#chef komatsu

[kb11rd]

Some images redraws w the kings + komatsu

[incorrect-toriko-quotes]

Ichiryuu: Coco isn’t answering his phone

Komatsu: I’ll call

Ichiryuu: Toriko, Sunny, and I have all tried six times each, what makes you thi-

Coco, on the phone: Hello?

[narashikari]

https://x.com/junya_komatsu/status/1830160710975828194?s=46&t=r5cQ-fyChNi-Dn-w3MjHHg

I shall brave twitter for your Junya 😂

I love you Mana thank you for Junya contents

(Also bonus bicon lol)

[rakubalka]

I'm gonna be honest I'm just giggling because i just remember that Komatsu

Sweet humble and lovable Komatsu

That Komatsu

Literally cooked God

That's hilarious

Especially out of context

Other fandoms have a God slayer (not that we also don't have our fair number of them ) we have The God Chef

And God Chef not as in the person who cooked or is still cooking for God but the person who cooked the literal God

Ignore the shit quality of the meme please

[bonesdontmelt]

The world building in Toriko is legitimately so good, and the power crawl is I kid you not probably the best I have ever seen in a shonen and these are SO related guys

Like Toriko shows up and you know he and the others are the Four Heavenly Kings and you THINK this means they're the Most Powerful Dudes Ever right but turns out that, no, they're literally just the IGO darlings because they're a bunch of orphans raised in the public eye and they ARE powerful, regular people understand that, but people don't get that they're STILL the IGO darlings -- at the beginning of the show none of them would stand a chance against Ichiryu or any of the other higher ups.

They're still very much seen as Babies and this is driven in when they reveal OHOHO there's a whole gourmet world out there that most people can't survive five seconds in--and guess what the 4 heavenly kings are NOT among the number who can. Gives them a goal, something to work towards.

ALSO usually the worst thing to do in a fantasy world is start throwing arbitrary power levels on things (7 deadly sins, DBZ I am looking at YOU) but Toriko does it and it works because they give a basic, easy meaning for each unit (capture level 1 means it would take 10 normal people to get it or something) and then it sticks to that (I think the highest we ever see is the Final Boss of the manga with a capture level of 30,000 which is a ton but sure is evocative)

And this isn't just done with the fighter people either! Komatsu gets this just as much, and it's probably one of my favorite world building things because they use our knowledge of the real world against us as readers to achieve it. Komatsu is introduced as a cook in a five star restaurant and obviously we're like "aha so he's a very good chef" only to reveal several arcs in that, in this food-focused world, the cap is actually ten stars and Komatsu is actually a solidly mid ranked chef at the start.

There are so many more things because the worldbuilding of Toriko is in turns mind-blowingly brilliant and absolutely unhinged and I love that but basically they do an amazing job managing the audience's expectations by leveraging our knowledge of the real world and tropes commonly used in similar media to set up and then pulling the rug out from under us and I love it.

[toriko-manga-and-memes]

I've decided that I'm going to document (tags you can look for on this tumblr)

Evidence of the polycule (which really just means the 4 kings and Komatsu being delightful together take it as you will)

Everyone loves Komatsu (a compilation of giant muscle men looking so softly at our favorite chef)

All of the kings being punks

Did you say Handsome? (things that Mansom mishears as handsome)

Things people call Zongeh instead of his name

Things Zongeh says that makes me think he's been isekaied into this world

Just fun reaction images

Also everything is tagged by the arc I found it in so you can search by arc if you desire

I will probably add things to this list as I go

[dawnthefox24]

