Sweetness and Lightning


Sweetness and Lightning is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Good! Afternoon from March 2013 to August 2018, with its chapters collected in twelve volumes. An anime television series adaptation animated by TMS Entertainment aired in Japan between July and September 2016.

Plot

Kōhei Inuzuka is a teacher who has been raising his daughter, Tsumugi, by himself following the death of his wife. Having mostly bought ready-made meals for his daughter since, Kōhei's encounter with one of his students, Kotori Iida, leads him to take up cooking in order to provide proper meals for Tsumugi.

Characters

;Kōhei Inuzuka
;Tsumugi Inuzuka
;Kotori Iida
;Shinobu Kojika
;Yūsuke Yagi
;Megumi Iida
;Tae Inuzuka
;Yuuka
;Hana
;Mikio
;Momoya

Media

Manga

Sweetness and Lightning, written and illustrated by, was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine Good! Afternoon from February 7, 2013, to August 7, 2018. Kodansha collected its chapters in twelve volumes, released from September 6, 2013, to February 7, 2019.
In North America, the series was licensed for English release by Kodansha USA. The twelve volumes were published from July 26, 2016, to June 4, 2019.

Volumes

Anime

An anime television adaptation was announced in February 2016. The series was produced by TMS Entertainment, directed by Tarou Iwasaki and written by Mitsutaka Hirota, featuring character designs by Hiroki Harada and music by Nobuko Toda. The 12-episode series aired in Japan between July 4, 2016, and September 19, 2016, and was previously simulcast by Crunchyroll. The opening theme is "Harebare Fanfare" by Mimi Meme Mimi, while the ending theme is "Maybe" by Brian the Sun.

Episode list

Reception

Volume 2 reached the 18th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of March 16, 2014, has sold 60,643 copies; volume 3 reached the 19th place and, as of September 14, 2014, has sold 81,319 copies; and volume 4 reached the 20th place and, as of March 9, 2015, has sold 108,994 copies.
It ranked eighth on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey and number 24 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine. The series ranked 14th in the first Next Manga Award in the print manga category.