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Someone once said...
That there is a full-bodied, yet mellow flavored, fresh mayonnaise
that grows deliciously on trees.
Mayonnaitrees.
That there are dragonflies with a gentle sweetness and fluffy melt-in-your-mouth texture that look just like egg bolos,
( Bolo are a kind of baked sweet. )
Dragonbolos.
The world is in the Gourmet Age.
The age of seeking out yet-unknown tastes.
Itadakimasu!
Man that's cold!
Just as its name says, it's surprisingly delicious!
Those Surprise Apples we picked
would sometimes be extremely sour.
Well, they had sour looks on their faces, too.
But by adding this Sherbet Apple on top of it,
it makes them more cool and refreshing,
giving the flavor a better balance.
It sure is delicious!
Putting azuki beans on them is really tasty, too.
Ah, do you want anything to drink?
Sure.
You look like you could really use some chilly, fruity liquor
to quench your thirst, Toriko-san.
You could tell that, Komatsu?
Excuse me!
Could we have an apple brandy mixed with soda water as well as an apple juice?
Going all-out with the apples, huh?
Well, I guess we are in a sort of apple-ish mood right now.
Why're you so thoughtful all of a sudden?
You look really happy for some reason.
Oh? Could you tell?
Your face looks creepy.
Did something good happen?
Well, actually...
Thank you for waiting.
What is it? C'mon, tell me.
The thing is, I won.
Won? What?
The Gourmet Jumbo Lottery.
Chiger Egg!
Memories of Old Man Yocchi and his Wife
Gourmet Jumbo?
Ain't that the lottery with an incredible top prize of 10 billion yen?
That's pretty awesome, Komatsu!
Not so loud!
I guess you got some good fortune from going to the Gourmet Shrine.
Yeah, I think my luck really might've gotten better since then.
So what level prize did you win?
Okay, but don't get too surprised when I tell you.
Okay.
I got 8th prize, 1 million yen.
Huh? 8th? That's low.
It is not low!
Yeah, it is! You call 8th prize good fortune?
In a way, I am surprised.
That would surprise a Surprise Apple pretty good, too.
Well, 8th prize may not be a huge deal,
but 1 million yen is big money.
My hands were shaking when I went to accept it.
Yeah, right.
A million's big money. Better use it wisely.
Ah, um... About that...
Um, today, as thanks for all you do for me,
I thought I'd like to treat you to something, Toriko-san.
Eh? What?! Treating me?
Yes.
You're always paying for me,
so I feel like since I've got some unexpected income, I should return the favor for once...
Sounds great!
There happens to be something I want right now.
Really? Then please, let me get it for you as a present.
So what is it?
Land!
Land?
Yeah. Actually, we're headed to that plot of land right now.
This works out perfectly.
No, that'll never work!
You can't buy a plot of land with one million yen, can you?!
You might have a point.
Toriko-san, since when have you been interested in buying land?
It's not land for you to live in, is it?
Just how big is this plot of land you want?
Just one tsubo. There's a really good spot going on sale right now.
( 1 tsubo = 3.306 square meters or 35.58 square feet. )
One tsubo?
Now that you mention it, a little while ago...
Gourmet News!
Here's the top news.
Incredibly, the plot of land known as the Tsubo of Wealth
is going to be auctioned off.
The minimum bidding price has risen to 10 billion yen.
Could it be that what's inside that giant duralumin suitcase is...
A chicken that has an appearance similar to a tiger,
which goes along with its name, Bird Beast Chiger.
The egg it lays is a super-high class ingredient.
But the Chiger won't lay an egg except in the one place it likes.
And that place is that plot of land.
So that's why that land has an extraordinary price on it, huh?
The land's owner is an old man named Yocchi,
but he's supposed to be a real stubborn old coot.
Up until now, prestigious Gourmet Real Estate speculators and extremely wealthy people
have been trying repeatedly to buy out the land,
but their offers have been completely ignored.
The old man even turned away management personnel of the IGO at the gate.
Why is he going to let go of that valuable land this time?
I dunno. I guess we can try asking him in person.
Here, I have 50 billion, sir.
That's nothing!!
50 billion, that's way too low! Forget it!
I still have more prepared.
As much money as you could ever want.
Get out of here!
And don't come back! Not without one septillion yen!
It looks like even 50 million wasn't enough.
That greedy old man. It's not even an auction at this point.
How high is he trying to get the bids?
Oh, it's already going.
I can't believe they haven't sold it already.
Chiger (Niwatora) (Bird Beast) Capture Level - 50
That's Bird Beast Chiger?!
It's huge.
So does that mean... that area is the Tsubo of Wealth?
We're not gonna count on that old man anymore.
If we just capture the Chiger, we'll be billionaires.
Capture it alive!
Flying Fork!
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Flying Fork!
Heavenly King Toriko?!
You're better off not thinking about capturing it.
When a female Chiger
goes under stress from outside enemies, it effects her egg laying.
Please go back to your nest, Miiko.
Miiko?
You can rest inside, if you want.
Let's go, Komatsu.
Okay...
It seems kind of simple for a rich land baron...
I was sure he'd be living in a luxurious mansion.
Hello!
Pardon the intrusion!
Oh, this smell!
So this is the smell of a Chiger egg?!
You smell it, Toriko-san?
You've got a pretty good nose on ya.
You're Bishokuya Toriko, aren'cha?
Nice to meet you, Grandpa Yocchi.
I came here today to buy your plot of land, but more importantly...
I really wanna eat one'a those eggs!
This candy-like sweet scent... It's irresistible!
I'd like to try one, too!
Now this is a sight for sore eyes.
Someone who genuinely wants the egg.
Those guys outside just want the Chiger, Miiko, or her egg
in order to get money off of it.
