Atari no Kitchen!

• Ja Kanji — あたりのキッチン! • Ja Romaji — Atari no Kitchin! • Genre — * Comedy • Cooking

• Type — manga • Author — Yuki Shirono • Publisher — Kodansha • Imprint — Afternoon KC • Magazine — Monthly Afternoon • First — November 25, 2016 • Last — September 25, 2018 • Volumes — 4

• Type — drama • Director — * Kazayuki Iwata (Kyodo TV) • Makoto Kikukawa • Toahiyuki Honma • Takao Kinoshita • Writer — * Natsu Hashimoto • Nishioka to Neil • Music — * Akihiro Manabe • Mayuko • Studio — Tokai Television • Network — FNS (THK, Fuji TV) • First — October 14, 2023 • Last — December 23, 2023 • Episodes — 11

• Portal — yes Seasoned Connections, also known as Atari no Kitchen!, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Shirono. It was serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon from November 2016 to September 2018, with its chapters collected in four tankōbon volumes. A television drama adaptation aired from October to December 2023.

Kiyomi Atari is a university student who has severe social anxiety, but a strong sense of taste and smell. Wanting to make connections with people despite her lack of communication skills, she works part-time as a cook at the Aun diner, owned by Zenjirō Nakae and his son, Kiyomasa.

• Kiyomi Atari • Hiyori Sakurada • Zenjirō Nakae • Atsuro Watabe • Kiyomasa Nakae • Airu Kubozuka • Sakura Suzushiro • Mio Kudo • Haru Kusunoki • Rie Minemura • Akemi Atari • Sachie Hara

Written and illustrated by Yuki Shirono, Seasoned Connections was first published as a one-shot in the May 2016 issue of Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon, released on March 25, 2016. It was later serialized in Monthly Afternoon starting on November 25, 2016, and ending on September 25, 2018. Kodansha collected its chapters in four tankōbon volumes, released from April 21, 2017, to October 23, 2018.

A television drama adaptation, starring Hiyori Sakurada, Airu Kubozuka, and Atsuro Watabe, aired on Tōkai Television Broadcasting and Fuji Television from October 14 to December 23, 2023, for a total of 11 episodes.