About the book

Silver Spoon (銀の匙) is a slice-of-life manga series by Hiromu Arakawa, author of the highly popular series “Full Metal Alchemist” . The story revolves around university freshman Yuugo Hachiken, who enrolls in an agricultural high school to flee from the demands of his strict father. However, he soon learns that life on an agricultural school is not as easy as he initially believed.

The manga series is very well received by its readers in Japan, and became the fastest Shogakukan title to reach the mark of one million first printing copies just one year and three months after its launch. It reached the 7th best-selling manga in Japan in 2012, and was the top selling title from Shogakukan. By October 2013 it has sold 12 million copies in Japan. This series has since been adapated into animation, with season 1 airing in 2013 and Seaons 2 in 2014.

A live-action film based on the manga was also produced in 2014. The manga was well received by its Japanese audience while earning itself awards, including the 5th Manga Taishō Award’s Grand Prize, and the 58th Shogakukan Manga Award in 2012, as well as the first Japan Food Culture Contents Award in 2013.

Summary of the book

Hachiken’s big brother Shingo drops in on the Mikage family unannounced during the summer break! However, Hachiken isn’t all too thrilled about their impromptu sibling reunion, especially when he learns that his brother has dropped out of the prestigious Tokyo University to pursue his love for ramen!

With such frivolous and carefree attitude, how could the ever-so-serious Hachiken get along with a person like that? Yet despite their differences, the siblings may actually have more things in common than Hachiken thinks!