*Sojiro wants his sons bring their new partners over since he wants to meet them.* Hanzo: Ok father please behave for the love of everything Sojiro: I'll be on my best behaviour Hanzo, why do you think so little of me Hanzo: GENJI BRING OUT THE PROJECTOR!!! Genji:*wheels out the projector and has the slide clicker* Slide #1 The farmer's market son that I dated...Komatsu Masanori Genji:*Show an imagine of Sojiro hanging the kid upside down from a tree* Sojiro:....He was cheating on you.... Genji:*clicks to the next slide showing Sojiro dragons chasing Hanzo boyfriend trying to climb up a tree* Hanzo: The gardener for hire....Kazehaya Hoshi....HE ALMOST LOST A LIMB!!! Sojiro: I mean...the dragons only took a bite out of his pants.... Genji:*clicks the next slide of the head chef*.....Ushioda Kazuyuki....I still don't even know where they went.... Sojiro:*looks away*.... Hanzo and Genji:*rolls their eyes, finally knowing what happen to the head chef * of course..... Sojiro:*crosses his arms*...I WILL NOT BE INTEGRATED BY MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD!!! Hanzo: YOU'RE TOO OVER PROTECTIVE!! Sojiro: I AM NOT!! Genji:*keeps showing every new slide of whatever happened to their partners * Sojiro: H-How many pictures do you have!? Genji and Hanzo:*both look at each other* a lot.... Sojiro:...I DON'T MY TWO KIDS GETTING HEART BROKEN!!! Hanzo and Genji: AND WE WANT TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP!!! *Hanzo and Genji's partners standing outside swearing since they heard of all the horrors that Sojiro shimada commited realisng they made a mistake for going out with the son's of a Yakuza boss*

[bagelisfriend]

Bagel Manga Review: Toriko

If I had a nickel for every manga I've read focused on food and the hunt for it where your desire to eat can be physically removed from you and be the equivalent of a death sentence, I would have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Toriko is a shounen battle manga about big beefy men in the vein of Fist of the North Star and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. But what sets this manga apart is the central focus on food. Instead of having some new bad guy every few chapters (though there are a fair share of antagonists) most of the battles are focused around battling newer and bigger monsters in hopes of acquiring an especially rare ingredient.

The story is headed by Toriko, a gourmet hunter who tracks down and discovers new and dangerous gourmet foods, and Komatsu, a 5-star chef who follows around Toriko to learn more about the ingredients he prepares. There are plenty of other characters that make up a fairly large cast that have a simple but fun dynamic with each other.

The highlight of this manga is the ridiculous over-the-top foods that the characters eat and experiencing the gourmet-centric society that Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro imagines. There is a good amount of thought put into the world-building with the amount of build-up and payoff reminding me of Hunter x Hunter, but don't expect something as advanced as Dungeon Meshi. The foods and environments are primarily dictated by Rule of Cool.

One thing that I appreciate is that even though the power levels of the characters continually rise to ridiculous levels (a la Dragon Ball), there is a well-established upper limit of where that power can be. Characters introduced early on in the manga such as Knocking Master Jiro provide good targets to make sure that the power scaling doesn't get too far ahead of itself.

Overall I really enjoyed it. The story gets pretty out there, but it always stays rooted in the simple pleasure of enjoying a good meal with friends. If you enjoy shounen battle manga like I do and want a meal with a lot of substance it's definitely worth giving a shot.

[zstargalaxy]

I like the Toriko x Pokemon AU, how about Toriko's interactions and reactions to us and our pokemon? Does he meet us during the Gararagator event?

TORIKO X POKEMON

Meeting Toriko

You will meet Toriko after the Garagator events that he and Komatsu had been through, like the Rainbow Fruit Arc or the Puffer Fish Arc.

I will make a separate fic/headcanon that is similar question to this but with all the Heavenly Kings and with specific pokemon for them to meet, like/are similar to but for now, lets focus on Toriko.

I always like to imagine your meeting with him during the two arcs that I had mentioned, specifically one about the adventures they have in getting the Rainbow Fruit.

The hot sun shine warmly upon your outing with your in all but blood brother, Komatsu at the Central Gourmet Wholesale Market where you had decided to give him a suprise visit two days ago and have a fun time together just like old times with your Pokémon. It was the battle for the fittest when you had announce to your hundreds of companions that you are going to visit Komatsu and are bringing some of them along for the trip.

Many are eagered to jump to the chance to meet their short chef friend again!

Which lead with you trying to evade a stampede of pokémon running all over the place to get a spot on the trip.

In the end, you had decided to bring one of your little Milceries along that had gotten very close to Komatsu, Appletun, Meganium, and Mimikyu, since it was left in the dust and you wanted to give it a little more attention.

Komatsu was bewildered two days ago at the news he got from one of the waiters about a someone waiting for them at the dining hall during minutes before closing, with two beasts that they cant recognized. One being a floating cream and the other a turtle-like beast with a crust as a shell.

