Coffee & Vanilla (Japanese: コーヒー&バニラ, Hepburn: Kōhī Ando Banira) is a Japanese manga series by Takara Akegami. Coffee & Vanilla is serialized in the monthly josei manga magazine Cheese! from April 2015 to January 2024. In addition, a spin-off series titled Coffee & Vanilla Black ran in the digital monthly magazine Premier Cheese!! since 2018.
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A live-action television drama adaptation ran from July 5 to September 6, 2019.[2]
Plot
Risa Shiragi is a popular student at her university known for her beauty, but she has a timid personality, which prevents her from entering relationships with others. One day, after Hiroto Fukami rescues her from a stalker, she becomes attracted to his mature personality and they begin dating. Throughout their relationship, Risa tries to match Fukami's maturity and hopes one day to become a suitable partner for him.
Characters
- Risa Shiragi (白城 リサ, Shiragi Risa)
- Portrayed by Haruka Fukuhara (TV drama)[3]
- Risa is a 20-year-old college student who is popular among other students for her beauty, but is very shy in reality.
- Hiroto Fukami (深見 宏斗, Fukami Hiroto)
- Portrayed by Dori Sakurada (TV drama)[3]
- Fukami is the 32-year-old and the president of Fukami Holdings.
- Takaaki Akutsu (阿久津 孝晃, Akutsu Takaaki)
- Portrayed by Mario Kuroba (TV drama)[3]
- Akutsu is Fukami's rival and the president of Akutsu Corporation. He is popular with women.
- Tsubasa Yoshiki (吉木 翼, Yoshiki Tsubasa)
- Portrayed by Yuki Ogoe (TV drama)[3]
- Tusubasa is Risa's classmate. He is friendly and falls in love with Risa.
- Natsuki Ashiya (芦屋 なつき, Ashiya Natsuki)
- Portrayed by Noa Kita (TV drama)[3]
- Natsuki is Risa's childhood friend who later enters a friends-with-benefits relationship with Akutsu.
- Yuki Ichiyanagi (市柳 雪, Ichiyanagi Yuki)
- Portrayed by Shogo Hama (TV drama)[3]
- Yuki is Fukami's private secretary. He was Fukami's classmate when they were in high school.
Media
Manga
Coffee & Vanilla is written and illustrated by Takara Akegami. It was serialized in the monthly josei manga magazine Cheese! since the June 2015 issue.[3] It ended in the March 2024 issue on January 24, 2024.[4] The chapters were later released in twenty-four tankōbon volumes released from October 26, 2015 to February 26, 2024 by Shogakukan under the Flower Comics imprint.[5][6]
A spin-off series titled Coffee & Vanilla: Black, focusing on side characters Natsuki and Akutsu, began running concurrently in 2018 in the magazine Premier Cheese!
Coffee & Vanilla
Coffee & Vanilla: Black
Television drama
A live-action television series adaptation was announced in June 2019 and slated for release on July 4, 2019.[2] The series stars Haruka Fukuhara as Risa, Dori Sakurada as Fukami, Mario Kuroba as Akutsu, Yuki Ogoe as Tsubasa, Noa Kita as Natsuki, and Shogo Hama as Yuki.[3] The television series aired weekly on MBS TV at 1 AM as part of their Drama Tokku programming block, with other broadcasts on TV Kanagawa and Television Saitama.[3] The opening theme song is "You & I" by Good on the Reel and the ending theme is "Melancholic" by Airi Miyakawa.[34]
Episodes
Reception
The series ranked #6 in the shojo and josei category on the digital book service BookLive! in the first half of 2019.[35]
Volume 10 debuted at #12 on Oricon and sold 45,368 copies.[36] Volume 11 debuted at #6 on Oricon and sold 70,155 copies.[37]
By February 2024, the series had over 10 million copies in circulation.[6]
References
External links
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