On June 17, "Trigger," a café-manga salon staffed by a "manga concierge," will open in Shibuya, Tokyo.


The concept of the salon is "a manga salon where good manga and readers can meet in real life, with a manga concierge on hand. Originally a project that began in March on the crowdfunding site "FAAVO," the store has now opened after successfully raising approximately 12.6 million yen in two months.

The store has a collection of more than 4,000 manga titles carefully selected by reviewers of the book review site "Manga HONZ," and an exclusive concierge will recommend "the book of your dreams" to customers according to their tastes. Unlike so-called "manga cafes," the store plans to select and store volumes with particularly gripping scenes.





The store will also have a collection of premium manga titles that are usually hard to find, ranging from those priced at over 100,000 yen per copy to out-of-print titles. Examples of titles are as follows.

The Complete Reprint of Firebird (Osamu Tezuka)
・14歳 Complete Edition (Kazuo Umezu)
・GOOD WEATHER (Katsuhiro Otomo)
・Somnium Night Flight (Yoshimi Uchida)
・Scene in September (Yumiko Oshima)
・Heaven's Door (Keiichi Koike)
・Rensuke's Manga Diary (Rensuke Oshikiri)
・Harenchi Gakuen (Go Nagai)
・Adventure of Honey Bee (Leiji Matsumoto, unpublished, early Leiji Matsumoto: The Adventures of Honey Bee (Leiji Matsumoto)
・Fantasy and Weirdness (Shigeru Mizuki)


The Zubora-meshi (Zubora rice) is also available! Manga-inspired menus are now available

The food and beverage menu offered at the restaurant is also inspired by the manga. The restaurant offers cocktails such as "Shinjuku Station East Exit Message Board (XYZ)" (700 yen) and "Fresh Blood Shabon (Bloody Caesar)" (800 yen), and food items that appear in gourmet manga such as "Hana no Shaketou" (600 yen) and "Midnight Diner's Pork Jiru Set Meal" (800 yen).

Located on the 4th floor of Compal Building, 3-15-2 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, the restaurant is open from 16:00 to 24:00 on weekdays and from 13:00 to 24:00 on holidays. The charge is 500 yen per drink (annual members pay no charge). Manga-specific events will be held from time to time.

All prices include tax.