Oishinbo - Vol. 33 Ch. 305 - A Home Without Knives

[MangaDex]

 

[Mugiwara325]

This chapter has me feeling a little...off?
It feels like Kariya has a message he wants to convey, but can't figure out a story to go along with it. So instead, he presents the arguments directly.

It feels a bit lazy to me, even if I think the discussion is worth considering. I think with a stronger writer, this format could work out pretty well. Kariya has some very clear biases with the arguments here.

 

[friendly]

This chapter feels a litle like he realized ahead of time people would call him sexist for being against packaged chopped vegtables and worked backwards lmao.

which is kind of a shame, because I actually agree with him somewhat as someone who actually wishes I could use pre-cut vegtables. I have disabilities that make cooking tough. But a lot of times pre-cut vegetables from the store have faults or rot spots that weren't clear under the packaging.

 

[Mugiwara325]

This chapter feels a litle like he realized ahead of time people would call him sexist for being against packaged chopped vegtables and worked backwards lmao.

which is kind of a shame, because I actually agree with him somewhat as someone who actually wishes I could use pre-cut vegtables. I have disabilities that make cooking tough. But a lot of times pre-cut vegetables from the store have faults or rot spots that weren't clear under the packaging.

You know, I could see that. Especially after that little exchange Yamaoka had at the beginning of the chapter.

 

[Eddnom]

What made this chapter weird to me is that the first half has the characters debate topics like the role of women in society, family values, or men not knowing how to cook, but then Yamaoka goes "pre-cut vegetables taste bad" and everything the characters were discussing before kind of gets swept under the rug.

 

[d_a_renoir]

Bad writing and Kariya showing his elitism again.

Woman: I literally won't have time to do prep before cooking because of everything else I need to do.
Yamaoka: BUT PRECUT FOOD BAD, THINK OF THE NUTRIENTS
Everyone: You are right, I'm sure the problems will magically solve itself.

Only rich people who doesn't actually have to work hard all day long can talk like this. Because overworking yourself just for the sake of Healthy Fresh Food (TM) just defeats the purpose of the healthy food itself. Nutrients even from the best fresh food are not magic elixirs that can immediately heal the body from the negative effects of exhaustion and stress.

That "Well, men and women should work together to figure this out" won't cut it.

Be consistent, man. Where's the big old rant about how shitty it is that expenses are so bad it needed families to be dual income and both parents had to slave away all day? Where's the ran about how shitty it is that parents have to pay for kids to go to cram schools because entrance exams are tough? And how equally shitty it is that everyone are obsessing about school choices like it would make or break a person's future? Dude packed up and moved to Australia because the education system in Japan sucks, among many other things. If you're not gonna address this then don't bring it up.

That's why I said it's bad writing. If his main point is to highlight the importance of fresh produce and how precut ingredients are not good, he should've devised a different situation for the story framing.

 

[keatsta]

agreed with all these critiques, it touches on some very interesting themes but in a super flimsy way. I like that, even though Kurita points out that some people don't really care much about the taste of their food, they just see it as functional, it's impossible for any of them to really imagine someone who doesn't care that the precut veggies taste a bit worse or have worse nutrition lol. as soon as that becomes a factor it becomes oh well no no can't have that these veggies are the devil's work.

with that said, i did find the little spat between Yamaoka and Kurita pretty cute. they're finally letting their feelings for each other come to the surface a bit more...