Ocha Nigosu. (お茶にごす。), also known as A Bad Boy Drinks Tea!, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori. It was serialized in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 2007 to July 2009, with its chapters collected in eleven tankōbon volumes. A twelve-episode television drama adaptation premiered in Japan on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021 and premiered on TV Tokyo in October of the same year.

Plot

The story follows the high school delinquent Masaya Funabashi, better known as “Devil Ma-kun”, who is trying to reform his image by joining the Japanese tea ceremony club.

Characters

Masaya Funabashi (船橋 雅矢, Funabashi Masaya)

Portrayed by: Nobuyuki Suzuki

Now a freshman in high school, “Devil Ma-kun” is hoping to reform his image after being labeled a delinquent in junior high due to his tough appearance, which caused him to get into a lot of fights. His explanation is that after winning one fight the losers comerades challenged him as well, and after their losses more and more people started challenging him to fights. While hoping to discard his bad image he tries to join a club, and chooses the tea club as it is the only one whose representatives are not to afraid to ask him.

Wataru Yamada (山田 航, Yamada Wataru)

Portrayed by: Toshiki Seto

Masaya’s partner in crime. They’ve known one another since elementary school, and Wataru also has a reputation for being a troublemaker.

Naomi Anesaki (姉崎 奈緒美, Anesaki Naomi)

Portrayed by: Rinka Kumada

The head of the tea ceremony club, she is very open-minded and was quick to embrace Masaya’s desire to reform his image.

Kaho Asakawa (浅川 夏帆, Asakawa Kaho)

Portrayed by: Minori Hagiwara

Chika Iikura

Portrayed by: Seira Nagashima

Tamami Shindaiji

Portrayed by: Karin Nishina

Tamiko Okunuma

Portrayed by: Yuzuki Hirakawa

Kōki Kashizawa

Portrayed by: Naohiro Yamamoto

Kitanuma

Portrayed by: Shogo Hama

Hiroshi Tatejima

Portrayed by: Tooru Nomaguchi

Manga

Ocha Nigosu., written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori, was serialized in Shogakukan‘s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 4, 2007, to July 29, 2009. Shogakukan collected its chapters in eleven tankōbon volumes, released from August 10, 2007, to October 16, 2009.

Drama

In December 2020, it was announced that a 12-episode Japanese television drama adaptation would premiere on TV Tokyo in 2021, starring Nobuyuki Suzuki as Masaya Funabashi. The twelve episodes first premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2021. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 8 to December 24, 2021.

Reception

Most of the Ocha Nigosu. volumes were featured on Oricon‘s weekly chart of the best-selling manga; volume 5 debuted #10; volume 6 debuted #11 (68,773 copies sold); volume 7 debuted #14 (63,036 copies sold); volume 8 debuted #11 (48,435 copies sold); volume 9 debuted #14 (45,212 copies sold); volume 10 debuted #18 (54,372 copies sold); volume 11 debuted #17 (46,017 copies sold);

Notes

1.  The series finished in the 2009–35th issue of the magazine (cover date August 12) published on July 29, 2009.

 

Ocha Nigosu.
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Masaya Funabashi
お茶にごす。
Genre	Comedy, yankī
Manga
Written by	Hiroyuki Nishimori
Published by	Shogakukan
Imprint	Shōnen Sunday Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Sunday
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	April 4, 2007 – July 29, 2009
Volumes	11 (List of volumes)
Television drama
Directed by	Takeshi Furusawa Kōji Takashi
Written by	Takuya Katō Shūji Yuki
Music by	Yusuke Hayashi
Original network	TXN (TV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Tokyo)
Original run	October 8, 2021 – December 24, 2021
Episodes	12