:Setsuyaku Rock
{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
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| ja_kanji = 節約ロック
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| genre = Comedy
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| author = {{ill|Hiromi Okubo|ja|大久保ヒロミ}}
| publisher = Kodansha
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| demographic = {{Transliteration|ja|Seinen}}
| magazine = Morning
| imprint = Morning KC
| first = {{start date|2016|12|22}}
| last = {{start date|2017|7|6}}
| volumes = 3
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| type = drama
| director = {{ubl|Kaku Mizuno|Atsushi Okamoto|Kai Ōe}}
| producer = {{ubl|{{ill|Yoko Edami|ja|枝見洋子}}|Tarō Nagamatsuya|Yō Tomomorishita}}
| writer = {{ill|Hayashi Mori|ja|森ハヤシ}}
| music = Hidehiro Kawai
| studio =
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| network = Nippon TV
| network_en =
| first = {{Start date|2019|1|22}}
| last = {{Start date|2019|3|26}}
| episodes = 10
| episode_list =
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{{nihongo|Setsuyaku Rock|節約ロック|Setsuyaku Rokku|{{literal translation}} "Rock Savings"|lead=yes}} is a Japanese manga series by {{ill|Hiromi Okubo|ja|大久保ヒロミ}}. Setsuyaku Rock was serialized in the {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga magazine Morning from December 22, 2016, to July 6, 2017. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast on Nippon TV from January 22 to March 26, 2019 as the seventh entry to their late-night Monday television programming block, {{ill|Shin Dora|ja|シンドラ}}.
Plot
Takao Matsumoto, a 30-year-old salaryman who has a passion for Western rock music, has no money in his savings, causing his girlfriend, Makiko, to break up with him. After discovering how delicious homemade food is, Takao decides to start being frugal in order to get back together with Makiko. Each chapter depicts Takao saving money in various situations, such as food, electricity, clothes, and medical expenses.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/266387|script-title=ja:「ひとパー」大久保ヒロミが描く30歳貯金ゼロ男の節約コメディ「節約ロック」|trans-title=Hitomi Okubo, author of It's All About the Looks, draws Setsuyaku Rock, a comedy about a 30-year-old man with no savings trying to be frugal|language=ja|work=Comic Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=2018-01-23|access-date=2024-06-11}} Every time Takao saves money, it is accompanied with a visual gag of him hearing money rain down into an imaginary piggy bank.
Characters
;{{nihongo|Takao Matsumoto|松本 タカオ|Matsumoto Takao}}
:{{portrayed by|Tatsuya Ueda}}
:Takao is a 30-year-old salaryman who works at an advertising agency, earning a net income of {{JPY|200,000}}. He plays in a band and has no sense of money.
;{{nihongo|Makiko Oguro|大黒 マキコ|Ōguro Makiko}}
:{{portrayed by|Mina Fujii}}
:Makiko is Takao's ex-girlfriend who breaks up with him over his lack of sense of money.
;{{nihongo|Kouta Inaba|稲葉 コウタ|Inaba Kōta}}
:{{portrayed by|Daiki Shigeoka}}
:Inaba is a refreshing and handsome man who Takao sees as his rival, especially when Makiko befriends him.
;{{nihongo|Hamada|浜田}}
:Hamada is a follower of Takao's Instagram account and they develop a close relationship when they meet in person.
Media
=Manga=
Setsuyaku Rock is written and illustrated by {{ill|Hiromi Okubo|ja|大久保ヒロミ}}. It was serialized in the {{Transliteration|ja|seinen}} manga magazine Morning from December 22, 2016, (2017 issue nos. 4 and 5){{cite web|script-title=ja:モーニング2017年4・5合併号|url=http://morning.moae.jp/news/3378|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=July 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224175459/http://morning.moae.jp/magazine/morning|archive-date=December 24, 2016|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053011|script-title=ja:節約ロック|trans-title=Rock Savings|language=ja|work=Kodansha|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171434/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000053011|url-status=live}} to July 6, 2017 (2017 issue no. 32).{{cite web|script-title=ja:モーニング2017年32号|url=http://morning.moae.jp/news/3378|publisher=Kodansha|access-date=July 5, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170710064734/http://morning.moae.jp/magazine/morning|archive-date=July 10, 2017|language=ja}}{{cite web|url=https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000321935|title=節約ロック|trans-title=Rock Savings|language=ja|work=Kodansha|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171436/https://kc.kodansha.co.jp/product?item=0000321935|url-status=live}} The chapters were later released in three bound volumes by Kodansha under the Morning KC imprint.
