Yakitate!! 9!
The third match was to be held at the city of Saito in Miyazaki prefecture.
City of Saito, Miyazaki Prefecture
With perfectly ripe mangoes as the specialty product,
the match against CMAP began.
3 pieces
Whoa!
7000 yen for just three pieces?!
Ooo, mango!
Could this be a reaction to the ripe mango?
A kanchou mango?!
Ooo, mango!
I don’t believe this.
There’s an idiot having a reaction in this kind of place.
Say, Kaname...
Did Tsubodzuka really lose to these idiots?
Well, so it seems.
God, that Tsubodzuka...
He really is scum.
Kinda want him to die, right?
Yeah, and we don’t even know what he means when he uses those foreign words...
Kazuma could not forgive the members of CMAP
for even insulting their former member, Tsubodzuka.
He vows to win against them at all costs with his specialty, the Japan.
However, if you look at what’s happening after the match began...
Exactly.
They’re probably using demiglace sauce made from Miyazaki beef.
Miyazaki beef?
This is what you do to create the curry bread of the highest quality.
And, look carefully.
The technique that Narumi guy’s using...
It’s as though he’s painting a picture on water...
He’s mixing it slowly and gently.
That’s the movement of a person who’s mastered western cooking!
It’s known as “Tuning the Iron Pot”!
How stupid.
No matter what talent you fellows may have, you cannot win against Azuma.
He has a natural gift that surpasses even me, a genius of a commander.
Then, let me ask you this.
Do you know that you shouldn’t add fruit juice directly to bread dough?
Of course I do!
If you do something like that,
the proteases in the fruit juice will digest the gluten of the dough,
and you won’t be able to knead it.
Just as you’d expect of the commander.
However...
That guy... just added it to the dough.
Fruit juice that hasn’t been boiled at all, straight.
What was that?!
Oh, the dough’s all melted.
There’s English bread, German bread, and French bread,
but Japan’s bread, Japan, does not exist.
In that case, there’s no choice but to create it.
This story is a serious, biographical ballad of a boy who possesses Solar Hands,
Azuma Kazuma, who will create a Japanese bread made by and for the Japanese people,
which can be presented to the world proudly.
kono koe todoke tai yo, mada chiisana uta dakedo
I want this voice to reach you, even though it’s still a tiny song.
hajimaru yokan ga suru kara
That’s because I have the feeling that something’s gonna start.
Yakitate!! Japan
Translated by: Anime-Empire
hitori de uzukumari, koe shizume nagara otoshita namida wa
As I was cowering, muffling my voice, the tears that I shed
“shinjiru koto wasurekaketeru to” to
probably helped me notice that
kidzukase tekureta no kamo shirenai
I’ve almost forgotten how to believe.
egaita mirai wo
The future that I painted (I will fulfill it)
(kanaerunda)
hareta sora miagete
Looking up to the clear skies,
mouichido hashiri dasu yo. Itsuka ano shiroi sora
I begin to run once again. Someday, I want to dye
watashi iro ni sometai na
that white sky with my colors.
dokomademo tondoyuku yo. Biidama mitai ni hikaru
I’m going to fly as far as possible, shining like a marble,
kono hane wo hirogete
unfolding these wings of mine.
Love will rescue Saito as well!!
The Solar Hands vs. The Flame Arm!
Love will rescue Saito as well!!
The Solar Hands vs. The Flame Arm!
Wait just a moment, you numbskull!
What’s wrong?
You’ve done your job well, Kawachi...
So, it’s all right to relax with the audience.
Are you a moron...?
This is no time to be saying that!!
If you were to put unprocessed juice straight into the dough,
the proteases in the juices would destroy the gluten,
leaving you unable to knead the dough.
Didn’t you even know that?!
Of course I knew that.
It’d turn out like this, right?
During the newcomers’ battle,
Yukino put those weird enzymes into your dough.
You think that after seeing how hard a time you had,
I wouldn’t know something like this?
But... But then...
I did this on purpose.
Huh?
Don’t worry, I’m doing this on purpose.
On purpose...?
I wonder if it’s really all right...
So how was it, Mr. Genius Commander?
Were you sure to explain the basics of breadmaking to him?
Of course I explained it to him.
My ultimate technique that can convert this pinch into an opportunity!
U-Ultimate technique?!
Oh?
And what might that...?
That, you see, is...
You an idiot?!
I can’t tell our opponent something like that!
Geez, what’s he trying to get out of me?
I mean, even I don’t know what Azuma’s trying, so...
