The second match of the semifinals of the Pantasia newcomers’ battle has begun.
The opponent is the man claimed to be the strongest of the newcomers, Suwabara Kai.
I’m sorry, Suwabara.
I’m winning this match.
This is, without a doubt, the Earth’s best croissant,
Super Vapor-Action Croissant,
Six Hundred Forty-Eight!
Croissant
Dave has... Dave has...
Dave has stood, and then died!
It’s no use, Kuroyanagi-san’s the same.
Th... This is...
Could this be heaven?
Heaven really does exist!
Would you like to stop by first?
It’s the stop-by heaven for those who’ve been here for 15 minutes.
You look like her,
like Cathy.
I like you, too, Kuroyanagi-san...
Satsuki...
But... it’s impossible.
Because, you’re not dead yet.
What?!
Kuroyanagi-san,
please live well.
They didn’t pay.
M-M-M-M... Mei-Mei-Mei-Mei-Mei...
Yo.
Azuma!
You’re the victor!
You’ve really made a bread delicious enough to die for!
With the Japan #44 made with petalite,
Kazuma crushed Suwabara.
And all who have advanced to the finals are now gathered.
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?
Just before the finals!!
The black shadow that approaches Kazuma!
Just before the finals!!
The black shadow that approaches Kazuma!
Azuma-san.
We’ve finally made it here.
At the preliminaries and the first round of the finals...
and then again at the second round and the third round,
you produced results that greatly exceeded our expectations and won.
T-This is...
Vapor action!
Ac-choon! Ac-choon! Ac-choon! Ac-choon!
Annoying!
Not paper, but vapor!
Vapor
Paper
All right, then. One melon bread coming up...
W-What the?
Azuma-san, what are you...?
All right, sorry for the wait! One melon bread, all done.
Let’s go.
O-Oh no!
I guess it came, after all!
MELON!!
Victor: Azuma Kazuma!
All right!
Once more!
All right!
Bring that okonomiyaki sandwich to my mouth!
Azuma!
All right! Here!
Chomp.
This thing!
The French rolls of the given theme have been crushed like an okonomiyaki,
and a sauce-soaked yakisoba has been added in between.
In other words,
an Onono Komachi-san...!
I mean, an okonomiyaki sandwich!
Victor: Azuma Kazuma!
No way!
All right!
He’s spinning like crazy!
But, what’s this?!
Can’t you see it?!
Right now, he’s truly become...
the monster from outer space...
Victor: Azuma Kazuma!
And, finally...
And with this,
the 39th Pantasia newcomers’ battle finalists are...
Azuma Kazuma from the A block.
And Kanmuri Shigeru from the B block.
The victor will get a prize of 1,000,000 yen,
an extra prize of studying abroad in France,
and a special chance to work at the Main Branch.
The theme, of course, is whatever you like.
We look forward to a wonderful match as befitting the finals.
But, the opponent this time is different from our earlier opponents.
Kanmuri Shigeru is...
the partner of my stepsister, Yukino.
We must not let our guards down, Azuma-san...
We must coordinate with everyone at work for the next match.
The day of the finals, one week from now,
is expected to bring in many more spectators than the semifinals.
In order to avoid chaos,
the SP’s will usher regular people in at the main gate.
Note: SP likely stands for “Service Personnel”.
People from the press will enter from the west gate.
And I request that Pantasia people come in from the east gate.
Azuma-kun.
Congratulations on advancing to the finals.
The masked geezer.
But, to think that it was bread delicious enough to die for...
For having suspected you...
please forgive me.
That’s fine. Don’t worry about it.
Even with Japan #44,
unless it’s been made really well,
you don’t go to heaven.
Since it was so sudden, you must have been surprised, right?
Yes, it really surprised me.
In various ways.
Oh, come to think of it, Grandpa Umasaburou in Gifu...
I wonder if he wasn’t sleeping, but had instead gone to heaven at that time...
I really want to go again...
Oh well. Whatever.
Yeah, yeah.
Don’t worry about it, Meister-han.
Kawachi.
I’m a friend and even I suspected him a little...
It’s not surprising that you suspected him.
Me, too. For a moment I wondered what would happen...
Thank you very much.
By the way, Kawachi-san.
The results of the investigation are in, and we know why your dough did not rise.
Protein hydrolyzing enzymes.
Protein hydrolyzing enzymes
Endopro-
teases
Endoproteases.
