Well then,
since all of you have gotten your coins...
I will explain the rules for the second preliminary.
This time, all of the ingredients that are on the coins which you have acquired...
must be used to make a single bread.
If there is even a single unused ingredient...
You will be immediately disqualified.
All of the ingredients?
Farewell, Japanese representative.
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.
I swore to your shining eyes
kagayaku kimi no hitomi ni chikatta
Yakitate!! Japan
Translated by: Anime-Empire
on an afternoon when the blue sky
chiisana mado kara aozora ga mieta gogo
was visible through a small window
that I no longer wanted to run away.
nigeru koto nante mou shitaku wa nai yo
senaka ni atatakai te no hira o kanjiteiru
I feel a warm hand upon my back.
kizutsuku yori mo tsurai no wa
The only thing more painful than getting hurt is...
ashita wo akiramete jibun ni uso tsukitsuzukeru koto
giving up on tomorrow and continuing to lie to yourself.
daiji na yume wo hitotsu kokoro ni itsudemo
The one precious dream always held in your heart
shinjite mamotte norikoete ikou
Let’s believe it, protect it, and overcome everything.
daiji na yume ga aru kara motto tsuyoku nareru
Because we have a precious dream, we can become stronger
omoiegaita mirai wo dakishimete
holding on to the dream that we imagined and painted
kore kara mo
forevermore.
Lupan #3!
Pain d’épice, Kai-style(Kai)!
Lupan #3!!
Pain d’épice, Kai-style(Kai)!
Kawachi!
Where are you going?
Kuro-yan, what the hell does this mean?!
If there was such a rule last year, why didn’t you tell us?
If that was the case, like the French representatives,
we’d have paid attention to the number of ingredients we got.
Calm down, Kawachi.
Ryou and I are both surprised as well.
It’s a completely different rule from last year.
What was that?!
If that’s so,
why did the French representative hold back on getting coins?
I don’t like to say such things based on a mere guess...
but it could be that the rules had been leaked to them beforehand.
What was that?!
Don’t tell me that Pierrot was unjust...?
No.
Pierrot’s merely the master of ceremonies and judge.
He isn’t told about the rules until the day of the match.
The rules are decided by the Management Board of the Monaco Cup.
A great deal of money, close to a trillion yen, is involved in this match.
They can’t afford to let the home team, which has the most popularity, lose in the preliminaries.
So, it’s not strange to have that level of shady activity.
What was that?!
But, it’s a competition at the world level. That can’t...
That’s one “What was that?!” too many.
It’s starting to get annoying, okay?
Suwabara...
Don’t worry.
I won’t lose to people who do things that shame a samurai’s code of chivalry.
Return to the competition hall immediately.
We’ll get absolutely nothing out of it if we’re disqualified for being in the audience.
295...
296...
Umm...
I just did a quick count, and there are about 300 of these coins.
300!
If we make a single bread...
using all of these many ingredients...
We can’t make anything but a crappy bread that tastes awful, huh?
Look carefully, Kawachi.
It’s not like each and every one of them has a different ingredient on it.
There are plenty that are multiples.
That’s true.
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel
Look.
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel * Prunes * Cocoa * Citron peel * Almonds * Almond powder * Cinnamon * Nutmeg * Cardamom * Rum * Cognac * Drained cherries * Blueberries * Cherries * Pineapple * Cherry liquor * Anise * Fennel * Macadamia nuts * Western pears * Apricots * Figs * Walnuts * Hazelnuts * Raisins * Red wine * White wine * Apples
The number of coins may have been large, but actually, we have only 34 ingredients.
