What Did You Eat Yesterday? 13

きのう何食べた? [Kinō Nani Tabeta?] #13

by Fumi Yoshinaga

Gilbert invites himself over for a hot-pot made with common-folk ingredients, and Shiro wonders if things will be weird with Kohinata. Kenji tries to put off entering his 50’s for as long as possible, until Shiro reframes the idea of birthday celebrations, just as an old college classmate of Shiro’s passes away. Changes are afoot at both Kenji’s salon and Shiro’s law firm… but the one constant is that there is always good food and great company to be enjoyed.

Genres: Manga, LGBT, Comics, Food, Slice Of Life, Fiction, Queer

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 22, 2017

About the author

Japanese: よしなが ふみ

Fumi Yoshinaga (よしなが ふみ Yoshinaga Fumi, born 1971) is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and shōnen-ai works.

Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She attended the prestigious Keio University in Tokyo.

In an interview, she said that "I want to show the people who didn't win, whose dreams didn't come true. It is not possible for everybody to get first prize. I want my readers to understand the happiness that people can get from trying hard, going through the process, and getting frustrated."

Little is known about her personal life. She mentions that her favourite operas are those by Mozart in the author's note of Solfege.

She debuted in 1994 with The Moon and the Sandals, serialized in Hanaoto magazine, but was previously a participant in comic markets.

Of Yoshinaga's many works, several have been licensed internationally. She was also selected and exhibited as one of the "Twenty Major Manga artist Who Contributed to the World of Shōjo Manga (World War II to Present)" for Professor Masami Toku's exhibition, "Shōjo Manga: Girl Power!" at CSU-Chico.

Outside of her work with Japanese publishers, she also self-publishes original doujinshi on a regular basis, most notably for Antique Bakery. Yoshinaga has also drawn fan parodies of Slam Dunk, Rose of Versailles, and Legend of Galactic Heroes.

Reviews

[Nicole · Rating 4 out of 5]

Can't believe I'm all caught up already! I am glad the live action is currently airing so I can keep getting my fix.

As for this volume, I love it when Shiro is sweet to Kenji, and it was so nice to see him take care of him after he got sick. Not that he wouldn't have but we know that Shiro is quite dry, lol.

[Loz · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good volume. Enough drama, growth, and laughs. Plenty of cookery.

[Miss Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

ms. yamada is a very relatable person! also the preview made me decide i definitely want ga'at for breakfast tomorrow so thanks fumi yoshinaga

4 stars

[Eressea · Rating 5 out of 5]

20220707 2nd read
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日本人好早就結婚了喔

[Lara · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was wondering why people were disappointed with this one, and it turns out it’s (at least in some cases) because the previous volume introduces a topic that...isn’t super addressed here, and that I had 100% forgotten about because I read that one so long ago! Oh well.

Since I wasn’t really expecting this one to touch on that thing I forgot about, I ended up enjoying it a lot. There are some adorable and hilarious and sweet conversations between Shiro and Kenji, of course, some of Gilbert being tactless, Kaoko and her (also tactless) husband, and of course, lots of food!

Not a lot of note really happens in this volume, but drama is not what I’m reading this for anyway. I really just love the slice of life nature of it, and the little ways that Shiro and Kenji interact with each other.

That said, I’m certain I will go into volume 14 when it eventually comes out with just as little recollection of this volume as I had of volume 12 while reading this. And I’ll probably like it just as much too!

[Ronald McCutchan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Much as I was looking forward to this, I came away from this one feeling unsatisfied. Maybe it's because so much is left unresolved and tense. Perhaps opening this volume with Shiro having to improvise a supper from what's in the cupboard because he's gone overtime interviewing a rather blase (and similarly friendless) prostitute just set the wrong tone for me! Mostly I felt sad for Shiro and Kenji--it seems like this entire volume was devoted to pointing out how tiny their social circle is. And the fact that everything was gloomy/unresolved made all the usual gushing over the food seem forced. Seriously, is Shiro's rice porridge REALLY worth all of Kenji's excitement? Particularly since Shiro had such bad grace about wanting to go out at New Year's (and--though Kenji doesn't know--since there's that strange sexual tension between Shiro and Mr. Kohinata. Also made poignant by the fact that Kenji's boss's wife is preparing to leave him).

[Becca · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imagine my delight when I saw this book on the shelf at my local used book shop! I've seen peeks of this manga here and there, and I ADORE the live-action drama, so it was just a treat to find it in the flesh, so to speak.

What Did You Eat Yesterday is so soothing, so daily life, with such a steady heartbeat pace of friends-partners-family-work-meals-weekends. The ongoing thread of story is gentle, and each recipe is delicious. It makes me want to try every meal in the book!

Gochisousama deshita!

[Rocky Sunico · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's kind of crazy that Shiro and Kenji are in their 50s given the manga started with them in their 40s. Things continue to move forward and this volume touches on some of those milestones along with more nuances to their friendships with the likes of Kohinata and Gilbert along with their roles at work.

We still can't talk about things escalating or any sort of true conflict beyond maybe Kenji having trouble dealing with the reality of the progress of time.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

After the disappointment of the previous volume, where Shiro genuinely considered cheating, this volume thankfully brings a close to that. However, there wasn't a lot of character development in this volume. The food, as always, looks delicious.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lovely, as usual. I still wish Yoshinaga did less about the food and more about Kenji and Shiro, but it's a cooking manga, so all is at it should be. I just like those characters so much!

[jillbertini · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this one, but not as much as the past ones. It had very little story and was mostly recipes. So if you like the recipes, you will loooove this one!

[Kit Feral · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's like slipping into a warm bath. Nothing much happened this time but I like that.

[Nina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this series. It's just comfy and cozy and I love Kenji and Shiro. And I don't care if they do nothing but say hearts at each other. I'd read about it forever.

[Bee (BacchusVines) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Relaxing read, and I love how touchy they are about their age!

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this collection - but it makes me so hungry to read.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hope I can read 14 soon but my library doesn't have it yet.

[Jillian -always aspiring- · Rating 3 out of 5]

All the food looked great, as always.

[Molly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note to self, read this series in order. I clearly missed events by not reading volume 12. I just didn’t like this one as much

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finally a recipe I might make

[Carina Stopenski · Rating 4 out of 5]

cutesy volume without a ton of drama