Blend S

**Blend S** (ブレンド・S, *Blend S*) is a japanese 4-koma manga series written by Nakayama Miyuki. It began serialisation in the December 2013 issue of Manga Time Kirara Carat.

The series was released under 8 volumes from January 2015 to May 2022.

## Synopsis

Wishing to be independent, 16-year-old Maika Sakuranomiya is desperate to nail down a part-time job so that she can afford to study abroad. Unfortunately, her applications are constantly rejected due to the menacing look she unintentionally makes whenever she smiles, despite her otherwise cheerful disposition.

After yet another failed interview, she chances upon Café Stile, a coffee shop where the servers interact with the customers while roleplaying distinctive characteristics. The Italian store manager, Dino, becomes infatuated with Maika's cuteness at first sight, and offers her a job as a waitress with a sadistic nature. Coupled with her inherent clumsiness, she successfully manages to serve a pair of masochistic customers in accordance with her new, ruthless persona. Alongside Kaho Hinata as the tsundere and Mafuyu Hoshikawa as the younger sister, Maika decides to make the most out of her unique quirk and cements her position in the cafe with merciless cruelty!

## Characters

* Sakuranomiya Maika
* Hinata Kaho
* Hoshikawa Mifuyu
* Amano Miu
* Kanzaki Hideri
* Dino
* Akizuki Kouyou
* Sakuranomiya Aika

## Anime

The series received an anime adaptation in 2017, produced by A-1 Pictures.
*see: Blend S (Anime)*

## Volumes

* Sakuranomiya Maika

 While looking for a part-time job, Sakuranomiya Maika finds herself hired by a café where each waitress plays a different character type. She's got a pretty scary look in her eyes, so for her role, she's asked to play a sadist. As it turns out—and much to her surprise—she's actually quite good at it! Just what sorts of strange, fun situations await her at her new post?
 (Source: Sol Press)

* Hinata Kaho

 Maika, who has gradually become accustomed to serving customers with "Do S Chara," is enjoying her first part-time job, going out to the sea and mountains with the shop staff. It seems that her store manager's feelings of wanting to get closer to her with Maika are still not noticed ...?
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Hoshikawa Mifuyu

 The season is winter, but the romantic comedy situation at the coffee shop "Stille" is getting hotter!  As Kaho and Akizuki, Mafuyu and the customer's boys approach each other unexpectedly, the store manager finally confesses to Maika.  Plan a one-night, two-day ski trip ...!?
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Amano Miu

 Strawberry incense who enjoyed New Year's Eve and bargains with the people of the coffee shop "Stile" at the part-time job. She thought that her store manager's thoughts still remained unreachable this year ... For some reason, Miu-san's strategy is to date them !?  The latest issue of Strawberry Incense's Natural Do S is even more brilliant!
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Kanzaki Hideri

 Stile has run out of manpower in the kitchen due to Akizuki's injury. Although Mafuyu's friend Ayato came to help, This person also has something strange, contrary to how cool it looks ...!? On the other hand, the store manager decides to apply for a formal date with Maika!
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Dino
* Sakuranomiya Maika

 One year has passed since Maika became a clerk at a coffee shop, Stile. She finally realized she liked the store manager, The steps of the two who should have both feelings are still detours ...  The long-awaited 6th volume of the "attribute cafe" romantic comedy, whose cuteness and eccentricity have increased more and more!
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Akizuki Kouyou
* Hinata Kaho

 Speaking of selling coffee shop "Stile", customer service with characters such as dp S and tsundere.  The fair that such a store has just started ... BL sales and Yuri sales !?  The staff of Maika and others also try to increase the skinship between girls by groping.
 (Source: Amazon JP - Translated)

* Sakuranomiya Maika
* Hinata Kaho
* Hoshikawa Mifuyu
* Amano Miu
* Kanzaki Hideri
* Dino
* Akizuki Kouyou

 Dino's mother, Sophia, who suddenly came to Japan, went out of control to bring the store manager back to Italy. On the other hand, the number of days when Kaho and Mafuyu cannot come to the store due to schoolwork is increasing. Can Stile continue to operate as had before!? The popular sweet romantic comedy is completed here!
 (Source: Dokidoki Visual - Translated)