Azuma-kun.
I have nothing against you, but...
I can’t afford to lose either.
I’m going to win.
With the pan au rustique created with these Solar Hands and the Kaiyou yeast RAS.
No way!
If you do that, the starch of the dough will dissolve and it will break up.
It’s all right like this.
Like this...
Azuma Kazuma.
What in... What in the world are you doing?
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?
Meister flying in the air!!
Who will be the winner?!
Meister flying in the air!!
Who will be the winner?!
Stop messing around.
How long are you going to wash it?
Make bread properly.
Don’t be secretive about your bread!
Yeah. Are you listening?
M-Manager.
It’s turned into the situation we feared after all.
I wonder if he’s all right. Azuma-san...
He’s probably fine.
It’s not the first time that moron has done something outrageous.
You probably don’t need to worry.
Umm... Are you an acquaintance of Azuma-san’s?
It’s me! Kawachi!
How can you not know that?!
I’ve just changed my hairstyle a little.
Kawachi-san!
That’s not just a little. That hairstyle...
Yeah. An impressive afro.
You’ve become a man, haven’t you, Kawachi.
M-Manager.
I-It’s just as I thought.
That church is a fearsome place that lures everyone into an afro.
It’s no such place!
Lately, this seems to be the only role I’m playing.
What’s he doing?!
He’s left the washed dough and started making a new dough.
What in the...?
In the end, the first dough was a failure, huh?
Wasting food. Don’t do such things!
Honestly speaking, just breaking that board wasn’t enough to satisfy me, but...
Oh?
What’s this board?
it appears that the filthy cockroach was an idiot who couldn’t do anything without his board.
This is obvious, but...
if you wash the dough, the starch will disappear.
Note: Gluten is a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains. It gives cohesiveness to dough.
Only the sticky gluten component will remain.
I guess I should conclude that once his first attempt failed,
he had no choice but to start on a second attempt.
But...
At this point in time, with a bread that you make as an alternate plan along the way...
you really can’t win against me.
How is it?
Look at my dough’s extensibility.
This is the power of the Kaiyou yeast, RAS.
An abundance of moisture confers this level of extensibility to the bread.
Azuma-kun.
I hoped to be able to have a good match with you, but...
It’s a shame.
I’m just going to go ahead and win then.
All that’s left is the baking.
All right!
Extend!
W-What the...?
W-What’s with that extensibility?
What the...?
His second dough extends like a mochi.
It’s much more extensible than that Kanmuri guy’s dough.
Impossible!
What’s with the dough’s extensibility?
Hey.
Maybe he’s trying to make an even more amazing bread than the Japan #44.
Yeah. Maybe.
It’s the finals after all.
Wh... What’s happening?
Kanmuri’s dough’s extensibility was astonishing enough.
However, Azuma’s dough is definitely more extensible than Kanmuri’s.
If he’s increased the water content in some way like Kanmuri has, I’d understand, but...
Can dough become all that extensible after kneading it in the regular fashion?
When Azuma made his second dough, it didn’t look like there was any trick to it, but...
Even if you make a serious face... With that hairstyle...
There was a trick.
In the first dough...
The first dough?
I don’t know how he did it, but...
Azuma-kun’s dough turned out more extensible than mine.
A dough’s extensibility gives the sticky quality that the Japanese really like.
If we were to predict an outcome from just that...
the possibility of me losing to him exists.
But...
This pan au rustique has one more secret hidden within.
We will now begin the judging of the finals of the 39th Pantasia Newcomers’ Battle.
The judge of the finals is General Manager Kirisaki.
You may present your bread to General Manager Kirisaki.
The examiner is not Kuro-yan?
After he became the General Manager,
the judging of the finals became the exclusive right of the General Manager.
Is that so...?
The Afro Brothers...
General Manager Kirisaki. I wonder what kind of reaction he’ll show.
I can’t even imagine it.
Both of you made dough with high extensibility.
But, looking at it after it’s baked...
Kanmuri has made a boulder shaped bread,
and Azuma-kun’s bread is balloon shaped.
This looks like it will be interesting.
They look very different but...
The fact that they are both amazing breads is very apparent.
Both of you have done very well so far.
Well then... I will begin with Kanmuri-kun’s bread.
Okay.
What a delicious looking pan au rustique.
I’m so going to become the General Manager.
And...
Someday... For sure.
A boulder shaped bread.
Pan au rustique.
The bread with the highest water content amongst French breads.
This is a sticky bread that the Japanese people like...
I wonder how it turned out with the Kaiyou yeast...
He... He ate it.
What... Exactly what kind of reaction is he going to show us?!
He’s the General Manager.
There can be no doubt that he’ll show some kind of extravagant reaction.
Yes. This is wonderful.
Just as to be expected from Kuroyanagi’s junior.
Did... Did you see that Manager?
That’s just not right.
After all, he’s the General Manager.
Is that indifferent reaction really going to be forgiven?!
After all the trouble we’ve taken!
Calm down.
But, Manager!!
