“Ramen chef Naka and partner Shimpei's daily life, plus art-supply store shorts, in Basso's slice-of-life manga.”
Naka-san no Nagare
ナカさんのながれ
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Ramen chef Naka and partner Shimpei's daily life, plus art-supply store shorts, in Basso's slice-of-life manga.
Naka Makoto owns a small ramen restaurant called Naka, where he serves a loyal clientele, including his partner, Tomatsu Shimpei. Basso's manga "Naka-san no nagare" focuses on the lives of Naka-san and Shimpei, especially their mutual love of ramen. The volume also contains a series of shorts about two employees of an art supply store in the same neighborhood as Naka-san's restaurant.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 17 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 2h 16m approx
- Published Oct 2008 – Feb 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M19641 catalog