I couldn’t possibly tell him anything even if I wanted to.
An amazing bluff.
Yeah.
Well, it can’t be helped if you really don’t want to talk about it.
However, burn this into your brain.
Our breadmaking is ultimate on top of perfect.
Like we’d care about some stupid bread made by someone who doesn’t even know the basics!
Ultimate
Perfect
What was that?!
If you think that was a lie, then let me explain it to you in greater detail.
First, that fellow Chimatsuri’s skill...
Chimatsuri is made such that he doesn’t sweat no matter how hot a day it is.
Even on a hot day like this, his body temperature keeps rising.
The temperature of his arm surpasses even that of the Solar Hands.
It becomes a Flame Arm!
H-How could that be?!
It surpasses even the Solar Hands?!
Secondly, my ultimate technique...
Look carefully at the powder that Chimatsuri’s sprinkling on the completed dough.
All right.
That should do it.
Wh-What is that powder?
If you add a powder to curry bread, it has to be breadcrumbs, right?
That happens to be finely ground cornflakes.
Unlike breadcrumbs, cornflakes don’t absorb oil as easily.
Moreover, it has a crisp texture and is fragrant.
Therefore, the end product is truly fantastic.
Is... Is that so...?
This is a commonly used technique at high-end bakeries.
Don’t tell me that you didn’t know of it?
Everyone knows at least that much.
Liar.
Cornflakes are an item that can be easily made in a regular household.
Earlier, I had Narumi make some with Saito’s highest-quality corn.
As a cook, Narumi’s skill is magnificent.
Even if it’s just making cornflakes, he’s a genius.
Th... These guys are perfect.
Even though they hate each other,
the pivotal commander is able to bring out everyone’s potential to the fullest.
In comparison to that...
Hold on!
The dough is spilling onto the floor, Azuma-kun.
Sorry about that.
I’m just not used to handling dough that’s in liquid state like this.
They’re still fooling around.
I hate to admit it, but it looks like this time we’re done for.
So, you understand now?
In the end, your skill and talent are all there is to cooking.
It’s ten years too early for scum like you to be winning against us.
Wh-What’s that helicopter?
It looks like the Goddess who’s bringing in our victory has arrived, too.
Here you go!
CMAP’s special curry bread.
All done.
Eat it quickly, while it’s still warm.
Very well, then.
Th-This is delicious.
A wonderful curry bread.
In addition to the dough being firm and springy,
the cornflakes sprinkled on the surface are...
Well, it looks like he’s praising it, but...
How very uninspired. There’s no reaction.
What a pity...
It looks like your bread couldn’t meet up to Kuro-yan’s high standards...
What’s this animal?!
He’s turned into some strange sort of animal!
My glasses were stolen by a strange animal!
Wh-What in the world is this?!
Don’t you know...?
What this lovely little animal is?
This animal inhabits an area from Myanmar to Thailand, as well as the Malaysian peninsula.
A mammal and an odd-toed ungulate, popularly known as the Malay tapir!
Malay Tapir
Mammal Odd-toed ungulate
Genera: Tapir
Height
Weight
Food Habits
Habitat
Island of Sumatra
Malay tapir?!]
Malay Tapir
Try saying “Malay tapir” ten times in a row.
Say it quickly.
Malay tapir.
And... what was the bread that I just ate?
Malay tapir!
Curry bread
It’s curry bread!
Curry bread
Malay Tapir
C-Curry bread and Malay tapir...
Though they may be similar, they’re really quite different...
To think that he brought that weird animal here, just for his reaction...
It means that their curry bread’s the real things.
That’s not all, Kawachi-san.
What was that?!
Huh?
Hey... That’s not me...
Here.
Oh, thank you.
Huh?
Who might you be...?
So, what is it?!
Actually, the Miyazaki prefecture zoo doesn’t have a Malay tapir.
So, what about that?
D-Don’t tell me...
Have you figured it out yet?
That’s right.
That Malay tapir was flown in, all the way from another prefecture.
What was that?!
The helicopter that you saw earlier was carrying the tapir.
This is the victorious reaction that befits the perfect bread that we made!
H-How can this be...?
To think that their bread’s evaluation was so high...
Perhaps it’s just like Kaname said....
Cooking’s simply a matter of skill and talent.
Skill
Talent
But...
I still have a faint hope.
I’ll definitely crush them with my Japan!
I believe in your soul, from when you swore that you’d definitely crush these guys,
to protect Tsubodzuka’s honor!
All right.
Baking’s complete!
What in the world is that bread...?
All right.