Note: Endou (遠藤) – Person’s surname; Furo (風呂) – bath; Kaze (風邪) – cold. “Endoproteases” becomes “Endou furo de kaze.”
Endou catches a cold in the bath?
A miniscule amount of hydrolytic enzymes like proteases are present naturally in flour.
But, according to the investigation’s report,
Kawachi-san, in your dough,
more than 10,000 times the usual amount was detected.
It must be Yukino.
The SP who brought in the ingredients is missing.
We have no proof.
We will continue the inquiry, but...
any specifics as to who is to blame are...
But...!
It’s all right.
It’s all right. It’s all right.
Kawachi...
Even if we were to have a rematch due to an irregularity having been discovered,
I don’t think I can win against Kanmuri.
But...
Really, it’s all right now.
I’ll have my revenge...
when he wins.
Azuma promised me this... right?
I leave it to you, Azuma!
Kawachi...
All right.
I’m a little tired.
I’ll just watch the match at leisure.
At leisure?
What are you going to do about the third place match?
What?
The third place match will occur on the afternoon of the day of the finals.
I believe that the announcement should be any time now.
What?
I will now announce the participants of the third place match.
From the Main Branch, Suwabara Kai.
From the Southern Tokyo Branch, Kawachi Kyousuke.
The third place match.
I get to... do it with Suwabara!
While it’s between two people who’ve lost...
it’s you who will conclude the newcomers’ battle.
Using today’s defeat to induce you to greater heights in breadmaking.
That’s all.
Third place...
Should you be the third place winner,
along with a prize of 300,000 yen and studying abroad in France,
you may apply for employment at the Main Branch.
Th-th-th-th... The Main Branch?!
Wait a minute.
In that case, only the amount of the prize money differs from the championship!
This year, the number of people was large.
So, we decided to give extra incentives to the third place winner as well.
In my time, the third place winner only had the prize money.
Pantasia has also become rather magnanimous.
There was no prize money in my time.
It was the Pantasia special backpack.
A backpack...
Just a backpack...
And, by the way, fourth place winner will...
get a collector’s card worth 2000 yen.
Wow.
That’s quite a difference in the treatment of third and fourth place winners.
I can’t lose this one at any cost.
Kawachi!
I’m beginning to really get back into this.
Kawachi!
Is what I’d like to say, but...
my opponent is that Suwabara.
I...
I don’t know if I can win.
Kawachi!
When exactly did I get on his shoulders?
Or rather... What are you doing, Manager?
You have one week.
Go over here.
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
A church?
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Father
Tokyo City, Itabashi district
St. Andrew’s Church
Andrew Graham
Over there...
Ah! That’s the place that led to you getting that hair style, right?
It’s not that kind of place.
It’s the place where I learned
the most important thing about bread from a certain person.
You’ve become strong.
But, when you come up against geniuses like Kanmuri or Suwabara as opponents,
it’s a fact that you tend to beat yourself up.
Yeah...
That’s true.
I hate it, but it’s true.
So, go forth!
And win!
All right!
Work hard, Kawachi!
Hey!
It’s not just me.
You have to work just as hard.
When I come back for the third place match,
I won’t forgive you if you’ve lost.
He won’t forgive me!
Everyone at the Southern Tokyo Branch really gets along well.
You can really make that out?
Or rather, what the hell am I doing?
Well, I’m off.
Oh, that’s right.
Azuma, there was something I had to tell you.
I noticed during my match with Kanmuri.
If appears that his weapon is not limited to the Kaiyou yeast.
Like you, Kanmuri may have Solar Hands.
Kanmuri has...
Like you, Kanmuri may have Solar Hands.
Kanmuri has...
Is that true?
I can’t be sure.
But... the feel of that fermentation was the same as Azuma’s.
No, at least,
there’s no mistaking that it’s at about the same level.
Kanmuri has...
But, it’s also a fact that in addition to the Solar Gauntlets,
there are other ways to warm your hands as Suwabara did.
Kanmuri is a scientist.
It’s possible that he warms his hands using some technique.
But it’s fine.
What?
It doesn’t matter.
Azuma-san.
I have the Solar Hands as well.
So, we’re even.
That’s true, but...
Kanmuri-san also has the Kaiyou yeast.
Don’t worry.
If Kanmuri has the Kaiyou yeast,
I have the petalite board.
Like I’d lose!
But...
Even with that, the conditions are even.
There’s no guarantee anywhere that we’ll win.
