Yakitate!! Japan 224

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P23

This Ja-pan is called Egypt Ja-pan. // To put it simply, it's something that takes a long time to make, and seems new but it very old.
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Azu: It's the Ja-pan that will express my love to you, Umajirou-jiichan!!
Uma: His love.. to me!?

2 Ingredients

P24
Hah...
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What do you mean "love," you fool.
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Even if you try to get me softened up, it will have no effect on the judging.
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I'm not trying to do anything...
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Azu: If you eat it you'll understand.
Uma:Hmm..

P25
Those eyes again...
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It won't matter even if you cut me!!
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Alright, the fire's started.
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Wha...!?

P26
Whoa!
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Wha.... what is this smell!?
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Kanmuri: Oh man, there it is, it's that smell...
Manager; I'm used to it now.
Tsukino: I... I'm not yet..
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Uma: You... you're not possibly planning on making me eat a bread that smells like this, are you!?
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Azu: Yeah, of course I'll have you eat it.
Uma: What'd you say!?

P27
That's it! Now I get it! You're trying to kill me with poison aren't you!?
AzuWhat?)
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Uma: That's it isn't it! This killer smell...
Azu: What are you talking about?
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It's true that this bread smells now... // but when it's all baked it'll have agood smell just like regular bread.
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Uma: Hah, well then I guess it's alright.
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Also...

P28
This smell is actually the smell of two ingredients that any Japanese person should recognize.
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It's just that when you put those two ingredients into the flour and mix it up, the smell gets kind of bad.
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Uma: Did you say two ingredients?
Azu: The first ingredients is something that you love
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Some.. something I love..?
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Sniff snff

P29
This... this is Sake!!
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Oh you got it! // As expected of you.
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Actually, the name of that Sake is "Tsuki no Katsura"
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Tsu... Tsuki no katsura!?
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Are you familiar with it?
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Yes

P30

Tsuki no Katura was the pioneer of commercial unfiltered sake, first sold in 1964. It is characterized by having carbon dioxide bubbles like champagne

Bottom box: Tsuki no Katsura is sold by the Masuda Tokube Company. It was first made in 1964, and both the original style and a variety of improved grades of Nigori Sake are available.
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It is now offered as a substitute for champagne in high level French restaurants in New york, and is quite popular.
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Kan: It's a sake that's well known by anyone who has lived in New York and has an interest in Gourmet food.
Mei: Wow..
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Alright, now I'll cover it...

P31
... But what a ridiculous thing you've done...
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To put a sake that's fine as it is into a bread is unforgivable...
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Why would you say something so foolish? // Of course I put it in...
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To help the bread expand!

P32
Because I made this bread without using any yeast.
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Azu: Of course a little yeast was mixed in from the air, but I mean other than that.
Uma: What the...
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So... so that dough from before.
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That's right,
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It's swelled due to the yeast living in the unfiltered sake!
Box: Bread yeast and the yeast in sake have the same type of cell, but the amount of gas that gets released is different. Similarly to Japanese people being different heights, the amount of carbon dioxide that gets released from bread yeast is higher

P33
Hey, Umajirou-jiichan
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Azu: Since you like old things, you know how bread was born right?
Uma: Of course.
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More than 6000 years ago, ancient civilizations used to stir flour in water, heat it up, and ate it but... // One day, some left overs were left out, and the yeast in the bread fermented...
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Uma: It's said that after they tried baking it, they realized it was much more delicious than simply leaving it in water.
Azu: That's right

P34
Since then, the history that says when you make bread you use bread yeast was created.
Bread yeast
+
Flour
=
Bread
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However, if I lived in that time period I'm sure that I would think "isn't it possible to make delicious from other kinds of yeast as well?" and try a bunch of things.
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Uma: And that's how you came to the using unfiltered sake...
Azu: Right
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However, if you were to make a dough without bread yeast, wouldn't it take a very long time for the dough to rise?
Azu: That's why I brought the dough that was already made

P35
For the sake of the people who will eat our food, guts is not something that chefs or bakers can hold back on.
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No matter how long it might take, or how troublesome, to make delicious food...
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What I'm saying is that it is out job to make new things!!
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There, looks like it's about to be done.

P36
Try eating it
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Hmmm..
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Normally I'd think that eating a bread like this is foolish but...
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I suppose it'd be fine if I just eat it.

P37
AAAAAAAAAAAAA!! // AAAAAAAAAA....
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Wh.. what the!? Somethings really loud!
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AAAAA....
It looks like the old man ate Azuma's bread but...
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AAAAAA...
I wonder if he's in pain since it's the first time he's had a reaction?
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AAAAA...

P38
AAAAAA...
What... what is this!?
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AAAA....
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Kan: what... what in the world is this?
Man: I.. have no idea...
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There's nothing different about the old man's appearance, all he's doing is looking here and screaming...
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But.... // Why!?

P39
That makes it seem like this could be the start of an ultimate reaction!!
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But it's quite strange isn't it?
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But why is he looking over here and screaming...
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Wait... // I see...
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Even I didn't think it would go this far so I didn't notice it but...

P40
Tsuki no Katsu = Tsukino Katsura!!!
T/N: Katsura means "a wig"

AAAA That girl is wearing a wig!
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