It’s done!
Mister Kuroyanagi!
Th-That’s...
A haniwa?
I see!
He’s shaped it into Saito’s famed haniwa.
Yeah, looks like it.
Just as you’d expect of Azuma.
You’ve really thought it out.
What are they, idiots?
Kinda feels like they felt that since they couldn’t win on taste alone,
they went for outward appearance.
It’s hard to understand the train of thought of these plebeians.
What’s with you guys?
All three of you out here together now?
Sure beats twiddling our thumbs, with you guys being so slow in breadmaking,
so we came to visit.
Well, since you guys will be losing anyway...
Just disappear already.
Try saying that again.
Stop that, Kawachi.
Don’t bother with them.
For now, just look over at Azuma’s battle.
Y-Yeah...
While you may feel kinda sorry for it...
Press down on its mouth with your hands
and bite on the head with its eyes facing downwards as you’re eating it.
In other words...
I should have it facing this way,
and while pressing down on the haniwa’s mouth, I bite.
Right?
That’s right.
There’s soft uncooked mango inside,
so if you eat if like that, the mango will only come out from the eyeholes.
That way, it won’t squirt out all over the place.
I see.
The mango is shut in airtight.
In order to prevent it from squirting out all over the place, you came up with this strategy, eh?
Impressive.
What, you want to eat some, too?
Then, eat this.
I made one more, thinking of giving it to Kawachi later.
Oh, thank you very much.
Thanks for letting him eat it.
No problem.
Well then, let’s taste this.
Okay!
All right!
Far from showing a reaction; he isn’t moving a finger!
Did you poison him or something, because there wasn’t any hope of his winning?
Murder is a crime, you know.
What are you, idiots?
Look carefully.
Wh-What?
Th-This is...
It’s like a haniwa!
The judge has frozen stiff!
This isn’t good...
Don’t worry, guys.
It is possible that he’s pretending to be frozen stiff.
But, there’s no acting in flying a tapir over.
Our bread was so awesome, it couldn’t be expressed with mere acting.
Th-That’s right.
Of course, that’s it.
Yeah, that has to be it.
You really think so?
Then, let me ask you...
Do you think the tapir you guys are so proud of is also pretending to be a haniwa?
Tapir!
Wh... What’s wrong?
What’s happening?!
Are they still alive?!
Doctor!
Ah, is it my turn?
Let’s go, Dog!
Note: This is a parody of the manga “Wild Life.”
What is that?
Isn’t that the weird vet who treated us on the uninhabited island during the Monaco Cup?
When did that dog get on top of Kawachi-san’s head?
Is that someone you know?
Well, yes and no...
He just suddenly appeared in our anime.
And he even treats humans here.
It’s a weird veterinarian.
Is that so?
But, before that...
Yeah, there’s nothing to worry about.
He’s alive all right.
And the voice of his heart is in full working order.
Th-The voice of his heart, you say?
That’s right.
I have the power of absolute sense of sound,
so I can hear such things, too.
Absolute sense of sound
Absolute sense of sound?
It seems like a completely useless talent...
So, what is it that they’re saying?
That’s...
The victor is... Pantasia!
All right!
We did it, Azuma-kun!
Yep!
That was wonderful.
You did well.
Just as you’d expect of Azuma and Kanmuri.
Well, I was certain you guys would win from the very beginning.
Is that so?
Has he completely forgotten about
when he stormed in shouting at Azuma while he was working?
How does this guy’s brain deal with these memories anyway?
Regular people can’t possibly understand.
Then again, it’s okay to not understand.
P-Please wait just one moment!
What’s wrong, guys?
Don’t tell me that you’re arguing with the results at this point in time?
Of course we are.
We can’t possibly agree with such a judgment.
Also, what the hell’s with that veterinarian, anyway?
And what’s all this about the “voice of the heart”?
Well, it’s true that even I find it a little hard to believe everything about him,
including the “voice of the heart.”
This match is invalid.
That’s right!
Exactly!
All of you, just die already.
Hey, you veterinarian there.
If you can really hear the voice of the heart,
then explain it in the judge’s stead so that we can all understand.
Very well.
As long as the voice of his heart speaks, I shall speak on his behalf.
First, I must listen for the sound.
All right, let’s do this, then.
In the first place, you guys don’t understand the reason Azuma liquified his dough at all!
That’s right!
Even if we stop laughing about the voice of his heart,
we still don’t know the reason behind that trick of Azuma’s.
That guy... just added it to the dough.
Fruit juice that hasn’t been boiled at all, straight.
