[Toriko Episode 52 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Someone once said...
That there are white fruits that look like fully ripened mangoes.
Upon ripening, they overflow with a syrupy yellow fruit juice,
Soft Boiled Eggoes.
That there is an island made of sweet and crisp biscuits,
Biscuisland.
The world is in the Gourmet Age.
The age of seeking out yet-unknown tastes.
In order to make a new kitchen knife for Komatsu,
Toriko headed to the home of the world's most charismatic sharpener, Melk.
The two of them also aimed to find information on the mysterious ingredient, Melk Stardust, on their journey.
Escaping from the threat of wild beasts, they finally made it to Melk's workshop.
Then suddenly, Toriko felt a sharp fighting spirit.
The person who appeared before them was none other than Sharpener Melk.
Tense!
Toriko's Knife VS Melk's Kitchen Knives!
I'm Melk. Sharpener Melk!
What?!
You're the world's greatest sharpener, Melk?
It's been many years since I've seen another person.
Especially...
seeing people so utterly dumbfounded.
This is a first for that.
We just never expected Melk-san to be such an incredibly stylish and handsome young man.
I was sure he'd be something like this...
What kind of imagination is that?!
Well, from all the rumors floating around the world...
Ten to one, I was sure it'd be this kinda guy.
( This image is basically Raou from Hokutou no Ken )
I don't know where you're getting these characters.
Well, regardless, the rumors around the world may not have been far off.
You are my first guests in a long time.
Allow me to welcome you.
Thank you very much! All right!
So this is Melk-san's workshop?!
The unsharpened kitchen knives sparkle like diamonds...
And there's tons of incredibly rare natural materials.
This place is like an amusement part for a chef!
I wonder what it's like for Melk-san to sharpen a kitchen knife here.
What're these marks?
Sentoku Knives.
( A play on "Santoku Knives" meaning "Three Virtues Knives". Replacing "three" (san) with the word for "thousand" (sen). )
Far surpassing santoku knives that cut meat, fish, and vegetables.
In the realm of kitchen knives, they're the all-rounder that can cut thousands of ingredients.
Just one costs 5 million yen. They're Melk-san's masterpieces.
So this is a Sentoku Knife before it's been sharpened, huh?
Just how sharp is it gonna be when it's done?!
Don't touch that!
I'm sorry!
Watch out, Komatsu!
It pierced into the stone floor! Just how sharp is it?!
So those marks were made by kitchen knives?
Melk Kitchen Knives...
Knives so sharp that some of them require a license to use.
I've heard stories about amateurs carelessly using them and suffer serious injury.
But to think they're like this before they're even sharpened?
You'd best not touch that.
The raw material for that Sentoku Knife is a Warner Shark tooth.
Warner Shark (Fish Beast) Capture Level - 55
They have unrivaled strength and sharpness.
They can be dangerous if used carelessly.
Did you say Warner Shark?
That's a Capture Level 55 shark.
So you're saying you ask others to provide your raw materials?
No.
I don't commission anything.
The materials for the knives and whetstones are all supplied by me, personally.
Watch your tongue.
Melk.
There's no way you can capture a Warner Shark.
I don't think you've got that much raw power.
H-Hey...
How can you know that without finding out?
Finding out?
Yeah, right.
H-Hey, please, wait!
Sorry for wasting your time with that.
Who cares if you supply your raw materials or not.
The reason we came here is...
Outside.
Get outside! Right now.
Me-Melk-san?
If you want to know how much power I have,
then you can find out firsthand.
Hey, let's apologize.
Be quiet, Komatsu.
I'll be testing something as well...
The sharpness of one of my new knives.
I knew it! The rumors of his cruel side and cutting wild beasts to test his knives were true!
I will fight...
together with this marvelous blade.
Oh? Okay then. I'll take you on.
I dunno why you're so offended, but...
it looks like I hit a nerve on something really important to you.
Something you can't yield on... Something you have to protect.
Regardless, there are some things you can't find out unless you seriously exchange fists.
Oops, not fists.
A kitchen knife and another knife.
What?!
Using his hand blade, he cut through my kitchen knife?!
( Toishi Boots = Whetstone Boots )
With just one scrape, that broken knife went back to normal!
Take this...
All right, then!
