Yakitate!! Japan 228

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Messed Up Kawachi

P96
Kawachi: That's what Ja-pan is...
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Kaw: Wait... Azuma, does that mean that you've finally completed Ja-pan?
Azu: No, not yet.
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But I've got an image in my head.
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Image...
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Hey Kawachi,

P97
Azu: If you compare French Bread and Dinner bread, have you ever wondered why dinner bread has spread further around the world?
Kaw: W... well...
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Dinner bread is called different things, than in England it would be English bread, and in France of course it would be French bread.
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Azu: Both of the are eaten everyday with meals in the countries they are made, but if you look at which has done better in different countries, isn't it strange that English bread has done better?
Kaw: Well... not that you mention it, yeah.
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Kaw: I wonder why that is...
Azu: The reason is simple.

P98
English bread has a higher amount of ways that it can be eaten.
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Ways it can be eaten...?
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English bread can be eaten when it's soft, or you can toast it and eat it like that too, but...
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When french bread is soft, only the outside is hard, and it's difficult to bite, and it gets hard quickly so it's hard to save...

P99
However, English bread has more ways that a person can use the bread to eat how they want.
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I see...
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Kaw: Basically, if you want to make a bread that will be accepted by the whole world, it's important that it can be used freely right?
Azu: Right.
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That's why the Ja-pan I'm imagining is...

P100
Appealing to the individuals wants, if toasted it's hard like French bread...
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But if you eat it how it is, it's softer than English bread, and is also easy to save.
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Kaw: .. it's true that if you could make a really amazing bread like that, it would deserve to be called Ja-pan..
Azuma: Right?

P101
B.. but.. I understand your image Azuma, but is it really possible to make something like that in reality?
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Azuma: I can't.
Kan: What!? Azuma-kun!!!
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However...
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That's just with my own abilities.

P102
Up to now I've always been trying to complete Ja-pan... // but really everybody has been trying to make a bread that will be loved by Japanese people more than ay other right?
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So everyone please share those ideas with me, even if just a little.
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If we do that, we can definitely make a bread that will be better than anything else!!

P103
Well?
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Ha... Well, my father is the whole cause of the problem anyway, so I guess I have to cooperate.
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As your boss and friend, I will back up your dream with everything I've got.
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If my scientific knowledge is helpful, use it as much as you'd like.
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I will... uh...

P104
Leave the tasting to me!
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Thanks... everyone...
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Alright! Now that we've decided it's time to practice!
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Let's go back to Pantasia and get to work on developing the true Ja-pan!
Yeah!!

P105
Well than, I'd like to start by offering my scientific advice.
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If we want to make a bread softer than dinner bread, and if you toast it harder than French bread... // it's clear that we'll need a material other than flour.
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The hardness or softness is greatly changed by the amount of water that the dough can take in.
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We'll have to start by finding an ingredient that takes in more water than flour, and becomes hard when you toast it.

P106
Hmmm... an ingredient that absorbs more water than flour and gets hard when you toast it... // Is there something like that?
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Rather than worrying about it, wouldn't it be better to just try our as much stuff as possible?
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I've sent out an email to everyone in the company to find an ingredient that meets those requirements, so I'm sure we'll find one.
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Ohh, that sounds dependable.
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Alright!
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Well then, let's get to work.
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Then we'll have Kawachi eat all the stuff we make one by one!
Kaw: Ok! Leave it to me!

P109
Azu: Hmm..
Tsu: Seems like somethings missing...
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Potatoes, Taro, yams, Okra, freeze tried tofu etc all worked well but...
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While the softness part worked well, the hard part didn't go so well...
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We also had a lot that went the opposite as that...

P110
At this rate, our taster Kawachi-san is going to turn into something really strange.
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Azu: What's with your body Kawachi?
Kaw: Well, you know...
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All of them are failures based on our ideal, but since they were made by talented people, they were all very high level breads...

P111
I had too many reactions, and eventually ended up like this...
Azu: I.. see...
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What should we do Azuma-kun, it seems he's at his limit // Shall I become the taste in his place?
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No, if you do then you'll get all messed up too.
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Kan: But Azuma, there is really nothing else that we can do.
Azu: Hmm..
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Ha.. what a shameful man you are.

P112
I read about it in the mail, but to think you can't achieve such a simple goal.. // When did you let yourself drop so low!?
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Su.. suwabara!
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Listen Azuma!! Bread isn't something that you can make by just changing the ingredients! // You are forgetting <bold>one more important element!!</bold>