Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender
Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender is a Japanese manga series by Naruko. It was serialized in the digital manga magazine Zero Sum Online since October 19, 2018.
A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast on Fuji TV and its online streaming service, Fuji TV On Demand, on May 31, 2022.
Plot
Sōichirō Hibiki works as a bartender in Shōnan, where he is known to be mysterious and cool. However, he is secretly a fanatical and who spends the daytime drawing boys' love, watching anime, and buying anime goods. At his bartender job, he observes and imagines wild, fantastical scenarios of his male patrons and co-workers falling in love.Characters
;Sōichirō Hibiki;Kanemitsu Hakushū
;Hokuto
;Yūto Chita
;Torii
;Yamazaki
;Obuchizawa
;Hibiki's older sister
;Chihiro Kubota
;Unnamed patron
Media
Manga
Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was written and illustrated by Naruko. It is serialized in the digital manga magazine Zero Sum Online since October 19, 2018. The chapters were later released in two bound volumes by Ichijinsha under the Zero Sum Comics imprint. To promote it, Monthly Comic Zero Sum released a voice comic adaptation of the first chapter on their YouTube channel.Television drama
A live-action television drama adaptation of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was produced by Hakuhodo DY Media Partners. It premiered on WakuWaku Japan in Taiwan in December 2021. It was later broadcast in Japan on May 31, 2022, on Fuji TV for their programming block, as well as their online streaming service, Fuji TV On Demand, for a total of two episodes. It was streamed internationally outside of Japan and South Korea through GagaOOLala.The series stars as Hibiki. The supporting cast includes Takeshi Masu as Hakushū, Miona Hori as Hokuto, and Kenta Suga as Chita. Additional cast appearances include Tomohisa Yuge as Torii, Masaki Nakao as Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Yamaji as Obuchizawa, Shogo Suzuki as Iwai, and Shota Matsushima as Taketsuru. The television drama adaptation is directed and written by Junya Ikeda. It was produced by Masahiko Asakura and Kōichi Tezuka. Ikeda stated on his Twitter account that he was interested in producing a sequel for the series.