Happy Boys

Happy Boys (ハッピィ★ボーイズ, Happii Bōizu) is a Japanese television comedy, following five young men who work at Lady Braganza, a shitsuji kissa (butler café). It was adapted into a manga by Makoto Tateno.

Television series

The series aired Mondays between 13:15 and 14:45.

Cast

• Koji Seto as Segawa Kyoichi/Shiva
• Kenta Kamakari as Akasaka Junta/Renjou
• Keisuke Kato as Kitamura Kosuke/Ivory
• Gaku Shindo as Inada Gen/Silk
• Shugo Nagashima as Tsuruoka Kokoro/Ibu
• Eiji Sugawara as Fukawa Kiichi
• Shunji Fujimura as Shikawaichi Kura (Owner)
• Tetsushi Tanaka as Katano Sakatoru/Katapi

Guest stars

• Megumi Komatsu (ep1-2)
• Natsuhi Ueno (ep3-4)
• Hisae Morishita (ep5-6)
• Takahiro Uemura (ep5-6)
• Kaori Ikeda (ep7-8)
• Atsushi Hashimoto (ep7-8)
• Rie Minemura (ep9-10)
• Toshiyuki Toyonaga (ep9-10)
• Hana Kino (ep11-13)

Manga

The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing,^[1] and in Germany by Egmont Manga.^[2]

Development

Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.^[3]

Reception

Snow Wildsmith described the manga as "enjoyable, but not all that memorable", but noted that the stereotypically "blatantly gay" chef could offend some readers.^[4] Leroy Douresseaux felt the manga series had potential, but that the first volume was not "anything really special".^[5] Connie C. described the manga as being "a cross between Antique Bakery and Princess Princess".^[6] Matthew Warner felt it was fun to see the characters switch on their "butler-mode".^[7]

References

External links

• Official Site (in Japanese)