The boy who possesses Solar Hands, Azuma Kazuma,
is now employed at the Southern Tokyo Branch of the number one bakery in Japan.
Together with his co-worker Kawachi Kyouske,
he has dedicated himself to the road of making bread that lies ahead.
Then, along came...
the time for Paritasia’s customary newcomers’ battle.
Kazuma and Kawachi, who were both participating,
had to come up with an idea for the theme of preparing bread
on which mold would not grow.
Can you really make bread like that?
Yeah, you can...
It’s Japan #32!
I’m going to search for Japan #32’s ingredients.
I’ll get Kawachi’s share, as well...
Do you want Solar Hands?
I know of a way...
of attaining Solar Hands...
10km...
I’m sure... I’m sure that it’s there.
The signpost towards Solar Hands...
hidden somewhere in this swimming exercise.
Definitely.
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?
I Won’t Lose!!
I Challenge You With My Osaka Bread!
I won’t lose!!
I challenge you with my Osaka bread!
What the hell is this?!
That’s the latest EMS model.
Tsukino!
EMS is a type of equipment which passes currents through you to help tone your muscles.
So, we can reinforce your muscles, even while you’re resting.
Wait up! That’s not what I wanted to know.
The sudden exercise seems to have fatigued your muscles, hasn’t it?
There seems to be a lot of lactic acid buildup there.
That’s the spirit.
Come on, drink up. This is for further reinforcement.
Here you go...
What is this?
Egg white?
Egg white, being high in protein...
is perfect for building up muscles.
She’s going to kill me!
From now onwards...
every morning and afternoon, and before going to bed,
make sure to drink this please, okay?
If not...
I’ll not forgive you, all right?
Just a minute.
What in the world is it that you’re trying to do with the swimming?
I just want Solar Hands.
I don’t really want muscle at all.
Explain yourself properly!
It can’t be helped, can it?
What?
You want me to build up like...
No...
You’re telling me to become like the manager?
You don’t want that, do you?
I don’t want that!
I don’t want a body so far removed from a human being!
I thought you’d say that, and that’s why...
I avoided explaining it clearly before.
Because it would have been troublesome if you refused the training.
By increasing muscle mass all over the body,
and increasing the basic rate of metabolism,
it’s possible to increase your body temperature...
Moreover, if you strengthen the muscles in your arms...
you can attain Solar Gauntlets.
I definitely understand the logic.
But...
This is absurd!
The time for the presentation of the task for the preliminary competition will be in one week!
It’s absurd to be doing this now.
In addition, I’m still without any idea whatsoever on how to pass it.
Newcomers’ Battle Preliminaries Theme
Bread That Does Not Grow Mold
Also, even if I were able to make dinner bread that won’t grow mold,
Within one week
Presentation of the item
If mold does not appear
for three weeks, then
and passed the preliminaries...
You Pass the Preliminaries
One month later
right?
Newcomers’ Main Battle
How am I supposed to become all macho in such a short period?
Isn’t it obviously impossible?
Then, you’re giving up on the main store, right?
I don’t really care either way.
In the main store, in addition to Suwabara-san from the earlier exam,
people more skilled than Azuma will probably appear...
When compared to such artisans...
do you have the confidence to win without even the Solar Gauntlets?
Have I been able to make you understand?
Either way, you have no road to take but this one.
Shinobu
Sushi
What the?
Shinobu Sushi
From Tokyo?!
So, you were planning to run to Izu in search of ingredients for your bread?
Yeah...
And halfway through, you got hungry, lost all of your strength, and...
dropped in front of my store, did you?
That’s quite messed up...
But, you have quite a spirit for a kid these days...
I like that...
I’d like to give you something to eat, but...
Since I haven’t stocked up yet, I don’t have any toppings for nigiri sushi.
Neta: topping for nigiri sushi Nigiri sushi: hand rolled sushi/sushi ball
Oh! There’s something good...
It’s something quick I’m rolling up, but...
After all, this is no good if it’s not fresh.
Makizushi: sushi rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling. This is what he gives Kazuma.
Here you go! Sorry for the wait.
I don’t have any money.
Don’t need it. Eat up!
How was that? It’s fresh, so it’s not just spicy.
The aftertaste goes away in a steady stream, doesn’t it?
However, was it a little too much for a kid?
This is it!
This is what I wanted! This is it!
This is it!
I guess it was a little too much, huh?
Kawachi-kun. Leave that and handle firing the bread, will you?
Don’t touch me, you mushroom head!
Mushroom head? That was too rude!
I was made to go swimming in the morning. My entire body’s muscles are aching.
Swimming?
I don’t quite get what’s up, but here’s my chance!
