The reason that Kawachi-san’s dough is not rising
is probably... endoproteases.
The result of hydrolytic enzymes that can digest proteins.
The woman bribed the man in black responsible for bringing in the ingredients,
and Kawachi-san was handed flour that had a large amount of
endoproteases added to it.
If such a thing is mixed in large doses,
nothing, not even Solar Gauntlets,
would be able to make the flour even firm up.
Shut up, boy!
It’s not enough to simply win.
We must have the cockroaches of the Southern Tokyo Branch
shamed and crushed before the owner before they leave.
I know she said that,
but would she really go this far?
That woman is...
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?
Use adversity as a springboard to success!
The indomitable fighting spirit!!
The indomitable fighting spirit!
Use adversity as a springboard to success!
It looks like Kanmuri has figured it out.
But, it’s really hard for me to suppress my laughter.
I... I can’t...
It’s so funny!
My expression’s slipping.
I think I’m going to die...
There’s... something strange going on with Kawachi.
He really seems to be taking his time.
So it seems.
That Kanmuri person has already finished molding his bread,
and is beginning the baking process.
Maybe... because it’s the semifinals, he’s doing things carefully.
I see...
What the hell is going on here?
Far from it beginning to rise, the flour won’t even firm up.
The wind...?
Air’s coming in from over there.
That’s right, the temperature!
It’s not fermenting because the temperature’s really low here.
Kuroyanagi-han.
What is it?
The dough’s not fermenting as it should.
It might be that the temperature is low,
so can we turn up the heating in here for a bit?
The heating?
Very well.
You guys are the main show today.
If anything is required in order for you to bake delicious bread,
we’ll meet that demand.
I do not think that the temperature of the room has anything to do with it,
but something is strange.
Like increasing the heat is going to help!
You’re really funny, Blondie.
But stop now, Yukino,
you must not laugh...
When the fermentation doesn’t go well,
it is the most basic of basics to raise the room’s temperature.
However, Kawachi-san,
your dough is already dead.
I’m sorry, but could you raise the temperature a little more?
Very well.
Forgive me, Kawachi-san.
All I can do is to know that...
even if you’d been able to bring out 100%,
or even 200% of your strength,
you wouldn’t have been able to win against me.
Not against...
Note: Pan au algue - French for “seaweed.”
my Pan au algue, made with the Kaiyou yeast of dreams.
It’s gotten pretty hot in here.
It’s just like a gym in summer.
The room’s temperature has easily passed 40°C.
In addition, there are so many people in such an airtight room.
It’s like being in a sauna.
However, even with this, Kawachi’s dough isn’t...
It’s... hot.
Why?
Why won’t it firm up?
My hands are beginning to go numb...
And my head seems to be... I’m spacing out.
At this rate, I’m going to die laughing.
I feel a dark, evil, inhuman energy coming from that woman.
What in the world is she?
Examiner Kuroyanagi.
What?
I’d like for you to taste my bread some time soon,
because in this heat, both my bread and I will...
Also, that person seems to be at his limits as well.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don't like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Don’t like too much heat.
Hate it. Really hate it.
Very well.
For now, we’ll judge Kanmuri’s bread first.
Kawachi may continue working.
This is the French speciality bread,
Pan au algue, made with seaweed and Kaiyou yeast.
You chose this bread as the best choice for bringing out the effect of the kaiyou yeast, eh?
It’s been known for a long time that yeasts exist in marine environments.
However, unlike in terrestrial environments,
the number of yeasts that exist in the sea is much smaller.
Many researchers have tried to isolate Kaiyou yeast, and failed.
I was no exception...
Kanmuri!
It’s frustrating that you managed it before I did,
but I’m grateful that you’ve
presented me with the opportunity of tasting Kaiyou yeast bread with my own tongue.
Three years ago,
I was still a student at Harvard.
Ahh, Cathy.
Your hair was a beautiful blonde
that always shone like silk in the setting sun.
That’s right, it felt just like this.
I’d always caress your silky hair softly with my left hand,
and with my right hand, I’d gently put pressure on your nape.
And...
a gentle kiss...
Kuroyanagi-kun.
I did say that
love is rather like the chaos found in outer space,
but to think that I was categorized as a target...
The wonderful Pan au algue!
The Kaiyou yeast brought back a painful memory of the seaside!
I wonder if the heat got to him.
No, I believe that he has always had that sort of orientation.
No, I don’t!!
W-What is it?
Dave stands!!
He stood! He stood!
Dave... Dave stood up!!!
The phonetic points are...?
It’s...
The 300 of dreams?!
What is that?
He stood up! He stood up!
You and Koala beat the newcomers’ record with 225 points,
Dave stood up!
