Ocha Nigosu

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 11 tankōbon volumes. A 12-episode television drama adaptation premiered in Japan on Amazon Prime Video in March 2021 and was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October to December of the same year.

Ocha Nigosu
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Masaya Funabashi
お茶にごす。
Genre	Comedy,[1] yankī[2]
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
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

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^[1]

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^[1]

Masaya's partner in crime. They have 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^[1]

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^[1]

Chika Iikura

Portrayed by: Seira Nagashima^[3]

Tamami Shindaiji

Portrayed by: Karin Nishina^[3]

Tamiko Okunuma

Portrayed by: Yuzuki Hirakawa^[3]

Kōki Kashizawa

Portrayed by: Naohiro Yamamoto^[3]

Kitanuma

Portrayed by: Shogo Hama^[3]

Hiroshi Tatejima

Portrayed by: Tooru Nomaguchi^[3]

Media

Manga

Ocha Nigosu, written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Nishimori, was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from April 4, 2007,^[4] to July 29, 2009.^[5] Shogakukan collected its chapters in 11 tankōbon volumes, released from August 10, 2007,^[6] to October 16, 2009.^[7]

Volumes

No.	Japanese release date	Japanese ISBN
1	August 10, 2007[6]	978-4-09-121168-2
2	November 16, 2011[8]	978-4-09-121216-0
3	February 18, 2008[9]	978-4-09-121290-0
4	May 16, 2008[10]	978-4-09-121387-7
5	August 11, 2008[11]	978-4-09-121448-5
6	November 18, 2008[12]	978-4-09-121506-2
7	February 18, 2009[13]	978-4-09-121593-2
8	April 17, 2009[14]	978-4-09-121898-8
9	July 17, 2009[15]	978-4-09-121700-4
10	September 17, 2009[16]	978-4-09-121786-8
11	October 16, 2009[7]	978-4-09-122046-2

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.^[17][1] The 12 episodes first premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2021.^[18][19] It was broadcast on TV Tokyo from October 8 to December 24, 2021.^[20][21]

Reception

Most of the Ocha Nigosu volumes were featured on Oricon's weekly chart of the best-selling manga; volume 5 debuted 11th;^[22] volume 6 debuted 11th (68,773 copies sold);^[23] volume 7 debuted 14th (63,036 copies sold);^[24] volume 8 debuted 11th (48,435 copies sold);^[25] volume 9 debuted 14th (45,212 copies sold);^[26] volume 10 debuted 18th (54,372 copies sold);^[27] volume 11 debuted 17th (46,017 copies sold);^[28]