Gente, Vol. 1: The People of Ristorante Paradiso
R to L (Japanese Style). Take home a handsome Italian waiter.Buona sera! Welcome to Casetta dell'Orso, a quaint little restaurant in the heart of Rome. The food's delicious, but the handsome staff of bespectacled gentlemen is the real draw. Follow these dashing men home and witness their...
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R to L (Japanese Style). Take home a handsome Italian waiter.Buona sera! Welcome to Casetta dell'Orso, a quaint little restaurant in the heart of Rome. The food's delicious, but the handsome staff of bespectacled gentlemen is the real draw. Follow these dashing men home and witness their romances, heartaches, hopes and dreams in this delightfully whimsical continuation of Natsume Ono's beloved Ristorante Paradiso. Go back to the beginning, when the owner Lorenzo was just opening Casetta dell'Orso. His wife Olga's particular preference for a certain bartender inspires Lorenzo to hire an entire staff of gentlemen in glasses. Watch the cranky-but-kind Luciano juggle babysitting duty and the advances of an amorous customer. Witness handsome playboy Vito meet a healthy young college student who will eventually become his wife. All this and more awaits you, just beyond that discreet restaurant door...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781421532516 (1421532514)
Publish date: August 17th 2010
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Series: Gente (#1)
I like Natsume Ono's style of drawing, and I get that the people who work at the ristorante (Ristorante Cassette del Orso, not Ristorante Paradiso) are all older distinguished gentlemen, but that doesn't mean that she had to draw them indistinguishably. The plot is going for charming slice-of-life,...