Sweetness & Lightning
| Category: | TV Series |
| Adult: | No |
| Native: | 甘々と稲妻 |
| Romaji: | Amaama to Inazuma |
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| Runtime: | 25 minutes |
| Aired: | Jun 30, 2016 [8 years 6 months ago] |
| Ended: | Sep 20, 2016 [8 years 4 months ago] |
| Language: | Japanese |
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| Links: | MAL ANIDB ANN ANILIST |
Having lost his wife, math teacher Inuzuka Kouhei is doing his best to raise his young daughter Tsumugi as a single father. He is pretty bad at cooking and does not have a huge appetite to begin with, but chance brings his little family and one of his students, Iida Kotori, together. With those three cooks in the kitchen, it is no wonder this dinner table drama is so delicious. Note: The first episode received an advance premiere screening on June 30, 2016. The regular TV broadcast started on July 5, 2016.
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Episode 1: Uniforms and Pot Rice
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-06-30
Kyouhei is a single dad living with his daughter, Tsumugi. He's busy and doesn't know how to cook, so he feeds her nothing but frozen foods and lunches from the convenience store. But when a chance encounter with a student of his gives him the opportunity to feed her a home-cooked meal, he leaps at it.
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Episode 2: Pork Soup and Restaurant Lights
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-07-12
Kouhei is worried about meeting with Kotori, his student. Is it okay for him to be meeting with an individual student outside of class? But Tsumugi is too young to know or care about the rules of the adult world, and what's more, Kotori has the promise of pork soup to tempt them both.
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Episode 3: Tsumugi and the Long-Awaited Hamburg Steak
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-07-19
Tsumugi gets into a fight at daycare, and it spoils her mood for good cooking. Even the long-awaited Hamburg steak isn't enough to rouse her from her gloom. Can Kotori and Kouhei come up with a way to cheer her up so she can enjoy her meal?
And will she find out how much her daddy really loves her?
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Episode 4: Hated Vegetables and Bits in Gratin
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-07-26
Tsumugi is like many young kids: she hates her veggies. Particularly those nasty green peppers! Is it possible for a child to like green peppers? Kouhei and Kotori decide to try and find out by making a delicious and tempting "roll-y" gratin that smothers those wicked peppers with cheese!
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Episode 5: A Day Off and Special Doughnuts
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-08-02
Tsumugi has a problem: she finds doughnuts difficult. Are they a snack? Are they a meal? She finds the answer when Kotori and her father make homemade doughnuts, a feat she didn't even know was possible. But can Kohei handle frying foods without burning them?
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Episode 6: A Gyoza Party with Friends
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-08-09
Tsumugi wants to throw a party: a gyoza party! And a party means that she can invite all her friends, everyone she knows at daycare, and Kotori, and Shinobu, and even Yagi! But she's just a little girl, and doesn't know that you have to get permission from Kotori's mom before you can hold a party at Kotori's house. How can Kouhei resolve this sticky situation? And what's the best way to make gyoza, anyway?
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Episode 7: Gohei Mochi and a Grand Adventure
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-08-16
Oh no! Dad is sick! Tsumugi wants to get him something to make him feel better, and she's willing to brave fierce sharks, dark caves, and giant dogs to make her way to Kotori's house. But what will dad do when he wakes up and finds her gone? And what can Kotori do with this batch of rice she just burnt?
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Episode 8: Squid and Taro Stew That's Still Yummy Tomorrow
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-08-23
Kouhei wants to do something nice for his daughter. When his first idea is shot down, he decides to make her one of mommy's old dishes instead. Tsumugi choses squid and taro stew, a dish for grown-ups! Kouhei masters the art of chopping up a squid and peeling a taro, as Tsumugi attains enlightenment by looking into the squid's eyes.
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Episode 9: Our Family's At-Home Curry
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-08-30
It's sleepover night at the preschool! The class is making curry, just like you'd make at home. But Tsumugi's "at-home curry" is different than usual. It's got raisins! Kohei decides to make Tsumugi the special keema curry that her mother used to make. But how will Tsumugi react to this memory of mommy?
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Episode 10: Summer Vacation, Kitty, and Aji
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-09-06
Tsumugi has decided that she's a cat! When daddy gets an ice chest full of yummy fish, she's more than excited to watch him make them! But to make namerou, or as Kotori calls it, "fish hamburg steak" you have to be able to filet the fish, and Kohei doesn't know how! To make matters worse, neither does anyone else! Can he turn to the internet for help?
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Episode 11: A Play and Sweet Potato Crepes
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-09-13
It's the week of the play, and Tsumugi wants to be Mr. Galigali, the fluffy mascot of her favorite TV show. But trouble breaks out when her friends want her to be a magical girl. When daddy tries to cheer her up with talk of delicious sweet potato crepes, she snaps! "Daddy! All you ever talk about is food!" Can dad show that he really loves her? Will Kotori get to eat her sweet potato crepes? And will Mr. Galigali be able to help save the world in the school play?
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Episode 12: Okonomiyaki Filled with Affection
Runtime: 25 minutes
Air Date: 2016-09-20
It's the one-year anniversary of Tsumugi's mom's death, and she and daddy go to the countryside to attend the funeral. On the night after they get back, daddy's too tired to cook, so they go to an okonomiyaki restaraunt. But Tsumugi throws a fit when she finds out it's not what she thought. Kotori offers to make her real okonomiyaki to make her feel better. This time the whole gang drops in, even Kotori's mom!
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