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焼きたてジャぱん [Yakitate!! Japan] #23
Yakitate!! Japan, Volume 23
Are you ready for the Iron Chef of bread?! Manga shall not live by bread alone.
England. France. Germany. What common thread binds these three nations together? each is famous for producing unique, distinctive, delicious bread. But what about Japan, home to rice and delicacies of the sea? Is there not a doughy, gastronomic delight they can claim as their own? The answer is no...until now! Kazuma Azuma, a 16-year-old-boy blessed with otherworldly baking powers, has taken it upon himself to create Ja-pan, the national bread of the land of the rising sun!
Young Yamatoya, a spoiled brat with a thing for bread, is back--and this time he's trying to buy a job as a bread judge. But when master taster Kuro-san decides to teach him a lesson about hard work, Yamatoya realizes he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Later, Azuma's team Pantasia is in a bind when their next opponent in the "Yakitate!! Japan" baking competition turns out to be an old rival who's caught in the grip of a powerful mind-controlling miso bread! Can goofy Kawachi resist the temptations of the mental miso and protect his friends? Probably not...which means it'll be up to Azuma's simple buns to bail the team out again!
England. France. Germany. What common thread binds these three nations together? each is famous for producing unique, distinctive, delicious bread. But what about Japan, home to rice and delicacies of the sea? Is there not a doughy, gastronomic delight they can claim as their own? The answer is no...until now! Kazuma Azuma, a 16-year-old-boy blessed with otherworldly baking powers, has taken it upon himself to create Ja-pan, the national bread of the land of the rising sun!
Young Yamatoya, a spoiled brat with a thing for bread, is back--and this time he's trying to buy a job as a bread judge. But when master taster Kuro-san decides to teach him a lesson about hard work, Yamatoya realizes he may have bitten off more than he can chew. Later, Azuma's team Pantasia is in a bind when their next opponent in the "Yakitate!! Japan" baking competition turns out to be an old rival who's caught in the grip of a powerful mind-controlling miso bread! Can goofy Kawachi resist the temptations of the mental miso and protect his friends? Probably not...which means it'll be up to Azuma's simple buns to bail the team out again!
192 pages, Paperback
First published July 18, 2006
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About the author
Takashi Hashiguchi
69 books22 followersTakashi Hashiguchi (橋口 たかし) is a Japanese manga artist. He is best known for his manga series Yakitate!! Japan, for which he won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 2004. Hashiguchi won a newcomer's award in 1987 (published in a magazine), and Combat Teacher debuted the following year in the same magazine.
A prevailing theme seen throughout his manga is the realization of childhood dreams, such as making bread in Yakitate!! Japan or becoming a yo-yo master in Super Yo-Yo (Chousoku Spinner). Hashiguchi mainly focuses on unusual occupations or sports.
He enjoys comedy as well, and took a brief interlude from drawing to try his luck as a comedian.
Source: Wikipedia
A prevailing theme seen throughout his manga is the realization of childhood dreams, such as making bread in Yakitate!! Japan or becoming a yo-yo master in Super Yo-Yo (Chousoku Spinner). Hashiguchi mainly focuses on unusual occupations or sports.
He enjoys comedy as well, and took a brief interlude from drawing to try his luck as a comedian.
Source: Wikipedia
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
October 11, 2020
Story's starting to get a little wonky again......
August 16, 2021
This is a pretty decent cooking manga, it was really good and interesting at the beginning but got bored the second half probably because it’s solely just about bread 😂👌❤️
May 26, 2016
Read May 26, 2016
It's been a while since I've had me some Yaki! Yukino occupying a blowup sex doll since turning into hot air in the last volume is priceless! If there is poetic justice, this must be it. The tournament is wrapping up, it seems, and Kirisaki introduces his brainwashing bread. Can Azuma create a counteractive Ja-pan?
It's been a while since I've had me some Yaki! Yukino occupying a blowup sex doll since turning into hot air in the last volume is priceless! If there is poetic justice, this must be it. The tournament is wrapping up, it seems, and Kirisaki introduces his brainwashing bread. Can Azuma create a counteractive Ja-pan?
September 16, 2010
It's been too long since I read the last volume, and apparently I just can't remember why the evil sister turned herself into a blow-up doll. Seeing her that way was a little disturbing. Still some interesting plot twists and I will most likely force myself to finish the series.
January 20, 2015
For one, the Yamatoya story sounded boring. But with Meister Kirisawa barging in to fight Azuma due to the effects of the Brain Go-Pan, things are going to get both funny and interesting.
November 6, 2012
A flagging manga is not a pretty sight.
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