this series has beautiful art style and enough nerdy blacksmithing/cooking stuff I can casually scroll past without having to read. Also font easy on the eyes for when I need to read
You don't actually need to do 1000 folds if you start with good quality metal.
Folding doesn't remove impurities, it just spreads them out evenly so there are no large-sized defects.
European steel never needed folding because of its higher quality.