Sugar Dog Life
Sugar Dog Life is a Japanese manga series by Yoriko. It was serialized in the monthly boys' love manga magazine Gateau from January 30, 2019, to December 28, 2019. A live-action television drama adaptation was broadcast on TV Asahi from August 3, 2024, to September 29, 2024.
Plot
While returning home from a drinking party late at night, university student Isumi Sakuraba is mistaken for a minor due to his short, youthful appearance by police officer Kyōsuke Amasawa and is almost taken into custody. When Amasawa shows up at Isumi's part-time job at the convenience store, Isumi answers his recommendations on food. Since then, Amasawa often shows up asking for more recommendations. Despite Isumi getting annoyed at Amasawa talking to him, he becomes concerned about his diet. One day, out of the blue, Isumi suggests going to Amasawa's home to cook for him. As the two grow closer to each other, Isumi finds himself falling in love with Amasawa, but Amasawa remains oblivious to his feelings. Eventually, Amasawa realizes he reciprocates Isumi's feelings, and the two become a couple.Characters
;Isumi Sakuraba;Kyōsuke Amasawa
;Yōhei Nakagawa
;Rihito Shōji
Media
Manga
Sugar Dog Life is written and illustrated by Yoriko. It is serialized in the monthly boys' love manga magazine Gateau from the February 2019 issue released on January 30, 2019, to the January 2020 issue released on December 28, 2019. The chapters were later released in one bound volume by Ichijinsha under the Gateau Comics imprint. In July 2023, during Anime Expo, Manga Planet announced that they would distribute the manga in English on their website.In 2020, Yoriko stated through an interview with that she had wanted to draw an age gap romance, and that she made one of the characters a police officer because she had also wanted to draw a height difference. While drawing cacti in Sugar Dog Life, she ended up buying and raising one herself.
Television drama
A live-action television drama adaptation of Sugar Dog Life was announced on June 14, 2024. It was broadcast on TV Asahi on August 3, 2024, and ABC on August 4, 2024, for their late-night Sunday programming block.The series stars member as Isumi and Hideya Tawada as Amasawa. The supporting cast includes as Yōhei and as Shōji. Additional cast members include Toshiki Kashu as Keiichirō Sakuraba, as Nanao Toyoshima, and Liyuu as Shiorin, original characters created for the drama.
The television drama adaptation is directed by,, and Kozue Sasaki.,,, and Fumino Ikuzaki are in charge of the script. The soundtrack is composed by. The opening theme song is "Sweets" by Super Dragon, and the ending theme is "Futari Yōbi" by YaYuYo.