"Deaimon : Recipe for Happiness" follows Itsuka & Nagomu working at Ryokushou, a Wagashi (sweet) shop and as the Anime progresses, you start to see the character relationships, their struggles and their resolutions for said problems, via sweets aka "Wagashi". A quick debunk of the title gives away what the show really is about.
Deai (出会い) means "new encounter" or "to meet someone new", mon (もん) as an abbreviation of mono (もの) means "thing", but Deaimon (であいもん) means "various seasonal food".
So in each episode, you meet a new character, or new encounter between already introduced characters which intertwines with different sweets it shows in each episode. This Anime shows, while not in-detail the sweet making process in Ryokushou and how these chanced encounters will find a meaning each sweet conveys.
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when 'child Nagomu' gets some mean comments from his classmates after he said he'll work in Ryokushou (in a sweet shop, as a sweets maker). And for this, his teacher says this one line;
The review mostly ends here.
Here on out, I'm gonna talk about;
Opening song Sumire by Maaya Sakamoto and Ending song Koko ni Yaru Yakusoku by "ayaho × Junichi Soga", both songs fit perfectly well & create the perfect mood to watch the show, and are well arranged with the calm visuals.
- Itsuka
NO! She isn't some cat girl.- Art Style & Backgrounds
Big thanks to everyone at Encourage Films for making my Wednesday nights for these last 3 months, a bit relaxing :)