Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender

Sōichirō Hibiki works as a bartender in Shōnan, where he is known to be mysterious and cool. However, he is secretly a fanatical {{Transliteration|ja|otaku}} and {{Transliteration|ja|fudanshi}} (a fan of boys' love) who spends the daytime drawing boys' love {{Transliteration|ja|doujinshi}}, watching anime, and buying anime goods. At his bartender job, he observes and imagines wild, fantastical scenarios of his male patrons and co-workers falling in love.{{cite web | url=https://natalie.mu/comic/news/329448 | title=一見クールな隠れ腐男子が"BL妄想"にトリップ「腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み」 | trans-title=A slice-of-life comedy depicting a secret fudanshi working as a bartender begins serialization | language=ja | work=Natalie | date=2019-04-25 | accessdate=2025-02-14}}

;{{nihongo|Sōichirō Hibiki|響 惣一郎|Hibiki Sōichirō}}

:{{voiced by|{{ill|Kōsuke Kiminarita|ja|君成田晃佑}}}} (voice comic), {{portrayed by|{{ill|Takuma Wada|ja|和田琢磨 (俳優)}}}}

:Hibiki is a skilled bartender who maintains a cool appearance in public. He is secretly an {{Transliteration|ja|otaku}} and {{Transliteration|ja|fudanshi}} who often daydreams scenarios about his male patrons and co-workers falling in love. He bases his characters in his boys' love {{Transliteration|ja|doujinshi}} on his customers.

;{{nihongo|Kanemitsu Hakushū|白州 兼三|Hakushū Kanemitsu}}

:{{voiced by|Shouhei Tokiwa}} (voice comic), {{portrayed by|Takeshi Masu}}

:Referred to as {{nihongo|"manager"|店長|tenchō}}, he is the owner of the bar.

;{{nihongo|Hokuto|北杜}}

:{{voiced by|{{ill|Maiko Akahoshi|ja|赤星真衣子}}}} (voice comic), {{portrayed by|Miona Hori}}

:Hokuto is a part-time apprentice bartender who is in love with Hibiki. She is a masochist and gets excited when Hibiki is cruel to her. She was given the first name {{nihongo|Yuri|百合}} in the television drama adaptation.

;{{nihongo|Yūto Chita|知多 悠斗|Chita Yūto}}

:{{portrayed by|Kenta Suga}}

:Chita is a young and recent hire at the bar. Hibiki initially suggests to Hakushū to hire a male bartender in order to give Hakushū a love interest; however, after Hibiki determines both Hakushū and Chita are {{Transliteration|ja|uke}}, he dedicates himself into finding a "prince charming" for Chita instead.

;{{nihongo|Torii|鳥井|Torī}}

:{{voiced by|Yūto Ishida}} (voice comic), {{portrayed by|Tomohisa Yuge}}

:A frequent patron of the bar, Torii is a manager of a company. Hibiki ships him with Yamazaki as his "{{linktext|OTP}}".

;{{nihongo|Yamazaki|山崎}}

:{{voiced by|Junichi Kuroi}} (voice comic), {{portrayed by|Masaki Nakao}}

:A frequent patron of the bar, Yamazaki is Torii's young subordinate. Hibiki ships him with Torii.

;{{nihongo|Obuchizawa|小淵沢}}

:{{portrayed by|Kazuhiro Yamaji}}

:Nicknamed {{nihongo|Buchi|ブッチー|Bucchī}}, Obuchizawa is Hakushū's childhood friend who cares a lot about him. Hibiki ships him with Hakushū.

;Hibiki's older sister

:Hibiki's older sister is a popular {{Transliteration|ja|doujinshi}} artist who publishes comics under the pen name {{nihongo|Shōko Kotsushō|骨粗鬆　症子|Kotsushō Shōko}}.

;{{nihongo|Chihiro Kubota|久保田 千尋|Kubota Chihiro}}

:Kubota is Hibiki's good-looking classmate from high school. Kubota has started to become casually interested in anime and video games and befriends Chita.

;Unnamed patron

:A patron of the bar, he is enchanted by Hibiki and often attempts to seduce him, despite Hibiki trying to set him up with the manager. He and Hokuto see themselves as rivals for Hibiki's affections. He is bisexual and has a sadistic personality.

Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was written and illustrated by Naruko. It is serialized in the {{Transliteration|ja|josei}} digital manga magazine Zero Sum Online since October 19, 2018. The chapters were later released in two bound volumes by Ichijinsha under the Zero Sum Comics imprint. To promote it, Monthly Comic Zero Sum released a voice comic adaptation of the first chapter on their YouTube channel.{{cite AV media |author=Zero Sum YouTube Channel |date=2022-12-28 |title=【漫画】イケおじ受け♡『腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み』見た目はスマートなのに、頭の中はBL妄想だらけ!?♡ お客同士のイチャイチャに萌え | trans-title=(Manga) A handsome old man uke! At first glance, Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender looks smart, but boys' love fantasies are only on his mind?! Getting excited about customers flirting with each other |type=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnetcoTVA-8 |access-date=2025-02-22}}

