For the love of food, for the love of you.
Creative Staff
Story/Art: Fumi Yoshinaga
Translation/Adaptation: Yoshito Hinton
What They Say
Shiro finally introduces Kenji to his parents, and when a major case forced him to work long hours, he fails to come home for dinner for days on end.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
It’s Christmas and Kenji is looking forward to an evening alone with Shiro, but friends have invited themselves over. The evening isn’t terrible, as Shiro announced he is introducing Kenji to his parents at New Year’s. The meeting with the parents goes better than expected and their relationship seems to have entered a new state of acceptance.
Other scenarios in the book including, Shiro meeting a friend at the gym and finding out that his daughter is going to have a baby, meeting Kenji’s boss’ wife who works at his salon and Shiro being assigned to a large case that keeps him away from making meals with Kenji every night. There is also a snippet featuring just Kohinata and Gilbert and their daily life.
In Summary
This series is at least 60% food related, probably more. Panels on end are about how to cook a recipe. So, if cooking isn’t your thing, then skip this book. However, even if you are like me and prefer to never step into the kitchen, there are still many merits to this book.
I really enjoy the relationship between Shiro and Kenji. It is a mature relationship with food as a common bond. This is a mature couple that still cares about what their parents will think about their partner, but it doesn’t stop them from standing up for each other. They completely understand how the world may view them, but they still love each other openly anyway. This really says something considering the setting is in Japan.
As a side note regarding the translation of this series, it received considerable criticism when the first volume came out. I would imagine translating recipes can be a challenge, but a translator change did occur. I’m not a cook, so I can’t attest to how accurate the recipe translations are, but I do know that the spelling they chose to use for kimchi is not used often. (They used kimchee)
Content Grade: B
Art Grade: B+
Packaging Grade: B+
Text/Translation Grade: B+ (See note)
Age Rating: Teen
Released By: Vertical Comics
Release Date: March 31st, 2015
MSRP: $12.95
