Jan 5, 2025
Bar Flowers is a manga about a male protagonist Igarishi Hiroki. He lost his job since his prior company went bankrupt. His I assume brother or a friend he gets on with, as the owner of a girls bar customers drink with the employees and play games like cards or whatever with them, a social and drink type bar, the owner offers him a job as the manager of the bar. He manages, steps in when need be but most of the girls guide him on details about how the bar works.
Sometimes off work parts, other times have to come in and balance situations. Relationships
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are tested but it varies. Most of the girls are pretty good about the work side and interest in Hiroki/male MC and sometimes over do it with drinks in front of customers and dynamics vary.
From there you meet Sakura Harukaze.
Tsukishiro-san the glasses one with social skills to build up.
Aiba Nazuna-chan who speaks her name in third person, twin tails and is pretty open about what she says at least in her introduction to the new manager/male MC.
And Kaede the short hair fair one but gets embarrassed by some things in later chapters.
We see the owner, male MC's friend, Sakura's old boyfriend, Kaede's mother and more on occasion but not often.
That's all the core character so far.
There are some ecchi moments, they vary. Many scenes are very good and flow well of events in the bar. Others can be very annoying and turn out like shock value or drama for the sake of it then having any actual valid value. Even the ecchi scenes, some seem very fine, others just unnecessary and too strong and 180 the other way.
More a relationship dynamic change that isn't really necessary but is pushed anyway, especially compared to the other characters who act more normal.
End of non spoiler/enough details while saying vague things of what the series is about. Onto spoilers further down and determine how some chapters can make readers continue or just give up.
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Spoilers:
The easiest way to sum up this manga is some good regular moments and shock value/drama from Sakura while the other girls interest in him is a bit tamer and differently paced and Sakura can make many decisions that are just really strange. The ecchi scenes can vary of cosplay or what Sakura is going to wear to a movie with the manager they want to see after some customers mention it. But otherwise Sakura makes a lot of strong moves after her boyfriend left her and she wants to clearly fill that gap (time length is not clear of events either so it chapter wise can feel too soon/early and very strange).
Chapter 1 or 2 easily first girl (Sakura) is very drunk and goes a bit far.
Chapter 3 he goes nah not putting up with that in a typical doesn't want to make a move dense way but he also doesn't want to breach what the owner asked of him so I find it makes sense then just a dense response and a following what is told by business authority, the customers aren't allowed to, he wants to keep his job why not. Sakura should know better the rules of the business besides a work relationship dynamic then seeking more/too emotional (or creator forcing her to be this way)yet she keeps gets annoyed when all he did was respect her boundaries and she is fine to open up but it seems she is for excuses and she goes nope emotions first after her boyfriend got annoyed by her.
The rules are clear but still she is too focused on other factors.
So with him following the rules/policy the owner has and to respect her then her throwing herself. Which besides not coming onto an employee which she should know besides state of being. Sakura goes well thanks for helping and those are my true feelings.
He is dense but I think it's fair. But respectful as should be.
Later chapters more girls we meet, they get drunk and so on solving things.
Managers drunk sometimes and the girls help out.
Sometimes there are customers that are particular and either employees or manager steps in and they solve it even if angry as he is still learning. The girls are willing to risk it for the money sometimes.
Chapters around Glasses girl, his friend catches up with protagonist and he talks about his work and also an app he uses.
Otherwise he goes for dinner and sits next to a girl and doesn't realise it's one of his employees without her glasses on.
It can be unclear with some character designs angles/details.
So besides the girls bar she does some app related 'connection' stuff. By that meaning there is an app to meet people or show themselves. She uses it as a way to get used to people as she was used to an all girls school, it has some plausibility to it even if strange and fit an ecchi goal I find but it works still.
They work out things.
You get basically a starter arc and Sakura briefly then next girl then meet Nezuna third person speaking one.
Volume 2 starts here.
Nezuna is fine. Sakura warns she needs to be watch over when she drinks.
She looks quiet and looks at him for help a few panels later when drinking with a customer. Manager helps her and it's fine.
Nezuna kisses him thanks after a customer does the same after being drunk. Whatever the situation there is what it is she mentions he tried to a priorities that customer. So it makes sense they need a watch over for sure to intervene with customers sometimes and customers try to overstep their bounds or its allowed I assume not but they try.