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=Television drama=
A live-action television series adaptation was announced on November 18, 2018, as the seventh entry to Nippon TV's late-night Monday television block, {{ill|Shin Dora|ja|シンドラ}}.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2123468/full/|script-title=ja:KAT-TUN上田、主演ドラマで直球コメディー初挑戦 ライバルにジャニーズWEST重岡|trans-title=KAT-TUN's Ueda takes on a challenge in the starring role of his first direct comedy, with Johnny's West Shigeoka as his rival|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2018-11-18|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612080057/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2123468/full/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-18/setsuyaku-rock-manga-gets-live-action-tv-series-in-january/.139663|title=Setsuyaku Rock Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series in January|work=Anime News Network|date=2018-11-18|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171436/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-11-18/setsuyaku-rock-manga-gets-live-action-tv-series-in-january/.139663|url-status=live}} The series aired on Nippon TV from January 22, 2019,{{efn|name=time|Nippon TV lists the broadcast date as January 21, 2019, at 00:59, which is January 22, 2019, at 12:59 a.m.}} to March 26, 2019, for 10 episodes.
The series was re-imagined as a buddy comedy{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2164885/full/|script-title=ja:上田竜也×重岡大毅『節約ロック』新撮追加で特別編放送「良いコンビ感を出したい」【コメント全文】|trans-title=Setsuyaku Rock, starring Tatsuya Ueda and Daiki Shigeoka, is rebroadcast with new scenes: "I want to give it a feeling of a good duo"|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2020-06-19|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171426/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2164885/full/|url-status=live}} and stars KAT-TUN member Tatsuya Ueda as Takao and Johnny's West member Daiki Shigeoka as Inaba. On December 24, 2018, Mina Fujii was cast as Makiko.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2126097/full/|script-title=ja:KAT-TUN上田竜也主演ドラマ、追加キャスト決定 藤井美菜、アヤカ・ウィルソン、宇梶剛士ら|trans-title=Mina Fujii, Ayaka Wilson, and Takashi Ukaji added to the cast of drama starring Tatsuya Ueda from KAT-TUN|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2018-12-24|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612080045/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2126097/full/|url-status=live}} Other series regulars include {{ill|Ayaka Wilson|ja|アヤカ・ウィルソン}} and Takashi Ukaji as Rin Shiina and Keizō Kuwata respectively, original characters created for the drama.{{cite web|first=Karen|last=Ressler|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-24/setsuyaku-rock-live-action-series-adds-3-more-cast-members/.141278|title=Setsuyaku Rock Live-Action Series Adds 3 More Cast Members|work=Anime News Network|date=2018-12-24|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171432/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-12-24/setsuyaku-rock-live-action-series-adds-3-more-cast-members/.141278|url-status=live}} {{ill|Cookie (comedian)|lt=Cookie|ja|くっきー!}} from the comedy duo {{ill|Yasei Bakudan|ja|野性爆弾}} also plays an original character created for the drama as the "god of rock", with ten different appearances based on popular Western musicians.{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2127382/full/|script-title=ja:くっきー、"ロックの神様"役で10変化 KAT-TUN上田竜也「笑いをこらえるのが大変」|trans-title=Cookie makes 10 appearances in the role of the "god of rock"; Tatsuya Ueda from KAT-TUN states, "It's hard to hold back your laughter"|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2019-01-14|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=February 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206131309/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2127382/full/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|first=Rafael Antonio|last=Pineda|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-16/setsuyaku-rock-live-action-series-adds-comedian-cookie-as-original-character/.142059|title=Setsuyaku Rock Live-Action Series Adds Comedian Cookie as Original Character|work=Anime News Network|date=2019-01-16|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171436/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-01-16/setsuyaku-rock-live-action-series-adds-comedian-cookie-as-original-character/.142059|url-status=live}}
