美味しんぼ（６） (ビッグコミックス)

by Tetsu Kariya, 花咲アキラ (Illustrator)

江戸風の雑煮を取材するべく、火消しの頭を訪ねた山岡とゆう子。ところが雑煮に必要なカマボコの名店がつぶれてしまい、他店では添加剤まみれのカマボコしか入手できない…この現実を知った頭は失意から寝込んでしまう。そこで山岡が手作りで「本当のカマボコ」を作ることになる。

215 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 30, 1986

About the author

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Manga writer and essayist extraordinaire Tetsu Kariya graduated from prestigious Tokyo University. Kariya was employed with a major advertising agency before making his debut as a manga writer in 1974, when he teamed up with legendary manga artist Ryoichi Ikegami to create Otoko Gumi (Male Gang). The worlds of food and manga were forever changed in 1983 when Kariya, together with artist Akira Hanasaki, created the immensely popular and critically acclaimed Oishinbo.

Reviews

[Lizzy B · Rating 4 out of 5]

My favorite chapters were the one where it showed how authentic fish cakes were made, the kid who wasn’t sure about being a cook + omelette making, and the wasabi marriage one. Had to knock off a full star for the magic teleporting lady. I get that the pattern of needing time to travel to a region is repetitive and maybe the author wanted to diversify story methods, but adding a literally magical person wrenches this story out of the real world and adds a host of unfortunate implications (e.g. why not use these powers for good? Are there others like her?)