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel * Prunes * Cocoa * Citron peel * Almonds * Almond powder * Cinnamon * Nutmeg * Cardamom * Rum * Cognac * Drained cherries * Blueberries * Cherries * Pineapple * Cherry liquor * Anise * Fennel * Macadamia nuts * Western pears * Apricots * Figs * Walnuts * Hazelnuts * Raisins * Red wine * White wine * Apples
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel * Prunes * Cocoa * Citron peel * Almonds * Almond powder * Cinnamon * Nutmeg * Cardamom * Rum * Cognac * Drained cherries * Blueberries * Cherries * Pineapple * Cherry liquor * Anise * Fennel * Macadamia nuts * Western pears * Apricots * Figs * Walnuts * Hazelnuts * Raisins * Red wine * White wine * Apples
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* Butter * Sugar * Eggs * Honey * Salt * Raisins * Orange peel * Prunes * Cocoa * Citron peel * Almonds * Almond powder * Cinnamon * Nutmeg * Cardamom * Rum * Cognac * Drained cherries * Blueberries * Cherries * Pineapple * Cherry liquor * Anise * Fennel * Macadamia nuts * Western pears * Apricots * Figs * Walnuts * Hazelnuts * Raisins * Red wine * White wine * Apples
We can work it out somehow.
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34 ingredients?!
You know...
Now may not be the time to tell you something like this,
but you can only make bread with about ten ingredients.
Any more is beyond imagination.
Will you be unsatisfied if it’s not a Japan?
Huh?
How about you, Azuma?
What?
Like I care about something like that.
Like I said...
I won’t do anything.
In the next preliminary, between Japan and France.
A bet where the side with fewer points will leave.
I accept that bet.
If there’s only one of you, then there shall only be one of us.
I’ll take you on by myself.
I...
really won’t do anything.
I’m grateful.
When I said “I wouldn’t do anything,” I meant that I wouldn’t relax,
nor would I get worried.
But...
I believe in you, Suwabara.
I guess it’s time to lift the veil, then.
From what?
I, Suwabara Kai, will exhibit a new style of bread.
You have so many ingredients that you can’t carry them without placing them in a box.
Yet, you ignore the fact that you can’t make a delicious bread
and refuse to give up on the challenge...
As expected of the Japanese.
Just like a kamikaze.
In that case,
I will give you the finishing blow.
With my Archbishop’s hat...
Note: A kouglof au miel is a sweet brioche with raisins and almonds. “Miel” means “honey.” So it is simply a kouglof with honey.
The Kouglof au Miel.
After using dirty little tricks...
Note: Hito o norowaba ana futatsu (人を呪わば穴二つ) literally means “a person who curses someone else may wind up in the hole himself.” Or, “one’s misguided actions will backfire upon oneself.”
There’s a Japanese saying: “The chickens will come home to roost.”
The only one who’ll die...
is you!
What was that?!
At that time,
I was beaten by Azuma in the newcomers’ battle,
and even drew with Kawachi.
I went completely berserk.
Kai.
Master!
You have fallen low indeed
if you take your anger out on the dojo after having lost in your bread competition.
And for God’s sake, please stop. Seriously.
I’m sorry to have shown you something so shameful.
But, I... I...
Kai,
do you not know why you could not win against that man called Azuma?
I do not know.
That is because you do not have Japan.
If you speak in terms of “the way of the sword,”
the man called Azuma is the founder of the “Japan-style” school.
In other words, he is a genius.
If you challenge him in the usual manner, you cannot compare to him.
Then, what can I do?
You must steal techniques.
How can you...?!
Stealing is cowardly!
You fool!
Even your sword technique consists of skills stolen from me, right?
Th-That is...
Even the famous Yagyuu Muneyoshi
Yagyuu Muneyoshi
Yagyuu Shinkage School
Was defeated by Kamizumi Nobotsuna of the Shinkage school at the age of 38.
Yagyuu became his disciple,
stole those skills, and then became the founder of the Yagyuu Shinkage school.
There is nothing shameful about stealing techniques!
Listen carefully, Kai.
The history of bread is older than that of the sword.
It is most likely around 4000 years old.
It is probably not possible to make an absolutely new bread anymore.
Even Azuma the genius
steals from various breads, cakes, and the dietary culture of Japan,
improving them to make his Japan.
