What happened to this manga?
This and the previous chapter feel like the writer was replaced with an eight year old. I don't know if it's the translation, but the plot and dialogue have suddenly become so simplistic and lacking thought or sense that it feels like an entirely different manga. I remember when Asuta was always trying to find substitutes for things, experimenting with the local ingredients to see how they can be used in cooking, but now he's just going around asking other people to solve this problem for him while constantly moaning about how much he wants his special Japanese fried chicken. Even the pacing feels weird, like it's skipping from highlight to highlight with nothing in between.