Summary
Bartender: Glass of God presents bartending skills as superpowers, connecting it to a shounen combat system. This series offers a recipe for the type of bartender you want to be, highlighting the versatile martini. Even though it's just a casual game, Bartender: Glass of God still welcomes all anime fans with its unique take on the genre.
Although officially a slice-of-life series, the new season cartoonBartender: God's cup perfect for those trying this genre for the first time because of the early episodes brings more inspiration to sports manga and even features typical classic shounen tropes instead of following the typical slice-of-life format. However, it is understandable why the series is considered a slice of life, since the eponymous bartender, Ryū Sasakura, creates cocktails and other alcoholic drinks based on the lives of those who enter the establishment. his department.
What newcomers to the genre will certainly be attracted to is the way the art of bartending is portrayed. Like most sports manga, Bartender goes deep the minute sophistication of the profession to an almost ridiculous degree, determining the temperature and when a certain drink should be chilled and how quickly one should stir the mixture.
Some other embellishments are not specific to sports manga, such as whenever a bartender shares the backstory about a particular drink, but in typical anime style, it becomes involved in the story because of how it unfolds. The real history has to do with what the customer wants or needs to drink at that time.
The main character's bartending skills are like superpowers
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In fact, it's almost like that The gaming aspect of bartending where the series starts delving into shounen territory, especially when an impromptu competition in episode #4 feels like its treatment of superpower battles. Up until that point, Ryu's mixology strategy had been shaped by intense attention to detail and keen ability, which had given him the means not only to create the right cocktail but also explains why he chose it. In typical shounen style, his opponents breaking established rules always signifies success for the series' expansion. Extremely complex version of a “combat system”.
Bartender similarly puts an interesting spin on the common question of what kind of hero a protagonist wants to be in shounen by connecting it to the easy-to-understand terminology of its respective focus. In this case, that's the type of bartender they want to be. Most importantly, this series offers the formula to achieve this, involves putting their own personality into the globally recognized cocktail, the martinithere is something called “face” that makes it naturally flexible.
The combination of the recognized “king” of this respective profession and the multifaceted symbol of “face” that the series connects to a bartender's unique sense of self is a great metaphor. It works on so many levels that any anime fan can truly appreciate. .
Although Slice-Of-Life at its core, the series welcomes all Anime fans
While slice of life may be off-putting to newer anime fans, Bartender: Glass of God has something for everyone
In general, slice-of-life is a more difficult genre for some anime fans to invest in, as their stories are often slower-paced due to having to focus on a specific aspect of a person's life. character to the point of including almost too much detail. As a result, most of the action in it can feel boring compared to most plot-driven series, especially since there's rarely any conflict in the first place, and when there is, it's usually quite subtle. international.
Bartenders don't feel that way just because The anime focuses a lot on Ryu's skills and the lives of those who sought drink; supplemented by a series of bartending histories and strategies that feel almost too streamlined and fast-paced to be a part of life. Of course, the overarching story of a hotel trying to hire Ryu certainly fits the slice-of-life format, but Bartender: God's drink There's more to it than that, and that's actually a good thing for both longtime and new fans of the genre.