Those descriptions were familiar to him as he went out to see who was waiting for him, in which it turned out to be you!

You two had chatted from evening until morning, yesterday 'till today, where you had catch up of what you two were doing so far in life as your pokémon enjoyed the food that you had both made for them all. If you two were outing in a outdoor eating establishment with your partners eating away the food in joy, people will stare and be shock at such strange Gourmet beasts. They have never seen something like them before.

One of them even teases about you two buying food for a doll until they realize it is actually alive!

The last day of your staying kinda took a turn when Komatsu was called for work to go to the Gourmet Market with an IGO Chief named Johannes, who came for something involving an ingredient.

Now, you have heard of the IGO, and their work, but you dont exactly put them in the lime light or any sort of light whatsoever. The organization kinda reminded you of some that are similar, but the name alone being spoken through your mouth made you feel like a pit is in your stomach, making you uncomfortable and uneasy. Yet, nonetheless, you just view them neutrally.

The same feeling came back when you look around the market. The place made you quasi whenever you see so many Gourmet beasts being sold and displayed out in the open. Back in your home world of pokemon, it never was like this Gourmet market place since majority of everyone in the planet is vegetarian with very little meat eaten. Even when meat is eaten, it never was sold like...this. Even after years of being here in this strange and unique of the Gourmet age, you will never understand some of it's customs.

"She's spunky" as you and Komatsu watch Tina, a news reporter for the "Gourmet News", switch personalities between on and off camera and being dragged away to prevent any toruble from intervening IGO business, you finally meet the man your brother has been talking about, Toriko.

Toriko didnt exactly felt any different to any of the Gourmet hunters you meet prior today, but his aura...it didnt take a genius to knew that this man is strong, and its not because of how he carried that Underbite Dragon . The Milcery, who was floating beside Komatsu had let out a cry and hid behind his head from the aura she had felt. Appletun, on the other hand, took a few steps back away from Toriko, feeling wary from what he felt in the man. Meganium and Mimikyu, who are in their pokeballs, shook abit.

It seems your Pokémon, too, had felt the aura...

There wasnt much interaction between you and Toriko. Komatsu had introduced the Heavenly King to once he had realize you are there.

Toriko was very curious about the creatures you have. He had never seem them before or recognise them from any data or encounter he had. The smell of Appletun quickly invaded his nose. It smells so good! The Heavenly King already had taken a swipe of pie skin from Appletun and ate it with a delighted moan from the taste, much to you and Komatsu's shock! He later on apologises but...

HE EVEN HAVE THE ODESCITY TO ASK TO HAVE A TASTE OF THEM!!!

It took all you could to stop yourself from growling and running away from the man as possible and preventing Appletun from using Dragon Rage on the man upon hearing the comment!

He may be an Apple Pie, and he may let it slide of Toriko taking a bite, but this dragon is one where you should earn it's respect!

This action kinda increase your thoughts subconsciously about Gourmet hunters being nothing but killers and eaters. Yes, we have to kill to eat food and to survive but the amount of animals at the market and how many times Gourmet hunters had come and try to hunt your pokemon back home....

It wasnt pretty.

Gourmet Tamers (atleast, he thinks you are one) are rare. And they dont just come off as genuine or great as they come but Toriko was definetly impressed and interested in hearing and meeting you and these so called "Pokémon" in person.

There were rumours from other Gourmet Hunters that he had heard from have told the same thing over and over again : how bloodthirsty and ruthless you are with your unimaginable beasts that could rivaled the 8 kings of the Gourmet World.

They werent entirely wrong. The way you have strategically ordered your pokemon through the Troll Kongs with Meganium's sun bean and vines, Milcery's attract, and Appletun's bullet seeds. Toriko raised a brow when he saw you releasing Mimikyu, a small rugged clotheds...thing, in front of the Kongs that were shaking and even slightly backing away...

You soon later on, after Toriko decided to use Knocking instead of killing one of the Troll Kongs, had learned that he may not be exactly like those Gourmet hunters you meet. He may eat alot like when he had eaten a thousand dishes at the Gourmet Hotel, is a glutton, loves big juicy beasts but he has his morals in hunting, and that is to kill what he wents to eat, not for the thrill.

You may have gotten a new shine in the Gourmet Hunters....for now.

