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Same. I also enjoyed the series, but I feel like it piled on so many new things that important parts of the beginning of the story got left behind. A comment about the last chapter pointed out that the series began saying that Santa was being hunted because of their society's stranglehold on...

In the group photo on page 29, you can see a man's face in the top right, under Miki's hand. I'm guessing that's the author, Akira Nagai, who died two years into the series, leaving the artist, Nogizaka Tarou, to finish it.

Prediction: Ueno puts up a good fight but loses, then Manaka tells her ex to fuck off on her own terms, maybe even beats him at a match. That way, Manaka can show that she really doesn't want to be with him, and decides things for herself.

Daimonji day is the day Ryuu and Kosuzu spent together before she got bought out by Takuma, back in Volume 2.

I found the illustration that was referenced. From this url: https://www.medicos-e.net/newsdetail/goods_watamote/

Brunhild's husband is that guy's older brother (Gunther). Giselher is the youngest of Kriemhild's three brothers.

If anybody's curious, Chapter 23 focuses on Eleanora and her mother.

I'm guessing the author used the Japanese name Daishakuten instead of the Chinese name to make it easier for Japanese readers- it's also possible she didn't realize the Chinese name was different. It makes sense that a Chinese merchant would be moved by a story of filial piety. One of the best...

I think she's his mom. I'm assuming she has him call her by name because she's young and doesn't want to be called "mom". I don't think it was ever explicitly stated though, so I could be wrong.

Taishou was trained at a traditional restaurant, a ryotei, the one run by Shinobu's family. It comes up in chapter 26. I think Ludwig the elder's criticism is just that Taisho's cooking isn't like traditional Aitherian cooking, probably because Taisho isn't Aitherian.

The last page is supposed to be a pun on financier, the dessert, right? EDIT: Looks like I'm wrong, see Ase16's comment.

I think he believes his son is overconfident (and he was) and that he needs to become more humble. Taisho and Ludwig the younger are both talented, but Taisho has the consideration to recognize that the father lost his sense of taste and serves him a dish that he'd enjoy, while the son saw his...

Page 11 has a reference to Cooking Master Boy- the two vendors selling peaches look like the main guy and girl from that series. Incidentally, the guy makes the girl buns shaped like peaches as a romantic gesture in Shin Cooking Master Boy. The Kong Ming being referenced here is the one from...

I forgot about Hama's illness. She mentions it in chapters 149 and 151. This is the first time we learned about what it is.

Anybody else notice the copy and past art in this chapter? Characters will appear in identical poses in multiple chapters, sometimes with a small change in expression. They've done it in other chapters, but it feels like they did it a lot here and it's not subtle.