Okay, this past weekend, I went on a marathon watching the anime and drama of Antique Bakery, and then reading the manga series… I have also seen some reviews mention how short the manga was, and how bad the drama was. I don’t want to even say how I was so confused by the anime..

So this is my reflection on all three mediums….

Warning as there are spoilers and some minor questioning.. so don’t read beyond this break.

Anime
Antique Bakery aired Summer 2008, with an artistic style that reminds me of My Neighbors, the Yamadas. There was enough Shonen-ai for me to say aww… and I was like – what happen to the relationship of Ono and Chikage. I so wanted them to kiss when Ono was trying to get Chikage to sleep with him. Still that relationship kinda took place in the back burner… as they focus more on Tachibana’s story and the reason why he opened up Antique in the first place as a way to lure his abductor.

Toward the ending, when he save that boy, and found out that the kidnapper wasn’t the man who abducted him, but another guy who came to the store and purchase a cake – several ideas came to my mind – One: did he kill his wife? Two: What is he going to do when he moves to Sendai? Three: How can Tachibana not know of his captor as being that man who purchased the cake from him and was walking away limping, he still has nightmares… so is this it?

Drama
This series was not memorable at all, and I felt that they focused too much on Tackey being Eiji’s character. There were elements of things being too dramatic. No shonen-ai to even mention of, and the unecessary additions of Koyuki and that guy who they were trying to help confess to the girl that he liked. Also the fact that the bakery changed to an Italian restaurant had me thinking.. huh?

Manga
Yep, no wonder there was the off spring of the Anime and the Drama.. the manga is soooo good… and there is more detail for the characters, not just the supporting characters. There were parts that made me laugh out loud. Also the pacing for time change was a lot better I believe, than the anime or the drama. But alas the ending is the same as the anime, or the anime based from the manga, so my questions are transferable… >_<()