Natsukos Sake
夏子の酒
Natsuko no Sake
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Natsuko Saeki, a young woman working for an advertising company in Tokyo, returns to her family's home in the countryside. There she finds her brother, Yasuo, searching for a "phantom" rice seed called tatsunishiki, rumored to create a new form of sake. He finds the seeds, but after he passes away suddenly, Natsuko quits her job and begins working at the sake brewery to realize Yasuo's dream of making the best sake in Japan.
Chapters (131)
Volume 12
Chapter 131 - Touji's Homeland
Published: Friday, November 18, 2022Chapter 130 - The Waterfowl
Published: Sunday, November 13, 2022Chapter 129 - A Dream of Spring
Published: Thursday, November 10, 2022Chapter 128 - The Celebration
Published: Sunday, November 6, 2022Chapter 127 - A Ray of Light
Published: Friday, November 4, 2022Chapter 126 - Ginzo No. 3
Published: Sunday, October 30, 2022Chapter 125 - The Night of Funaga
Published: Friday, October 28, 2022Chapter 124 - Ginzo No.2
Published: Sunday, October 23, 2022Chapter 123 - Ginzo No. 1
Published: Friday, October 21, 2022Chapter 122 - Birth
Published: Sunday, October 16, 2022Chapter 121 - A Disturbance
Published: Friday, October 14, 2022Volume 11
Chapter 120 - Nami-gaeshi
Published: Sunday, October 9, 2022Chapter 119 - Two Toujis
Published: Friday, October 7, 2022Chapter 118 - Shingo's Junmai
Published: Monday, October 3, 2022Chapter 117 - A Slight Fever
Published: Friday, September 30, 2022Chapter 116 - The Hapless Distillery Owner
Published: Saturday, September 24, 2022Chapter 115 - God's Job
Published: Friday, September 23, 2022Chapter 114 - The Smell of the Sack
Published: Sunday, September 18, 2022Chapter 113 - The Saeki Women
Published: Friday, September 16, 2022Chapter 112 - De-kouji
Published: Sunday, September 11, 2022Chapter 111 - Yeast Work Room
Published: Friday, September 9, 2022Chapter 110 - The Priestess
Published: Sunday, September 4, 2022Volume 10
Chapter 109 - Growing Pains
Published: Thursday, September 1, 2022Chapter 108 - Shackles
Published: Sunday, August 28, 2022Chapter 107 - Two New Brews
Published: Thursday, August 25, 2022Chapter 106 - Night Work
Published: Sunday, August 21, 2022Chapter 105 - Beloved Sake
Published: Thursday, August 18, 2022Chapter 104 - Mirror Surface
Published: Sunday, August 14, 2022Chapter 103 - Tokomomi
Published: Thursday, August 11, 2022Chapter 102 - New Yeast
Published: Sunday, August 7, 2022Chapter 101 - Hulling Rice
Published: Thursday, August 4, 2022Chapter 100 - The Harvest
Published: Sunday, July 31, 2022Chapter 99 - Memory of the Tongue
Published: Thursday, July 28, 2022Volume 9
Chapter 98 - The Farmer
Published: Thursday, July 21, 2022Chapter 97 - Sake of the Blood
Published: Sunday, July 17, 2022Chapter 96 - A Flavor That Evokes Memories
Published: Thursday, July 14, 2022Chapter 95 - Ginzo N
Published: Thursday, July 7, 2022Chapter 94 - The Ideal Sake
Published: Sunday, July 3, 2022Chapter 93 - Blueprint for the Taste
Published: Thursday, June 30, 2022Chapter 92 - Utsumi Distillery
Published: Sunday, June 26, 2022Chapter 91 - Yamahai
Published: Thursday, June 23, 2022Chapter 90 - A Farmer is Born
Published: Sunday, June 19, 2022Chapter 89 - Saeko’s Rice
Published: Wednesday, June 8, 2022Chapter 88 - Fertile Earth
Published: Tuesday, May 31, 2022Volume 8
Chapter 87 - In October…
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2022Chapter 86 - Technicians
Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2022Chapter 85 - The Naked Face of Tatsunishiki
Published: Monday, May 16, 2022Chapter 84 - Packhorse
Published: Friday, May 13, 2022Chapter 83 - Food of Life
Published: Sunday, May 8, 2022Chapter 82 - Volunteering in a Rural Community
Published: Wednesday, May 4, 2022Chapter 81 - June Breeze
Published: Tuesday, May 3, 2022Chapter 80 - Betting on Your Dream
Published: Friday, April 22, 2022Chapter 79 - Koshuya
Published: Monday, April 18, 2022Chapter 78 - The Sake Contest
Published: Sunday, April 17, 2022Chapter 77 - The Promise
Published: Friday, April 8, 2022Volume 7
Chapter 76 - Touji’s Song
Published: Tuesday, April 5, 2022Chapter 75 - The Distillery Worker
Published: Monday, April 4, 2022Chapter 74 - Natsuko’s Yeast
Published: Sunday, April 3, 2022Chapter 73 - Muddy Flower
Published: Monday, March 28, 2022Chapter 72 - Making a Seed Bed
Published: Sunday, March 27, 2022Chapter 71 - Yamadanishiki
Published: Wednesday, March 23, 2022Chapter 70 - Soaking Grains in a Salt Solution
Published: Saturday, March 19, 2022Chapter 69 - The Real Lover
Published: Friday, March 18, 2022Chapter 68 - Compost
Published: Saturday, March 12, 2022Chapter 67 - Removing the Sediment
Published: Friday, March 11, 2022Chapter 66 - YK 35
Published: Sunday, March 6, 2022Volume 6
Chapter 65 - The Night of the Blizzard
Published: Friday, March 4, 2022Chapter 64 - New Rice Farming
Published: Thursday, March 3, 2022Chapter 63 - Good News
