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.
Somewhere far away, there are people listening carefully.
dokoka tooku de mimi wo sumashiteru hito ga iru
Yakitate!! Japan
Translated by: Anime-Empire
In every place, there are people looking up at the sky.
arayuru basho de sora wo miageteru hito ga iru
Under the night sky, we, who are whistling...
yozora no shita de kuchibue fuiteru bokutachi wa
without words, are just tracing constellations with our fingers.
kotoba mo nai mama yubi de tada seiza wo nazotteru
The dreams of the cold-sensitive... Your cold hands...
samugariya no yume tsumetai kimi no te
The warming magic is to believe in one path.
atatameru mahou wa hitotsu no michi wo shinjiru koto
The single star found on the other side of the comet cloud...
houkigumo no mukou ni mitsuketa hitotsubu no hoshi wa
whether it be a shining or a faint star...
kagayaku hoshi demo kasukana hoshi demo
is the light of only you.
kimi dake no hikari
On the other side of the cloud in your heart,
mune no kumo no mukou ni mienai mama no michishirube
is a sign post that remains unseen.
Now, opening these hands, what will you believe in today?
saa kono te wo hiraite ima nani wo shinjimasuka?
Kazuma and Kawachi, who made it to their first day of work at Pantasia’s southern Tokyo store,
met Matsushiro Ken, the manager.
Chomp!!
Delicious!!!
Delicious!
Delicious!!!
The horse ate the bread!
Matsushiro told the two to make a delicious French bread that even a horse would eat.
Delicious bread
At the same time, he declared that he would cancel their employment
if they could not do it by the following day.
Kawachi had difficulty accepting this,
but there was a profound reason behind the condition that Matsushiro set out.
I believe the manager is concerned about allergies.
In other words, the “delicious bread” that the manager speaks of...
is made without milk or butter, all without sacrificing flavor,
while bringing good health and good taste together...
The ultimate bread, right?
Bread Workshop
De-licious!!
A Decisively Ultimate Butter!
De-licious!!
A Decisively Ultimate Butter!
Right!
S-She died...
This guy’s really sentimental...
I mean, I told you she’s not dead.
O-Onee-chan!
I’m telling you, she’s not dead!
Geez...
It seems you enjoy gossiping, as usual...
young lady.
Manager!
Can’t you be a bit more stylish?
But still, Manager, I don’t dislike your spirit.
I’ll make it...
French bread that’s tasty, good for the body, and that even a horse would eat.
Huh?
It’s Arabian oil shock.
You must be careful of Arabian oil shock.
Note: “Anafirakishii shokku” (anaphylactic shock) sounded to Kazuma like “Arabia sekiyu shokku.” (Arabian oil shock)
Arabian oil shock?
You out of toilet paper or something?
Eh?
Huh? Little sister?
That’s why you’ve also got to be wary of milk, Nee-chan.
Milk?
Kazuma, surely...
you’re not talking about anaphylactic shock, are you?
Yeah, yeah.
In that case, you don’t have to worry about it. I don’t think that’s a problem for us.
Why?
Usually, in our case, we tend to drink Hanako’s milk, don’t we?
That girl has big breasts, so she produces a lot of milk every day...
Hanako’s big breasts...
Hanako’s milk.
Hello?
Hey!
That’s it!
Hanako’s milk!
Uh, what?
Hanako’s milk!
Public Telephone
It’s decided!
Hanako’s milk.
Nee-chan, send some of Hanako’s milk over.
Fresh stuff.
Huh?
I need it right away.
Please, send it through a home-delivery service.
Well, I don’t mind that, but...
I need it by tomorrow.
That’s impossible! Geez...
There’s no way they’d deliver it within a day.
Oh, really? I thought that it would arrive within 5 hours.
Of course that’s impossible!
We’re way out in the country, you know.
No way...
Oh well.
In that case, leave it to me.
Leave what?
Have you forgotten...
about my cute Tetsuko #3?
Ah, that!
But then you’d be...
Idiot.
You don’t have to worry about it.
Don’t think about inconveniences to your family.
Just do what you can right now.
Okay!
Things I can do right now...
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This is it.
I’ve got to use this.
Just watch, I’ll make delicious Kawachi-style bread and astound him!
Things I can do right now...
