Blend S

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Blend S (?????S, Burendo Esu) is a Japanese four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine with the October 2013 issue. A 12-episode anime television series adaptation by A-1 Pictures aired from October to December 2017.

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Plot

High school girl Maika Sakuranomiya has trouble finding a part-time job because of how scary she looks when smiling. However, she is scouted one day by an Italian man who is also the manager of Stile, a café where its waitresses are given unique traits such as tsundere and younger sister. Maika is given a sadist trait because of her looks and has to adopt a dominant and cruel persona when servicing customers, particularly masochist ones.

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Characters

Maika Sakuranomiya (??? ??, Sakuranomiya Maika)

Voiced by: Azumi Waki

Maika is a 16-year-old girl who despite having a positive and cheerful personality, unintentionally gains a sadistic look in her eyes whenever she smiles. This look catches the attention of Dino, who scouts her to be the 'sadistic girl' waitress at café Stile. Despite being told that the customers like being treated badly, her worrying about how she is treating customers gets the better of her, causing her to snap into an apologetic personality as soon as they have left. She comes from a very traditional family and works part-time so she could study abroad using her own money. Her love of other countries also makes her develop an admiration towards Colonel Sanders (whom she refers to as the "old man from the chicken place") and Santa Claus. She adores Dino because of his blond hair but is oblivious to Dino's crush on her.

Kaho Hinata (?? ??, Hinata Kaho)

Voiced by: Akari Kit?

Kaho is a 17-year-old waitress at Stile who acts as the tsundere. She loves playing video games and often visits arcades, but this usually causes her to quickly run out of money. Although she plays the tsundere girl, Kaho's real personality is that of a carefree and cheerful person. She has trouble keeping up her tsundere persona when customers are discussing video games, feeling the need to join in. She is currently the most popular waitress at Stile.

Mafuyu Hoshikawa (?? ??, Hoshikawa Mafuyu)

Voiced by: Anzu Haruno

Mafuyu is another waitress at Stile who is actually a 21-year-old college student, but plays the younger sister character because of her petite figure. Her real personality is mature and she rarely shows emotion, but easily gets excited whenever her favorite series, Aisatsu (Magical Frill in the anime), is involved. She has a younger brother who is taller than her, and she has always wanted a younger sister, although she will not include Kaho because of Kaho's body figure.

Miu Amano (?? ??, Amano Miu)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki

Miu is a waitresses who fulfills the older sister trait. She usually wears glasses and is a 22-year-old d?jinshi artist in a group called "Hanazono Folder" that draws adult comics. Miu initially came to the café as a customer, then Dino scouted her and she accepted to get inspiration for her d?jinshi. One of her hobbies is observing people, particularly the relationship between Dino and Maika; she even uses them as models in her d?jinshi.

Hideri Kanzaki (?? ???, Kanzaki Hideri)

Voiced by: Sora Tokui

Hideri is a 16-year-old waitress who fulfills the idol trait. Hideri is actually a boy who dresses as a girl and aspires to become an idol. He works at Stile to gain fans; giving proof to his parents that he is talented, or else he has to inherit his family's farm. While he acts like a "cute" girl all the time, he can unintentionally become manly and sometimes helps Dino get closer to Maika.

Dino (????, D?no)

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno

Dino is a 26-year-old Italian manager of Stile and works in the kitchen. He loves anime girls and figurines, and often stays up late to watch late night anime. His nose bleeds whenever he gets excited. Due to his attraction for Japanese girls, particularly the black-haired ones, he develops an open crush on Maika, although Maika herself is oblivious to this fact. He lives on the second floor above Stile and took in a dog named Owner (????) per Maika's request.

K?y? Akizuki (?? ??, Akizuki K?y?)

Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki

K?y? is the 21-year-old chef at Stile who loves yuri and always wants to see female customers being friendly to each other to fire his imagination. Working at the same station as Dino, he has to work harder because the latter often slacks off. Like Kaho, he is also a gamer and later becomes more conscious of her.

Aika Sakuranomiya (??? ??, Sakuranomiya Aika)

Voiced by: Rei Matsuzaki

Aika is Maika's older sister who dresses in a yamato nadeshiko manner. She often worries about Maika because of her scary eyes. Like her sister, Aika is a natural sadistic character. She mistakes Dino as Maika's boyfriend.

K?ichi Sakuranomiya (??? ??, Sakuranomiya K?ichi)

Voiced by: Shinki Sat?

K?ichi is Maika's older brother who is recognizable from his black hair with bangs parted in the middle. Like his sisters, he is a natural sadistic character. He is worried about Maika who has few friends because of her scary eyes. He mistakes Dino as Maika's boyfriend.

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Media

Manga

Blend S is a four-panel comic strip manga written and illustrated by Miyuki Nakayama. It made its first appearance in Houbunsha's Manga Time Kirara Carat magazine with the October 2013 issue, and began serialization in the magazine with the March 2014 issue.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation, directed by Ry?ji Masuyama and produced by A-1 Pictures, premiered on October 8, 2017. G? Zappa supervised the series' scripts and Y?suke Okuda designed the characters. Aniplex of America licensed the anime for release in North America. The opening theme "Bon Appétit?S" (????????S, Bonapet?to?Esu) and ending theme "Detarame na Minus to Plus ni Okeru Blend K?" (??????????????????????, Detarame na Mainasu to Purasu ni Okeru Burendo K?) are performed by Azumi Waki, Akari Kit?, and Anzu Haruno under the name Blend A (pronounced Blend Ace).

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See also

• Spirits & Cat Ears - Another manga by the same author

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Notes

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References

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External links

• Anime official website
• Blend S (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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