Our Dining Table
A reclusive man’s world begins to open when a riceball-loving boy and his older brother draw him into their warm, homemade weekend tradition.
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While having lunch alone, Hozumi accidentally meets the cheerful brothers Minoru and Tane, and the three of them get together to make rice balls over...
Since the original plans to make curry were canceled because Tane suddenly got a fever, Yutaka nevertheless decides to go to the brothers' house to sh...
In order to make Tane's wish of going to the zoo and eating a lunchbox come true, Yutaka seeks the help of a coworker to teach him how to make boxed l...
While at the supermarket getting groceries with Minoru and Tane, Yutaka runs into his brother, and Minoru realizes that things aren't all rosy with Yu...
When Minoru and Yutaka happen to meet each other in the supermarket, the two of them decide to make a special meal together to lift their low spirits.
Yutaka agrees to have a Christmas celebration with the two brothers, but on the day-of he gets a fever and is unable to make it.
After recovering from his illness, Yutaka and the two brothers have Christmas together. During the get-together, Yutaka talks about his childhood.
Minoru reveals that he actually met Yutaka a long time ago, leading to a slightly awkward situation between them.
With the New Year coming, Yutaka makes a trip back to his family home. Meanwhile, Minoru's dad seems to know that there's something happening between...
Yutaka is uneasy around Minoru, fearing their separation. Meanwhile, Minoru's dad plans a special meal for Yutaka.
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Dominic Kebre
TMDB1 year ago
I have no words
I'm afraid I have no words to say how much I love this series, but I'll try my best. Saying that this is the most beautiful BL series I've ever watched is true, but still sounds like it isn't enough. So in this review I won't even try to be objective, because you can't be objective about someone or something you're head over heels with.
I wonder if the series can be categorized as ”BL” at all, as the main characters are 23 years old, so not really ”boys”, and in this series you won't find even a single of the numerous ”BL-tropes”. What does make it ”BL” is the fact that the main characters experience – as far as we learn in the series - their first love, and especially their first gay love.
I won't elaborate on the plot here – just so much: ”Our Dining Table” tells the story of two 23-year-old men who are utterly unhappy. Yutaka (Inukai Atsuhiro) is an outsider and isn't able to enjoy a meal with other persons as he suffers from a childhood trauma which was caused by his misconception that he wasn't welcomed in the family who adopted him after his parents' death. Minoru (Iijima Hiroki) stopped attending college after his mother's death and took up a part time job at a ramen restaurant to be there for his little brother Tane (Maeyama Kuuga) as their father doesn't have enough time for the little boy.
The series displays the way how Yutaka and Minoru help each other overcome their loneliness and sadness. The script must have been written by authors who experienced similar situations, because it is so sensitive and at the same time so true-to-life that the actions of the main characters are completely understandable, however awkward and clumsy they may appear.
Little Tane is the katalyst of Yutaka and Minoru's relationship. He's the one who asks Yutaka for his riceball, thus initiating Yutaka and Minoru's alleged first contact (although they had met before, but Yutaka forgot about it), and later it is again Tane who encourages Yutaka and...
