Blend S


BLEND-S

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: ブレンド・S
English: BLEND-S
German: BLEND-S
Spanish: BLEND-S
French: BLEND-S
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Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 12
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 8, 2017 to Dec 24, 2017
Premiered: Fall 2017
Broadcast: Sundays at 00:30 (JST)
Licensors: Aniplex of America
Studios: A-1 Pictures
Genre: ComedyComedy
Themes: Otaku CultureOtaku Culture, WorkplaceWorkplace
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.241 (scored by 389803389,803 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #32882
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #335
Members: 697,143
Favorites: 3,000

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Synopsis

Wishing to be independent, 16-year-old Maika Sakuranomiya is desperate to nail down a part-time job so that she can afford to study abroad. Unfortunately, her applications are constantly rejected due to the menacing look she unintentionally makes whenever she smiles, despite her otherwise cheerful disposition.

After yet another failed interview, she chances upon Café Stile, a coffee shop where the servers interact with the customers while roleplaying distinctive characteristics. The Italian store manager, Dino, becomes infatuated with Maika's cuteness at first sight, and offers her a job as a waitress with a sadistic nature. Coupled with her inherent clumsiness, she successfully manages to serve a pair of masochistic customers in accordance with her new, ruthless persona. Alongside Kaho Hinata as the tsundere and Mafuyu Hoshikawa as the younger sister, Maika decides to make the most out of her unique quirk and cements her position in the cafe with merciless cruelty!

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"Bon Appétit♡S (ぼなぺてぃーと♡S)" by Blend A (Azumi Waki, Akari Kito, Anzu Haruno)
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Ending Theme

1: "Detarame na Minus to Plus ni Okeru Blend Ko (デタラメなマイナスとプラスにおけるブレンド考)" by BLEND-A (Azumi Waki, Akari Kito, Anzu Haruno) (eps 1-11)
2: "Bon Appétit♡S (ぼなぺてぃーと♡S)" All staff version" by Maika Sakuranomiya (Azumi Waki), Kaho Hinata (Akari Kito), Mafuyu Hoshikawa (Anzu Haruno), Hideri Kanzaki (Sora Tokui), Miu Amano (Atsumi Tanezaki), Dino (Tomoaki Maeno), Kouyou Akizu

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Reviews

Dec 18, 2025
Blend S is a lighthearted workplace comedy that fully commits to its gimmick: exaggerated personalities played for nonstop humor. Rather than relying on plot, the series thrives on episodic café antics, visual gags, and the chemistry of its cast. When it works, it’s genuinely funny, self-aware, and easy to binge.

The characters are intentionally one-note, but that simplicity is part of the appeal. Maika’s accidental “sadistic” persona is the core joke, and while repetitive on paper, it’s used creatively enough to stay amusing. Supporting characters add variety, each leaning hard into their assigned archetypes. The cast blends well together, even if meaningful character growth is largely ...
Nov 14, 2024
Mixed Feelings
A lighthearted romp to pass the time that got a few laughs out of me. Each character had their own little quirks that endeared me to them, despite the fact they aren't the most complex or unique out there. Everyone has a fun dynamic with each other dripping in the essence of its 4-koma origins. Hideri, Kaho, Kōyō, and Mafuyu were the characters I had the most fun watching, especially the snappy banter between Mafuyu and Kōyō. They're similar in vibe, but bring their own fun traits to the table. (pun intended) Basically, I liked them all, with the exception of Dino, but I’ll get ...
Jan 4, 2023
Blend S was one of those animes that didn’t interest me back when it aired in 2017, and perhaps for good reason. Beyond the pedophile manager’s (aged 26) attraction to the mc Maika (aged 16), the anime fails to go anywhere in terms of plot despite introducing multiple new characters throughout the season. Despite being a moe anime with constant attempts to break the fourth wall to appeal to ‘otaku’ viewers, the jokes play on overused tropes and come off as cringe-worthy. It’s characters, each with their own ‘gimmick’ and role they play at the café, experience no character development, growth or change. Coupled with ...

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