Dagashi Kashi

Dagashi Kashi
Volume 1 cover, featuring Hotaru Shidare
だがしかし
Genre Romantic comedy,[1] slice of life[2]
Manga
Written by Kotoyama
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Original run June 2014 – March 2018
Volumes 11
Light novel
Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsuyasumi
Written by Manta Aisora
Published by Shogakukan
Demographic Male
Imprint Gagaga Bunko
Published December 18, 2015
Volumes 1
Anime television series
Directed by Shigehito Takayanagi
Written by Shigehito Takayanagi
Yasuko Kamo
Music by Tomotaka Osumi
Nobuaki Nobusawa
Studio Feel
Licensed by
Original network TBS, CBC, SUN, BS-TBS
Original run January 7, 2016 – March 31, 2016
Episodes 12
Anime television series
Dagashi Kashi 2
Directed by Satoshi Kuwabara
Written by Mayumi Morita
Music by Tomotaka Osumi
Nobuaki Nobusawa
Studio Tezuka Productions
Licensed by
Original network TBS, Sun TV, BS-TBS
Original run January 12, 2018 – March 30, 2018
Episodes 12

Dagashi Kashi (Japanese: だがしかし)[lower-alpha 1] is a manga series by Kotoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since June 2014 and has been collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A light novel adaptation titled Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsu Yasumi, written and illustrated by Manta Aisora, was published in a single volume by Shogakukan on December 18, 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint.[4] An anime television series adaptation by Feel aired in Japan between January 7, 2016 and March 31, 2016.[5] A second season of the anime aired between January 12, 2018 and March 30, 2018.

Plot

Shikada Dagashi, a countryside shop selling cheap candy and snacks ("dagashi") has been run by the Shikada family for nine generations, but Kokonotsu does not want to take over the shop from his father, Yō, instead aiming to become a manga artist. Hotaru Shidare visits the shop one day hoping to recruit Yō to her family's company, the sweets manufacturer Shidare Corporation, but Yō refuses unless Hotaru first can convince Kokonotsu to take over Shikada Dagashi.

Characters

Kokonotsu Shikada (鹿田 ココノツ, Shikada Kokonotsu)
Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[6] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn[7] (English)
Kokonotsu and his father Yō live in a countryside town where they run a small sweets store. He aspires to be a manga artist, an ambition that puts him at odds with his father who wants him to inherit the store which has been run by the family for eight generations. He constantly finds himself manning the cash register, more often than not a result of his father's trickery. After Hotaru's arrival, he also has to put up with her antics as well. He is nicknamed Kokonatsu (ココナツ, "Coconuts"). His given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral 九, Kokonotsu (ここのつ, "Ninth"); it works as a pun, referring to his being the ninth generation of the family that will run the store.
Hotaru Shidare (枝垂 ほたる, Shidare Hotaru)
Voiced by: Ayana Taketatsu[6] (Japanese); Tabitha Ray[7] (English)
An eccentric busty girl who is very passionate about sweets and snacks. Her father owns a famous snacks company and she came to Shikada store to recruit Yō. As Yō will not leave as long as Kokonotsu is unwilling to succeed him as Shikada storekeeper, she quickly strikes a deal with him: she will convince Kokonotsu to take over the store in return for his employment. From then on she tries to persuade Kokonotsu using many different ways such as games, stories, and riddles.
Saya Endō (遠藤 サヤ, Endō Saya)
Voiced by: Manami Numakura[6] (Japanese); Sara Ragsdale[7] (English)
Kokonotsu's classmate and childhood friend, who runs a nearby cafe with her older twin brother Tō. She has a longstanding crush on Kokonotsu. At first alarmed by Hotaru's presence, she quickly befriends her, as their goals are aligned: Hotaru wishes Kokonotsu to run the store while she wants him to keep staying in town. Saya has a hidden talent of toy mastery; at one point she defeats a well-prepared Hotaru at a Menko game, an event that leads Hotaru to start addressing her with suffix shi (師), an antiquated designation used by disciples to their masters.
Tō Endō (遠藤 豆, Endō Tō)
Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[6] (Japanese); Justin Pate[7] (English)
Older twin brother of Saya and a good friend of Kokonotsu. A laid back person who usually wears a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses. He and Saya run a cafe named "Cafe Endō".
Yō Shikada (鹿田 ヨウ, Shikada Yō)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara[6] (Japanese); Jeremy Inman[7] (English)
Kokonotsu's father as well as the current owner of Shikada store. He is desperate to make his son the 9th head of the shop so that his legacy will continue. He agrees to Hotaru's bargain that if she can convince his son to be the next head of his shop, he would start working for Hotaru's company. Like his son, his given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral 八, Yō (ヨウ, "Eighth"), and works as a pun for his generation of shop owner.
Hajime Owari (尾張 ハジメ, Owari Hajime)
Voiced by: Chinatsu Akasaki[8] (Japanese); Caitlin Glass[9] (English)
An intelligent woman who has trouble keeping a job due to her laziness and other personality quirks. She ends up working at Shikada Dagashi in exchange for room and board.
Beniyutaka Shidare (枝垂 紅豊, Shidare Beniyutaka)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (Japanese); Chris Wehkamp[9] (English)
Hotaru's older brother and the manager of the local convenience store that recently opened across from Shikada Dagashi. Beni finds dagashi shops too old fashioned. He considers Kokonotsu virtuous and his rival, after he comments on how the stores overpriced cakes wouldn't sell, and recommended selling dagashi aimed at children and adults who would easily buy them.

