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Ranman - Season 1

"In Full Bloom"

The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a boy who loves plants and flowers. He is sickly from birth and soon falls ill with a fever. Deeply hurt by his relatives' unkind words, "Mantaro should never have been born at all", Mantaro runs away from home, defying his mother Hisa (Ryoko Hirosue), who is lying in bed ill. He ends up at a shrine in the mountains behind his house, where he has a mysterious encounter with a mysterious warrior.

Top Cast

  • Ryunosuke Kamiki

    Ryunosuke Kamiki

    Makino Mantaro

  • Minami Hamabe

    Minami Hamabe

    Makino Sueko

  • Hirosue Ryoko

    Hirosue Ryoko

    Makino Hisa

  • Yui Sakuma

    Yui Sakuma

    Makino Aya

  • Keiko Matsuzaka

    Keiko Matsuzaka

    Makino Taki

  • Jun Shison

    Jun Shison

    Takeo

  • Inoue Sora

    Inoue Sora

    Yamane Hironori

  • Show Kasamatsu

    Show Kasamatsu

    Kokichi ["Mineya" brewer]

Overview

The story of Makino Mantaro (Kamiki Ryunosuke), a botanist who ran through the Meiji era (1868-1912) in full bloom, begins. Born the heir to the Tosa sake brewery Mineya, Mantaro (Yurito Mori) is a boy who loves plants and flowers. He is sickly from birth and soon falls ill with a fever. Deeply hurt by his relatives' unkind words, "Mantaro should never have been born at all", Mantaro runs away from home, defying his mother Hisa (Ryoko Hirosue), who is lying in bed ill. He ends up at a shrine in the mountains behind his house, where he has a mysterious encounter with a mysterious warrior.

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