美味しんぼ（１５） (ビッグコミックス)

by Tetsu Kariya

大事件が起こった。帝都新聞が、新企画「至高のメニュー」の作成を発表したのだ。しかもその総指揮は海原雄山がとるという。「究極のメニュー」の企画を盗まれた形となった山岡たちは進退を問われるが、大原社主の命により、帝都新聞の連載に合わせて「究極のメニュー」を発表することとなる。そして、その話を聞きつけた週刊タイムが、誌上にて両メニューを対決させてみないかと持ちかけてきた。

203 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 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 5 out of 5]

Some top-tier content: loved the intro of a competing Ultimate Menu, the kid with the musical but stigmatized regional accent, and the fun cheap-eats potluck. The story of the poor girl who was scared of foreigners and lobsters was funny, weird, and sweet in its resolution, and definitely not the sort of story one could write about a white kid (and maybe not one that should have been written about a Japanese kid? She was like in high school, her parents were way too chill in allowing her to hate foreigners for years 🤔)