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Funny thing about that. When I was younger, my mom one gave me one of these meat stubs and told me it was the chicken's butt. Me, being...

Now that Dan has been properly introduced, I'd like to take some time to explain why I think he's such a fascinating addition to the...

You can consider it the 'lesson of the week' before they return to the status quo. This 'showdown' technically isn't even a showdown...

No Gourmet Notes this time. Just a chapter to establish Dan's character.

At last. I've been itching to get to Dan's introduction ever since I started translating Oishinbo. I honestly find Dan to be a...

I wouldn't be surprised. It's a running joke that whenever we feel sick or uncomfortable in any way, the remedy is to just 'drink more...

It's a very common folk wisdom among Chinese communities. It's why we have something of a stereotype for always drinking hot water or...

This chapter is a nice throwback to when Ohara wasn't so high-strung. Wish we could see him be this way more often, but alas.

I'm just gonna...ignore the mismatched tone for a bit, cause I think this is a great chance to talk about Mrs. Mitani as a character...

If this happened in the real world, almost certainly yes. But we're in the Oishinbo world right now. Some due process will need to be...

I really like this chapter. It's relatively low stakes but treated with so much urgency because the main character is dirt-poor...

I see I see, wow. I feel like reading Oishinbo is me constantly going "wow, Kariya is such an irrational hippie, but I guess he didn't...

Huh very interesting, glad the Viz release has some discussion of it too. On that subject, thank you so much for all your research and...

This is a fantastic question actually. It'll help when I eventually need to study up on nuclear radiation effects for Volume...111...

The Viz volume has some notes on the subject at the end of the volume, and the translator has a good enough track record that I think...