Oh, Azuma.
It seems that you’ve also thought of something.
I’d like to commend you, but...
Things I can...
do right now!
T-That’s...!
Um, what?
What’s with that?
What’s with what?
I thought you came up with a secret plan for making delicious bread,
but you ran out of time, so you gave up, and instead of “yake-zake,” it’s “yake-juice?!”
Note: “Yake-zake” comes from “yake” (desperation) and “sake,” (alcohol) and means to drown one’s sorrows.
At this rate, you’ll be fired by that ossan.
What are you saying?
I’m just doing what I can do right now.
Eh?
See ya!
Hey!
What about making delicious bread?
I was wrong about you, Azuma...
I never would have thought that you’d be that gutless.
Oh well, never mind.
In that case, I’ll be the only one making delicious bread,
and become recognized by the manager.
Just wait, Pantasia main store.
I’ll be big!
It’s just as I thought.
The manager made delicious bread using this, too.
Moreover, with these ingredients...
even a horse would eat it.
Azuma-san isn’t here.
Is Azuma-san not going to make any delicious bread?
Um...
Azuma-san, what are you doing in front of the store?
I’m doing what I can do right now.
Huh?
Because this is all I can do right now.
I wonder what happened...?
Time’s running out, too...
It’s here!
There’s no mistaking it, it’s Tetsuko #3!
What?
Yo. Thanks for waiting.
Nee-chan.
Onee-san?
Hmmm?
Pantasia’s famous and all, but even the main store is this small?
Um...
This isn’t the main store...
Never mind that, Nee-chan.
I know, I know.
Here. Hanako’s milk.
I raced over here, so it’s totally fresh.
Thank you!
Hanako’s... milk?
Horse Race
What is it?
What kind of question is that?
I made it... A delicious bread.
Just in time, huh?
Where’s the little kid?
Who knows. I’m not exactly his guardian.
I see.
That aside, Manager, will you have a look at my bread?
Like yours, it’s a delicious bread made while taking allergies into consideration,
without the use of any dairy products such as milk or butter.
This is delicious bread... made Kawachi-style!
With this French bread... I’ll be raised in public esteem,
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
which means proper employment,
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Kinoshita
Azuma
Kawachi
Azuma
Kawachi
Azuma
Kawachi
Azuma
Kawachi
which also means Manager’s favor,
Azuma
which means going to the main store.
My aspirations are within reach.
That moron’s late again?
He’s really got some nerve.
Nee-chan, thank you.
Sure.
Wow, it took longer than I expected.
I was making butter.
Butter?!
Whew, if was hard labor.
Making butter is quite troublesome, isn’t it?
I had to shake it in a PET bottle with all I had.
Note: A “PET bottle” is just a standard plastic bottle. It’s an acronym for “polyethylene terephthalate.”
PET bottle?!
So that’s why he drank the juice in one go that time...
And the unnecessary carbon dioxide...
Yeah! Thanks to that, my stomach is still bloated.
I understand what you used the PET bottle for.
But what’s the meaning of this?
What were you thinking when you made butter?
As I said, I was making butter to put in this bread.
You want to get your ass kicked?!
W-What are you saying?
You were listening to the story about the manager’s sister, weren’t you?
I did some research.
Alpha-S1 casein, which is contained in milk,
is the main cause of allergic reactions.
Since butter is made from milk, it’d be the same.
You were aware of this, yet you’re still using if?
Though you’re a moron, I still thought you had some consideration.
I misjudged you, Azuma.
Don’t get the wrong idea!
What I used may have been butter, but...
It’s butter made from Hanako, a goat’s milk...
Goat butter!
Goat?
And this bread which contains that butter is...
Japan #24’s variant...
France-Japan!
Japan #24’s variant...
France-Japan!
Goat?
France-Japan... An enhanced Japan.
But, goat or otherwise, milk is still milk.
What... I’m... saying... is...
Note: Kyousuke’s attack looks like a joke. “Chichi” means “breasts” as well as “milk,” so it also translates to “I’m using my breasts.”
you’re still using milk!
Take this!
Full marks!
Leave this moron alone,
and take a look at my bread.
Have a taste of delicious bread made Kawachi-style.
Oats, huh?
That’s right, your delicious bread also has oats in it, right?