Can’t you see it?
Raise your line of vision a little higher.
A little higher...?
Wh... What in the world is that?!
That weird head!
P...P...P...
P...P...P... Peacock!
It’s peacock feathers!
It’s really gross!
I don’t think you can say that about other people.
Along with being an amazing baker,
like Dave, he has the power to express the deliciousness
of something with his body in a tangible manner.
He’s the Super Judge!
And by the way.
Really bad
Crow
Sparrow
Dove
Just bad
Regular
0~19 points
20~39 points
40~59 points
Really bad, 0 to 19 points.
60~69 points
Pheasant
Just fine
A crow. Caw caw.
Just bad, 20 to 39 points.
70~79 points
Not too bad
Cuckoo
A sparrow. Chirp chirp.
Regular, 40 to 59 points.
A dove. Coo coo.
80~89 points
Delicious
Nightingale
Just fine, 60 to 69 points.
A pheasant. Kyan kyan.
90~99 points
Crazy delicious
Kingfisher
Not too bad, 70 to 79 points.
A cuckoo.
Delicious, 80 to 89 points.
Absolutely no complaints
Peacock
A nightingale. Houkokogya.
100 points
Crazy delicious, 90 to 99 points.
A kingfisher.
Absolutely no complaints, 100 points.
A peacock.
This is how it is.
This is how it is, huh?
Man... It’s really annoying if you have to match up the points to a bird.
Yeah.
Anyway.
The results of this weird judgement style are...
It’s a fact that Kanmuri has been awarded a perfect score.
Is Azuma all right?
If Kanmuri brought out the peacock for a perfect score then,
even if Azuma ties, we’ll just have a peacock.
If we want to win,
then we have no choice but to bring out something like a phoenix with a big bang, right?
A phoenix...?
This pan au rustique...
Even in its home country, France,
it’s a difficult bread to make for anyone but a first class baker.
And, I have never before eaten a sample that was so delicious.
This is not the power of just Kaiyou yeast, right?
Probably...
I believe that the flour you used is different from regular flour.
Yes.
Impressive, General Manager Kirisaki.
In order to bring out the power of the Taiensei reinforcing yeast RAS,
which I’ve personally developed, to it’s maximum...
I used a special flour.
Note: Soisson is a very high quality flour, probably with high protein content.
Even from among the various soisson, a French type of flour,
I chose one of superior quality.
When you say soisson, that’s the best flour from among various types of flour.
Note: Daiginjo (大吟醸) is a type of sake made when rice has had the outer 50% of the grains polished away.
If we’re talking about sake, it has to be Daiginjo.
Note: Shimofuri (霜降り) is a high-quality beef, shimofuri or “fallen frost,” comes from cows that are fed beer and massaged by hand so their fat spreads evenly throughout the meat.
If we’re talking about meat, it has to be shimofuri sirloin.
Note: Ootoro (おおとろ) refers to the fatty portion of the belly of tuna.
If we’re talking about fish, it has to be ootoro from natural black tuna.
Note: Koshihikari (こしひかり) is the premium rice of Japan, distinguished by its aroma, sweet flavor and sticky texture.
If we’re talking about rice, it has to be the brand name Koshihikari.
Man, I don’t quite get his examples.
Of course, this flour has been ground in a windmill.
This flour is responsible for making the surface of the bread crisp,
while the soft an sticky consistency of the insides is strengthened.
Huh... I guess there are many different types of flour, huh?
Note: Gum arabic is a substance used for stabilizing emulsions and thickening in baking.
Pan au rustique is French for bread made with gum arabic.
In addition to the brand of the flour,
if the flour has been milled in a windmill, the taste is completely different
from flour milled in a machine.
It’s really fragrant.
Azuma-kun.
I may have yielded a few points to you when it comes to the extensibility of the flour...
But, this flour is my other secret weapon.
In addition to his new Kaiyou yeast,
he also had that flour hidden up his sleeve.
Kanmuri Shigeru...
what kind of baker are you?!
Hello, everyone.
Oh my.
Why is it that everyone looks a little unwell?
All of you from the Southern Tokyo Branch, that is...
What do you want?
Oh, another part-timer, is it?
No!
Stop joking around!
Oh, scary!
But, I understand why you’d be irritated.
It’s because our Kanmuri has tried a tad too hard, isn’t it?
Today, as an apology...
I got you some high grade kusaya.
Note: Hachijoujima (八丈島) is an island located about 300 kilometers (186 miles) from Tokyo. Kusaya (くさや) is a type of smelly cured fish. The name of the store that this is bought from is Kusaya (草屋) as well.
Kusaya from Kusaya
Specialty Goods
Hachijoujima
Kusaya from Kusaya
Hachijoujima
Specialty Goods
This will become quite addictive, you know...
Like we need something like that!
Oh, please don’t be shy.
Here you go.
All right then. Take care.
That woman really annoys the hell out of me.
Kawachi.
Just eat some kusaya and calm down.
You’re eating it?!
It’s raw!