In that case, Kai,
you must steal the world’s breads and cakes...
No, steal the skills from every culinary item in the world!
You must travel all over the world
and create it with your stolen techniques!
Note: Lupin – the great thief. Changed to “Lu-pan.”
The Lupan!
The appearance of a new style of bread,
and its name is... Lupan!
Lupan
L-Lupan, he says...
That’s a weird name.
Lupan...
When you say Lupan, you mean...?
No!
That isn’t it at all.
Either way, even though I was in Japan, I’ve stolen techniques from all over the world.
After research and reform, I have completed up to Lupan #5.
Just watch, Man in the Mask...
My Lupan #3, which will lure you to Hell!
Suwabara Kai’s pain d’épice (Kai)!
Note: The first “Kai” (戒) refers to Suwabara’s name. The second “kai” (改) means “reborn.”
Suwabara Kai's pain d'épice (Kai)
I see...
That’s a possibility.
Pain d’épice.
It refers to a spicy bread in French.
It might be the only bread in the world
that you can make with a large number of ingredients.
I got a little scared when he crushed the apple with his bare hand...
but with just that,
you can’t win against my Kouglof au Miel.
Pain d’épice is similar to curry.
Curry?
A large number of spices are used in curries,
and by including sweet ingredients such as apples and honey,
you can bring out a deep and good flavor.
I see.
So, in other words, since the pain d’épice uses spices,
even after using that many ingredients,
you can bring out a deep flavor like that of curry?
However, most likely...
Getting a high score will be really hard.
Yeah.
Even if it is pain d’épice,
if you don’t apply some kind of trick to it,
you can’t use all 34 ingredients.
Getting a high score like 4 or 5 points
Note: “Kai” means “to admonish” or “to guard.”
will depend on the “Kai” factor, Suwabara-san.
Suwabara seems to be taking a lot of time...
I really think that it might be a good idea to help him.
We can’t. We promised not to.
This time, we’ll leave it to him.
I’ve already finished baking it.
Oh well, it doesn’t matter how long you take to make yours.
Please, just spare us an ending where you say “I can’t do it.”
90% of the countries seem to have finished baking.
Japan still seems to be making theirs.
Oh well, if he’s making it like that, it’s going to take time.
The Pierrots have multiplied!
So, he’s already doing the scoring?!
I’ll start the scoring, but don’t worry.
The preliminary does not really require you to compete over time used.
Also, the kinds of ingredients used vary from country to country.
So, the countries that have not yet finished may continue with their work.
However, though I may have cloned myself,
I still only have one stomach.
You can assume that those who finish late, when I’m already full, are at a disadvantage.
This is really bad!
I’ll help him!
Don’t worry.
Azuma...
He’ll win...
Suwabara will.
So, don’t interfere.
Canadian team gets 3 points.
Russian team is disqualified!
Wh-Why?!
You haven’t even eaten it, so disqualifying us is...
This may be repetitive, but...
It’s because I’m Pierrot!
Kremlin!!
Once you become a world-level clown,
you will have a sense of smell that allows you to distinguish the perfumes
of each person in a crowd of 10,000.
Your piroshki do not have the cocoa you were required to add, right?
Note: Piroshki are Russian dumplings with various fillings.
Wait one moment!
In that case, we can’t accept it. Khrushchev!
Yeah, it’s just a little, but we’ve added cocoa. Andropov!
It’s not like we haven’t added any at all. Battleship Potemkin!
That’s why you have been disqualified.
You really do not understand what the problem is, do you?
Simply adding cocoa for the sake of adding it...
Your way of thinking is naive and insufficient, just like the cocoa.
I absolutely... hate... such cheaters.
Sinful priest, Rasputin...
All right.
Since we’re done with the scum, let us move on to France.
He’s beginning to score France.
Okay, 5 points, full score.
Just wait one moment.
You just passed him by!
Old... Mister Pierrot!