The reason the crust is so fragrant
is because the bread dough was sprinkled with oats.
These oats are a nutritious food source,
containing an abundance of vitamin C, beta-carotene, and calcium,
which are needed by our bodies.
Moreover, horses love it.
In other words...
Chomp!!
Delicious!
Delicious!!!
That means he’ll eat it.
What do you think, Manager?
Azuma!
What is it, Kawachi?
Give me that.
Here!
Goat’s milk or whatever, the horse won’t eat Azuma’s bread.
It got stomped on, it’s the worst!
What on earth... have you guys been doing?
Did you come to Tokyo to make horse feed?
I forgot...
Huh?
I completely forgot about the horse.
So, it seems that
even the horse could tell the quality difference between Azuma’s bread and mine...
But unfortunately, my bread is incomplete.
Without adding milk or butter, it’ll always be a level below your bread.
Even if I get the fragrance of the crust,
I can’t create the dough loved by Japanese: dough that is soft inside.
I shall teach you.
It’s natural yeast.
Natural yeast, you say?!
However, it’s not your average natural yeast!
The natural yeast I use to make my bread rise, is...
hatsuga... genmai... koubo!
Note: “Hatsuga genmai” means “germinated brown rice” and “koubo” means yeast.
And, the final creation is...
en
Oat hatsuga genmai koubo French bread!
baku
hatsu
ga
gen
mai
kou
ba
furansu
pan
O-Oat hatsuga genmai koubo French bread, he says?!
A-And naked, too?
Who is?
H-Huh?
Such power, it seems that he made me hallucinate.
The aura about this guy isn’t normal.
N-Never mind.
I’ll tell you this, since you raised the topic of natural yeast...
Raisin strain
I have tried using natural yeast made from raisins and other various sources in the past.
Raisin strain
Apple strain
Rye wheat
Sour strain
I don’t quite understand,
Sour strain
Rice strain
but I didn’t think it’d be so different using hatsuga genmai yeast.
Rice strain
You fool!
Hatsuga genmai is the source of life.
That energy
gives birth to the best dough, dough that always remains soft!
hatsu
ga
gen
mai
W-What’s this?!
I shall explain. Hatsuga genmai is
brown rice that’s in the state of germination between 0.5 and 1mm.
Compared with normal brown rice, it’s soft and sweet, and makes a high-quality yeast.
The nutritional value is extremely high, and it could even be called the source of life.
The effect of that is as follows...
Number one!
Thanks to the gamma-aminobutyric acid, high blood pressure is lowered.
B-Blood pressure...
Number two!
The abundant dietary fiber helps prevent constipation and colon cancer.
I suddenly need to go to the toilet...
Number three!
A powerful, abundant antioxidant prevents the buildup of excess oxygen.
I-I’m suffocating...
The finishing blow!
Number four!
It contains minerals that are absorbed well, such as potassium, zinc and calcium.
You will now...
germinate.
H-Hatsuga genmai, banzai...
Hey, Kansai-ben.
Note: Ken’s poking fun at Kyousuke. “Kansai-ben” means “Kansai dialect,” which is the way he speaks.
Is something wrong?
No, not really.
He made me hallucinate again...
However, to think that such an incredible yeast existed...
It’s hard to admit, but even I couldn’t reach that level.
Still, the manager’s impression of me couldn’t be bad.
At the very least,
my bread was better than Azuma’s, which the horse wouldn’t eat.
I guess I won.
With this, I’m not just from a branch store, I’m a proper artisan of Pantasia.
By the way...
Why did you use butter?
Jii-chan was telling me...
After the war, there wasn’t much cow’s milk around Japan,
so goat’s milk was more commonly used.
Because of that, Jii-chan and the others didn’t have allergic reactions to milk.
I see.
Certainly, goat’s milk does not contain alpha-S1 casein,
which is the main cause of allergies in cow’s milk.
It’s supposedly quite close in composition to human breast milk.
S-So that’s why Azuma used goat’s milk?
Kansai-ben.
Give me his bread.
Umm... How is it?
Hmm... Goat, eh?
No, no no!
These aren’t the constellations I’m after.
T-This is it!
Capricorn!
De-licious!
This is...
de-licious!
