Happy Boys

Happy Boys is a Japanese television comedy, following five young men who work at Lady Braganza, a shitsuji kissa (butler café). It was adapted into a manga by Makoto Tateno.

Television series
The series aired Mondays between 13:15 and 14:45.

Cast

 * Koji Seto as Segawa Kyoichi/Shiva
 * Kenta Kamakari as Akasaka Junta/Renjou
 * Keisuke Kato as Kitamura Kosuke/Ivory
 * Gaku Shindo as Inada Gen/Silk
 * Shugo Nagashima as Tsuruoka Kokoro/Ibu
 * Eiji Sugawara as Fukawa Kiichi
 * Shunji Fujimura as Shikawaichi Kura (Owner)
 * Tetsushi Tanaka as Katano Sakatoru/Katapi


 * Guest stars


 * Megumi Komatsu (ep1-2)
 * Natsuhi Ueno (ep3-4)
 * Hisae Morishita (ep5-6)
 * Takahiro Uemura (ep5-6)
 * Kaori Ikeda (ep7-8)
 * Atsushi Hashimoto (ep7-8)
 * Rie Minemura (ep9-10)
 * Toshiyuki Toyonaga (ep9-10)
 * Hana Kino (ep11-13)

Manga
The manga is licensed in English by Digital Manga Publishing, and in Germany by Egmont Manga.

Development
Makoto Tateno visited the cast and talked with them when she was developing the manga.

Reception
Snow Wildsmith described the manga as "enjoyable, but not all that memorable", but noted that the stereotypically "blatantly gay" chef could offend some readers. Leroy Douresseaux felt the manga series had potential, but that the first volume was not "anything really special". Connie C. described the manga as being "a cross between Antique Bakery and Princess Princess". Matthew Warner felt it was fun to see the characters switch on their "butler-mode".