Note: kusai (臭い) — stink, kusaya — fish.
It stinks.
Kawachi.
Even if Kanmuri has gotten a perfect score,
we’ll win if Azuma scores higher than that.
Higher than that, you say!
If we’re talking higher than a perfect score...
there really must be a phoenix coming, right?
Of course not!
No, huh?
Believe in him.
In Azuma... In his power.
Azuma’s... power.
Well then, I will now partake of Azuma’s bread.
Man... This looks like another delicious bread.
I’m so jealous.
Peacock! It’s a peacock!
It’s peacock feathers.
We’re tied, Manager.
A tie?!
Kawachi, do you have empty sockets where your eyes should be?!
Look at that!
Look at that, Manager.
It’s like a phoenix.
Oh my.
Wh... What is this?!
It wasn’t just a decoration!
He had a real bird hidden inside.
Actually, his life has been a troubled one.
Is that so?
But... if we don’t save Kawachi-san...
When he was a child...
he was abandoned in France by his father.
In order to earn a living, Kirisaki began selling bread on the street.
But...
however good the bread is...
If it’s a child selling it on the roadside, nobody will buy it.
So, in order to attract customers, he learned various tricks.
Even now, he’s able to produce feathers from under his mask.
But...
To think that the peacock was actually still alive...
Even I am in shock!
It’s not the time to be in shock!
Do something!
So, does that mean that... all the birds used in the grading system
are hidden away somewhere beneath that mask?
I guess...
What kind of baker is he...?
T-To think that...
a crack would appear in this titanium alloy mask...
Moreover...
My usually docile peacock, Coo, has run away!
Azuma-kun’s fearsome bread!
What the...?
What’s happening?
Since the peacock ran off, it may just be that...
I shall announce the results.
Okay!
Very well. I shall now announce it.
The champion of the 39th Pantasia Newcomers’ Battle is...
Azuma Kazuma-kun.
No way.
Amazing!
He won!
He won it!
He’s amazing!
Please wait one moment!
Azuma-kun’s bread may have been better in terms of its sticky consistency.
But!
My bread’s surface has a crisp consistency due to the use of the soisson flour.
When you look at it fair and square,
I can’t imagine how my bread could be inferior to Azuma-kun’s!
Ex... Exactly!
What’s the criteria you used to come to this conclusion?
Let me explain that reason to you.
Senpai...
Wait! Please wait!
In the first place, do you know why you lost on the dough’s extensibility?
I don’t know.
I couldn’t possibly know, could I?
Azuma-kun washed his first dough and messed that up.
Azuma-kun’s bread after doing something so absurd...
The reason he washed his dough!
Could it be...?
It looks like you’ve figured it out.
Yeah.
The technique that Azuma used is...
Vital Gluten!
Vital Gluten?
I’m sure that you would know...
If you wash the dough after kneading and preparing the gluten...
the starch component is washed away, leaving the gluten behind.
This is called Vital Gluten.
When Azuma washed the first dough, he made home-made Vital Gluten.
He added this to the second dough to make the bread.
In other words...
One extra helping of Vital Gluten was added to regular bread.
This made a Double Gluten bread with twice the amount of gluten.
It’s true that its appearance is round and soft.
But, in addition to improving its extensibility,
twice the amount of gluten also results in
the crust on the surface having a crunchy consistency.
B-But...
But!
You don’t usually use Vital Gluten in regular bread.
It’s common sense to use it in bread when you add oats or use high temperatures...
Common sense, huh?
Shigeru.
We graduated from Harvard.
We know the “common sense” techniques of using Vital Gluten.
You dumbass.
Don’t run!
That hurts!
Rather than that, who the hell are you?
I’ll make you remember.
In contrast, Azuma has probably never heard the term “Vital Gluten.”
I lost... to such an opponent...
It’s because you were bound by knowledge. And that common sense.
Hey, let me go!
It’s Kawachi!
You can’t remember?
What’s with that gross hairstyle?
You also think so, right?
You certainly need knowledge.
But...
as bakers...
As creators...
Those of us who have the dreams and the passion
to be able to overturn common sense are the strongest.
Why?
Why is it?!
I really can’t acknowledge this.
I won’t acknowledge this.
Wai... What are you doing?
Let me go!
Are you going to toss him?
We want to join in!
Let’s do it! Let’s do it!
And up! And up!
Stop!
Stop it!
To have the dreams and passion to overturn common sense...
And up! And up!
Stop!
Stop it!
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
Kawachi!
What is it?
You have the main role in the next episode!
What?
Note: A national holiday beginning on April 29th and ending on May 5th.
Just try doing something boring at Golden Time.
It will be your responsibility entirely.
What?!
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan,
What!!
Kawachi. A man’s hard training!
What!!
Kawachi. A man’s hard training!
Be sure to watch.
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
Gluten turns bread sticky.
Gluten
Flour + Water
When you knead flour and water together,
two different protein components, glutenin and gliadin, complex together to form gluten.
Glutenin
Gliadin
So, be sure to knead your dough well!
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