Shokugeki no Souma 94

Shokugeki no Soma 94

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Voice: Move, moveeee!!
Voice: How much for a kilogram of that!?
Voice: Give me the big one in the back!
Shokugeki no Soma
Story: Tsukuda Yuuto
Art: Saeki Shun
Collaborator: Morisaki Yuki
(cutlery) 94 Seizing the Season
Cutlery: To the lively riverside fish market to buy the ingredient for the match is "Pacific Saury"!!

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Megumi: Waaaaaaah! It's so lively here! It's amazing!
Megumi: It's really exciting, isn't it, Souma-kun!?
Box: Tadokoro-chan's feelings were uplifted by the atmosphere there!
Souma: Oh, the yellowtail amberjack is so cheap.
Souma: Oh! This horse mackerel too,
Souma: It’s nice…!
Box: The same goes for Souma!
Megumi: L-Let's take a look at the other fishes some other time.
Megumi: Souma-kun, have you come here before?
Souma: Yeah, I came with my pops a lot. (cd: On school holidays and so)
Souma: How about you, Tadokoro?
Megumi: Yes! I went to the fish market in my hometown a lot.
Megumi: But I'm a bit nervous…I have to be careful not to get in the way of the people working here.
Megumi: I'm pretty slow as it is…If I'm not careful they'll get mad at me.
Man: Don't go chattering in front of my shop!! You're in the way!!
Megumi: Heaaaah, I'm sorry, I'll move right away!!

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Man: Hm? Where are you guys from!?
Souma: Sorry about that…We're from Tootsuki Academy.
Man: Oh, why didn't you say so before!!?
Souma: !?
Man: Tootsuki is an important customer that makes deals with most of the shops around here.
Man: Take your time looking around here!
Megumi: S…Sorry, thank you very much.
Souma(thinks): Phew…Tootsuki's name is really well known.
Megumi: Ermmm…The Pacific Saury is…
Souma: Oh, there's some here!

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Megumi: K…Kurokiba-kun!? Nakiri-san!!?
Souma: You came to take a look at some pacific saury too? What a coincidence.
Ryou: …A coincidence you say, but I come here pretty much every day.
Man: What? You're Ryou-chan's friends?
Thought: Ryou-chan!
Souma(thinks): They like him!
Souma: Nakiri, you come here a lot too?
Alice: Only sometimes…You have to wake up early to come to the fish market.
Megumi(thinks): Hieeeh…To think we'd meet one of his opponents…!
Megumi(thinks): Ah, but I'm the only one nervous!
Souma: Alright…Let's choose some fresh pacific saury today.
Souma: What's important is
Souma: How well you can "judge" which the good ones are!

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Megumi: Yes…I learned about it in our Ryokan and in Tootsuki,
Megumi: There are a few points to consider when choosing pacific saury---
Megumi: That its body is plump, firm, and supple,
Megumi: That its eyes aren't murky but transparent,
Megumi: And that the yellow part on the point of its mouth has fat and is fresh.
Ryou: …But it's not like you can just blindly choose a fresh one.
Ryou: Because the "flavor" hasn't fully developed then.
Ryou: As time passes, the flavor component inosinic acid is produced…This is how fish is cured.
Diagram(below the formula): Inosinic Acid
Ryou: The amount of inosinic acid produced depends on the conditions in which the fish was caught.
Ryou: And if it was just fished the flesh will only be hard…
Ryou: The flesh can't be too hard and it can't be flavorless……In order to catch that difference
Ryou: You need a fair amount of experience.
Megumi(thinks): …! As expected from Kurokiba-kun.

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Souma: Then again…It seems I'll be able to make tests pretty easily.
Souma: When curry and western food were the themes there were many things I didn't know.
Souma: Yukihira's menu always had pacific saury on it when the season came.
Megumi: I see.
Megumi: The grilled fished with salt you made the other day at the dorm was great…
Souma: Yeah! I'm a bit confident on how I prepare pacific saury!
Souma: ………
Souma: Judging fish isn't only about looking at it…
Souma: You also check it by touching it.
Souma: This one!

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Megumi: Wah…! It's amazing!! You're holding it from its tail
Megumi: But it's standing straight!!
Alice: This is one way of judging that works because it's pacific saury.
Alice: If too much time has passed it would fall over.
Megumi: It's proof that the body is tight.
Megumi: If you make it into sashimi it will have a firm consistency and be incredibly delicious!
Souma: Judging from how the eyes and belly look it can't be fresher…There's no mistake.
Souma: This is the best pacific saury in this shop today!
Souma: ?

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Ryou: That's not it.
Ryou: I'm...
Ryou: Taking this one.
Megumi: Eh...? Th-That one?
Megumi(thinks): It's a bit smaller than the one Souma-kun chose...And its belly is less puffer,
Megumi(thinks): Why would Kurokiba-kun choose that one...?
Ryou: ......Your face tells me you don't agree.
Ryou: Why don't we test it then?
Ryou: If we make sashimi out of these we'll make clear which is better.