That was pretty damn sharp.
Just who the hell are you?
Toriko-san!
Toriko?
How could you do that to Melk-san?!
We didn't come here to pick a fight!
I didn't have a choice. This guy was...
Toriko...?
Are you okay, Melk-san?
Toriko of the Four Heavenly Kings?
So that's why you're so strong.
Oh, yeah. Now that you mention it, we never gave our names.
So, let's hear one, too.
Who the hell are you?
Where's the real Melk?
Why would you call me an imposter?
Why? Come on.
What kind of person would go out of their way to show people in through their back door?
That wasn't the front door?
So there was a sign over here, huh?
And even a postbox.
So that means...
Yes. This is the real front entrance.
So it's just as you said,
the door we came in through was the back entrance.
I'd guess that you're the one who made that door, right?
It's clear, based on the size.
This entrance is way too big for a normal sized human to need.
You have a point. It does look like an entryway a huge man would use.
This is a workshop. I have to transport large materials inside, at times.
Then what's with these huge stairs leading up to the second floor?
They're as big as the ones leading up Melk Mountain.
I think that most likely, this is the workshop and home made by the real Melk.
The real Melk is shy,
and so he put the front entrance on the opposite side from where you climb up the mountain.
He's a big man no shorter than two meters.
That's the real Melk.
There's plenty of things that are out of place.
Isn't it just body size?
To begin with, I've heard that Melk was old friends with my old man Ichiryuu.
With the president of the IGO?
I don't even know how old that old man is,
but just from looking at you, you're clearly not the right age.
Melk-san.
IGO President Ichiryuu...
That's one of the few friend's names my taciturn master spoke...
Master?
The one you call the "real Melk" is my master and predecessor.
I am the second generation.
The successor of the first generation's techniques.
Sharpener Melk the Second!
The Second?!
That's a surprise. Who knew Melk had a disciple?
Just as the rumors say, he was a quiet and reclusive artisan.
He never had any disciples, except for me.
So he kept his techniques a secret from everyone but his lone disciple.
It's so cool! Like the passing the secrets of a trade from a father to his only child.
Then why didn't you just tell us from the beginning that you were the second generation?
I was sure you were an imposter.
You were being really rude to begin with, Toriko-san!
Picking a fight all of the sudden like that, and calling the second generation an imposter.
And who are you, accompanying Heavenly King Toriko?
I'm sorry for taking so long.
I'm, uh... working as head chef of Hotel Gourmet.
My name is Komatsu. N-Nice to meet you...
Wipe the stupid grin off your face. It's creepy, Komatsu!
Hotel Gourmet?
Um, are you the Chef Komatsu that made the Century Soup?
You've heard of me?
Well, the Century Soup at Hotel Gourmet is famous.
Pretty amazing, ain't it? They know your name even all the way out here in the mountains.
I'm moved.
Melk-san knows who I am.
By the way, Komatsu is also my partner.
Toriko-san...
Wow... What amazing guests I have.
D-Do you think Melk the First might have heard of me, too?
I highly doubt it.
The first generation had no interest in the outside world.
The outside world has no idea that the current Melk is actually the second generation.
What happened to the first generation?
Did he retire and seclude himself somewhere?
Master is currently...
mining for raw materials to be made into whetstones.
So he's still working?!
That's amazing.
He entrusted you to be the second generation and he still keeps going out into the field.
Um, Melk-san, be that as it may...
The reason we came is we have a favor to ask.
Not just one.
An order for a kitchen knife?
Yes, that's right.
Of course it's okay.
All requests are done in the order I get them.
Let's see, it'll be done in about three years.
Three years?!
Great news, huh, Komatsu!
You're getting your knife made.
In three years.
Three years?
Well, I guess it can't be helped since he has all those back orders.
I'll just have to buy one at a department store to last until then.
What's this knife?
It's mine.
It broke a little while ago.
Even after all I treasured it...
This is...
Hey, Melk, I sorta have a favor to ask.
Though it's more of a question.
Have you heard of the Melk Stardust?
What? Melk Stardust?
You've heard of it, Melk?
Melk-san.
What about the Melk Stardust?
We're searching for it.
If you know anything, please tell us.
The Melk Stardust is a whetstone.
A phantasmal whetstone said to be able to sharpen any material in this world.