It’s all right.
Azuma-san...
Yeah, it’s just as Azuma says.
You’re such a worry-wart.
Kawachi-san!
Relax, Tsukino.
It’s not even.
You haven’t forgotten, right?
Azuma has something important that Kanmuri doesn’t.
At the Southern Tokyo Branch,
we have trust amongst each other that won’t lose to anyone and...
We have each other.
So, just relax, Tsukino.
For your sake, and for Kawachi’s sake,
I’ll definitely win. So, don’t worry.
Okay.
Come to think of it,
I left the board at the hall.
I’m going to get it!
Some things never change.
But, it looks like there’s no need to worry.
I’m off then.
Take care, Kawachi-san!
Everybody, thank you very much.
There were so many people, yet after everyone leaves, it’s quiet, isn’t it?
Don’t avoid the subject.
What was it you wanted to talk about?
I have a request.
Money?
Can I have you promise that you won’t interfere with the finals?
Boy...!
Do you know who it is you’re talking to?
Yes!
Who else do you think is here?
I think I’ve told you already!
It’s not enough to just win against those cockroaches.
I’m going to have them shamed and crushed.
But, it’s the finals next.
Because of the thing with Kawachi-san’s dough, there’s an investigation in progress.
And I think that General Manager Kirisaki will have even stronger security in place.
I think that any scheming beyond this would be suicidal.
Kirisaki...
Yeah, he’s a bit of a pain.
As soon as I become the true successor of Pantasia,
I’ll tear off that mask of his and drive him out.
So, since you’re saying so much,
you’re sure you’ll win, right, boy?
You’re facing a bread that sends you to heaven.
The existence of something like heaven is dubious in real life.
So, there’s no way you could possibly go there, is there?
That hyper-sensitive senpai of ours probably just happened to feel that way
and was caught up in some sort of illusion.
Something like that is no problem if I get serious.
How very promising.
But, a low down dirty sow like you,
interested in nothing but money,
would only go to hell.
Whatever. I promise.
Thank you very much.
But, don’t forget...
Who exactly is paying the high research costs for your cute little germs
and the maintenance costs for the facilities to make your bread.
It’s Yukino-sama!
Sow!
Well, I’ll be off then.
There’s research I need to do to win.
I don’t like fighting for that woman, but...
I’m looking forward to it, Azuma-kun.
With you,
it seems I can fight it out in a fair and square, serious match.
With my new Kaiyou yeast currently being researched...
With RAS...
and these Solar Hands...
Kanmuri has a point.
It’s dangerous to do anything in the finals.
But...
Just winning is boring...
Like with the blondie,
if I don’t have them crumble...
Just remembering it makes me laugh.
Oh?
What’s this board?
Umm, St. Andrew’s Church.
Andrew’s Church...
It’s just ahead after I turn at that corner, right?
St. Andrew’s Church
The... The ivy has...
wound itself all over and...
it looks like...
an a-a-afro.
I-I have a bad feeling...
Azuma-san is late, isn’t he?
It’s been almost an hour.
Azuma!
Azuma-san...
Oh, where’s the board?
It’s disappeared.
What?
It’s disappeared.
I left it in the oven, but...
There was no one in the hall.
I asked a custodian who was nearby, but...
all he saw was a tall woman leave the hall last...
What?
A tall woman?
Hey kids...
Playing in the sand looks fun.
Can Big Sis play, too?
What?
What do you want to do?
I’ll give you something nice, so let me join you.
Here.
Pretty sand.
It’s shining.
Oh, there’s some stones mixed in as well.
What kind of sand is this?
Who knows...
I’m not too sure myself.
He called it petalite or something.
Weird name.
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
The final match of the Pantasia Newcomers' Battle is beginning!
We're finally at the finals!
But is Azuma going to be all ri–
Look out! Jab it! Jab it some more!
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan,
The Sticky Showdown!! Azuma Kazuma VS Kanmuri Shigeru!
The sticky showdown!!
Azuma Kazuma vs Kanmuri Shigeru!
Be sure to watch!
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
We have the proverb series relating to bread, #1.
Relating to bread
The proverb series #1
Note: The former is a Danish proverb They both refer to how people are more interested in the practical over the aesthetic.
Bread is better than the song of birds.
Bread is better than the song of birds
This is an old proverb in the West.
Dumplings are better than flowers
It has the same meaning as the Japanese proverb, “Dumplings are better than flowers.”
Really?