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A live-action television drama adaptation of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender was produced by Hakuhodo DY Media Partners.{{cite web | url=https://www.tvguide.or.jp/news/news-1547932/ | title=和田琢磨主演の「腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み」放送・配信決定。バーを舞台にBL妄想が展開 | trans-title=Broadcast and digital distribution date for Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender, starring Takuma Wada, released; the curtains raise for a stage showing boys' love delusions at a bar | language=ja | work={{ill|Shūkan TV Guide|ja|週刊TVガイド}} | date=2022-05-23 | accessdate=2025-02-14}} It premiered on WakuWaku Japan in Taiwan in December 2021.{{cite web | url=http://www.wakuwakujapan.com/zh/program/detail/wj0000006534 | title=腐男調酒師的嗜好 | trans-title=Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender | language=zh | work=WakuWaku Japan | accessdate=2025-02-14 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222130412/http://www.wakuwakujapan.com/zh/program/detail/wj0000006534 | archive-date=2021-12-22}}{{cite web | first=Mikikazu | last=Komatsu | url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/news/latest/2022/5/20/live-action-drama-adaptation-of-bl-comedy-manga-fudanshi-bartender-no-tashinami-to-be-aired-in-japan | title=Live-action Drama Adaptation of BL Comedy Manga Fudanshi Bartender no Tashinami to be Aired in Japan | work=Crunchyroll | date=2022-05-20 | accessdate=2025-02-14}} It was later broadcast in Japan on May 31, 2022, on Fuji TV for their {{ill|Night (programming block)|lt=M Night|ja|ナイト (フジテレビ)}} programming block,{{efn|name=time|Fuji TV lists the broadcast date as May 30, 2022, at 26:20, which is May 31, 2022, at 2:20 AM.}} as well as their online streaming service, Fuji TV On Demand, for a total of two episodes. It was streamed internationally outside of Japan and South Korea through GagaOOLala.{{Cite instagram |user=gagaoolala.official |postid=CmEniaDLKo_ |title=This show demonstrates what is inside my head 🤣 ⚠️Warning: You might laugh to faint Name: Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender|date=2022-12-12}}

The series stars {{ill|Takuma Wada|ja|和田琢磨 (俳優)}} as Hibiki. The supporting cast includes Takeshi Masu as Hakushū, Miona Hori as Hokuto, and Kenta Suga as Chita. Additional cast appearances include Tomohisa Yuge as Torii, Masaki Nakao as Yamazaki, Kazuhiro Yamaji as Obuchizawa, Shogo Suzuki as Iwai, and Shota Matsushima as Taketsuru. The television drama adaptation is directed and written by Junya Ikeda.{{cite web | url=https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/ba-ten/index.html | title=腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み＜Mナイト＞ | trans-title=Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender (M Night) | language=ja | work=Fuji TV | accessdate=2025-02-22}} It was produced by Masahiko Asakura and Kōichi Tezuka. Ikeda stated on his Twitter account that he was interested in producing a sequel for the series.{{cite tweet |first=Junya |last=Ikeda |authorlink=Junya Ikeda |user=junya_ikeda2710 |number=1534119551612227585 |date=2022-06-07 |title=監督作「腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み」 皆様からの反響、有り難く頂戴しております！作品を愛して頂けて幸せです さて…実を申しますと【まだまだ創れます！笑】脚本の草案も既にありますし、試したい演出プランも…！皆様からの『続編希望』のお声があれば、全力で臨みますよ！よろしくお願いします！ |trans-title=I directed Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender. I'm thankful for all the feedback! I'm happy that you loved it. Anyways... I'll tell the truth in that, "I can still do more! (LOL)" I have drafts of the scrupt and plans of what I'd like to try out...! If everyone says they're "hoping for a sequel", I'll put in all my effort to make it come true! Thank you very much! |language=ja |link=https://twitter.com/junya_ikeda2710/status/1534119551612227585 |access-date=2025-02-22}}

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| Title = Order 01: A Certain Bartender's Secret

| TranslitTitle = Order 01: Toaru Bātendā no Himegoto

| NativeTitle = Order01「とあるバーテンダーの秘め事」

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| DirectedBy = Junya Ikeda

| WrittenBy = Junya Ikeda

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| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Order 02: Your Destined Pair

| TranslitTitle = Order 02: Unmei no Tsugai

| NativeTitle = Order02「運命のつがい」

| NativeTitleLangCode = ja

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2022|5|31}}{{cite web | url=https://thetv.jp/program/0001018813/2/ | title=第2話 腐男子バーテンダーの嗜み | trans-title=Episode 2 of Accomplishment of Fudanshi Bartender | language=ja | work={{ill|The Television|ja|ザテレビジョン}} | accessdate=2025-02-22}}

| DirectedBy = Junya Ikeda

| WrittenBy = Junya Ikeda

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Da Vinci stated that people who have "the experience of having a {{linktext|bias}}" will "empathize with Hibiki's actions and feelings" and recommended the manga to anyone who has been an idol fan or part of the boys' love fandom.{{cite web | first=Anna | last=Yamamoto | url=https://ddnavi.com/article/d538685/a/ | title=常連客でカップリングを楽しむ……隠れ腐男子バーテンダーが繰り広げる、夜ごとの営み | trans-title=Enjoying the pairings of frequent customers... the secret fudanshi bartender unfolds at nighttime activities | language=ja | work=Da Vinci | date=2019-05-27 | accessdate=2025-02-22}}

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