I’ll give you a massage!
What part of that is a massage?
Setting that aside...
That idiot Azuma hasn’t come back yet, has he?
It’s almost evening.
Azuma-san!
I’m back!
I’ll make Japan #32 immediately.
Where did you go to?
Izu is famous for producing Japan #32’s ingredient.
So, I headed out towards Izu to get it, but...
I found it in Miura.
Izu?!
Note: The Miura Peninsula is about 30 miles (50km) south of Tokyo.
Miura?
Of Kanagawa prefecture?
Yeah.
The old man from a sushi place in Miura gave me some...
So I didn’t need to run to Izu.
Is that so? That’s good...
Is that really the point?
No one’s going to admonish him about just going off like that, huh?
It’s done!
This is Japan #32.
That’s a really savory fragrance.
Is this the dinner bread that won’t grow mold?
Yeah.
Come on, eat up!
I’m going to pass.
Huh?
Either way, with my body like this, I won’t be able to stand any reactions.
Kawachi-san...
If Japan #32 turns out really delicious,
I won’t be able to use the same ingredients to win.
What’s up with him?
Please don’t worry about it.
I’ll partake without any reservations.
Me, too!
A strong breeze is blowing through my nose.
Serene spring waters overflow from beneath my eyelids.
Note: She is reciting a classic haiku (a poem containing 17 syllables) by Matsuo Bashou.
So still...
Into rocks it pierces...
The shrillness of cicadas...
Into rocks it pierces...
The shrillness of cicadas...
Note: Wabi (侘び) and sabi (さび) refer to simple and refined tastes.
This is truly Matsuo Bashou’s world of wabi and sabi.
No, this is the world of wasabi!
Note: Tsukino has combined wabi and sabi to make wasabi (山葵). Wasabi, of course, refers to the Japanese horseradish paste.
Ah! I’m not at all sad.
I’m actually really happy. But tears are flowing.
Because I’m a girl after all...
Tsukino-san has really changed.
This spiciness is...
wasabi?
That’s right!
This is my wasabi dinner bread. Japan #32!
Wasabi, he says!
But, the wasabi-sushi rolls I ate at Miura were really good...
But I think that if it’s wasabi,
you could buy it at the neighborhood supermarket as well, though...
Is that so?
Wasabi, huh?
Manager!
I see...
The allyl-mustard oil present in wasabi
has strong antimicrobial properties,
and has been scientifically shown to prevent bacterial growth.
Therefore, it can also prevent the growth of mold.
H-However, can wasabi and bread complement each other?
Since olden times, in the West,
if was customary to put the source of the reputed wasabi, horseradish, into bread.
Wasabi and bread complement each other perfectly.
I’ve been rolled over again.
You were amazing, Azuma-san.
Hmm. It’s delicious. I could really get used to this taste.
Right? Right?
Eat more!
It might be impossible for me.
Even if I didn’t make it to the main store,
and I were to continue working here quietly...
I’d be able to improve my skills to those of a decent baker.
I’d be able to save up money, bit by bit.
I’m sorry, everyone.
The main store was set
on a much steeper hill than your brother could handle.
What?
You loser...
What the hell are you doing, you idiot?
What?
I was just drowning the sorrows of the cowardly loser that you are.
What did you say?
Manager!
Kawachi!
You’re annoying. Sulking like that.
What the hell are you doing?!
This here was first-class sake.
So good that it’s wasted on the head of a loser like you.
What was that?!
Either way, a coward like you has no way of getting into the main store.
Drown yourself in alcohol or whatever, and forget about your impossible dream!
Kawachi!
Manager!
That was a little too cruel, saying it to him like that...
You had also acknowledged his passion, hadn’t you?
There are times when it’s good to be cold towards a man.
We’re troublesome creatures, we are...
Manager...
And what about me...? Who I think, as always, has been treated coldly...
Me, a loser?
He said a lot there...
Damnit...
Kawachi!
What are you trying to do?!
Have you come here to jeer at me, too? You idiot.
Huh?
Kawachi!
Don’t come here! You have it easy, don’t you? You really annoy me!
Where are you hurt?
Huh?
Yeah, there it is!
See, the bridge of your nose is all bent.
This happened just now, when I fell.
Huh?
So where else did you hurt yourself?
Because you were drenched in sake by the manager, right?
Huh?
When I would get hurt as a child, my grandpa used to pour sake on me as well.
It hurts, Grandpa.
Antiseptic’s coming!
Sake jet!
He told me at that time, “Antiseptic coming!”
But that really stings, doesn’t it?
However, after applying antiseptic, it’s a good idea to place a band-aid there, okay?
He’s... he’s an idiot.
Look here...