The drama adaptation is directed by Kaku Mizuno, Atsushi Okamoto, and Kai Ōe, with {{ill|Hayashi Mori|ja|森ハヤシ}} writing the script and Hidehiro Kawai composing the music. The theme song is "Go Ahead" by KAT-TUN.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/music/news/336227|script-title=ja:KAT-TUN、火がテーマの10thアルバム「IGNITE」リリース|trans-title=KAT-TUN releases their 10th album, Ignite, on Tuesday|language=ja|work=Music Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=2019-06-19|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612171441/https://natalie.mu/music/news/336227|url-status=live}} In addition, Ueda performed the insert song "Setsuyaku Rock."{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2127780/full/|script-title=ja:KAT-TUN上田竜也、劇中歌「節約ROCK」に手応え「ギャップを楽しんで」|trans-title=Tatsuya Ueda from KAT-TUN reacts to music clip of Setsuyaku Rock: "Enjoy the gap in [Takao's] appearance"|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2019-02-25|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825175541/https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2127780/full/|url-status=live}} A version of the song was also performed as a duet between Ueda and Shigeoka, credited as the "Setsuyaku Rockers."{{cite news|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2130240/full/|script-title=ja:上田竜也×重岡大毅『節約ロック』で劇中歌セッション「すごく面白かった」 |trans-title=Tatsuya Ueda and Daiki Shigeoka have a session in music clip of "Setsyaku Rock": "It was very fun"|language=ja|work=Oricon|date=2019-02-25|access-date=2024-06-11}}
Nippon TV rebroadcast the drama beginning on July 20, 2020, with the addition of newly filmed scenes. The new scenes took place a year after the initial broadcast of the final episode and take place in July 2020, depicting Takao and Inaba reflecting on the events of the past year as they are being kidnapped.{{cite web|url=https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/383860|script-title=ja:上田竜也×重岡大毅コンビが再び、「節約ロック」新撮パートありの"ちょっと特別編"|trans-title=Tatsuya Ueda and Daiki Shigeoka return as a duo, Setsuyaku Rock's "slightly special version" features newly filmed parts|language=ja|work=Eiga Natalie|publisher=Natasha, Inc.|date=2020-06-19|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=August 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240825175548/https://natalie.mu/eiga/news/383860|url-status=live}}
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Empty Space
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Hazama de
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と狭間で
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|22}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 2
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Fashion
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Oshare
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約とオシャレ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|1|29}}
| ShortSummary =
}}
{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 3
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Drinking Party
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Nomikai
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と飲み会
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 4
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Utility Costs
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Suidō Kōnetsu Hi
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と水道光熱費
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|12}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 5
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Office
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Ofisu
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約とオフィス
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|19}}
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| EpisodeNumber = 6
| Title = Rock, Savings, and High-Class Cooking
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Kōkyū Ryōri
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と高級料理
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|2|26}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 7
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Extremely Cheap Cooking
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Gekiyasu Ryōri
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と激安料理
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|5}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 8
| Title = Rock, Savings, and Male Improvement
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku to Otoko Migaki
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約と男磨き
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|12}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 9
| Title = The Ultimate Savings
| TranslitTitle = Kyūkyoku no Setsuyaku
| NativeTitle = 究極の節約
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|19}}
| ShortSummary =
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{{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 10
| Title = Rock and Savings are Called Love
| TranslitTitle = Rokku to Setsuyaku de Ai o Yobu
| NativeTitle = ロックと節約で愛を叫ぶ
| NativeTitleLangCode = ja
| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2019|3|26}}
| ShortSummary =
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See also
- It's All About the Looks – Japanese manga series written by the same author
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.ntv.co.jp/setsuyakurock/|Official website of the TV drama}} {{in lang|ja}}
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Category:2019 Japanese television series debuts
Category:Comedy anime and manga
Category:Japanese television dramas based on manga