It's a whetstone?!
The Melk Stardust isn't an ingredient?!
Ingredient? Well...
I've heard there's a golden powder that is expelled when a hard material is sharpened with that whetstone
which can be used as a food seasoning.
Is that what you mean?
Seasoning?
That powder is said to be composed of a new type of amino acid.
It's said to be comprised of first-rate savory components unlike any ever tasted.
A savoriness unlike any ever tasted?
It was first discovered by my master.
Because of that, it was named Melk Stardust, but...
I've never actually seen it myself.
If I had that whetstone...
I could make the greatest kitchen knives I've ever made.
The greatest kitchen knives?
If... I found that whetstone...
would you make Komatsu's knife for us as soon as you get it?
Toriko-san...
What do you say, Melk?
It's impossible, Toriko.
Even you cannot mine the Melk Stardust.
Why?
That's because it's located at an extremely dangerous place.
I know that.
The Melk Stardust is an ingredient requested by my old man for my training.
So of course it'd be in an extremely dangerous place.
My master went to that place and has yet to return.
Melk the First?!
Then the whetstone he went to mine was the Melk Stardust?
Yes. With his physical strength gained from his blacksmith work,
my master was able to work alone without relying on anyone, even supplying his own materials.
The one who took down the Capture Level 55 Warner Shark was really your master, as well, wasn't it?
I'm sorry, Toriko.
I knew it wasn't you.
My master was strong...
So strong that he was able to discover the Melk Stardust...
But he hasn't been back in six years.
Six years?!
Could he be...
Master is alive!
He has to be...
I still haven't paid anything back to him...
Melk-san...
Tell me. Where is the Melk Stardust?
If Melk the First is there, I'll bring him back.
No matter what it takes.
Toriko.
Toriko-san.
No time like the present. Any time after that is the wrong time.
So, you'll be heading right out, huh?
Before that, I'll be filling my stomach.
I'll leave the cooking to you, Komatsu.
Ah... right!
Oh, perfect.
Sky Scum (Sky Kasu) (Bird Beast) Capture Level - 39
I give thanks to all of the ingredients in this world.
Itadakimasu!
This is Toriko's true power...
Chef Komatsu. The kitchen knife alone is incredible,
but his technique is also...
You really are different from average chefs.
Sorry, I didn't notice you there.
Ah, this is the knife I always carry with me.
Did you say something?
No. It was nothing.
That reminds me, it's been many years since someone besides me stood in this kitchen.
Melk-san...
I'll be making this with the hopes that Melk the First will come back safely.
Thank you, Chef Komatsu.
Thanks for waiting!
Sky Scum teriyaki with plenty of honey,
and some syrupy Tail Soup.
Itadakimasu.
Yum!
Delicious!
I'm glad.
Eat up and build your stamina!
Heavy Hole is an extremely dangerous place.
Heavy Hole?
So that's where the Melk Stardust is?
Yes. It's about 30 kilometers north of Melk Mountain.
It falls tens of thousands of meters below ground level.
And due to the unique magnetic field and air pressure,
the strength of gravity is amplified beyond belief there.
It's the deepest cave in Human World.
That is the site where you can mine Melk Stardust.
This rivals that abnormal gravity in Gourmet World.
This'll be great training.
Damn, that old man...
He really prepared the ultimate training ground for me.
Ti
na
Pa
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Now for the heaping helping of a talk show, Tina Pan.
Today's guest is the IGO Development Bureau Director
and Gourmet Laboratory Chief,
Mansam-san.
Huh? Did you just say handsome?
I did not.
Now for the Guest Baring Corner.
Today we have a taste test to guess the types of Chief Mansam's most compatible ingredient, liquor.
Opposing him will be yours truly, Tina.
Drunkard Melon Juice,
Bacchus Apple with soda,
Infinity Grape Wine...
Hey, why'd you start drinking early?!
Are you trying to ruin Tina Pan?
Geez...
Huh? Next corner?
It's fine, I'm not drunk a single gram...
Huh? Did you just say handsome?
A gravity hell that crushes all that step into it.
Surrounded by wild beasts, a new technique explodes!
Ultra Gravity!
Take on Heavy Hole!
Next time will be a heaping helping of fun, too!