You haven’t even eaten it, so why is it a full score?
Because I ate it last year!
I have eaten his Kouglof au Miel at last year’s finals.
There’s no need to eat it once more.
B-But, even then...
Also, like I said earlier...
The more I eat, the more full I get.
Isn’t that a disadvantage for Japan, who’s late finishing up?
If you still want me to, though, I’ll eat it.
Do we have your consent, Japanese representative?
P-Playing dirty little tricks!
I guess they really did know what the second preliminary was going to be beforehand,
and made sure to get the ingredients for last year’s winning bread...
Baldy.
There’s no cause for worry.
Even if they received a perfect score,
I cannot be cut with a dirty sword.
Suwabara!
Don’t call me Baldy!!
I do apologize.
I got a perfect score ahead of you.
I’ll say it one more time...
The only one who’ll die is you!
Heh... Rude little fellow...
Sorry for the wait, Mr. Clown.
Pain d'épice Kai
Eat.
I got tired of waiting.
All right, without any delay...
Chomp.
That was when I first worked out the cloning technique...
Thanks to the cloning technique, the performance in Japan was a huge success.
Quedam Circus
Going on a long run!
The performance ran for a very long time.
Drink up!
Thanks to you, Bolneze, it’s a great success!
Yeah, Boss-to-be.
You’re truly great, Pierrot.
You are, without doubt, a legendary clown.
It’s weird having you praise me so much, Carn.
What was that you said?
Being acknowledged by everyone, I was in ecstasy.
But...
Umm...
You’re Quedam’s...
Yeah.
Mr. Carn, who performs on the trapeze, right?
Yeah, that’s right.
Oh, we were right!
You’re so cool!
Autograph, please!
May we take a photograph with you?
The popular ones were always the people on the trapeze and other showy acts.
No matter how amazing a trick the clown shows,
in the end, he plays the fool and falls.
He has to be uncool.
He can’t possibly be popular, can he?
It’s really an unpleasant role...
A clown...
Moreover, if you’re without your makeup, no one will even know that you’re Quedam’s clown.
Come to Maple.
Here you go.
Autograph, please!
O-On a pocket tissue?!
Or rather, you know who I am?
I don’t have my makeup on...
Of course I do!
I mean, yes, I do.
I’m a big fan...
I’ve been to your performance ten times now.
Rather, I really like you.
Quedam’s Super Entertainer.
You’re Mr. Pierrot Bolneze, right?
Her name was Kimura Megumi...
The only person who found me in Japan.
That’s what I thought.
In the twinkle of an eye, we fell in love.
Every night, after the circus was over, we’d talk.
It was like... I’d been lonely, all by myself.
It’s all right now.
You’re no longer alone, right?
Then, one day...
What?!
We’re going to America next?
Yeah. It seems that our success in Japan
has reached the ears of the higher-ups of television in America.
You did it, Bolneze!
Even David Mopperfield would be envious!
We’ll get to perform at the Mirage in Las Vegas!
What’s wrong, Bolneze?
You’re not happy?
That’s not it...
After the performance in Las Vegas, you’ll be both the clown and the boss.
I’ll leave things to you.
Very well.
Of course I was happy about becoming the boss and going to Las Vegas.
But, in that case, Megu and I’d have to...
Hey, Megu...
Come with you to Las Vegas?
Yeah.
I can’t.
Why?
I’m the boss now!
I can support one more person...
Even I have my parents and my family.
I have customers waiting for my smile as well.
Note: Tochigi is a prefecture in the Kantou area.
Also, I don’t speak any languages other than Japanese and the Tochigi dialect.
I’d just be in your way.
That’s not true!
I knew that this day would come soon.
That’s why I’ve been carrying something around for a long time.
Pretend that this is me, and keep it safe.
Why, Megu?
Why didn’t you come with me?
We loved each other so much...
Women are full of mysteries.
And, this gift that you gave me in the end...
It’s...
WHY IS IT AN EBISU?
