In spite of its resolutely realistic settings, Bartender is actually not a series that's trying to be realistic.
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Patron Pick Spring 2024: Bartender: Kami no Glass – 07
Bartender is working better for me when it's quirky and geeky - the drama just doesn't pack the same punch.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 03
Broadly speaking I believe there are multiple paths to greatness in any art - and bartending is certainly no exception.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 05
Whatever Suntory paid for that, they got their money's worth.
Bartender: Kami no Glass – 04
I certainly don't see any overlap with this premise and much else I've watched over the past few years.
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Second Impressions – Bartender: Kami no Glass
The symbolism of all this isn't exactly subtle, but there's a reason bars and bartenders are such a timeless and integral part of fiction.
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「完璧な味」 (Kanpeki na Aji) The Perfect Taste "I am what I say I am, and I say...I'm perfect."
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「優しい止まり木」 (Yasashii Tomarigi) A Gentle Perch I like the Bartender - Kami no Glass (ooh, if you're lookin' for me).
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Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4 - 10 Second Anime
Expectations affect flavor, so Sasakura teaches another bartender how bars and drinks have personality. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 4
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Potential master bartenders tour the Yamazaki Distillery. They meet Chen, a foreigner with ties to the area. Bartender — Kami no Glass — Episode 5
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Sasakura must find drinks to satisfy fussy customers — an irritable gentleman and a coarse-tongued lady. Bartender - Kami no Glass - Episode 2
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Doing the expected in an entertaining way seems to be the order of the day. Read more
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Talk about flower power. Read more
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There's definitely the core of something rather good here, and we managed to see a fair bit of it in the second half of this season. Read more
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Bartender: Glass Of God – Episode 1
I liked Bartender: Glass of God well enough, but its lofty claims gave it an air of pretension that I couldn’t really get past.
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A series following bartenders as they chase the “Glass of God”: the perfect drink that will change their world.
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There were several interesting elements in this episode of Atarashii Joushi, along with the usual handful of guffaws.
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This is now a love triangle of sorts, undeniably. But it doesn't bother or even annoy me because of the way it's being handled.
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Koukyuu no Karasu gets the job done by doing a lot of big things poorly but doing all the little things incredibly well. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 07
I confess that ending had me checking the calendar there for a second. Read more
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 10
It says something for how persuasive Koukyuu no Karasu's good points are that it keeps doing the things it does that annoy me and I'm still on-board. Read…
Patron Pick Fall 2022: Koukyuu no Karasu – 09
Yet another big name in a small role. Read more
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An episode like this one provides an indication of what Raven of the Inner Palace is capable of at its best. Read more
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This was perhaps the first time an ep of Raven in the Inner Palace actually felt like a self-contained piece of work. Read more
Kami no Tou: Tower of God – 06
After a couple of action-driven episodes this was very much a quiet week in Lake Woebegon. Read more
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「ポジション分け」 (Pojishon wake) "Position Selection" After a couple of action-driven episodes this was very much a quiet week in Lake Woebegon.
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Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 04
Good choice, Patrons. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 08
This was very much an expected return to form for Helck. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 10
This show has the chops to go full comedy when the mood strikes it. Read more
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I don’t think it would be inaccurate to call Mononogatari a slow build sort of show. Read more
Patron Pick Summer 2023: Helck – 13
At long last Helck takes us on a journey to the past - Helck's past, where so much of the foundation of the story takes place.
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