The Makanai Season 2: The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House is a Japanese slice-of-life drama series based on the manga series Kiyo in Kyoto: From the Maiko House written and illustrated by Aiko Koyama.
The show is written by Hirokazu Kore-eda, Megumi Tsuno, Hiroshi Okuyama, Takuma Sato, and Mami Sunada. The Makanai series is Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda
The Makanai series Follows the story of Two Childhood friends Kiyo and Sumire, who moved to Kyoto to become maiko. Kiyo wanted to become a Maiko with her friend, but she was very slow at adopting the skills and learning the basics of Maiko. Her friend Sumire was very good at it and became a Maiko. Kiyo soon discovers her skill in cooking and starts cooking for the girl in the maiko house.
The series cast and their Characters: Nana Mori as Kiyo Nozuki, Natsuki Deguchi as Sumire Herai, Aju Makita as Ryoko, Keiko Matsuzaka as Chiyo, Ai Hashimoto as Momoko, and more.
The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House Season 2 Release Date
Netflix nowhere says that The Makanai is a Limited series, so there is a chance for The Makanai to Renew for season 2. If it’s Renew then we can expect it to be released in January 2024 On Netflix.