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Ryou: We'll also...
Ryou: Get to know who's better judging fish...!
Megumi: E-Excuse me! Could you lend us some tools and a place to be?
Man: S-Sure...The busiest hours are over so I don't really mind.
Man: More importantly...What's going on here...!?

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Man: He's easily
Man: Keeping up with that Ryou-chan's pace!

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Woman: What a sharp knife-handling...!
Man: Who's that guy!!?

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Man: They're perfect...! You wouldn't think high schoolers made these.
Woman: You could say their skills are pretty much even.
Ryou: Now, compare the taste...Tadokoro Megumi...!
Megumi: ......!
SFX: //some sort of "bounciness" sfx

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Megumi(thinks): Eh...!?
Megumi: Souma-kun's sashimi
Megumi: Has a weaker...Consistency......!
Souma: !?
Megumi: Wh-Why!? Even though it stood so well,
Megumi: Kurokiba-kun's sashimi is more firm and supple...!
Alice: You see,

p14 //I got the translations for “Rigor index” from here https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jafps1997/28/4/28_4_175/_article/-char/ja/ and the one for "muscle's breaking strength" from here https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/suisan/77/6/77_6_1083/_article/-char/ja/
Alice: Pacific Saury's "Rigor Index" and its "Body Strength"
Alice: The difference between them is the cause.
Megumi: Rigor...Index?
Alice: The reason why fish get stiff after they're caught...Is the same as human's rigor mortis.
Alice: The number which is the estimate of this is called "Rigor Index".
Alice: However, what produces the body's consistency is different---
Alice: It's decided by the "Muscle's Breaking Strength"!
Alice: The pacific saury's muscle's breaking strength has a sudden decrease after five hours from being fresh-frozen.
Alice: This means that its consistency will worsen after that much time passes.
Graph:{
y-axis: Rigor Index (%)
x-axis: Time Elapsed (hr.)
Square: Rigor Index
Circle: Muscle's Breaking Strength
}
Alice: ......However! The rigor index begins decreasing gradually after an average of ten hours.
Alice: In other words!! Even a pacific saury that has a great rigor index and stands tall which makes it look fresh,
Alice: Can have a worsened consistency because of an already declining muscle's breaking strength!!

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Ryou: You can't judge just by looking at it...That's the trap when choosing pacific saury.
Ryou: Well...I don't really care about all the logic behind it.
Alice: What's with you!? I even took the time to explain it.
Ryou: By looking...And touching it I understand:
Ryou: How it looked when it swam,
Ryou: How the people who fresh-froze it did so,
Ryou: If it was carried with enough ice.
Ryou: I understand...Everything.
Man: That's right! It's not a matter of intuition or anything like that.
Man: Ryou-chan's judgment has like---
Man: An amazingness like he's choosing with wild "instincts".
Ryou: Listen well, Yukihira......

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Ryou: When in season, the ingredients' quality and flavor become incredibly better...
Ryou: On the other hand,
Ryou: If you can't get hold of the best ingredients
Ryou: A big difference will be made on that very spot---!!
Ryou: The reason why I keep coming to fish markets is because my senses will dull if I stop coming for even a short while.
Ryou: It's been ten years already.
Ryou: That's how I survived.
Ryou: I'll never fall behind
Ryou: Someone who judges fish with half-hearted knowledge...!

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Man: Nothing less from Ryou-chan...He's so intense.
Man: Yeah! And he's still a student, how fearsome.
Man: Come to think of it...That boy who came a while ago,
Man: Wasn't he also a Tootsuki student?
Woman: Ah! That brown-skinned good-looking boy, right!?
Woman: When you come to a fish market, you normally take a look around to search for fish, right?
Woman: When I thought he was just walking while staring down,
Woman: He suddenly stopped.
Akira: Excuse me, Madame.
Woman: Oh my<3
Akira: Give me the one right in the middle of the box on this side,
Akira: And the second from left-to-right in the back.

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Woman: All without looking, you know?
Woman: He picked two of the best fishes today and left!
Voice: Didn't he eavesdrop on a conversation between shopkeepers or something?
Voice: No, it didn't seem like that...
Megumi: ......
Souma: It seems they've got the lead in terms of judging skills.
Souma: .........
Souma(thinks): I must get hold of the best ingredients,

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Souma(thinks): A big difference will be set with just that...Huh.
Souma: This is looking bad...
Souma: How should I say it...It's looking really bad......
Megumi(thinks): Souma-kuuuuuun!
Cutlery: What are you going to do, Souma!?
Shokugeki no Soma
(cutlery) 94/End
Next issue, can Souma find a way to win with center color pages!?