Note: Nande Ebisu (なんでエビス) – “Nande” means “why,” and Ebisu is the god of good fortune and fishermen. So, “Nande Ebisu” means “Why is it an Ebisu?” And of course, “Nande Ebisu” becomes “pain d’épice.”
WHY IS IT AN EBISU?
Nande Ebisu?
WHY IS IT AN EBISU?
Pain d’épice
It’s an amazing bread!
Perfect score!
No, more than that, Japanese representative!
He did it!
Yeah!
Of course.
But... somehow...
the reaction this time was rather short, wasn’t it?
That’s not fair, Kawachi!
I would actually like to give you 7 points,
but the rules say that 5 points is the maximum score, so...
I’m sorry.
Don’t worry about it.
It’s done so well that I think even 10 points wouldn’t suffice.
To someone who can say something as impudent as that without hesitation,
I shall give you something to apologize for the 2 points.
Nande Ebisu?
Oh, Megu...
I’ve been carrying your memory around for a long time, but...
I will now forget you.
Thank you, Japanese representative.
Why is it an Ebisu?
That pain d’épice
Yeah, I wonder why.
gave me the courage to try out a new romance.
But, it’s kinda cute...
I cannot accept it.
Even if it’s a pain d’épice,
with 34 ingredients added to it, there’s no way that it could taste good.
Moreover, to think that you actually evaluated it at 7 points...
It looks like you haven’t noticed.
That guy with the bandanna crushed all the ingredients very finely with his fist.
With great intensity.
So, that’s why it took so long?
That was the “Kai” factor in my pain d’épice.
Pain d'épice Kai
That’s amazing, Suwabara!
By crushing the ingredients into fine particles,
he created a completely new flavor.
Since the ingredients had a large number of fruits in them,
“Mixed Juice with Almonds and Nuts, Giving It a Crisp Consistency, Spicy Bread,”
is what you can call it.
It’s such a long name that I can’t really think of it as delicious.
However, Pierrot is a world-level judge.
The taste must be the real thing.
We have no choice but to accept it.
By the way, Bandanna Boy...
Your bread was really amazing, but...
Next time, use a mixer when making something like that.
Crushing it with your fist must be hard, right?
I’ll lend you one anytime.
You should’ve said that earlier!
itsuka wakaru sa kizutsuitari nayanda hibi
Someday you’ll understand.
The days when you were hurt and confused
kagayaki ni kawaru. Dakara tsukamaetete
will turn into something radiant. So, hold on to...
ima wa kurushii kimi wo. Nigenaide kanau made
your present suffering. Don’t run away till your wish comes true.
kodoku wo kakaekomu toki mo
Even at times you embrace loneliness...
kimi wa mada hitori ja nainda
you are not yet alone.
jibun sae shinjirarenai bukiyou na kimi demo
Even if you don’t quite believe it, even the clumsy little you
nandomo kara wo tatakinagara
can knock yourself against your shell many times over,
tobidasu hi wa jibun dake no chikara sa
so that the day you fly out, it will be with your own strength.
tatoe kimi dake ni tsubasa ga nakutemo kitto
Even if it is only you who doesn’t have wings,
utau tori ni natte
become a song bird.
Next Episode
You’ve passed the preliminaries. Good work, Japan.
The finals are next.
Now, becoming #1 in the world is really no longer just a dream.
We can do it... We can do it!!
You don’t know anything, do you?
Next time, on Yakitate!! Japan,
The world pays attention!!
The Monaco Cup finals begin!
The world pays attention!!
The Monaco Cup finals begin!
Be sure to watch!
Yakitate!! Seed of knowledge.
The pain d’épice that Suwabara made.
Pain d’épice
Épice means “spice” in French.
épice
spice
Its characterizing feature is the subtle flavor of spices.
The subtle flavor of spices
France Burgundy province
Dijon’s famous product
It’s the famed product of Dijon, of the French province of Burgundy.
Really?!