美味しんぼ（１４） (ビッグコミックス)

by Tetsu Kariya

美食倶楽部の新米・宮井は海原雄山を崇拝し、この職場で働けることが嬉しくてたまらなかった。ある日、彼が昆布を出そうと調理場の戸棚を開けると、中からゴキブリが飛び出してきた。しかも昆布にはゴキブリが齧ったような穴が。それを知った雄山は「掃除がいい加減だからだ！」と激怒し、宮井にクビを言い渡す。だが、実際に昆布の穴を見た雄山は、なぜか宮井を呼び戻すように指示する。

207 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 30, 1988

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]

Generally funny, enjoyable stories! A few hardcore ones emotionally (the apple pie/tea one...oof) and, unexpectedly, politically (the lemons one literally saying "The Japanese government, in order to profit off of cars and electronics, is sacrificing their citizen's health"!! And a more in-the-weeds discourse about clam preservation vs. irrigation, but definitively against habitat destruction. I went online to check if those little yamato shijimi are alright! They seem to be, phew....And an overfishing one! Was there some kind of Earth Day special series?) Very interesting window into the Japanese perspective of their economic boom and of the environmental issues at the time.