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Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese television comedy

Comedy

Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...

, following five young men who work at Lady Braganza, a shitsuji kissa (butler café). It was adapted into a manga by Makoto Tateno

Makoto Tateno

, who also uses the penname Shinjuku Tango, is a Japanese manga artist who made her debut in 1986. Tateno regards her influences as being Go Nagai and Osamu Tezuka. Two of her best known works are Yellow and Happy Boys...

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Cast

• Koji Seto
  Koji Seto
  is a Japanese actor and singer. His major works include lead roles as Wataru Kurenai in Kamen Rider Kiva and Hiro in Koizora; and supporting roles as Satoru Okura in Atashinchi no Danshi, Ariake Yamato in Otomen, and Eiji Kikumaru in Tenimyu...
  
   as Segawa Kyoichi/Shiva
• Kenta Kamakari
  Kenta Kamakari
  is a Japanese actor, voice actor and singer, famous for his role as Ryo Shishido in the Prince of Tennis Musicals. He was hospitalized on April 21, 2007 and was unable to play the role of Minami Itsuki in Musical Air Gear vs. Bacchus Super Range Remix and appear in Dream Live 4 ~Extra~. As he...
  
   as Akasaka Junta/Renjou
• Keisuke Kato
  Keisuke Kato
  , born September 2, 1988, is a Japanese actor and entertainer. He is best known for his roles as Ivory in TV Tokyo's "Happy Boys" drama and Keisuke Nago/Kamen Rider IXA in TV Asahi's tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Kiva. He is a huge fan of the Kamen Rider Series, and collects the Battle Ganbaride...
  
   as Kitamura Kosuke/Ivory
• Gaku Shindo as Inada Gen/Silk
• Shugo Nagashima as Tsuruoka Kokoro/Ibu
• Eiji Sugawara as Fukawa Kiichi
• Shunji Fujimura
  Shunji Fujimura
  is a Japanese actor from Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. He appeared in the second series of Monkey as the horse. He appears in the Death Note live-action movie as Quillsh Wammy A.K.A...
  
   as Shikawaichi Kura (Owner)
• Tetsushi Tanaka
  Tetsushi Tanaka
  ', born February 18, 1966 in Mie Prefecture, is a Japanese actor.-Plays:*Hamlet *A Midsummer Night's Dream *Amor Vincit Omnia *MacBeth *Waiting for Godot *A Streetcar Named Desire...
  
   as Katano Sakatoru/Katapi

Guest stars

• Megumi Komatsu (ep1-2)
• Natsuhi Ueno (ep3-4)
• Hisae Morishita (ep5-6)
• Takahiro Uemura (ep5-6)
• Kaori Ikeda (ep7-8)
• Atsushi Hashimoto (ep7-8)
• Rie Minemura (ep9-10)
• Toshiyuki Toyonaga
  Toshiyuki Toyonaga
  is a Japanese seiyū and actor.-Anime:* Ballad of a Shinigami * Capeta * Durarara!! * Fresh Pretty Cure! * Get Ride! Amdriver...
  
   (ep9-10)
• Hana Kino (ep11-13)

Manga

The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing

Digital Manga Publishing

Digital Manga is a company that licenses and releases, in English, Japanese anime, manga, and related merchandise. The company has several subdivisions: Digital Manga Publishing, which publishes Japanese manga, novels and instructional and illustration books in North America with multiple imprints,...

, and in Germany by Egmont Manga.

Development

Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.

Reception

Snow Wildsmith described the manga as "enjoyable, but not all that memorable", but noted that the stereotypically "blatantly gay" chef could offend some readers. Leroy Douresseaux felt the manga series had potential, but that the first volume was not "anything really special". Connie C. described the manga as being "a cross between Antique Bakery and Princess Princess". Matthew Warner felt it was fun to see the characters switch on their "butler-mode".