Sweetness & Lightning
On Tokyo MX
A gentle, warmly intimate slice-of-life about a grieving single father and his daughter finding healing and connection through cooking and friendship with a student.
Kohei is a single father and high school teacher who lives with his only daughter. A chance encounter brings him together with Kotori, one of his students. The three of them start to meet together to make meals. None of them know how to cook, but they all love delicious food!
Essence
Ensemble
Rina Endou
Tsumugi Inuzuka (voice)
Saori Hayami
Kotori Iida (voice)
Yuichi Nakamura
Kouhei Inuzuka (voice)
Aina Suzuki
Chiyo (voice)
Satomi Arai
Megumi Iida (voice)
Ai Kayano
Tae Inuzuka (voice)
Saaya Andou
Hana (voice)
Seiya Kimura
Inuzuka's older brother (ep 4) (voice)
Komugi Kuga
Yuuka (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu
Shinobu Kojika (voice)
Shoki Tsuru
Mikio (voice)
Tomokazu Seki
Yuusuke Yagi (voice)
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