Toriko 117

It should probably be noted, we don't necessarily know the gender of either the original or the other Melk. The Melk we've met uses the masculine "ore" as his first person pronoun, and it said "man with delicate features" in the side text a couple chapters ago, but those texts are non-canon and just write what stuff "seems to be", like when it said Rin was the one with the death shadow.
The original Melk is only ever called "master" here and anything to indicate gender is never used.

Also, no Toriko next week.

[Toriko 117 Translation by Kewl0210]
Page 1:
Who the hell are you...?
And where's the real Melk...? ["real Melk" in italics.]
Komatsu: ..........
Eh?
SFX: DODODO
Side: Toriko shockingly points out! Who is this person!?
Bottom: Jump Comics Volume 11 is now on sale with rave reviews and volume 12 is going on sale 12/29!!
"Toriko"

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Title: Toriko
Gourmet 117 The Secret of the Stardust!!
Insert Text: The past where he was protected was a huge back he looked up at.
The present he has to overcome is a back that's too huge---
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Author: Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi

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NotMelk: How...
Did you know I was a fake?
Sign: Swordsmith
Melk
[I guessed the romanization right!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!]
SFX: Toku toku
Komatsu: Ah... Th... Thanks.
Toriko: How?
How 'bout you tell me
where the artisan who put out that "sign" on the back door is?
NotMelk: Eh?
Komatsu: Ah.

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Komatsu: It's true!
There was a sign back here!!
And even a mailbox!!
Toriko: Yes. This is the real "front door".
Komatsu: Then the door we went in was......
Toriko: That was actually the "back door", probably...
It's not something you made, right?
NotMelk: .............
Toriko: It's obvious if you look at its size.
This entrance is way bigger than a normal person needs to enter through.
Komatsu: It... It sure is a big entrance, like the kind a huge man would use to go in and out...
NotMelk: This is a workshop... Big materials are brought in, too.
Toriko: But I'll bet you can't explain these huge stairs going to the second floor, right?
They're the same as the huge steps going up "Melk Mountain".

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Toriko: Most likely, this is a home/workshop made by the real Melk. [Real in italics.]
Being shy around others, Melk made an entrance on the opposite side from where you'd summit from.
In height, he must be no less than 2.5 meters.
That's the real Melk.
And there are a lot of places where you don't match that.
NotMelk: So it wasn't just size...?
Toriko: The first thing was
I heard a long time ago he was friends with the old man...
Melk: ......?
Toriko: I'm talking about the president of the IGO... Even I don't know some things about that grandpa.
It's pretty damn clear you don't look the right age for that...
You want me to tell you the few other things I noticed?
NotMelk: ............
Komatsu: ............
Me... Melk-san......

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NotMelk: The IGO President...
His name is "Ichiryuu", isn't it...?
My reticent "master" mentioned... ["Master" is white]
a small number of friends' names...
Komatsu: ............
Toriko: Master?
The previous generation...
Toriko, whom you call the "real Melk" is the "previous generation"... In other words,

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Melk: I am the second generation...!
The successor whom inherited the previous generation's techniques.
"Sharpener Melk" the second...!! [Sharpener Melk in white]
Komatsu: ......Eh?
S... Second...!?
Toriko: Hoo... I'm surprised.
So Melk had a disciple...
Melk: The previous generation is the silent shy artisan like the world's rumors say...
And he has no disciple besides me.
Komatsu: He~~h, it's kind of... cool, like passing the secrets of a trade from a father to only one child.
Toriko: You could've just said you were the second generation in the first place.
Then I'm sure I wouldn't have doubted you...
Komatsu: T... That was rude anyway, Toriko-san...
Suddenly picking a fight like that, and calling the second generation a fake.
Melk: ............
You...
You're together with Toriko of the Four Heavenly Kings, who on earth are you...?
Komatsu: Ah, I'm sorry it's taken me so long!

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Komatsu: I... I'm... uh... employed as the head chef at "Hotel Gourmet".
My name is Komatsu.
Toriko: Don't get all squishy over it. It's creepy, Komatsu.
SFX: EHEHEHEH DOOOOOOOOOOMO Pekorinko
Melk: Hotel Gourmet...?
Chef Komatsu... Might you be...
that Chef Komatsu who made the "Century Soup"!?
Komatsu: !!
Eh...
Y... You know!?
A... Aba... About me...!!?
Melk: Of course. Hotel Gourmet's Century Soup is famous right now.
Komatsu: I... I'm moved. Melk-san knows about me...
Toriko: Haha. It's amazing your name's even known this deep in the mountains, eh, Komatsu!?
By the way...
Komatsu's also my partner.
Komatsu: !
(On Page): To... Toriko-san..
Melk: Heh.

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Melk: What an amazing guest...
Komatsu: D... Do you think the previous generation Melk... might also know about me...?
(On Page): Ehehehe
Melk: No, I'm sure he doesn't know at all.
(Small, in bubble) He's got no interest in what's going on in the world.
Komatsu: ...Ah...
Toriko: Well no one in the world knows that right now there's a second generation Melk.
What's happening with the first? Did he retire or something?
Melk: ............
............
Right now, master has...
gone to get a stone to be used as raw material to be made into a grindstone...
Toriko: Eh, he's still active!? [Eh is big/different font.]
Komatsu: That's amazing. So he still leaves here and leaves you, the second generation Melk in charge of the workshop...
Melk: ............
Komatsu: U... Um... Melk-san...
Melk !
Komatsu: That reminds me... Actually today we...
came here with one request. [one is really big.]
Toriko: It ain't one!["one" in italics.]
Melk: An order for a kitchen knife?

