place" and Santa Claus. She adores Dino because of his blond hair but is oblivious to Dino's crush on her.
Kaho Hinata (日向 夏帆, Hinata Kaho)
Voiced by: Akari Kitō[1]
Kaho is a 17-year-old waitress who fulfills the tsundere trait. She loves playing video games and often goes to an arcade, but often runs out of money because of it. Although she plays a tsundere girl, Kaho's real personality is that of a carefree and cheerful person. She has trouble keeping up her tsundere persona when customers are discussing video games, feeling the need to join in. She is currently the most popular waitress at Stile.
Mafuyu Hoshikawa (星川 麻冬, Hoshikawa Mafuyu)
Voiced by: Anzu Haruno[1]
Mafuyu is one of the waitresses that, despite of her petite figure, is actually a 20-year-old college student and fulfills the younger sister trait because of that. Her real personality is mature and she rarely shows emotion, but easily gets excited whenever her favorite series, Aisatsu (Magical Frill in the anime), is involved. She has a younger brother who is taller than her and has always wanted a younger sister, although she will not include Kaho because of Kaho's body figure.
Miu Amano (天野 美雨, Amano Miu)
Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki[2]
Miu is one of the waitresses who fulfills the older sister trait. She usually wears glasses and is a 22-year-old dōjinshi artist in a group called "Hanazono Folder" that draws adult comics. Miu initially came to the cafe as a customer, then Dino scouted her and she accepted to get inspiration for her dōjinshi. One of her hobbys is observing people, particularly the relationship between Dino and Maika; she even uses them as models in her dōjinshi.
Hideri Kanzaki (神崎 ひでり, Kanzaki Hideri)
Voiced by: Sora Tokui[2]
Hideri is one of the waitresses who fulfills the idol trait and wants to be one, despite the fact that Hideri is a boy.
Dino (ディーノ, Dīno)
Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno[2]
Dino is a 26-year-old Italian chef and the manager of Stile. He loves anime girls and figurines, and often stays late to watch late night anime. He often gets a nosebleed whenever he gets excited. Due to his attraction for Japanese girls, particularly the black-haired ones, he develops an open crush on Maika, although Maika herself is oblivious to this fact.
Kōyō Akizuki (秋月 紅葉, Akizuki Kōyō)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[2]
Kōyō is the 21-year-old chef at Stile who loves yuri and always wants to see female customers being friendly to each other so he can imagine it.
Aika Sakuranomiya (桜ノ宮 愛香, Sakuranomiya Aika)
Voiced by: Rei Matsuzaki[3]
Aika is Maika's older sister who dresses in a yamato nadeshiko manner. She often worries about Maika because of her scary eyes. Like her sister, Aika is a natural sadistic character. She mistakes Dino as Maika's boyfriend.
Kōichi Sakuranomiya (桜ノ宮 愛香, Sakuranomiya Kōichi)
Voiced by: Shinki Satō
Kōichi is Maika's older brother who is recognizable from his black hair with bangs parted in the middle. Like his sisters, he is a natural sadistic character. He is worried about Maika who has few friends because of her scary eyes. He mistakes Dino as Maika's boyfriend.

Media

Manga

Blend S is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine with the October 2013 issue,[4] and began serialization in the magazine with the March 2014 issue.[5]

No. Release date ISBN
1 January 27, 2015[6]978-4-8322-4520-4
2 February 27, 2016[6]978-4-8322-4667-6
3 January 27, 2017[6]978-4-8322-4798-7

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, directed by Ryōji Masuyama and produced by A-1 Pictures, premiered on October 7, 2017.[2] Gō Zappa supervised the series' scripts and Yōsuke Okuda designed the characters.[7] Aniplex of America licensed the anime for release in North America.[8] The opening theme "Bon Appétit S" (ぼなぺてぃーと♡S, Bonapetīto♡Esu) and ending theme "Detarame na Minus to Plus ni Okeru Blend Kō" (デタラメなマイナスとプラスにおけるブレンド考, Detarame na Mainasu to Purasu ni Okeru Burendo Kō) are performed by Azumi Waki, Akari Kitō, and Anzu Haruno under the name Blend A (pronounced Blend Ace).[9]

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See also

Notes

  1. ^ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Blend S TV Anime's 1st Promo Video Reveals Main Cast". Anime News Network. June 25, 2017. Retrieved June 25, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Blend S TV Anime Reveals Visual, More Cast, October 7 Debut". Anime News Network. August 28, 2017. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Rei Matsuzaki's Tweet". Twitter (in Japanese). Retrieved October 25, 2017. 主人公の桜ノ宮苺香ちゃんの姉、愛香の声をやらせていただけることになりました
  4. ^ "まんがタイムきららキャラット 2013年　10月号" (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "まんがタイムきららキャラット 2014年　3月号" (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "ブレンド・S" (in Japanese). Houbunsha. Retrieved May 25, 2017.
  7. ^ "Blend S Waitress TV Anime's Main Staff, Visual Unveiled". Anime News Network. May 27, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  8. ^ "Aniplex USA Announces Hell Girl 4, Owarimonogatari 2 Streaming on Crunchyroll". Anime News Network. July 2, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
  9. ^ "Blend S Anime's 2nd Promo Video Previews Opening Theme Song by Cast". Anime News Network. September 5, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
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