“Lonely salaryman befriends hungry neighbor; weekly dinners with cats slowly transform his monotonous life.”
Bitter Cigar
ビター・シガー
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Synopsis
Lonely salaryman befriends hungry neighbor; weekly dinners with cats slowly transform his monotonous life.
Go to work, go home. Go to work, go home. That's the daily routine of 26-year-old Wataru Toyohashi. One night, he heard a terrible groan coming from next door, so he rushed over, only to find his neighbor, Takatsuki, on the verge of tears and slumped on the floor. The reason? Hunger. Takatsuki said he forgets to eat when he gets caught up in his work, which he does from home. Toyohashi, unable to ignore the situation, decided to treat Takatsuki to dinner since he was in the middle of cooking anyway. Overjoyed by the simple home-cooked meal, Takatsuki exclaimed, "I want to eat this every day!" And that's how their weekly weekend dinner parties started. At the small dining table with Takatsuki and his own two cats, Toyohashi's days change bit by bit... (Source: Kasakura Shuppansha, translated)
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A Manga Publication
- Format 6 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 0h 48m approx
- Published Jul 2018 – Apr 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M60917 catalog