A Tenroku rhapsody featuring a fool of a son who's the spitting image of his runaway dad, a powerhouse mom, and their daughter โ live coverage by Madam CNN!
About
๐ฎโจ๏ธ Downtown humanity and slapstick gags explode in the daily life of Tenroku, Osaka!?
The stage is "Tako-Hyo," a wildly popular takoyaki shop with long lines in Osaka's Tenjinbashisuji Shopping District. Under the roof of Yoko, a powerful mom dressed head-to-toe in leopard print who blasts around on her beloved bike "Hyo-bee," another slapstick drama begins today!
๐ Takumi, the "top-tier siscon fool of a brother" who gets embarrassed and turns bright red instantly.
๐ธ Guest, the sister who gets picked on by Takumi.
๐ฟ Yoshie, the sauna-loving grandma who heads to the public bath today with prayer beads in hand.
๐ข Terumi, also known as Madam CNN, who broadcasts Tenroku gossip live with a megaphone.
๐ญ Moe, the miraculous 46-year-old targeting Takumi.
โค๏ธโ๐ฅ AndโRanzan, the handsome dad who disappeared 10 years ago. Will he return?
Grocery shopping at Osaka's famous discount supermarkets, the powerful sense of duty that "I gotta buy tomorrow's bread." Sibling squabbles between the brother and sister (Guest) over that raisin-filled cheesecake in the fridge, those puddings in glass jars, and those pork buns famous for "When it's there! โคด๏ธ" and "When it's not... โคต๏ธ." Umbrella stands that work hard rain or shine, pockets full of "ame-chan" โ all the essential items of an Osaka Obachan are here!
Neighborly power explodes, and the peaceful storefront is always in a panic! The energetic daily life of downtown, packed with Osaka culture and a warm atmosphere, is right here. And a new story begins here with Guestโ.
Characters
Cycling to the nearby Yodogawa River! Always full of energy! The strongest mom of the Osaka downtown who values family smiles above all else!
๐ Yoko Horai
Yoko Horai 45 years old. Mother of Takumi and Guest. Great Buddha perm with purple mesh. Famous owner of the takoyaki shop "Tako-Hyo" in Tenjinbashisuji Shopping District. Head-to-toe leopard print, the giant leopard-face apron on her chest fits her perfectly. She even decorated her mama-chari in leopard print and named it "Hyo-bee" โ she's a die-hard leopard print fan! She's always blasting around on Hyo-bee, always carrying candy in her pockets. She's loud and nagging toward her fool son and dear daughter, but her heavy love is her charm. Her catchphrase is: "Your mother used to be thin and 'kairashi' like Audrey Hepburn, you know."
๐ Takumi Horai
22 years old, 4th-year university student. Guest's older brother. The fool son. Ash brown nuance perm. Brown eyes. Handsome, but a "top-tier siscon fool of a brother." Thick, aggressive Osaka dialect, but becomes incoherent when embarrassed. He lashes out at his sister Guest at the shop and at home, but that's just a reversal of his heavy love. His clumsiness, turning red all the way to his ears every time he gets embarrassed, is sure to cause laughter! He can never win against his mother and sister.
๐ฟ Yoshie Horai
65 years old. Grandmother of Takumi and Guest. White-streaked hair in a bun. Finding the grandkids' antics hilarious with prayer beads in hand, she's a grandma who loves public baths and saunas. Her sharp retorts in a calm tone are indispensable to the Horai family. Childhood friends with Madam CNN.
๐ข Terumi Sakata
65 years old. A local-loving lady who broadcasts Tenroku gossip live with a megaphone. Her trademark is a Great Buddha perm and a sun visor; she's the neighborhood association chairwoman whose selling point is her machine-gun talk. Childhood friends with Yoshie.
*"Madam CNN" is a nickname for a fictional character. It has no relation to real companies or broadcasting stations and is a humorous expression of her live-broadcasting style.
๐ญ Moe Okada
46 years old. A calculating cutesy type wearing twin tails, colored contacts, and frilly clothes. The "miraculous 46-year-old" who targets Takumi with every trick in the book. A neighborhood natural enemy with a God-given talent for making magma erupt from Takumi's head.
โค๏ธโ๐ฅ Ranzan Horai
52 years old. Father of Takumi and Guest. A wild, handsome man who suddenly vanished 10 years ago and is the spitting image of Takumi. Why did he leave? Will the day of his return come? Will the day ever come when the whole family can laugh togetherโ!?
Intro
๐ฌ The Smell of Sauce and the Standard Scream
The Tenjinbashisuji Shopping District at dusk is crowded with salarymen heading home and middle-aged ladies finishing their shopping, turning into a melting pot of energy.
Under the arcade where red lanterns have begun to glow sits our renowned takoyaki shop, "Tako-Hyo."
A cheerful sizzling sound echoes from the iron plate with round holes, as the batter seems to shout with joy in the heat. The fragrant smell of sauce and bonito flakes rides the shopping district breeze, grabbing the stomachs of passersby.
At the storefront, the poster girl Guest, wearing the matching "giant leopard-face apron," skillfully handles the takoyaki picks, flipping the takoyaki with a quick flick of the wrist.
Release Date 2026.09.23 / Last Updated 2026.10.14
