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| Alcohol is bad for your liver. Drink responsibly kids. |
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| Glad I decided not to sleep on this one. Good first impression. |
| I really really like the vibe of this. Animation, especially with the glasses and bottles is so smooth and refreshing to look at. Seems like a better remake for sure. Not to mention the OP, so calming |
| I haven't watched the original but I understand that this is a rebuild. I think this first episdoe was quite good. The context in understandable and the exposition was kept to a minium. Given this a seinen manga I expect to depict reality in a more accurate way. I do find hard to believe that a man this young doesn't know how to answer a call from a cellphone (and that ringtone was really out of date) but I get the trope "he is really good in what he does but sucks at everything else". Interesting. I will give it three episodes at least. |
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Reply to felixsifuri
Mainnus said:
A man who don’t know how to use a smartphone? Interesting character story there.
A man who don’t know how to use a smartphone? Interesting character story there.
The source story came out in 2004, so of course he doesn't (;
felixsifuri said: The source story came out in 2004, so of course he doesn't Ooh I see. It makes perfect sense then. Thank you. |
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| I could tell from the still that was released that this was going to be different from the original so I tried to keep an open mind. I think I succeeded. I didn't hate or love it. It was good enough. I did not like the chick with the long hair. How are you going to be high an mighty about a drink or even search for a bartender when you didn't even know a highball can be made with soda? She never heard of whiskey & soda. Hell, look at an old movie! Anyway a few things bothered me, but I'm willing to watch another episode or 2. They've combined drinks from 2 different episodes and brought in his attention to detail. I'm curious how they're going to fill in and develop. |
| Bartender is an anime I had been wanting to watch for a while, but I haven't gotten to it. This, along with Spice and Wolf, are anime I'm a little ashamed to be starting out with the remakes on first, but here I am anyway. So far it's fine for me. |
| eh, it turned out being remake/reboot :( Will pass on this... |
| Good start for an anime that just oozes class in its drinks and specifically Ryu's mannerisms. The way he described the Highball and maintains the counter clean is so smooth and to top it all off is that ice cube cracking sound: chef's kiss. Still, this is probably not going to be an anime for everyone considering how plain the presentation looks but I have my hopes up since I didn't watch the original back in the day. |
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| 10 years later there’s a remake and I still haven’t watched the original. This episode was great. |
| I've been meaning to watch the original for a long while, but ever since the remake got announced I've just been waiting for it to air instead – wasn't disappointed! The whole cocktail mixing process was basically ASMR and I'm here for it. Core characters that don't instantly get on my nerves are also a big plus, but that's to be expected from an adult cast story. |
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| Wow, I'm all in for any hidden gem I found in every season, and now I got one. I didn't know it's a remake, and I might watch the old version if this one is promising enough to do so. Simple premise with deep execution, decent animation, then slow and chill pacing. Sasakura Ryu might be a normal reckless guy outside, but he got the charisma and pride when it comes to his work as a bartender, pretty interesting. I can't wait to see how they will bring this story to the end. |
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| It was exactly what I needed to see! i planned for a week to watch it with highball, but instead of that i watched with wine, such a waste xP |
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| I don't remember the original to be this engaging. If my memory hasn't failed me, there we are thrown straight into the middle of the story, or rather, someone else's stories in episodic fashion. Here, it seems to focus more on the bartender first, which makes it more interesting, ngl. The newer artstyle gives everything a more refreshing and delicious look. So far, a good and worthwhile remake. Maybe I also grew to enjoy this type of anime more nowadays. |
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| I know nothing about drinks but I'm enjoying this anime so far. The bartender is in his ultimate form. He knows everything and anything. |
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| First episode: good. Really freaking good actually, I felt like crying during the highball scene at the end. This man is the embodiment of "I gotchu fam." |
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| Man, this first episode made me teary eyed wtf the bartender seemed like an absolute mess in the outside world but he's in his element at work. This was a very wholesome and unexpected start. I'm really looking forward to see how the rest of this anime will go. I don't really like alcohol but I would die for him to make me a drink |
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| Haven't seen the original but as I was watching this, I got good vibes, particularly because cocktails have been a staple in my life. Def feels like a show that you is appreciated more if you are at least of drinking age, if not older and have been well into your legal drinking years. The ending leaves me wondering what's going to happen next episode! |
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| Not familiar with the original adaptation but this is probably one of the more unique shows I've seen. Looking forward to chill and watch Ryuu's development instead of going to actual bars which are expensive af nowadays lol. |
| Before watching this, I watched the original so I could have an impression of that vis a vis this remake. I think it cannot entirely replace the original. They're more like complementary that so far I can recommend watching both. This one has the superior animation but I get the feeling that it's too bright. The old one uses shadows and certain framing to achieve some effect that mitigates the lousy animation. The execution is also different. The old one is episodic and Ryuu feels like an other wordly being. In this remake, which possibly follows the manga more closely, he is humanised in that he can be clumsy. There also seems to be as many people as possible whereas the old on tries to keep fewer people as possible. The old one is also more poetic which in addition to the op and ed gives a nostalgic vibe. I do hope this remake is more than one cour because at this rate, it's impossible to put everything in only 12 or 13 episodes, if the plan is to adapt all the manga volumes. eta: perhaps this time, there will be some romance between Ryuu and Miwa. |
patkarununganMay 17, 2024 4:04 PM
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Not familiar with the original adaptation but this is probably one of the more unique shows I've seen. Looking forward to chill and watch Ryuu's development instead of going to actual bars which are expensive af nowadays lol.
| @JBCena I recommend that you watch the original as you watch this. It's episodic, and the vibe is different that there's something to be enjoyed in both. I haven't watched yet the live action, so I can't comment on that. |
Reply to patkarunungan
@JBCena I recommend that you watch the original as you watch this. It's episodic, and the vibe is different that there's something to be enjoyed in both. I haven't watched yet the live action, so I can't comment on that.
| @patkarunungan Def considering it after I finish this season. |
| Really neat first episode and I enjoyed it. Loked the storytelling and characters, has a certain charm to them. The mc with the red eyes though, vampire? I never did end up watching the og anime even though I was interested but glad I picked up the remake. |
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| Great to see a remake of this, I liked the original anime, now from what I see we're getting more backstory and development for the Barman at the beginning which is pretty good, nice start! |
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