

23 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestAntique Bakery is a small bakery that's run by four handsome men. Tachibana the owner, Chikage the one who was sent to watch over his childhood friend, Ono the "demonically charming" master pastry chef, and Kanda a former boxer.
Writing
Fumi Yoshinaga's sharp character work elevates every trope
Direction
Balances fluffy pastry porn with genuine emotional weight
Acting
Shin-ichiro Miki's Ono is devastatingly charming chaos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Antique Bakery helped popularize the 'bishounen bakery' subgenre in BL-adjacent anime, influencing later hits like Patisserie Ciel.
Fumi Yoshinaga originally created the manga after being told 'men don't read BL'—she made it so pretty straight women would buy it too. Marketing genius.