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  • Published: 15 July 2016
  • ISBN: 9781632363695
  • Imprint: Kodansha
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $29.99

Sweetness and Lightning 1



  • An adorable family drama/comedy/cooking manga, Sweetness and Lightning will appeal to readers of Bunny Drop, Yotsuba&! and Barakamon.
  • Each chapter ends with a recipe, with detailed illustrated advice on executing modern Japanese cuisine.
  • Five volumes and ongoing.
  • Ages 13+

    “This season’s number one feel-good anime! Grade A.” -Anime News Network

    “A beautifully drawn story about comfort food and family and grief, it’s a delightful read. Recommended.”  -Otaku USA Magazine

    A Recipe for Family

    Having lost his wife, math teacher Kôhei Inuzuka is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He's pretty bad at cooking and doesn't have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Kotori Iida, together for homemade adventures. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it's no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious.

    • Published: 15 July 2016
    • ISBN: 9781632363695
    • Imprint: Kodansha
    • Format: Paperback
    • Pages: 192
    • RRP: $29.99

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    Praise for Sweetness and Lightning 1

    "If you have a hankering for seeing the joy of cooking (and eating!), then Sweetness and Lightning is there for you. The series isn't as over-the-top as [other cooking manga, but it shares] a similar sense of all-encompassing excitement." - Ogiue Maniax
    "It makes you feel good, and it makes you feel happy, and these kinds of things are the only things that keep my cold iron heart still pumping... Go give this manga the readership it deserves, because its freakin' amazing, and deserves more attention than it has right now." - Abysmal