Oishinbo (9 books in series)
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review 1: Art is as good as always....but the grouping of all the vegetable stories in one volume means that the story arc with the characters is out of order. The jealousy and not telling each other that they like each other came back in full force and I realized that these were the chap...
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review 1: This is the third book I have read in this series, but chronologically the volume is near the end. The main charaters' stories are more developed and less dramatic. Yamaoka is now married, and his wife has delivered twins. Izakaya is pub food, much of which is served on skewers, ...
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review 1: Great fun, as always! One drawback to reading these "selected highlights" translations of Oishinbo: since each volume features stories selected dealing with a specific food, the formulaic aspects of the writing really stand out more prominently than, perhaps, they do in the orig...
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review 1: Oh the drama in this book! But, this book wouldn't be half as fun if the drama wasn't so over the top and that means a lot from me because I don't like books with drama for the sake of drama. But, the drama is just as delicious as the food pictured. I especially appreciate tha...
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review 1: Take Iron Chef (the original Japanese version) and flesh it out with some father-son rivalry from what must be the most dysfunctional family in Japan and you've pretty much got this strip. While the plots of the stories can be formulaic to say the least, that didn't seem to be qu...
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review 1: Love this comic book series. I can't put them down. Although the characterization is just above a soap opera's, these comics entertain, teach me a ton about Japanese food and culture. The comics immerse the reader in 1980s Japan. I've learned a ton about agriculture, food product...
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review 1: My first manga. After getting a handle on the right to left reading style this was a breeze. Even though I'm not a beginner when it comes to Japanese cuisine (we were eating our osechi when I started this) I still learned lots of interesting ideas and concepts. This first collect...
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review 1: Is this a 2 or a 3? Not entirely sure.... It's intriguing to see something as personal as food and cooking collected into a series of stories in graphic storytelling form. But, the characters are not very deep, and the storylines aren't consistent. It's possible this is just a c...
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review 1: These four stars are actually 3.5: I love food and I want to know more about Japanese culture, but somehow this book didn't leave me fully satisfied. Maybe because I started from the ending, or because I saw the notes when I was about to finish it, but I need more. Like in, the r...