The only people who want land during this Gourmet Age
are people who're after money.
He-yup.
Would you like to try this egg?
This is the Chiger egg?!
Thank you so much!
Um, I'll help out with the cooking.
I'm a chef. My name is Komatsu.
I formed a combo with Toriko-san.
Toriko's partner?
Then I'd gladly accept your assistance.
Okay!
Thank you for waiting.
It's a fluffy plain omelette made just from the Chiger egg.
And Garlic Bird Chawanmushi.
( Chawanmushi is an egg custard dish. )
Ginger Pig and Cream Matsutake Egg Chanpuru.
( Chanpuru is an Okinawan stir fry dish. )
This looks tasty!
I give thanks to all of the ingredients in this world.
Itadakimasu!
It has a mellow, yet strong, chewy taste.
Huh? You used to be a Bishokuya, Grandpa Yocchi?
Yes. I retired quite some time ago though.
Might the whole taming of the Chiger and getting it to lay eggs been your work, too, old man Yocchi?
Yep.
I found a young chick in a field a long time ago.
And that turned out to be a baby Chiger.
You raised it from a chick?
When Chigers grow to adulthood, they get violent and their Capture Level reaches no lower than 50.
They're pretty dangerous.
That's the reason nobody can get those eggs.
Why would you raise a chick that would grow into something dangerous like that?
Guess you wanted the money after all, huh?
No! Watch your mouth, kid!
In the year before that
my wife had passed away.
That was when I was still an active Bishokuya.
In those days I would work my ass off.
My wife was very prone to getting ill, and in order to help her get better
I earned a lot in order to give my wife delicious food to eat.
I took on every work request I got and immersed myself in finding ingredients.
But...
Hey, I'm home!
My wife's illness had worsened.
I had finished my work and just came back for the first time in a while.
But I was too late.
I'll never forget the words my wife squeezed out then.
Rather than sending me so much money that it could never run out
I wish I could have shared a meal with you, just one more time.
What...
what had I been doing?
Doing nothing but chasing after money...
I'm the worst.
The Bishokuya is a means, not an end.
You'd forgotten the most important thing, which is to enjoy food.
I'm so pathetic that I could only remember one ingredient my wife liked.
That was the Chiger egg.
She was always so happy when she ate them.
So when I found the Chiger chick, it felt like fate.
Because, you see,
it was at the place my wife and I first shared a meal.
And...
Among the mellow flavor is a strong, chewy taste.
It truly is delicious.
The food we had eaten together was the Chiger egg.
With that memory in my head,
it felt like I had met my wife reincarnated.
My wife's name is Miko.
So I decided to name the chick Miiko and raise her.
And this time I wouldn't leave her for an instant.
This is more than 50 years ago.
I retired from being a Bishokuya
and stayed with the Chiger ever since then.
So of course, my income disappeared.
I let go of my land a little at a time to support us
until I only had that one tsubo left.
So then even a ferocious Chiger got attached to you?
So why are you now letting go a piece of land so important to you?
That's easy.
Because I'm going to die soon.
Die, Grandpa Yocchi...?
Don't be so surprised.
I can tell when my own life is ending.
So I thought I'd aught to turn over that tsubo to someone.
By the way, Toriko. How much money did you bring with you?
We've got one million.
Komatsu won the lottery.
Wait. Um...
O-One million?
Don't you have money in the case you brought, Toriko-san?
Hm? That's...
some Surprise Apples I was gonna give to Gramps as a present.
That's hilarious!
Okay, sold!
I'll hand this land over to you.
Really, Grandpa Yocchi?!
But I thought the minimum amount was 10 billion...
Yep.
That's the minimum I'd buy from one'a those jackasses that only thinks about money.
Oh, so that's what you meant by minimum price.
As I am now, money doesn't matter much to me.
People that get money just for the sake of getting money are the worst.
They're worth even less in my eyes.
Toriko.
Those words you said in praise of the egg...
It has a mellow, yet strong, chewy taste.
My deceased wife said the same thing.
Among the mellow flavor is a strong, chewy taste.
It truly is delicious.
For me. That had more value than absolutely anything.
Grandpa Yocchi.
For that happiness that money cannot buy, thank you.
If you guys are the ones taking care of it, I don't care how you use this land.
Just one thing, with her lonely after I'm gone,
would you come to play with Miiko once in a while?
Amazing! A chick hatched!
Maybe it's Grandpa Yocchi reincarnated?
Now they can be together again, huh?
Ti
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Pa
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Welcome to the heaping helping of a talkshow, Tinapan.
Today's guest is first-class Gourmet Architect, Smile-san.
Smile-san, the super-successful genius architect that designed such places as Gourmet Tower and the Gourmet Train,
Smile First-Class Gourmet Architect
sometimes gets so busy that he forgets to smile.
Even though his name is Smile-san.
Forget to smile?
Who are you talking about?
Oh! Well if it isn't a smiling face without one gram of gloom?!
So, how has your work been going recently?
I've been getting mountains of orders as always.
Thank you so much for asking.
What sort of work are you doing now?
U-Um...
Thanks to all my customers I've been blessed with tons of work.
Even after this I've got to head to a meeting...
and then pull an all-nighter...
and first thing...
tomorrow...
morn...
ing...
Hey, Smile-san!
An aurora?!
Might that be...
Century Soup.
I had Komatsu-kun specially make some for me
in order to keep up a normal, not-bawdy, smile.
But I think I should've had him make it thicker...
Is he addicted to Century Soup?
Let's go to the next corner.
Maximum difficulty!
Maximum beaut'fulness!
They head out seeking beautiful prey and now with a new partner!
Glistening of a Crystal!
Shining Gourami!
Next time will be a heaping helping of fun, too!