I wasn’t sprayed with sake because I needed an antiseptic.
Huh?
What needs antiseptic is his brain.
Wait. Antiseptic?
That’s not good.
If you don’t disinfect it,
the bacteria will spread all over your body, and it’ll be terrible!
Bacteria... antiseptic...
Maybe... this was what... that old man...
No!
I’m thinking too much.
That cannot be possible.
This is what I’ve thought of.
This might work. Bread that does not grow mold.
If you need wasabi, there’s still some left.
I don’t need something like that!
I will make it my own way.
Wait up, Kawachi!
I’ve noticed it.
However, I don’t think at all that it was thanks to you, Manager.
I... I noticed it all on my own.
Ah! Kawachi-san.
Where’s the manager?
He said that he was,going to go do some shopping...
That’s good then. Do you have a band-aid?
Huh? Yeah... probably...
Miss... it looks like I’ll be able to make it, too.
Bread on which it’s difficult for mold to grow.
Huh? Without using wasabi?
Of course!
Don’t be underestimating Kawachi Kyousuke.
That’s not good. It’s not fermented enough.
Damnit.
This isn’t going to work then?
No, it has come up to quite a decent stage.
Just a little more...
It can’t be helped.
We’ll let the special training pass for today.
All right!
My first-born!
Morning!
Ah. Morning!
Again with the rude language.
Normally, to a senior such as myself, shouldn’t it be “Good morning?”
God, this year’s newcomers...
Anyone, and everyone...
Hmm? This smell...
It’s done!
This is Kawachi-style dinner bread.
Is this the bread on which it’s difficult for mold to grow?
Are you done with it, Kawachi?
Of course. Who do you think I am?
This really gives off a nice smell...
Yeah, doesn’t it? Let’s sample it right off.
Please wait just one moment.
What?
I understand about the newcomers’ battle, but...
Can we not have you turn your attention towards the store a little more?
Try putting yourself in my shoes, always being the only one working seriously.
Got it. In thanks for your hard work, I’ll let you sample it first.
Here.
Looks good, doesn’t it?
Aren’t you going to eat it?
My hard work is not so cheap as to be brushed off with just this, okay?
Man, always. Always.
This is... really... delicious...
Moreover, who do you guys think you are?
I should just quit. This kind of store...
That’d teach you how hard it’d be without me.
He appears to be drunk, doesn’t he?
The fool!
The Manager has an algae-like head.
Don’t tell me...
Kawachi-san, did you add sake to the bread?
That’s right.
I added plenty of brandy to the dough, and then baked it.
Note: Kawachi speaks with an Osaka dialect that indicates he’s from that region. Therefore, his sake-bread becomes Osaka bread. In honor of “Japan,” we’ve left it as “Osaka-pan” and not translated it to “Osaka-bread.”
This is my sake-bread, soon to become Osaka-pan #1!
Osaka-pan #1
Your sake-bread, becoming Osaka-pan #1?
Note: Baka means idiot. O-baka adds a tone of respect to the word. Therefore, he becomes a respectful idiot. Kazuma also seems to be referring to some TV show called “Oo-baka man,” or “big idiot”.
O-baka Man #1?
Yet another pun, is it?
Anyone, and everyone...
Alcohol, like wasabi, possesses strong antimicrobial properties.
It’s used in western confectionary, right?
So I thought that it might go well with bread also...
That’s pretty good, Kawachi!
You don’t need to say that.
Could it be that the manager was trying to...?
Who is it?!
Who was thoughtless enough to make him drink sake?
Flap and flutter.
This guy goes crazy from just
sniffing alcohol fumes.
Manager.
What?
I would’ve thought that a certain gutless somebody must’ve missed his mother’s
breasts enough to have gone back to the country.
Manager!
No, Kawachi-san!
Thank you very much!
Kawachi-san.
Kawachi.
It’s the first time I’ve been thanked by someone I threw sake on.
You’re really something...
Manager, where are you going?
I have to replenish my energy source.
I ended up doing something so wasteful as to share it...
with a certain someone.
Hey!
What’s with drinking so early in the morning?
He really is the O-baka Man.
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
The newcomers’ battle.
Let’s do if together, shall we, Kawachi?
Idiot.
We’re rivals.
Don’t talk to me so easily.
Oh, my.
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan,
Each one’s opening curtain!! The Pantasia newcomers’ battle begins!
Each One’s Opening Curtain!!
The Pantasia Newcomers’ Battle Begins!
Watch it, okay?
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
Leftover delicious bread can be preserved in the freezer.
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Fr-ee-zer.
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The temperature of the fridge does not prevent aging of the starch,
which leads to a loss of taste!
Heh?!