Deaimon is a Japanese manga series by Rin Asano. It has been serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen manga magazine Young Ace since May 2016. An anime television series adaptation by Encourage Films aired from April to June 2022.
Plot
The series is set in a Kyoto
wagashi store. The protagonist is an only son, Nagomu Irino, who has dreams of becoming a member of a band, and ran away from home to live in Tokyo ten years ago. He receives a letter from home stating his father is in the hospital and asking him to take over the family shop, so he gives up on his dream and returns home.
While he's been gone, however, a ten-year-old girl named Itsuka Yukihira has started working in the shop. Nagomu's mom, having become a foster mom to Itsuka during the time that Nagomu was seeking his dream as a band member, declares that there will be a contest between Itsuka and Nagomu to see who will take over the family shop.
Characters
- Irino Nagomu
- The protagonist. After graduating from college, Nagomu left —the family wagashi store—in order to pursue his dream of becoming a musician in Tokyo. When his father was hospitalized ten years after he left, Nagomu returned home to work in the family store.
- Yukihira Itsuka
- A hardworking girl who lives at Nagomu's parents' home. Ten years old at the beginning of the story. She has been living in the Irino home for the past year, receiving room and board for helping out in the store. Nagomu's father wants her to inherit the store, and she's declared she won't lose the shop to Nagomu, the rightful heir to the store.
- Irino Heigo
- Nagomu's father. The owner of Ryokushō.
- Irino Fuki
- Nagomu's mother.
- Tatsumi Masa
- Otsuru-san
- Seto Saki
- Horikawa Mitsuru
- Matsukaze Kanoko
- Kisaichi Hiiro
- Yukihira Shinri
- Itsuka's mother.
- Yukihira Tomoe
- Itsuka's father.
- Irino Masayo
- Nagomu's grandmother.
- Irino Ikkō
- Nagomu's deceased grandfather.
Media
Manga
Deaimon is written and illustrated by Rin Asano. It began serialization in
Kadokawa Shoten's
seinen manga magazine
Young Ace on May 2, 2016, and has been collected in nineteen
tankōbon volumes from Kadokawa Comics Ace as of May 2025.
Anime
An
anime adaptation of the manga was announced on April 20, 2021.
It was later confirmed to be a television series produced by
Encourage Films and directed by
Fumitoshi Oizaki, with
Reiko Yoshida overseeing the series' scripts, Sakae Shibuya designing the characters and serving as chief animation director, and Ren Takada composing the music.
It aired from April 6 to June 22, 2022, on AT-X and other networks.
The opening theme song is "Sumire" by
Maaya Sakamoto, while the ending theme song is "Koko ni Aru Yakusoku" by the special unit Deaimon.
streamed the series.
Episodes
See also
-
Tengai Retrogical – Another manga series by the same author
Notes
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