Line #19 Manga/MrNietzscheInTheConvenienceStore


1	''Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store'' (also known as ''Nietzsche-sensei'') is an autobiographical WorkCom written by Matsukoma and illustrated by Hashimoto. The manga has been serialized in ''Monthly Comic Gene'' since 2013, eventually getting reprint runs in the online magazine ''Comic Bridge''.
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3	Based on Matsukoma's Twitter chronicles about working a late-night convenience store, the story follows a fictionalized version of Matsukoma as he trains the sardonic new hire Tomoharu Nii, a blunt, philosophical man from his university's Buddhist department given the nickname "Nietzsche-sensei" for his attitude. Joining them on the night shift are Hisashi Watari, a co-worker and senior of Matsukoma who is obsessed with lottery tickets and money, and the convenience store's unnamed, eccentric manager, along with a rotating cast of juniors to play off of.
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5	The manga was later adapted into a live-action drama that aired in January 2016, with Shotaro Mamiya as Nii and Kenji Urai as Matsukoma. Others casted are Jiro as Watari, Jiro Sato as the manager and former Music/SKE48 member Matsui Rena as Matsukoma's childhood friend Kaede Shioyama.
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8	! ''Mr. Nietzsche in the Convenience Store'' provides examples of:
9	* BrutalHonesty: Nii's habit of speaking his mind gets him in trouble as much as it makes the targets of his commentary think about their own opinions.
10	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Before working at the convenience store, Ken did a number of shady jobs under fake identities. [[spoiler:This turns out to be because he's rich, rather than due to hard-knock living.]]
11	* DeadpanSnarker: Nii's stoic attitude extends to his commentary, occasionally making it hard to tell if it's a snide comment or his usual honesty.
12	* FictionalCounterpart: 777 (pronounced 3-Seven) stands in for the 7-Eleven Matsukoma worked at.
13	* HilariousOuttakes: The drama has a few videos, with most of the jokes coming from the cast trying not to laugh at Jiro Sato's improvisations.
14	* HollywoodAtheist: While Nii himself is a Buddhist, some of his outbursts are done in this manner. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is bluntly telling a customer "God is Dead" when an UnsatisfiableCustomer tries to invoke the "customers are gods" stock phrase, and compares the [[invoked]]MainstreamObscurity of not having read a popular manga to not having read ''Literature/TheBible''.
15	* IdolSinger: [[spoiler:Moe]] is revealed to be a member of an underground idol group. This was foreshadowed and lampshaded in Episode 8 of the drama, when Kaede notes how much like an idol [[spoiler:Moe]] sounds when she relates not being allowed to date.
16	* {{Improv}}: The manager's scenes in the drama are noticeably more unscripted than the rest of the cast's.
17	* LoveAtFirstSight: Kaede for Nii, and, oh boy, does she fall hard!
18	* MoneyFetish: Watari is obsessed with winning the lottery, and is hyper-sensitive to the dropping of loose change.
19	* OnlySaneMan: Matsukoma is arguably the one with the most common sense among all the characters.
20	* SecretlyWealthy: [[spoiler:Ken. Actually, it's ''not''-so-secret.]]

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