Page 10:
Komatsu: YEeEeEeS!!
That's right!!!
Melk: Of course it's okay!
But I do them in order of request, so... Yeah.
It's gonna take about 3 years...
Background: 3 Years!?
Toriko: Dahhahha
I'll bet you're glad, Komatsu!
He'll make you a knife! In 3 years!!
Komatsu: Tohoho... 3 years, huh...? You must have a lot of back orders, so there's no helping it, I guess...
I guess I'll have to buy one from a department store to replace this one for now...
Melk: Hm?

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Melk: ...What is this knife...?
Komatsu: Ah... Yes...
It broke before we came here... It's my kitchen knife...
I held it as very important to me, but...
Melk: ...Heh...
Th... This is...
Toriko: Hey, Melk,
Melk: !
Toriko: I've sorta got one favor to ask, also... There's something I want to inquire about.
The "Melk Stardust".
Have you heard of it?
Melk: ----What...
Did you say "Melk Stardust"!?
Toriko: ....You know about it, Melk!?
Melk: ............
Komatsu: Me... Melk-san...
Melk: Melk Stardust,
what about it?
Toriko: We're searching for it right now...
We'd like you to tell us if you know anything about it......
Melk: .........

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Melk: The "Melk Stardust" is a "grindstone"...! [Grindstone is bold.]
It's said to be able to sharpen any material in this world...
The phantom "grindstone"...!!
Toriko: Whuh!?
Grindstone!?
Komatsu: Eeh?
Toriko: The "Melk Stardust"
isn't a food ingredient!?
Melk: Ingredient...?
Yes...... I'm sure I heard that when you sharpen materials with a high hardness level with it, "Golden Powder" comes out...
I've heard it can be used as a "seasoning" for food... Could that be it...?
TL Note: Golden Powder = Kiniro no Kona
Toriko: S-Seasoning?
Melk: Yes. I heard it's composed of new kinds of amino acids, that powder.
極上
And that it's comprised of never-before-tasted top quality savory components, and things like that...
Toriko: Never before tasted...?
Savory...?
SFX: Goku...

Page 13:
Melk: It was first discovered by my master.
So that grindstone is called "Melk Stardust"...
but I've never seen it in real life...
If I had that grindstone...
it would be possible to sharpen the ultimate knives, unlike any made before...
Komatsu: ..........
Toriko: If...
If I found that grindstone,
Melk...
Melk: !
Toriko: Could you make Komatsu's knife for him
right after?
Komatsu: To...
Toriko-san...
Toriko: What do you say, Melk?
Melk: .........

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Melk: It's impossible, Toriko.
Even for you, mining the "Melk Stardust" is...
Toriko: Hm... Why?
Melk: Because at that place is... ["That place" in italics.]
an extremely dangerous place...
Toriko: I know that... The "Melk Stardust" is something the old man requested of me to go get... ["That" is italic.]
So it'd definitely be in a really dangerous place.
Melk: My master has gone towards that place...
And has yet to come back.
Komatsu: !
Eh?
Komatsu; Th... The first generation Melk!?
So when you said he went to get a grindstone, you were talking about the "Melk Stardust"?
Melk: With his physical strength, from his blacksmith work to obtaining his materials,
he did everything himself, without help from anyone... Toriko...

Page 15:
Melk: Even the one who took down the level 55 "Warner Shark"
was really not me, it was my master.
Toriko: ............
Toriko: Yeah...
I knew it wasn't you.
Melk: Even my master with all his strength...
and even having done the discovery mining of it...
he hasn't come back in 6 years...!!
Komatsu: -----!!
S... Six years!?
Toriko: ............
Is he dead...?
Melk: Th...
There's no way he's dead!!
I'm sure master is alive!!
I still have something...
to master...
............
Komatsu: Me... Melk-san...?
Toriko: Please tell me

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Toriko: the place where the "Melk Stardust" is located...
If the previous generation Melk is there, too, then I'll bring him back! No matter what!!
Melk: ..........
Toriko...
SFX: Oooo
SFX: ZUN
Melk: It's about 30 kilometers north of Melk Mountain.
SFX: ZUUN ZUUN

Page 17:
SF: ZUH
Beast: !!
Melk: And underground some tens of thousands of meters.
SFX: DOOOO
SFX: DOOOO
Melk: Its name is "Heavy Hole".
SFX: GIIII Gi...
SFX: ZUN
SFX: ZUN ZUZUN

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Melk: That place is connected to a special magnetic field and air pressure, so
SFX: ZUZUZUZUN
Beast: Ka...
Melk: And it's place where the effects of the earth's gravity are strong.
The deepest underground cave in the Human World,
that is where the "Melk Stardust" is mined.
SFX: GOGOGOGOGOGO

Page 19:
Toriko: Geez...
SFX: ZAH
Side: To yet another scene of carnage!!
Toriko: The Old Man, that bastard...
He really prepared the ultimate training grounds...
Bottom: Toriko
...Gourmet 117
/ End
Next issue, Toriko will be on hiatus so the author can collect materials.