R to L (Japanese Style). Fish, Sushi and Sashimi Yamaoka and his father, Kaibara Y zan, have never enjoyed an ideal father-son relationship...
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Oct 12, 2011
Anthony
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You have to give this manga credit for having one of the most oddly specific and fussy of plot devices ever conceived. A food critic has the job of designing the ultimate menu for Japanese cuisine of all time. Each episode involves the hero, a too cool for school guy in a black suit and tie, solve some dilemma with his knowledge of gourmet sushi, and then they eat. That's it. Repeat.
The caste of characters centers mainly on the hero gourmand Yamaoka, his plucky but demure girlfriend, More...
The caste of characters centers mainly on the hero gourmand Yamaoka, his plucky but demure girlfriend, More...
Jan 09, 2010
Ron
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If you've ever wanted to read sixty pages or so with two characters debating the rightness of serving salmon uncooked while everybody else in the room makes periodic emotional outbursts, have I got a comic book for you!
There are plenty of other great stories in this volume of selected episodes from the long-running manga, all of them centered in some way around fish. And though the chapters are cherry-picked out of sequence, the compilation does a good job of giving readers a sense o More...
There are plenty of other great stories in this volume of selected episodes from the long-running manga, all of them centered in some way around fish. And though the chapters are cherry-picked out of sequence, the compilation does a good job of giving readers a sense o More...
Sep 02, 2009
Steven
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Feb 04, 2010
Lydia
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I really enjoyed this volume. Not quite as much as the first, but it still was very, very fun.
There were a few stories that were.. quite dorky but it worked because of the lessons being taught about the food. I've learned so much about raw fish I feel like my head is going to explode!
The salmon story at the end really had me going and now.. well, you'll have to read it yourself to understand.
I'm about halfway through this series now and I've learned that it More...
There were a few stories that were.. quite dorky but it worked because of the lessons being taught about the food. I've learned so much about raw fish I feel like my head is going to explode!
The salmon story at the end really had me going and now.. well, you'll have to read it yourself to understand.
I'm about halfway through this series now and I've learned that it More...
Aug 06, 2009
Margot
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These comics are supposed to show a true expertise in Japanese cuisine. I've only read this one book out of the series and was not impressed by the characters. The attitudes are a bit grating. The facts that I learned about fish are quite interesting, but I'm not about to go researching which river a particular fish is caught in before I buy it. I might not be induced to pick fish out of a tank at a restaurant knowing that they spent their last days in an abusive environment rather than being
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Mar 16, 2011
Donovan
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So far, my least favorite in the series, mostly because I'm reading these not for character or plot, but for information. And I just listened to an audio book called The Story of Sushi which covered a lot of the same points as this volume of Oishinbo. Also, this book confirmed for me that these stories aren't being told in a chronological fashion either. The Wiki says that it is a "Best of the Best of" compilation; so that explains some of the confusion I was having. I might like the s
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Nov 09, 2009
Virginia
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I am in love with this series of manga. The main content is about the intricacies of food preparation and cooking in Japan, as shown in a story about two reporters doing a project called the Ultimate Japanese Meal for their newspaper. The food is really detailed, both in content as well as visually. I generally don't read manga at all, but this is really good and I'm currently plowing through all the books in the series that my library carries!
May 07, 2010
Korynn
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More stuffy food battles between father and son with intense accusations of ingesting parasites as part of eating raw salmon. Typically the narratives rotate between cooking one-ups, romantic entanglements reunited by good food, and emperor's new clothes type revelations. Gotta love the rapturous descriptions of dishes I'm sure I would never actually eat - luckily I can eat vicariously through these characters.
Jan 25, 2010
Sueij
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My second try at _Oishinbo_, and I liked it much better. The characters and storyline were familiar, so I didn't have to work as hard to place them. And the information was both a little familiar (I watch Scott and my 6 year old son eat sushi) and a lot new (the what, why and how of Japanese fish-based foods).
This was fun Japanese foodie stuff, and I'll keep reading them as Scott brings them home.
This was fun Japanese foodie stuff, and I'll keep reading them as Scott brings them home.
Oct 26, 2010
Emily
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I think I would have enjoyed this one more if I were more familiar with more fish. But it's still really awesome, and I'm enjoying the series. The notes at the back are always good, but it seems these are particularly so, as they explain types of fish and where in Japan they are found.
Mar 21, 2010
Michaela
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Mar 30, 2010
Rosalia
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This one finally seemed to be more about the people then the food. I loved it just as much as I loved the others, even though fish kind of yucks me out.
Apr 22, 2010
Louise
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Made me crave sushi so much I actually went to get some for lunch one day. I'm kinda sick of the general way each story goes with the antihero but at least there are informational tidbits in each chapter.
Feb 07, 2010
yengyeng
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Food, drama, competition, sweat drop. The Iron Chef series must have taken notes from this manga.
May 10, 2011
Jeffkwong
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Culinarily ahead of it's time. A must for the Nipponophile and food enthusiast.
Jul 26, 2010
Token Female Gamer
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Not as solid of a set as some of the others, but still incredibly informative.
There's a whole chapter about why not to eat raw fish.
There's a whole chapter about why not to eat raw fish.
Jun 10, 2010
haha! i didn't realize this was the 4th volume. oh well. i guess it's okay, even though i'm reading this one first.
Jan 03, 2012
Stien
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Food fascists, every story follows the exact same format, every story oozes the same passion.
Feb 09, 2012
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