"Hiroshi Nohara's Lunch Etiquette" is a spin-off of the national anime "Crayon Shin-chan" 🍱.
The protagonist is Hiroshi Nohara! An adult-oriented gourmet drama centered on the salaryman's healing time: "lunch" ✨.
Hiroshi's careful enjoyment of his preferred lunch during work breaks is depicted in detail.
A heartwarming adult healing work that touches the hearts of busy salarymen searching for the optimal lunch within limited allowance and time 🍚.
Adult Gourmet Drama
An adult-oriented gourmet anime centered on the salaryman's relaxation time "lunch time." Hiroshi's commitment and philosophy toward food is a highlight, with working adults' "lunch relatables" depicted carefully 🍜
A Different Flavor from Shin-chan
Unlike the familiar Crayon Shin-chan, the adult world depicted in a calm tone is charming. The realistic salaryman life depicted from Hiroshi's perspective resonates 👔
Three Basic "Etiquettes"
Hiroshi's lunch philosophy is to eat "cheaply," "quickly," and "deliciously"! Every working adult can relate to Hiroshi searching for the optimal solution within limited allowance and time 💰⏰
Realistic Food Porn Depictions
The delicious depictions of lunch are irresistible! Familiar menus like set meals, ramen, curry, and rice bowls are depicted carefully, making you hungry just watching 😋🍛
Food Commitment and Trivia
Various "lunches" appear, and you can enjoy small food experiences like the background of dishes and points for choosing restaurants. Ingredient explanations and cooking process depictions are also careful 📚
Unique Direction
Playful visual expressions are also highlights, like the fried chicken eating scene becoming RPG-style direction. It entertains not just with gourmet depictions but also in direction 🎮✨
Hiroshi's Inner Depiction
Hiroshi's inner self is quietly narrated—work fatigue, thoughts about family, pride as a salaryman. The human drama that emerges through meals is deep 💭
Healing Time
The importance of lunch time as a moment to breathe in a busy daily life comes through. The gentle atmosphere that heals just by watching is charming ☕✨
Maximum Relatability
Real salaryman daily life that every working adult can relate to is depicted. There are many scenes where you'll find yourself nodding "I get it~!" 😌
Yotsugi Haruka
A college student character who works part-time. Adds color to the story from a different generation's perspective than Hiroshi. The sensibility unique to the young generation is refreshing 👨🎓
Takagiri Akitake
A character who appears as Hiroshi's junior. A character of a generation different from both children and adults, depicting intergenerational exchange 💼
Misae Nohara & Shinnosuke
Sometimes Misae and Shinnosuke from the main Crayon Shin-chan also appear! You can see a calm side of Hiroshi as a family man, different from the main series 👨👩👦
Episode 18 "Napolitan Etiquette"
Hiroshi eating Napolitan at a retro coffee shop. His younger days' memories and attachment to Napolitan are depicted, a classic episode full of nostalgia. Loneliness and warmth coexist in scenes of enjoying lunch alone, with a strong "working adult lunch relatable" feel 🍝
Episode 119 "AI Gourmet Etiquette"
Hiroshi, whose lunches have become routine, gets "recommended lunch spots" suggested by a conversational AI. Hiroshi's real reactions to AI-selected restaurants and flavors are interesting and relatable—a fresh combination of technology × lunch 🤖
"Food Gastronomy Etiquette"
An episode released on the official site. Hiroshi's particular way of eating and the perspective of "enjoying food as art/culture" rather than just eating lunch are depicted—an episode with a strong adult gourmet feel 🍴
Super Spicy Mapo Tofu Episode (Volume 2)
A famous scene where Hiroshi's sweat gushes like a fountain! The monologue "Spicy! But delicious!" is memorable—a fun episode where the joy and suffering of eating coexist 🌶️
Regional Set Meal Episode (Volume 9)
An episode where Hiroshi incorporates flavors from all over Japan into lunch—saury set meal, Tokushima ramen, salmon roe bowl. A nice balance of "travel mood + salaryman lunch" is charming 🍚
Freezing at the Ramen Shop Ticket Machine Episode (Volume 3)
Indecisiveness explodes! Hiroshi's expression panicking as people start lining up behind him is hilarious. The "struggle in front of the ticket machine" that everyone has experienced is maximally relatable 🎫
For Working Adults
Especially recommended for those who like the daily life of working adults like salarymen and office ladies. Packed with lunch time "relatables" with maximum resonance 💼
For Gourmet Anime Fans
Those who like gourmet anime and food porn will definitely get hooked. Lots of delicious-looking food depictions appear 😋
Hiroshi Nohara (CV: Toshiyuki Morikawa)
The protagonist. A 35-year-old salaryman and Shin-chan's father. His greatest pleasure is enjoying eating out during lunch break, searching for the optimal lunch within limited allowance and time. His motto is to eat "cheaply," "quickly," and "deliciously" 🍱