Apr 27, 2024
To the other reviewers who are yapping about Ryuu being different from the 2006 anime: READ THE MANGA! This adaptation is way closer to the original and, yes, Sasakura Ryuu is a silly airhead when he's not working. That's what makes him as a character work for me. The 2006 anime took the episodic approach and removed basically all of the story and character development except the client stories. It was cool, ngl, but there's so much more to Bartender, and this version of it seems to take all (or at least most) of it. Ryuu is more than a cool placeholder behind the bar
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counter, he's a character with a full personality: a genuinely kind and caring airhead with a smidge of a dark past (won't go into spoiler territory) he has overcome but professional and competent at his job. Miwa is also more than a placeholder for a couple stories, and in the first 4 episodes there's already been glimpses of that.
Overall, if you like slice of life episodic stories linked together by a leitmotif of character development of the main cast, this anime is for you. If you're interested in cocktails and fictionalised history of alcohol, this anime is for you. If you loved the original manga, this anime is for you.
If you want action/adventure? Choose something else. If you want romance? Choose something else. If you want a cardboard cutout "cool" main lead? Choose something else.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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