Oh, the dough’s all melted.
If you just want to add the flavor of the juice to the dough,
all you have to do is add heat-inactivated juice.
So, why did he go to all the trouble of...?
Azuma added fruit juice straight into the dough on purpose.
That is, in order to...
create a bread with a new consistency, made with wheat flour,
where the gluten has been broken down.
Gluten
It... It can’t be!
New Consistency
No way!
B... But it’s still weird!
Leaving aside the new consistency,
Note: Tempura (天麩羅) = Japanese fritters
without gluten, the wheat flour would become like tempura flour!
How could that possibly taste good?
Yeah!
You guys are really stupid, aren’t you?
That’s because there’s something called yeast in it!
Yeast
Y-Yeast?!
Even if the gluten’s gone, the dough will continue to ferment as long as the yeast’s inside.
That’s why if you were to put it in a container and actually bake it...
it’d have both the softness of a pancake and the crispiness of tempura.
You’d get yourself a bread-waffle!
I-Is that so?!
By the way...
This taste is so good that if that fake Kansai boy there
tried this at the time of the newcomers’ battle instead of simply giving up, he’d have won.
Wh-What was that?!
Wait, why do you even know something like that?!
D-Damnit!
Why’d it have to turn out like this?!
No!
Everybody should just disappear!
No! No! No!
Stop crying, will ya?!
Listen up!
What your bread completely lacked was...
love.
Note: 愛 (“ai”) = love
L-Love?!
That’s right, love.
Why do you think that Azuma
used uncooked mango, and took the trouble to make the bread into the shape of a haniwa?
It was...
for the sake of love.
The love that the locals put into raising their mangoes,
and the love that went into wanting to make the local souvenirs more appealing...
That is what made this a great bread!
Love is what’ll save Saito!
It’s our...
Complete loss.
Well, as long as you understand that.
Also...
This is a present for you guys, from the tapir.
F... From the tapir?
Yeah.
He wants you guys to taste this bread that’s filled with love,
to show his gratitude for bringing him here for the reaction.
I cut it up with my scalpel.
See ya.
W... Well, I don’t quite get it, but...
It appears that vet saved us.
Yeah.
However, I wonder if it’s all right for him to have left the dog here.
I’m kinda worried about them.
Why’s that?
In the end, after eating our bread, they also turned into haniwas...
So, they probably won’t be suing us.
That’s not what I’m worried about.
I didn’t like them, but it’s not like I had a grudge against them.
Thinking about the possibility that they may never be able to recover from this,
I...
You’re really kind.
It’s all right.
They’ve been living as entertainers since their childhoods.
That’s why their hearts had become just a little twisted.
But, now that they’ve turned into haniwas,
by interacting with people in this way,
I’m sure that the original kindness and love that they possessed will return to them.
That’s true...
I’m sure of it.
Yeah, definitely.
Yep.
I guess that’s how it’ll be!
But, of course.
Yep, yep.
All’s well that ends well then.
I wonder if it’ll really end so well...
onna ji kao wo kurikaeshi te, sekai wa kyou mo mawarundarou
The world will probably go on today, with a repetition of the same faces,
demo wa sureteita koto hitotsu
but there was one thing that I’d forgotten.
ookiku iki wo suikondara, mawari ni michita ai no katachi
If I’m to take a deep breath,
then the shape of the love that permeates my surroundings
mabushii kurai ni kirakira to
will shine so much that it’s blinding.
tooku de dareka ga yondeiru
Someone is calling me from far away...
sono koe taezu kono mune ni hibiku
And that voice constantly echoes in my heart.
chiisana yorokobi wo nosete mawari dasu merry-go-round
So, riding on my small pleasures, the merry-go-round begins to turn...
yoake no konai hi demo kokoro ni akari tomo sou
And even on days when the morning doesn’t come, it shines a light in my heart.
Next Episode
Today it’s idols, tomorrow it’s ninjas!
Am I gonna be a kunoichi or something?!
If ninjas are involved, does that mean...?!
No! Whatever you do, don’t mention that one ninja anime!
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan:
Nin... Nin... Nin!!
This is my way of the ninja!
Nin Nin Nin!! My Way of the Ninja!!
Be sure to watch!
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
The Malay tapir has the largest body of all tapirs.
Malay Tapir
The biggest bodies from among all tapirs
Lakes and Rivers
It lives in areas close to water bodies such as rivers and lakes.
Lives near water
swim and dive under water
is very good at it!
It is very good at swimming and diving under water.
Tapir!
Tapirs!