From there we have a Sakura/Manager hear customers mention a movie they saw and don't want spoilers and they make a Meetup plan.
So he wants to see a movie he planned on, they set it for 10pm after a work shift, and well Sakura wants to go to the movies with him. Clearly pushing her true feelings detail even though he goes sure.
Even though it's a few chapters and no idea how much time has past either especially compared to the early chapters it felt like the next day and it's like wait what but don't know the time period of the events.
The owner is about to return, glasses employee is on shift, manager says he has to deal with a shift so he does the responsible thing and informs Sakura. He plans to get to it still besides informing and maybe changes.
She is still excited/planned what she will wear and still plans to go to the movies.
Customers get pushy, glasses girl isn't doing well with her limit and manager helps her out.
Customers leave, he helps her and owner comes later and Sakura goes oh no reply better check up on them. Glasses girl trips and oh no shock value moment.
Even though besides the transitions and cliffhangers they are pretty eh to me at least. Pretty simple shock value but I find it gets worse as it goes on.
From there she misunderstands because of course she does, typical anime/manga tropes, doesn't ask or care to because of course why would you after a shift with an employee and a lot of drunk customers, like duh. Sven she should know their relationship and she focuses too much on oh seeing this and how she feels sigh.
Either way owner comes, helps glasses girl and he goes after Sakura.
From there she goes to her house, she sulks.
She says he has reasoning, she says to go away. He stands outside, she goes oh can't bother the neighbours.
Let's him in.
He explains the exact details, she goes eh who cares.
He goes to leave, no public transportation is running because sure makes sense due to time it's 11pm or whatever and also plot convenience as well.
The couch/bed question after the shower. We don't see a shower scene which I'm surprised due to how particular some ecchi scenes are but it's 20 pages per chapter and minimal dialogue so it's not surprising. Besides odd bath shots but that's minor.
Anyway.
She says no it would get cold go to the bed. He goes alright better then making a fuss.
She takes a shower and then he goes nah changed my mind for sure a situation him being a typical protagonist and respectful sure.
But she is like nah stay. So lay in bed and she goes for to shock value you and he is like value yourself more I am not doing this.
She gets annoyed because he said no.
There is no owner told him that. There is no intelligent thoughts about she should know the rules. If Idols do why is a girl's bar employee not. In this manga it seems pretty weak in that regard for plot convenient shock value ecchi and dialogue or misunderstandings worse than many others.
Now we get to she is mad. She goes oh if he doesn't ring now when I feel like it then give ip.
He doesn't and the split second he calls her about something, she says she gives up besides whatever actual context it is. Sure as if an employee should know better, how trained she doesn't seem to be acting in the scene for the sake of personal feelings ok.
She meets her old boyfriend or whoever, looks like owner or isn't don't remember they look similar in scene he is prior in.
Then from there I get why the other reviewer gave up.
Yeah..... Shock value nonsense happens, he goes a step too far. She goes no (like in any Hentai) then goes nah give in ( because of course they do like in Hentai give up because reasons because why escape just give in, it's ridiculous) and it's like this is just forced writing/fan service and stupidity for shock value it's so dumb.
Like the relationships are paper thin and the justification for actions are so weak.
After that we get Kaede's mother and her and manager drinking. As expected the boyfriend like question comes up, she is drunk so of course.
Other details and by the end of that she goes don't say she hasn't done it. For the sake of purity sure. It's an overused trope/joke in anime/manga.
Depends on the audience/reader.
Or their endings.
Either way that's 1-16.
Currently up finished a employee outing, Nezuna reveals she kissed him, Sakura gets annoyed. By chapter 18.
Tsukishiro/glasses girl gets ready for the cosplay type event a customer requested, manager says yes and they go to a cosplay hotel (seems convenient to have cosplay and hotel then a store browsing scene and a hotel). She says about her living and goes a hotel like this worked out.
Whatever dynamic happens from here till next chapter. Typical each girl gets her chance to be with manager but in what way?
If they all throw themselves I think it's a bit ridiculous and out of character, but if they don't then it could/would balance things out better for each of the characters.
It's a mess with emotional rollercoasters that make up scenarios for the sake of it. XD
Would recommend reading for the work/personal and customer scenarios but otherwise it has some forced shock value that can go either way for audiences or dumb character decisions.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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