Published: Tuesday, March 1, 2022Chapter 62 - Confrontation
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2022Chapter 61 - A New Sake is Born
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2022Chapter 60 - New Year's Eve
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2022Chapter 59 - Ask the Moromi
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2022Chapter 58 - The Winter Meeting: Part 2
Published: Sunday, February 27, 2022Chapter 57 - The Winter Meeting: Part 1
Published: Saturday, February 12, 2022Chapter 56 - The Lonely Island
Published: Saturday, February 12, 2022Chapter 55 - Kanzukuri
Published: Sunday, February 6, 2022Volume 5
Chapter 54 - The Heirs
Published: Sunday, February 6, 2022Chapter 53 - The Future of the Distillery
Published: Sunday, February 6, 2022Chapter 52 - To Tokyo
Published: Sunday, January 30, 2022Chapter 51 - The Nighttime Presentation Ceremony
Published: Sunday, January 30, 2022Chapter 50 - Jyousou
Published: Monday, January 24, 2022Chapter 49 - The Three Stages of Sake Brewing
Published: Monday, January 24, 2022Chapter 48 - Making Yeast
Published: Friday, January 21, 2022Chapter 47 - Hundred Famous Sake
Published: Wednesday, January 5, 2022Chapter 46 - Bisen
Published: Monday, January 3, 2022Chapter 45 - Do Your Best, Tsukinotsuyu!
Published: Wednesday, December 29, 2021Chapter 44 - The Life of Sake
Published: Monday, December 27, 2021Volume 4
Chapter 43 - Nyuuzou
Published: Thursday, December 23, 2021Chapter 42 - Offering
Published: Tuesday, December 21, 2021Chapter 41 - The Harvest
Published: Saturday, December 18, 2021Chapter 40 - The Season of Fruit
Published: Monday, December 6, 2021Chapter 39 - Rice Falling Down
Published: Thursday, December 2, 2021Chapter 38 - The Night of the Storm
Published: Monday, November 29, 2021Chapter 37 - Dark Clouds
Published: Thursday, November 25, 2021Chapter 36 - Sake Tasting
Published: Monday, November 1, 2021Chapter 35 - The Raw Sake and Ginzo
Published: Monday, October 25, 2021Chapter 34 - Shining Ear
Published: Monday, October 18, 2021Chapter 33 - The Night of the Festival
Published: Monday, October 11, 2021Volume 3
Chapter 32 - The Fruit of Tomorrow
Published: Monday, October 4, 2021Chapter 31 - Harvest
Published: Monday, September 27, 2021Chapter 30 - Contamination
Published: Monday, September 20, 2021Chapter 29 - Came Flying
Published: Monday, September 13, 2021Chapter 28 - Summer Meeting (2)
Published: Monday, September 6, 2021Chapter 27 - Summer Meeting (1)
Published: Monday, August 30, 2021Chapter 26 - Hatsunomikiri
Published: Monday, August 23, 2021Chapter 25 - The taste of Raw Rice Sake
Published: Monday, August 16, 2021Chapter 24 - Weeder
Published: Monday, August 9, 2021Chapter 23 - Cultivation Meeting
Published: Monday, August 2, 2021Chapter 22 - Planting Rice
Published: Monday, July 26, 2021Volume 2
Chapter 21 - The Hand that Cultivates the Land
Published: Monday, July 19, 2021Chapter 20 - One Hoe
Published: Monday, July 12, 2021Chapter 19 - Cultivating the Field
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 18 - Growing the Seedlings of Rice
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 17 - Drinking Together
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 16 - The Day of Kaizou
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 15 - Touji
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 14 - School Reunion
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 13 - Koshikitaoshi
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 12 - No Entry for Women
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 11 - The Storehouse Worker
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Volume 1
Chapter 10 - Coming Home
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 9 - Goodbye
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 8 - The Child of a Distillery
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 7 - Gambling
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 6 - Sake of the Night
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 5 - Natsuko’s Family
Published: Saturday, July 10, 2021Chapter 4 - The Life of my Brother
Published: Friday, March 19, 2021Chapter 3 - Honzozou
Published: Friday, March 12, 2021Chapter 2 - The Taste of Seven Colors
Published: Wednesday, March 3, 2021Chapter 1 - The Legendary Rice
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Natsukos Sake
Natsuko Saeki, a young woman working for an advertising company in Tokyo, returns to her family's home in the countryside. There she finds her brother, Yasuo, searching for a "phantom" rice seed called tatsunishiki, rumored to create a new form of sake. He finds the seeds, but after he passes away suddenly, Natsuko quits her job and begins working at the sake brewery to realize Yasuo's dream of making the best sake in Japan.
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