Bitter Sweet
にがくてあまい
2016 · 1h 36m · Comedy, Romance · Japan
The best ingredient is a lot of love.
Maki, a creative executive with a deep-seated loathing for vegetables, meets Nagisa, a closeted gay vegetarian with amazing cooking skills and they end up as roommates. Being complete opposites, the two initially clash. But Maki falls for Nagisa and his food over time. As they begin accepting the other as they are, a unique relationship flourishes.
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Shogo Kusano6.0Smart score
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based on mangabusinesswomancookingcountrysidefoodgay themejapanese cuisinelgbtvegetarian
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