Stood, stood, stoo-ood, stoo-ood.
but Dave’s voice is supposedly able to actually go up to 300 phonetic points.
In other words. This is the real...
“perfect score”!
N-No way...
Then, no matter what Kawachi does...
W-What...?
I think there was a really loud shout,
but I think it was 225 points with Azuma, right?
Kanmuri was really strong, I guess...
But...
as long as I don’t lose my nerve, I can get a perfect score at any time.
I won’t lose.
I definitely won’t lose!
Man, he’s swaying on his feet.
You can’t be passing out yourself after increasing the temperature so much.
Either way, you won’t be able to win.
So, forfeit!
Forfeit!
It’s your loss!
It’s pointless!
Umm... umm... please don’t throw things.
Don’t throw...
I’m telling you not to throw things!
You idiots!
Stop it!
Don’t bully Kawachi!
Azuma...
I’m... You see, I’m...
just not talented the way you are.
I know.
I... know that.
However, I...
I... At least I never lose when it comes to guts.
For the sake of my family...
for my own sake...
for Tsukino’s sake...
I can’t lose...
The cockroaches are being run out.
This is so heartening.
Are you Southern Branch guys trying to kill me by making me laugh?
Go back!
Tsukino...
I’m sorry.
Kawachi-san!
This is...
Forget about rising, it hasn’t even firmed up.
That woman... what has she done?
After all that kneading, it is still in this condition...
It appears there is need for an investigation.
Please.
Tsukino...
I’m sorry.
It’s really pathetic.
I’m a mediocre person.
No, I’m below mediocrity.
I can’t protect even one woman.
I’m really sorry.
I’m sorry, Tsukino.
Oh, you’ve come to, have you?
You’re pretty muscular, aren’t you, Tsukino?
There, there. Now stop crying.
M-M-M-Manager!
Note: He’s trying to be cute. A combination of “Tencho” (店長) and “chan” (ちゃん).
It’s Ten-chon.
W-Where am I?
The infirmary.
And everyone else is...?
Azuma’s match will begin soon,
so I sent them back to the assembly hall.
Is that so?
According to the doctor, it’s a light heat stroke.
To think that I’d faint from just that level of heat...
It’s really pathetic.
Sweltering heat that was over 40°C,
and pressure from most of the audience.
You continued to knead the flour with that for 3 hours.
It’s not surprising that you fainted.
Rest for now.
Manager.
I lost, didn’t I?
Yeah.
I can’t fight Azuma, can I?
I really want to fight it out with you, Kawachi.
We can do it, right?
Of course.
I broke... my promise.
However, even though you kneaded that much, the flour didn’t even firm up.
I’m not the only one who thinks that something is wrong.
By the Meister’s orders, your dough is currently being analyzed.
There’s a possibility of a rematch depending on the results.
Nothing will change, even with a rematch.
For sure, that dough was strange...
Someone may have tampered with it.
However, I’m almost a full-fledged artisan myself.
When I compete with someone...
I can figure out his level of expertise, at least.
Kanmuri Shigeru...
His skill is amazing.
No matter what native yeast I have,
right now, I don’t feel like I can win at all.
I have no wish to be shamed again.
Kawachi...
Azuma-san...
I wonder if Kawachi is all right.
He’s fine.
It appears to be just a light heat stroke.
Manager’s with him, too.
That’s not what I mean.
I’ve been working with Kawachi for a while now.
That’s why I know...
The feeling you have when you can’t make your bread to the very end...
Kawachi...
He tried so very hard...
You’ve won, so what’s with that face?
No reason.
It’s just that...
should something also happen to the dough in the next round,
everyone is going to be suspicious.
I’m not that much of an idiot,
and you don’t need to be so worried.
As for the other filthy cockroach...
he seems to be self-destructing over there.
Kawachi...
Stand up!
Suwabara-san.
I’m really upset about him losing as well,
but don’t tell me that your ability to fight has also vanished!
You...
Please stop!
Shut up!
At the employment exam for the Main Store,
after being beat by you guys that time,
do you know what I had to go through before making it here?
I... I...
Damn it,
another failure.
Why is it?
My Solar Gauntlets are at their best, and yet...
The moon came out!
The crescent moon that floats in the night sky!
I can’t surpass that croissant...
the abominable 324 layer croissant that Azuma and Kawachi made together.
Kai.
Master.
Please forgive me.
Right now, I don’t even have time to swing my sword.
That’s right,
there are two men that I absolutely have to defeat.
Cool your head, Kai.
Master...
I have not come to bring you back to the path of the sword.
I have come to beat that twisted heart of yours back into shape.
I do not know much about bread...
However!
If you just get angry and bothered, the true road will not appear before you.