Anime

A 12-episode anime adaptation aired between January 2016 and March 2016. It was produced at Feel, and was directed by Shigehito Takayanagi, who also handled the series composition together with Yasuko Kamo. Kanetoshi Kamimoto was in charge of character design, and Satoshi Motoyama was the series' sound director.[10] The series' opening theme is "Checkmate!?" by Michi, and the ending theme is "Hey Caloric Queen" by Ayana Taketatsu.[6]

A second season, Dagashi Kashi 2,[11] aired between January 12, 2018 and March 30, 2018, on TBS, and aired on Sun TV and BS-TBS.[12] For Dagashi Kashi 2, Tezuka Productions took over the series production, with Feel instead being credited for setting cooperation. While Motoyama returns as sound director, several other duties were taken over by new staff: Satoshi Kuwabara directed the season, Mayumi Morita handled the series composition, Nana Miura designed the characters,[10] and Michiko Yokote wrote the script. The voice cast from the first season reprised their roles,[11] and was joined by Chinatsu Akasaki, who voices the new character Hajime Owari,[13] and Tomokazu Sugita, who voices Yutaka Beni.[14][13] The second season's opening theme is "Oh My Sugar Feeling!!" (Oh My シュガーフィーリング!!, Oh My Shugā Fīringu!!) by Taketatsu,[8] and the ending theme is "Okashi na Watashi to Hachimitsu no Kimi" (おかしなわたしとはちみつのきみ, "The Candied Me and the Honeyed You") by Hachimitsu Rocket.[15] Dagashi Kashi 2 aired in a shared half-hour time slot together with Takunomi., both of which consist of fifteen-minute episodes.[12] Like its first season, Dagashi Kashi 2 lasted for 12 episodes.[16]

Reception

The series was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in 2017, in the "best shōnen manga" category.[17]

Sales

In September 2015, when the anime adaptation was announced, the two manga volumes that were released at the time had sold a 450,000 copies combined; when the fourth volume came out in December 2015, sales had risen to a total of 1.2 million copies. By the time the anime premiered in January 2016, the manga has 1.6 million copies in print, doubling the average number of copies sold per volumes compared to before the anime announcement, to 400,000 copies per volume.[18]The manga had over 3 million copies in print as of April, 2018.[19]

Notes

  1. ↑ The title can be read as either "Cheap Sweets Candy" or "However."[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi - The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  2. ↑ Creamer, Nick (June 23, 2017). "Dagashi Kashi BD+DVD - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation". Anime News Network. September 19, 2015. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi Gets Light Novel Adaptation by Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Creator". Anime News Network. October 22, 2015. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi Anime's Staff, January Premiere Revealed". Anime News Network. October 14, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Dagashi Kashi Anime's Cast, Song Artists Revealed". Anime News Network. November 15, 2015. Archived from the original on June 26, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Dagashi Kashi's English Broadcast Dub Casts Todd Haberkorn, Tabitha Ray, Sara Ragsdale". Anime News Network. February 10, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  8. 1 2 "Ayana Taketatsu Performs Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime's Opening Theme". Anime News Network. November 1, 2017. Archived from the original on November 1, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  9. 1 2 "Dagashi Kashi English Cast & Crew". www.funimation.com. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  10. 1 2 "Dagashi Kashi Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2018". Anime News Network. August 4, 2017. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  11. 1 2 "Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Visuals, Staff". Anime News Network. August 8, 2017. Archived from the original on August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 8, 2017.
  12. 1 2 "Dagashi Kashi 2, Takunomi. Reveal Shared Timeslot, New Videos, Visuals". Anime News Network. December 5, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  13. 1 2 "Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals January Premiere, New Cast Member". Anime News Network. October 7, 2017. Archived from the original on November 26, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Premieres on January 11, Casts Tomokazu Sugita". Anime News Network. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Idol Group Hachimitsu Rocket Performs Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 5, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  16. ↑ "Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Listed With 12 Episodes". Anime News Network. January 12, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  17. ↑ "41st Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. April 2, 2017. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  18. ↑ Chapman, Paul (January 17, 2016). ""Dagashi Kashi" Manga Volumes Double Circulation in Under 4 Months". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on December 21, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
  19. ↑ http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2018/04/10-1/dagashi-kashi-manga-final-11th-volume-comes-with-special-hotaru-figure
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