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Umami #1-8
Umami: Starters
Who said cooking was only for nourishing?
Uma is a cheerful and determined girl from a remote village, who always has an amazing dish ready to solve any problem… if only she wasn’t such a disaster.
Ami is the future king’s chef, stickler and extremely proud, whose aim in the kitchen is to achieve the best taste following traditional techniques and recipes.
Despite their many disagreements, together they are an explosive team and no obstacle stands on their way. But how could anybody imagine that the destiny of the entire kingdom would depend on their culinary skills…?
Welcome to the great little adventures of Uma and Ami!
Collects issues #1–8.
Uma is a cheerful and determined girl from a remote village, who always has an amazing dish ready to solve any problem… if only she wasn’t such a disaster.
Ami is the future king’s chef, stickler and extremely proud, whose aim in the kitchen is to achieve the best taste following traditional techniques and recipes.
Despite their many disagreements, together they are an explosive team and no obstacle stands on their way. But how could anybody imagine that the destiny of the entire kingdom would depend on their culinary skills…?
Welcome to the great little adventures of Uma and Ami!
Collects issues #1–8.
- GenresComics
259 pages, ebook
First published February 26, 2019
22 people want to read
About the author
J.M. Ken Niimura
51 books45 followersJ.M. Ken Niimura is a Spanish-Japanese cartoonist and illustrator. He has produced work within the Spanish, North American and Japanese comic book markets.
Niimura was born and grew up in Madrid, Spain. He graduated in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Niimura started his career in the early 2000's within the Spanish self-publishing comic scene. His major professional debut however happened in the US in 2009, when he illustrated the series I Kill Giants (Image comics), written by Joe Kelly and adapted into a live-action movie in 2018.
The success of I Kill Giants led Niimura to collaborate with various magazines around the world, such as 'Black' (Italy), 'Mandala' (Japan), 'Popgun' (USA), 'C'est Bon Anthology' (Sweden), 'Spera' (USA) and 'Fluide Glamour' (France). The resulting short stories were collected in the anthology Traveling (2014).
In 2013 Niimura moved to Japan, to work in the manga industry. He serialised the semi-autobiographical diary manga Henshin (2013) in the magazine 'Monthly Ikki' from publisher Shogakukan.
His next major project was the webcomic Umami (2019), about two cooks in a fantastic world. The work won the 2019 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic.
Niimura was born and grew up in Madrid, Spain. He graduated in Fine Arts at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Niimura started his career in the early 2000's within the Spanish self-publishing comic scene. His major professional debut however happened in the US in 2009, when he illustrated the series I Kill Giants (Image comics), written by Joe Kelly and adapted into a live-action movie in 2018.
The success of I Kill Giants led Niimura to collaborate with various magazines around the world, such as 'Black' (Italy), 'Mandala' (Japan), 'Popgun' (USA), 'C'est Bon Anthology' (Sweden), 'Spera' (USA) and 'Fluide Glamour' (France). The resulting short stories were collected in the anthology Traveling (2014).
In 2013 Niimura moved to Japan, to work in the manga industry. He serialised the semi-autobiographical diary manga Henshin (2013) in the magazine 'Monthly Ikki' from publisher Shogakukan.
His next major project was the webcomic Umami (2019), about two cooks in a fantastic world. The work won the 2019 Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
April 25, 2021
I wasn't sure if I'd like it when I started reading it, but it was actually quite nice. I like how it's fun, but at the same time has some life morals in it. I'm curious to know what's going to happen next.
December 10, 2019
Pues, todo comienza cuando se acaba la sal en la aldea de Uma y está decide irse a buscar más sal a la capital, el único sitio donde dicen que queda sal. Por el camino se une a Ami, un personaje muy insoportable hasta casi al final que baja su nivel de molestidad.
Pues si de las dos protagonistas una es molesta, la otra es genial. Aún así, el dibujo no me gusta, pero la historia es muy entretenida. Parece que todo vaya de dualidades contrapuestas. La historia termina con un continuará en lo que parecia ser la mejor parte.
Por la nota podréis ver que no me parece lo mejor del mundo, un personaje que lo va salvando y cargando con todo el peso de la historia.
Pues si de las dos protagonistas una es molesta, la otra es genial. Aún así, el dibujo no me gusta, pero la historia es muy entretenida. Parece que todo vaya de dualidades contrapuestas. La historia termina con un continuará en lo que parecia ser la mejor parte.
Por la nota podréis ver que no me parece lo mejor del mundo, un personaje que lo va salvando y cargando con todo el peso de la historia.
June 2, 2020
(3 of 5 for a kind of okay fantasy quest of one cook and one chef on their road to the capital city)
Well, don't be mistaken, there is a lot of cooking, it's kind of "power" of the two main characters, but there is no finesse to it. So nothing to people interesting in the cooking part. The travel/adventure part is fun, but it's constructed on mechanics we saw and read many times before. Nice thing is that the story is developing nicely. Shame is everything else is rather mediocre. And the art, well, I'm far from being a fan here.
Well, don't be mistaken, there is a lot of cooking, it's kind of "power" of the two main characters, but there is no finesse to it. So nothing to people interesting in the cooking part. The travel/adventure part is fun, but it's constructed on mechanics we saw and read many times before. Nice thing is that the story is developing nicely. Shame is everything else is rather mediocre. And the art, well, I'm far from being a fan here.
May 25, 2020
Quan comença la premissa sembla una bajanada, però poc a poc s'entreveu una història més gran. És la mar d'entretingut, els 8 números d'aquest primer recopilatori es llegeixen en un sospir.
August 25, 2020
What an adorable book! Love Niimura art
April 6, 2021
Історія подорожніх пригод двох дівчат, одна з яких майстерно готує все за рецептами, а інша вигадує з їжі все підряд без жодних рецептів.
Сподобалося, з якою легкістю все намальовано.
Сподобалося, з якою легкістю все намальовано.
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