What’s it about? A swanky new resort has opened in Ginza, however it’s lacking one amenity: the bar, which is locked behind a locked door. It is going to stay that means till Kurushima Miwa and Higuchi Yukari are in a position to recruit the right bartender, one able to creating the ‘glass of God’. What precisely does that imply? Kurushima and Higuchi aren’t certain as a result of their boss solely advised them they might know after they discovered it. Enter Sasakura Ryuu, an absent-minded man who additionally occurs to be an award-winning cocktail bartender. May he be who they have been on the lookout for all alongside?
I watched the unique Bartender years in the past. To be sincere, my reminiscences of it aren’t that clear, I primarily bear in mind purely episodic tales a few bartender choosing the right cocktail for the weary prospects who arrive at his old school counter. At a look, I seen that followers of the unique aren’t notably enthusiastic about this new installment. Personally I assumed it was good? Good. Nothing very thrilling.
Bartender is actually an iyashikei collection for adults. It is the fantasy the place, after a protracted, exhausting day, you go to a spot the place somebody will establish your wants and care for you. It is being in an area the place, for a short while, you’ll be able to depart every part else behind. The beams of Bartender: Glass of God are quiet and atmospheric, designed for solitary contemplation relatively than socializing, dancing and even getting actually drunk. The wall behind the bar is lined with backlit liquor bottles, and I can hardly think about Sasakura turning on a faucet. Even the soda water he pours for a highball comes from a glass bottle.
Sasakura states: “On this world, there are two forms of professions that completely can’t mislead the shopper. One among these is the physician or pharmacist. And the opposite one is… The bartender. In each circumstances, one small change within the system is the distinction between serving poison or drugs.” I am not a teetotaler, however this did not swimsuit me. I did not just like the conflation of bartenders and medical professionals. Alcohol shouldn’t be a drug; the proof for the touted well being advantages of consuming is weak and correlation is as possible as causation. Consuming does not remedy the characters’ issues both. They take pleasure in a drink ready by somebody expert of their craft and who’s attentive to their emotional state. That’s what heals them after a tense seek for a brand new worker.
Lest my expensive readers suppose there’s a stick up my ass, I’m not in opposition to consuming! I’d like to strive one in every of Edenshall’s cocktails, though I doubt I can afford it. I like having a drink with pals, whether or not it is to loosen up earlier than I do a panel, faucet into my loopy aspect for a Jackbox, or catch up on the native watering gap, I will usually have a Do not refuse cocktail or a glass of cider. However on the similar time, I’m satisfied that alcohol shouldn’t be the answer to something, and evaluating a bartender with somebody who went to highschool for a very long time to find out how the human physique works is kind of ridiculous.
To be sincere, possibly I used to be just a bit bitter after the ridiculous false etymology of the phrase “bartender,” which Sasakura claims means “a delicate bass.” You understand, as a result of a “bar” is a perch to relaxation on, and “tender” means mild. UM NO? Is not that what both means on this case? Is that this payback for all of the occasions white entrepreneurs claimed a Japanese phrase had a deep which means, like claiming “yomi” means “studying your opponent”? I assumed bartenders weren’t allowed to mislead their prospects, Sasakura!
So sure. I favored it Bartender: Glass of God adequate, however the lofty claims gave it an air of pretentiousness that I could not actually get previous. Bartending is a craft that deserves respect, similar to any culinary artwork, however it is a bit foolish to faux it is greater than it’s.
