Yakitate!! Japan 211

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Title page
Chapter 211
The Meister’s Magic

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Ibaraki Prefecture, Tsukuba Circuit
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Kanmuri: It’s finally the match…
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Kanmuri: If Azuma loses this match, he made a promise to eat Kirisaki’s bread…
BGW: If you lose in the next match, you’ll have to eat this bread.

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Kanmuri: Even though it’s the day of the match, Azuma-kun hasn’t done any real practice…
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Kanmuri: I’m actually really worried.
Tsukino: Is that so?
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Tsukino: But I’m more worried about something else right now.
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Kanmuri: What is it!?
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Tsukino: That is…

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Tsukino: That is.. Why is Kawachi here!?
Kawachi: What’d you say!?x3
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Tsukino: Wasn’t he being hospitalized for being brainwashed by Kirisaki’s bread?
Kanmuri: Well, that’s what we were planning to do at the start but…
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Kanmuri: He got kicked out of the hospital because he kept yelling “What’d you say!?”
BGW: More “What’d you say!?”s

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Kanmuri: Besides, if he’s energetic enough to be saying “What’d you say!?” like this, it’s not like he’s going to die, so it’s not really a problem if he’s not in the hospital.
Tsukino: I see…
Kawachi: What’d you say!?
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Kanmuri: Plus, he’s pretty funny to watch.
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Kanmuri: Even though he’s completely unconscious, if he senses that he or his friends are in trouble, his “What’d you say!?” level increases.
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Kanmuri: For example…
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Kanmuri: Ahh! Azuma-kun suddenly gave up!?
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Kawachi: WHAT’D YOU SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!?
Kanmuri: See?
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Kanmuri: Don’t worry Kawachi-san, it was just a joke.
Kawachi: What’d you say!?
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Kanmuri: By the way, my analysis is that this phenomenon implies proof that “What’d you say” is a necessity and indispensible to this manga,
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Tsukino: Was there any need for him to do such analysis?

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Kuroyanagi: Well then, we’ll now start Yakitate!! 25’s 11th round “Tsukuba.”
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Right side: Start!
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Tsukino: That’s…!?
Kanmuri: What’s wrong?
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Tsukino: Well it’s not exactly something wrong but…

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Tsukino: The match just started, but the Meister already has some French bread…
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Kanmuri: Yeah.. that’s true.
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Kanmuri: It’s impossible even for the Meister to make bread so quickly… it’s probably something he prepared before hand so there’s nothing---
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Kanmuri: Why in the world…
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Manager: You don’t get it?

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Manager: That’s an ingredient… // to make a new bread!
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Tsukino: Manager!
Manager: Sorry.
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Manager: There was a little mistake and I was forced to go to jail until this morning, which is why I’m a little late.
Tsukino: A little... mistake??
Kanmuri: So that's why..
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Kanmuri: By the way Matsushiro-san, what do you mean that french bread will become an ingredient?

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Manager: It’s Pain Perdu, Kanmuri!
Kanmuri: So that’s it!!
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Tsukino: Pa.. Pain Perdu?
[T/N] Pain Perdu is French for Lost Bread
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Kanmuri: It’s bread made by adding water to France bread that’s been left out and hardened and remaking it so it can be eaten again.
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Kanmuri: If you do that, then the wheat flour’s amino acids decompose, and the flavor gets stronger, so the wheat flour itself tastes many times more delicious

Graph
Hardened French bread<---------------------------- French bread
Text under Hardened French breadprovided the amino acids decomposed)
Text under the arrow: Let it sit for a while
Curved arrow text: Add water and remake the dough, cut into slices
(bottom pic)Pain Perdu

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Tsukino:
It’s often said that if you let beef go bad it tastes good because the amino acids have decomposed… is that the same logic?
Kanmuri: Yes, that’s it.
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Kanmuri: However Matsushiro-san, while Pain Perdu has the advantage of the wheat flour being more delicious by using bread that’s been left out…// When you add water to bread that has completely hardened, it has the drawback of becoming too watery. Because of that, it’s rarely made in high level competition.
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Manager: That’s true…

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Manager: To put it bluntly, Pain Perdu is kind of like watery French toast…
Left side: French toast, right side: Pain Perdu
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Manager: Even with the advantage of the wheat flour tasting better, it should be a disadvantage to use it in this kind of competition..
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Manager: I.. I got it!
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Kanmuri: What!?
Manager: Look at the Meister’s workstation!

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Manager: Look at the amount of eggs and water he’s prepared… Don’t you think it’s a little excessive?
Kanmiru: Actually.. yeah..
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Kanmuri: That’s about 3 times the normal used… if it’s a bread made by using that much eggs and water…
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Kanmuri: It couldn’t be..Pasteis! !!
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Manager: So you think that too huh?
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Kanmuri: Yes.
Tsukino: Pa… Pasteis?

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Manager: Pasteis is a bread made using 3 times the normal amount of eggs and water. Then, add a little alcohol, and the finished bread is a fluffy marshmallow like bread.
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Manager: When it’s made by someone without skill, the bread will collapse immediately due to the water’s weight. Because of that, it’s known as the world’s most difficult bread to make.
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Tsukino: The… most difficult?
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Manager: However, the worst part isn’t that he’s really trying to make that Pasteis..//
They’re utilizing the Pain Perdu’s advantageous wheat flour’s flavor to its greatest potential by making the ultimate Pasteis…

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Manager: It’s the “Pain Perdu Pasteis”!!
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Tsukino: If they make that bread, Azuma’s chance of winning…
Kanmuri: No,
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Kanmuri: This might be the perfect chance.
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Manager: What do you mean?
Kanmuri: Think about it carefully.

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Kanmuri: Like you just said, the disadvantage of the Pain Perdu is that because you are using bread that’s been hardened again, it’s very absorbent and becomes very watery.// It’s the complete opposite type of bread from the marshmallow-like Pasteis!
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Kanmuri:They probably thought they’d use the good parts of both breads, but even for the Meister it is completely impossible to make Pastis from an absorbent dough like Pain Perdu’s!
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Kanmuri: It will just destroy itself!
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Manager: That’s naïve, Kanmuri

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Manager: I understand the feeling of wanting to think like that, but if you look at his workstation you’ll understand
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Manager: Meister is a man that even I couldn’t beat once.
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Manager: Abandoned by his parents, he made a living by magic tricks. His techniques…// are magic!
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Kanmuri: No…// No way …

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Kanmuri: Am I having a bad dream?
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Kanmuri: French bread that’s hardened that’s had that much eggs and water added to it..
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Kanmuri: Has swelled up like marshmallow.. no.. like cotton candy!!
Kawachi: What’d you say!? What’d you say!? What’d you say!? x50
(not 50 times, the author actually wrote “x50”)