A detective, a manga editor, a failed cartoonist and a single mother are among the customers who come to the midnight diner for food and company.
#1 | 20.10.2014Episode 1 (
Menchi-Katsu)
4,0/5 (bei 2 Stimmen)
Widowed singer Misao Kashima makes a rare visit to eat minced meat cutlets. Misao has been unable to perform on stage ever since she lost her husband.
#2 | 27.10.2014Episode 2 (
Tomatoes Wrapped in Pork Belly)
4,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)
Comic editor Uno brings up-and-coming award-winning artist Hashimoto to eat Master’s pork-wrapped tomatoes. He lives with a woman and writes comics.
#3 | 03.11.2014Episode 3 (
Simmered Taro and Squid)
3,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)
Private detectives Kei and Mamoru are drawn to the aroma of Master’s simmered taro and squid. They spend the night together after leaving the diner.
#4 | 10.11.2014Episode 4 (Red Pickled Ginger Tempura)
Regular Komichi falls for Kasumi, whose past is unknown. She asks Master to make pickled ginger tempura, a taste familiar to people from Osaka.
#5 | 17.11.2014Episode 5 (Vermicelli Salad)
Miho and Sayuri, in charge of their elementary school reunion, order vermicelli salad. The two recall their old schoolmate who loved the dish.
#6 | 24.11.2014Episode 6 (Cabbage Rolls)
The weather is getting cooler so Master prepares extra stuffed cabbage to the regular customers’ delight. Only the stripper Marilyn feels differently.
#7 | 01.12.2014Episode 7 (Freshwater Clam Soup)
On Saturday mornings, Yoshio and wife Mizue come to eat clam soup. People refer to them as a close couple. Yoshio is actually Mizue’s third husband.
#8 | 08.12.2014Episode 83,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)
”Do you have sautéed burdock?” asks stately Chizuru Ichikawa as she enters the diner. She is Gen’s former high school teacher, club adviser, and crush.
#9 | 08.12.2014Episode 93,5/5 (bei 1 Stimme)
Detectives Noguchi and Izumi always disagree. He wants “liver and chives”, she wants “chives and liver”. She tells Master she wants a new partner.
#10 | 22.12.2014Episode 104,0/5 (bei 1 Stimme)
It’s New Year’s Eve. The regulars all come by to ring in the new year with Master’s soba noodles. The diner is always a special place for them.
The midnight diner's master serves up food and sympathy to more motley customers, ranging from yakuza to pachinko parlor workers to strippers.
Each night a midnight diner serves up just four dishes, but customers aren't really there for the food: They've come for advice and a sympathetic ear.