Writer and Artist: Takashi Hashiguchi
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Young bakers Kazuma and Kawachi work their way through the Pantasia chain's Rookie Tournament, repeatedly pulling victory out of the jaws of defeat. Each round's challenge is a specialty (oddity?) of Japanese bread: melon bread, fried noodle bread, animal bread. Kazuma wins with creative vision, Kawachi with grit.
There isn't much in the way of sexual reference in Yakitate!! but what there is tends towards the dirty old man vibe: objectifying talk regarding a woman's breasts, a competition judge so excited he nearly exposes himself and such. The manga series is classified as shōnen, comic books targeting teenage boys. So while somewhat offensive, the sexualized material is not entirely surprising.
Even so, Yakitate!! Japan continues to amuse. The superhero action comic take on cooking competitions is a lot of fun.
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