Dagashi Kashi Explained

Ja Kanji:だがしかし
Type:manga
Publisher:Shogakukan
Imprint:Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine:Weekly Shōnen Sunday
First:June 25, 2014
Last:April 11, 2018
Volumes:11
Type:light novel
Dagashi Kashi: Mō Hitotsu no Natsuyasumi
Author:Manta Aisora
Publisher:Shogakukan
Demographic:Male
Imprint:Gagaga Bunko
Published:December 18, 2015
Type:TV series
Director:Shigehito Takayanagi
Studio:Feel
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:TBS, CBC, SUN, BS-TBS
First:January 7, 2016
Last:March 31, 2016
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Dagashi Kashi episodes
Type:TV series
Dagashi Kashi 2
Director:Satoshi Kuwabara
Studio:Tezuka Productions
Licensee:Crunchyroll
Network:TBS, SUN, BS-TBS
First:January 12, 2018
Last:March 30, 2018
Episodes:12
Episode List:List of Dagashi Kashi episodes#Dagashi Kashi 2 (2018)

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by . It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 2014 to April 2018 and has been collected in 11 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 in December 2015 under their Gagaga Bunko imprint.

An anime television series adaptation produced by Feel aired from January to March 2016. A second season produced by Tezuka Productions aired from January to March 2018. The series is licensed by Crunchyroll in the English-speaking regions.

Plot

Shikada Dagashi, a countryside shop selling cheap candy and snacks ("") 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

An eccentric 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 their company's planned shop chain's manager. 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. She is not good at chance games, so uses her other skills to make Kokonotsu consider taking over the shop. In the final chapter, she asks Kokonotsu if he wants to marry her. The relationship between them remains ambiguous.
  • Kokonotsu (also known as Coconuts) 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 . His given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral, ; it works as a pun, referring to his being the ninth generation of the family that will run the store. At the final chapter, he got confessed by Hotaru and was going to give her an answer once she is back. However, their relationship remains ambiguous after she came back.
  • 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 like what she did with ; at one point she defeats a well-prepared Hotaru at a Menko game, an event that leads Hotaru to start addressing her with suffix ('master' in Funimation dub), an antiquated designation used by disciples to their masters.
  • 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". His antics usually earns the wrath of his twin sister Saya, ending with a bruised face and broken sunglasses.
  • 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 as the company's planned dagashi shop chain manager. Like his son, his given name is a Kun'yomi pronunciation of the Japanese numeral,, and works as a pun for his generation of shop owner.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • An old acquaintance of Yō Shikada who runs an shop.

    • Media

    Manga

    Dagashi Kashi, written and illustrated by, was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 25, 2014, to April 11, 2018.[1] [2] [3] The series was collected in 11 volumes published by Shogakukan from September 18, 2014, to May 18, 2018.

    Volumes

    Light novel

    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]

    Anime

    A 12-episode anime adaptation aired from January 7 to March 31, 2016.[5] [6] [7] It was produced by 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. The series' opening theme is "Checkmate!?" by Michi, while the ending theme is "Hey Caloric Queen" by Ayana Taketatsu.

    A second season, Dagashi Kashi 2,[8] aired from January 12 to March 30, 2018, on TBS, and aired on Sun TV and BS-TBS. For Dagashi Kashi 2, Tezuka Productions took over the series production, with Feel instead being credited for setting cooperation. While Motoyama returned 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,[9] and Michiko Yokote wrote the script. The voice cast from the first season reprised their roles,[8] and was joined by Chinatsu Akasaki, who voiced the new character Hajime Owari, and Tomokazu Sugita, who voiced Yutaka Beni.[10] [11] The second season's opening theme is by Taketatsu, while the ending theme is by Hachimitsu Rocket.[12] Dagashi Kashi 2 aired in a shared half-hour time slot together with Takunomi, both of which consist of fifteen-minute episodes.[13] Like its first season, Dagashi Kashi 2 lasted for 12 episodes.[14]