Only after things cool down, will you be able to see the true shine of an object.
Only after things cool down...?
It is just like the blade of a sword.
Its true shine can be achieved only after heating and cooling it.
The true shine...
I see it, Master,
and I have finally completed it.
My Super Vapor Action six hundred forty-eight-layer croissant!
Super Vapor Action 648 layer croissant!
Super Vapor Action something something something...?
It’s a rather long name.
If you are a man, come meet my challenge with all that you have.
If you can’t do that, then just forfeit!
Are you all right?
It’s because I know just how much Kawachi
wanted to win against the Main Branch in this battle.
It’s frustrating...
and sad...
and mortifying.
Azuma-san...
Kawachi’s feelings seem to be
flowing into me, and...
I’m... I’m...
What should I do?
Azuma-san, it’s all right.
It was hard, wasn’t it?
You don’t have to push yourself to fight.
It’s all right to run away.
I’ll protect you.
Tsukino...
What are you blabbering about?!
How can you let Tsukino protect you?! It should be the other way around!
Hadn’t we decided to protect her?!
K-Kawachi!
However...
It’s not very convincing when it comes from someone
who couldn’t even keep his promise.
Hey, Azuma.
You’re a kind person.
You were thinking of my feelings and mourning with me, right?
But...
if you really want to share my feelings,
won’t you win?
Kawachi...
I’m a mediocre person.
I may have the dreams, but in reality, I can’t do much.
For Tsukino, or even my own family,
it doesn’t look like I can do anything right now.
But...
you’re different, right?
You’re a genius!
It’s not difficult.
For now, all you have to do is make a delicious bread.
The best Japan ever.
Okay.
We’ll now begin the semifinals for the
newcomers’ battle, A group.
From the Southern Tokyo Branch: Azuma Kazuma.
From the Pantasia Main Store: Suwabara Kai.
Step forward.
Come on, Azuma, move it.
I’ll do it...
Did you say something?
I’ll make it.
For Tsukino’s sake...
for Kawachi’s sake...
and for the sake of Southern Tokyo Branch,
the experimental, historical, supreme Japan.
Japan #44.
Now everybody move
Can you get a little somethin'
Got to do
So better believe in
Better believe in
Better believe in yourself
C'mon!
"D-r-e-a-m"
"Dream"
Kono mune ni dekkaku tsuyoku
On this chest, big and strong
Hikari kagayaite makenai manazashi
A look that glitters and doesn't lose.
Tesaguri de sagashita kaze n naka
That's what I searched for, fumbling in the wind.
Kotae nanka mada Un...
The answer for now is...
ima wa mada Chance ukagatte matsu I got shitatakasa
For now, I'll watch the situation and wait for a chance. I got the patience to wait at a distance.
Sakenderu dake no Prisoner ja dame da
A prisoner who just screams is no good.
Just Follow Me! toki ni kata kasu kara
Just Follow Me! I'll lend you my shoulder occasionally.
Yo got
"D-i-g-g-y"
"Step into tha game"
It ain't nothin' nobody can say
'Cuz I neva can let my dream get away un
Kesshite hakanai yume ja nai
It's by no means a fleeting dream.
kono omoi todokeyou Heart to Heart, Soul to Soul
Let this sentiment reach you. Heart to Heart, Soul to Soul.
meguru kisetsu Spring Storm no you ni goukai
The seasons turn. Splendid as a spring storm.
Win Big ga motto
Win Big is the motto.
Some say, "Nothin' lasts forever"
eien no mono wa hatashite aru no darouka?
Does a thing like eternity really exist?
Dakara oretachi wa C'mon
And so we... C'mon.
Sou sa oretachi wa kirameku shunkan wo furu ni ikiteitainda
Yeah, yeah, we live to touch the one shining moment.
With all tha love
1-2 S.O. Cru
Stay true to you
So, what you gonna do? C'mon!
Now everybody move
Can you get a little somethin'
Got to do
So better believe in
Better believe in
Better believe in yourself
oikaze riyoushite kyou to tatakae ALL THA SOLDIERS
To all the soldiers fighting today using the tail wind...
Better believe in
Better believe in yourself
Next Episode
Finally...
It’s finally time to lift the veil.
What’s happening?
Azuma’s going to get serious!
He’s going to get serious for the very first time since the start of the series!
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan,
The experimental, historical, supreme bread!!
It’s Japan #44!
Be sure to see it!
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
In about 20 liters of sea water, about one of these organisms is said to exist,
Sea water 20 liters
Kaiyou yeast
the very rare Kaiyou yeast.
In 1988, the first person to successfully isolate one was...
isolated successfully by somebody Japanese.
Japanese!!
Really?