Yakitate Japan Review
Sunday, June 25th, 2006Yakitate Japan is your standard “born tensai (genius) in something -> wants to become best in that something -> plot revolves around the development of said genius -> genius rarely, if ever, loses -> genius has really l33t and mad (literally) skillz” anime series a.k.a. shounen anime. If you really need a prominent comparison, I’d say Prince of Tennis comes close.
Here are a couple of examples of what I mean:
Yep. Natural super-heated hands hot enough to allow you to knead even goddamn hard dough and ensure that our precious yeast stay active. Don’t worry, Blizzard Hands exist too.
I doubt you need any commentary on that.
Yet, despite the seemingly derisive stuff I’m saying about Yakitate Japan and unlike many shounen anime, you’ll find that it’s really some funny stuff (yep, besides the crazy techniques). But before we progress to even more rolling-on-floor laughter, let’s look at our plot.
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