Delicious~~~
If the manager’s bread is delicious bread,
then Azuma’s France-Japan is surely the same.
The slight acidity and mellow scent that cow’s milk doesn’t have!
I didn’t know that goat’s milk was this great!
There is another fine point in goat’s milk.
And that is... the size of the fat particles.
Fat particles?
Bread dough
Fat particles in goat's milk
The fat particles in goat’s milk are smaller than those in cow’s milk.
Fat particles in cow's milk
Due to that, more of the particles are able to penetrate the dough,
and a bread with a fuller, richer taste is produced.
Also, goat’s milk contains about 20 times more taurine than cow’s milk,
and even has great nutritional value.
O-Oh, really...
Fearsome goat’s milk.
However, it’s no good.
The horse wouldn’t eat it. That’s why it’s no good.
I was so concerned with the taste and allergies...
that I forgot about the horse.
T-That’s right. It’s no good, that’s what I think.
That is...
not true at all!
Delicious bread
I was particular about the “delicious bread,”
but you made a bread that exceeded my expectations.
That is... de-licious bread!
Note: Similar to the horse joke, this time it’s a goat sound effect joke.
De-licious bread
If your wish is for as many people as possible to be able to enjoy your delicious bread...
whether or not a horse would eat it is irrelevant.
You have opened a new path by different means than I had...
You’re on the frontier, so to speak.
Frontier?
T-That’s right, Azuma did well, too.
Not as well as me, though...
Even a monkey can be a mimic!
Whoa!
But we bread artisans cannot be that way.
You must never forget that frontier spirit,
and break into a new world.
Show more confidence! And then, push forward!
If you believe in yourself and push onwards, then surely...
surely a day will come when you find your ideal bread!
My ideal bread...
I... will work hard, Manager!
Uhh... When he mentioned the mimic, was he referring to me?
Azuma’s receiving some serious praise.
What... What’ll happen to me, Manager?
Hey, you...
My brother’s senpai from the bread shop.
Note: “Senpai” means “one’s senior,” commonly used among young people.
Well, I’ll be counting on you to look after my brother.
No way...
Hey, you guys.
Welcome to Pantasia’s southern Tokyo store.
Does that mean...?
Yes. You’re both recruited.
Yes!
An interesting pair has arrived this year...
And...
to think that one possesses Solar Hands...
My store will be interesting from now on.
Umm... Tsukino-san.
When will those two actually do some work for us?
Who knows?
If I think of you, and even utter the clichéd phrase “I love you,”
tsukaifurusareta “aishiteru” mo kimi wo omotte kuchi ni sureba
it makes such a nice sound, and you continue talking.
konna ni suteki na hibiki ni naru soshite kimi wa shaberi tsuzukeru
The hopeless tears your bold self sometimes shows me form flag of truce.
tsuyogari na kimi ga tokodoki miseru hakanage na namida nya shirohata desu
If nothing is said, then all the more,
nani mo iwanakerya iwanai dake ni
I just can’t look away. Things like sadness and pain...
yosomi nante dekinaindayo kanashimi dano kurushimi dano
Well, that happens a lot in life, after all.
sorya ikiterya yappari iroiro aru kedo
When you casually say, “Do your best,” it gives me strength.
nanigenaku kimi ga iu “ganbatte” ni chikara moratteruyo
Whenever your small back trembles, I will embrace you right away.
moshimo chiisana senaka furueru toki ni wa boku ga sugu dakishimeru kara
Even if the scenery outside my window changes...
mado kara mieru keshiki kawatte ittemo
Stay with me as you are, bad sleeping habits and all.
neguse no hidoi kimi no mama de soba ni ite
If you sulk, and utter
tsukaifurusareta “daikirai” mo
Even the clichéd “I hate you,” it comes across as the opposite.
kimi ga fukurete kuchi ni sureba hantai no imi ni kikoeruno sa
I will love you, no matter what. It’s just another Sunday to me.
donna toki datte aishiteru itsumo to onaji sunday
Next Episode
Whoa, who’s this ossan?
He is...
St. Pierre’s Mokoyama Tsuyoshi!
Gah, yet another?!
T-That guy is...?!
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The reason bread expands so much
is because the yeast in the dough breathes,
Yeast
and puffs out carbon dioxide!
Hi, hi, fuu...
I see!