    Reception

    Dagashi Kashi ranked #5 on the "Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics" by the Honya Club website in 2016.[15] The series was nominated for the 41st Kodansha Manga Awards in 2017, in the "best shōnen manga" category.[16]

    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.[17] The manga had over 3 million copies in print as of April, 2018.[18]

    See also

    Notes and References

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    2. Web site: Hodgkins. Crystalyn. Kotoyama's Dagashi Kashi Manga Ends in 3 Chapters. Anime News Network. November 11, 2018. March 17, 2018. January 26, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126105646/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-03-17/kotoyama-dagashi-kashi-manga-ends-in-3-chapters/.129119. live.
    3. Web site: ja:「だがしかし」約4年の連載に幕、ほたるフィギュア付きの最終巻は5月発売. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/277507. Comic Natalie. Natasha, Inc.. October 27, 2020. ja. April 11, 2018. April 24, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210424131112/https://natalie.mu/comic/news/277507. live.
    4. Web site: Dagashi Kashi Gets Light Novel Adaptation by Haiyore! Nyaruko-san Creator. Anime News Network. October 22, 2015. December 24, 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151227061623/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-22/dagashi-kashi-gets-light-novel-adaptation-by-haiyore-nyaruko-san-creator/.94493. December 27, 2015.
    5. Web site: Dagashi Kashi Manga Gets TV Anime Adaptation. Anime News Network. September 19, 2015. January 10, 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20160106100105/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-19/dagashi-kashi-manga-gets-tv-anime-adaptation/.93133. January 6, 2016.
    6. Web site: Dagashi Kashi Anime's Staff, January Premiere Revealed. Anime News Network. October 14, 2015. October 29, 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20151016232341/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-14/dagashi-kashi-anime-staff-january-premiere-revealed/.94180. October 16, 2015.
    7. Web site: Dagashikashi TV Anime's Promo Introduces Characters, Previews Michi's Song. December 29, 2015. January 2, 2020. Anime News Network. January 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128132444/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-29/dagashikashi-tv-anime-promo-introduces-characters-previews-michi-song/.97037. live.
    8. Web site: Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Visuals, Staff. August 8, 2017. Anime News Network. August 8, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170830200002/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-08/dagashi-kashi-2-anime-reveals-teaser-video-visuals-staff/.119898. August 30, 2017 .
    9. Web site: Dagashi Kashi Anime Gets 2nd Season in 2018. Anime News Network. August 4, 2017. August 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170804120139/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-04/dagashi-kashi-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2018/.119733. August 4, 2017. live.
    10. Web site: Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Premieres on January 11, Casts Tomokazu Sugita. December 3, 2017. Anime News Network. December 5, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205095053/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/dagashi-kashi-2-anime-premieres-on-january-11-casts-tomokazu-sugita/.124809. December 5, 2017 .
    11. Web site: Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Reveals January Premiere, New Cast Member. October 7, 2017. Anime News Network. December 5, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171126120657/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-10-07/dagashi-kashi-2-anime-reveals-january-premiere-new-cast-member/.122429. November 26, 2017 .
    12. Web site: Idol Group Hachimitsu Rocket Performs Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime's Ending Theme. Anime News Network. December 3, 2017. December 3, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205095053/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-03/idol-group-hachimitsu-rocket-performs-dagashi-kashi-2-anime-ending-theme/.124789. December 5, 2017.
    13. Web site: Dagashi Kashi 2, Takunomi. Reveal Shared Timeslot, New Videos, Visuals. December 5, 2017. Anime News Network. December 5, 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171205184643/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-12-05/dagashi-kashi-2-takunomi-reveal-shared-timeslot-new-videos-visuals/.124876. December 5, 2017 .
    14. Web site: Dagashi Kashi 2 Anime Listed With 12 Episodes. Anime News Network. January 12, 2018. April 11, 2018. April 12, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180412085205/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2018-01-12/dagashi-kashi-2-anime-listed-with-12-episodes/.126370. live.
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