Oishinbo - Vol. 39 Ch. 355 - Flattery

[MangaDex]

 

[SonnyShizuku]

Why does he says that he'd been fired as Ultimate vs Supreme judge?

I don't think I've ever seen that man before or my memories failing me.

 

[spurgleburgle]

Dan has been biased this whole time because of Kurita, but mostly to make Yamaoka look bad, so if anything, he's been biased in the other direction. You could argue that all of his decisions were consistent with the results of the matches, but he's done stuff like try to force a match in Australia just to stop them from getting alone time or give Yamaoka a hint on Yuzan's dish to make Yamaoka look like he didn't earn his win.

Why does he says that he'd been fired as Ultimate vs Supreme judge?

I don't think I've ever seen that man before or my memories failing me.

I think this is a new character who was just given this backstory to justify this chapter. He doesn't look familiar to me either.

 

[Pleialdebaran]

Terrine is gross and turning foei gras into one seems like a waste

 

[TakesatoKeita]

Why does he says that he'd been fired as Ultimate vs Supreme judge?

I don't think I've ever seen that man before or my memories failing me.

You're right, he's never appeared before. He's just a new character made up for this chapter just to rub off Yamaoka and Kurita's actual chemistry on Dan's, Mariko's, and Kinjo's faces.

Apart from that specific reason, we can just think of the whole thing as the judges being selected off-screen a long time ago before the start of the Ultimate vs. Supreme Menu battles. Which explains why this guy only showed up now.

Dan has been biased this whole time because of Kurita, but mostly to make Yamaoka look bad, so if anything, he's been biased in the other direction. You could argue that all of his decisions were consistent with the results of the matches, but he's done stuff like try to force a match in Australia just to stop them from getting alone time or give Yamaoka a hint on Yuzan's dish to make Yamaoka look like he didn't earn his win.

It's pretty obvious that the guy is no saint since his debut, but for me, it's ultimately confirmed during the Salmon Match-off arc.

While Yuzan's no-holds-barred criticisms about Yamaoka in that arc are particularly brutal, it's more than obvious that Dan also uses the same momentum to just eradicate Yamaoka once and for all from the competition to win Kurita's heart while putting up a righteous face, which just confirms my suspicions that he's just a scumbag, at least when it comes to the manga's love triangle/square/whatever.

 

[maddery]

Yamaoka = 1
Others = 0

 

[PA270]

Is this whole volume just about finally resolving this stupid love quadrangle subplot? Because if so...then that's fantastic! There's genuinely some actual momentum here, and it's a pretty solid throughline even if the chapters themselves have been hit or miss. Here's hoping the rest of the volume follows through!

...what? I can't be negative all the time, that would be exhausting! XD

 

[BippidiBoppetyBoob]

Is this whole volume just about finally resolving this stupid love quadrangle subplot? Because if so...then that's fantastic! There's genuinely some actual momentum here, and it's a pretty solid throughline even if the chapters themselves have been hit or miss. Here's hoping the rest of the volume follows through!

...what? I can't be negative all the time, that would be exhausting! XD

It's not this volume, but it's coming.

 

[PA270]

It's not this volume, but it's coming.

Good enough for me!

Sidenote, it’s hilarious to me how Kariya basically used the same panel layout for the last page of every chapter so far this volume. I know that won’t stay the case for the whole volume, but I wish it would. 😆