Toriko 144

[Toriko 144 Translation by Kewl0210]
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Title: Gourmet 144 Reunion with the "Worst"!!
Author: Shimabukuro Mitsutoshi
Insert Text: ☆Every Sunday at 9
The TV Anime is airing, exploding with food!!
The episode airing on the 19th is the fierce battle on Regal Island!!
And with the gathering of the GT Robos, the real battle begins!!
☆The long-awaited PSP game version is here~!!
There's also a big present on page 16!!
SFX: CHAPU GEKO
Narration: The bar gloating atop the "Black Lake"...
Bar Meria----
Side Text: Having returned to normal days...
SFX: GAH

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SFX: MOSHA
Toriko: But
I wonder if it'll really happen.
SFX: MOGU MOGU
SFX: CHUUU
Komatsu: Do you mean... the war?
SFX: KYUPO
Toriko: The idea that the ingredient that once stopped a "Gourmet War", ["Gourmet War" in bold.]
that "GOD"'s reappearance could be the trigger to a new war... ["GOD" in white]
It's pretty ironic...
JYA

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Toriko: Mm, yum!
*"Potato Mouse" French Fries!! ["Potato Mouse" In different font]
Asterisk: * Potato Mouse is the Fukuoka Prefecture's Moriageeru-san's work!
TL Note: Potato Mouse = Potato Nezumi
Toriko: They're pretty good this season, eh, Meria?!
Meria: Yes.
I have had little stress with the "mice" , so I was able to get delicious potatoes.
There is still plenty more, go ahead and eat, Toriko.
Box: Bar Meria
Shopkeeper
Meria
Komatsu: Ah!
It's here! Our *"Jet Black Rice" and
"Dried Jewel Meat"!!
Asterisk: Jet Black Rice is Hokkaidou's 田中翔大-san's work!
TL Note: Jet Black Rice = Shikkoku Mai, Dried Jewel Meat = Kansou Jewel Meat
Toriko: We can sprinkle as much of that as we want with this "Pocket food Processor". ["Pocket Food Processor" big/bold.]
Just put in the dried Jewel Meat
A little salt, dried seaweed, sesame seeds...

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Toriko: Switch on!
SFX: SHUIIIII KACHI
Toriko: And
sprinkle it onto the Jet Black Rice.
SFX: SHAKO SHAKO SHAKO
Komatsu: POWAaAA
It looks delicious!
HAAMU
FuU~~~ The springy textured Jet Black Rice
with the rich taste of the Jewel Meat added to it, it has an indescribable fragrance and savoriness.
SFX: MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU MOGU
Meria: Huhu, I think I'll make some more.
Toriko: And get me some whiskey on the rocks after, would ya, Meria?
Meria: Got it.

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Komatsu: .............
Toriko-san... That Meria-san...
Toriko: Yeah... She's a GT Robo.
It's because this place is a Danger Zone.
It's dangerous for normal humans to go here in the flesh, so nobody can go to this shop safely.
SFX: ZABUA
Komatsu: Wh... Why would they go out of their way to use a robot in order to run a shop in a place like this...
Toriko: Because there's a demand.
The customers that come here are the President and Ministers from various countries that bring bodyguards with them.
Also some less-than-respectable guys sometimes use it as a place to make trades.
For an affair where if somebody hears what you're doing you'll be in a really bad position, a place like this is ideal.
Same goes for the conversation we're having...
Komatsu: S... So at this shop...

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Toriko: About the existence of the "Gourmet Eclipse" and... ["Gourmet Eclipse" in white.]
the "Nitro"... ["Nitro" in white.]
And the "Bishokukai", too... huh? ["Bishokukai" in white.]
SFX: KARAN
Komatsu: It's all full of things we still don't understand, isn't it...?
Zebura-san didn't seem very interested, though...
Toriko: That's because he never really had an interest in Acacia's Full Course in the first place...
So the Nitro, the Bishokukai... even GOD...
That guy really doesn't care about any of 'em...

