Yakitate 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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In an effort to ingrain regular posting habits, I’ll be posting daily anime digests - very concise (or rather, terse) summaries of the various anime I watch on that particular day. And today, we have:

Law of Ueki Episode 33

The transition to Dragonball status isn’t sitting well with me, even though I’m still interested in seeing how Ueki develops.

Mar Episode 27

Finally, another loss for Mar. It’s always boring to see continuous wins for the good guys, ya know. But with Ginta fighting the next one though, I doubt we’ll see another loss. Actually, I was surprised with the preview of ep. 28. I had really expected Rolan to fight Ginta.

Onmyou Taisenki Episode 8

I’m not sure why I started on Taisenki anymore. The novelty of the special effects has already worn off. This episode is the 8th episode and the 8th battle our protagonist is subjected to. Far too predictable.

Yakitate Japan Episode 53

Arghh! And I thought the reactions had reached their supernatural limits when Cannabis Japan changed history. The new Yakitate 9 competition is clearly an attempt to extend the show.

Rozen Maiden Traumend Episode 11

Another strong episode from Traumend. How will Shinku and Jun react? I’d hoped to see Jun weave some miracles with his ability the ability we saw at the end of Season 1 around this stage. Hopefully, we’ll see something like that in the next and final episode.