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Toriko: Anyhow, he's got to catch 500 wanted criminals and discover 100 new types of ingredients as per his conditions for release from Gourmet Prison.
He's got all that ahead of him...
And Komatsu
He's also looking to choose a Full Course
in order to form a Combo with you...!
Zebura: Kukkukku, I'll be looking forward
to the next time we meet, kid.
Komatsu: Zebura-san...
I'm sure he'll put together an astounding Full Course...
Toriko: Yeah, probably...
SFX:GUH
SFX: KARAN
SFX: GOKU
Toriko: Heeeew.
For my training, the old man requested
"7" ingredients for me to find in total...
I've still got "4" left, but

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Toriko: I think for now I'll find them slowly and at my own pace.
And there are tons of other ingredients I want, too...
Plus there's that stuff with you, too, Komatsu...
Komatsu: Eh?
With me...?
Zebura: That stuff about first-class cooks being kidnapped...
You understand, right, Toriko...?
Toriko: .............
In this last trip to the "Desert Labyrinth" and "Gourmet Pyramid"
I fully realized I don't have nearly enough power...
And I'm definitely worried about a Gourmet War.
Getting this training done soon and going to the Gourmet World are important, but...
SFX: KARAKN KARA

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Toriko: My first priority is to make sure one person right in front of me is protected.
Otherwise I haven't got a chance at saving the world or anything...
Slow and steady wins the race.
First I've gotta make sure I have the Human World down...
The Gourmet World'll come after that...
SFX: GUBI
Komatsu: ............
Toriko-san...
Please let me go with you!!
No matter where!
I want to get a whole lot stronger, too!!
I'll be sturdy!!
Toriko: Thanks.
Komatsu.

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[BOOOM. There he is.]

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SFX: KARAN
SFX: KOTO...
Staajyun: Huu

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Narration: If for example...
it was a single "smell"... ["Smell" big]

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Narration: Certain memories and emotions would come to mind immediately...
But this was a different sense perception than "smell".
You could say that this was sent to be processed directly to the part of the brain that governs over emotion (the limbic system).
That was----
not "smell"...
Just one word...
It was like an exhalation so small it was barely there.
"Voice"-----!!
The impact of that faint "voice" ["voice" in bold]
made Toriko and Komatsu freeze in their tracks.
It had more than enough information in it to make vivid memories of the two of them come rushing back.
Unforgettable...
Fear----
Toriko: No way...

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Toriko: I can't believe we'd meet in a place like this...
Were you...... in the middle of a meal?
Staajyun: ............
I'm...
looking for a certain ingredient.
Toriko: .........
Ingredient?
What ingredient?:

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SFX: BOBOU
Staajyun: ...Dunno.
I think when I eat it I'll remember, though...
Toriko: ......?
SFX: BAH
Toriko: ............
Staajyun: ............
Hmph...

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Staajyun: Even for a "Bishokuya"... ["Bishokuya" in bold.]
and even for a "Chef"... ["Chef" in bold.]
you two have grown quite a bit since then. ["then" in italics.]
Seeing you two in person makes it even clearer.
Your talent...
You're a good "combo". ["Combo" in bold.]
SFX: OOO
Toriko: Don't tell me...
you wanna fight here...?
Staajyun: Yeah...
That's be nice, too.

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SFX: PISHI
Staajyun: .........
Too slow...
In the 0.5 seconds it took for you to be ready to fight
you could have easily died 10 times over.
Komatsu: ............
Staajyun: Don't worry, Toriko...
I have no intention of fighting you right now...
I really did only come here to have a meal...
However...
In the not too distant future...
A war will definitely occur...

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Staajyun: And at that time, when "GOD" lets out its mellow newborn cry
and the richly revived "Acacia's" Full Course on the line. ["Acacia" in white]
we'll do battle, Toriko!!
Toriko: No problem!!
Staajyun!!!!
Staajyun: For me to leave without getting my hands dirty...
One could say it's the very best possible result they could have hoped for...
This is "luck"... ["Luck" in bold.]
The "Food Luck" those two possess----!! ["Food Luck" in bold.]

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Staajyun: Toriko's Gourmet Cells still have plenty more potential, and that can be extended with delicious ingredients, but...
"Food Luck" is something that neither ingredients not training can give you..
By its nature, "Food Luck" is something one must be born with. The talent of being blessed by food.
......Perhaps it is one thing I'm lacking...
Something I want...
In that case, the ingredient I seek, too, is...
Komatsu: I'b zo glad, Dorigo-zan~~!
I really zought I wuz gunna die~~~!!!
(On Page): I was so scared~~
Toriko: We had good "luck".
Luck......huh...? I don't believe in that stuff, but...
Why don't we take a trip out there just once? To the place said to house a statue of Acacia...
The "Gourmet Shrine"!! ["Gourmet Shrine" in white.]
Side Text: Having gazed at the fierce battle ahead, now they move forward one step at a time!!
Bottom: Toriko
...Gourmet 144
/ End
Next issue, a new development begins!! What surprising scenery will we see at the Gourmet Shrine......!?