OMG...this is so long! I might gonna redo this but man, this was long so I hope I have answered tou questions! And sorry for the long wait...i have gotten lazy and busy at the same time due to me being tired from school. But I am back! 😀

[hcneydewx]

( nana komatsu, twenty-nine, ciswoman, she/her ) ☼ i know it’s a small town, but i run into HONEY KUMAMOTO every time i go to the TIDAL POOLS. it’s like they practically live there and not the CINDERSAP FOREST for A FEW DAYS. it must be because they’re MELANCHOLY and RELIABLE. come to think of it, that’s probably why they’re a EX-PROFESSIONAL CHEF INFLUENCER too. but i did hear they want to RECOVER FROM HEARTBREAK, and sometimes they like to BAKE. rumor has it they also like PUZZLES, but dislike ROMANCE MOVIES. what do you think?

PERSONALITY

Positive traits: reliable, kind, observant, forgiving Negative traits: melancholy, weak-willed, self-sacrificing, standoffish Goals / ambitions: eventually heal from heartbreak but she feels no hope in that regard, find a job, find her purpose Fears: losing a family member General likes: long naps, puzzles, a complicated recipe, lofi music, deep water, baking General dislikes: couples, romantic shows or movies or books, things that remind her of her ex, herself

FAMILY

Father: Satoshi Kumamoto Mother: Ren Kumamoto Siblings, cousins, extended family: tbd Children: none Pets: looking to adopt

BIO

ⅰ. Honey grew up in relative comfort, the love of her parents for her evident in their doting and presence even after their divorce when she is six. ⅰ. She meanders through her life, unsure of who she is, or the point of struggling. ⅰ. Her interest in cooking stems from her bachelorette college life and her paternal grandfather who looked after her most often in her childhood and taught her how to cook traditional Japanese fare. ⅰ. She began to record what she could make in her dorm and post it online, gaining her a few followers at first and then eventually being the reason she could afford classical training. ⅰ. Honey met who she thought was the love of her life at her classmate's graduation afterparty and everything in her life started to fall into place. She was in a career field that she liked, had a few friends from her course, and to complete this happiness was a partner whom she could build a life with. ⅰ. After a long-distance relationship, she moved in with her partner when they asked her to. Her life began to circumference them as the few friends she had were back in her hometown and she spent most of her free time creating content for her ever-growing platform. ⅰ. After a year of living together, however, they broke up with her unexpectedly sending her reeling into darkness and grief. ⅰ. She stops making videos, stops posting and eventually quits her job, unable to show up without breaking down mid-boil. ⅰ. She moves out of town altogether, moving in to Cindersnap Forest to join her (sibling, cousin, friend) and to start her healing journey.

HEADCANONS

tbd

WANTED CONNECTIONS

tbd

[asknarashikari]

Kari, Sato-san posted something on threads about how his past as a kitchen part time worker was spreading. Like I said I got threads for this man.

hopefully I won't go down simping on the man lol

anyway here' the tweet about him being a kitchen worker

One of the rare instances where an actor's skillset is used for the character. (Maeda was also a good cook and prefers cooking italian cuisines iirc but that was never used in Revice so there's that.)

Speaking of skills not used in the show. Freaking Aoshima-san, Tsumuri herself, is apparently a black belt in Karate! She apparently started training when she was in fourth grade

Congratulations for starting down the long and winding road of Simping XD

Honestly I wasn't too suprised when Ryuga said that he had some skills in the kitchen. It seems like a common thread for toku actors to either work in food industry or do cooking as a hobby before they became actors. Like I read about Akihisa Shiono (Souji from Kyouryuger) working in his parents' restaurant, Renn Kiriyama cooking for Masaki Suda, Fumiya Takahashi being a trained French chef...

Heck, back in Gaim they did this whole thing called Yuta Cafe where Yutaka Kobayashi (who plays Kumon Kaito) would make sweets and pastries for his co-stars and they have a nice chat while eating them. I imagine it must've been so surreal back when Gaim was airing- you just saw this guy brooding about on the show and then you see the Yuta Cafe stuff and he's a literal ball of sunshine feeding everyone sugary treats lmao

Ffs, I got the Cookpad app on my phone so I can simp on Ryo Aoki in an apron cooking and looking like the househusband of my dreams XD And then suddenly there were so many toku actors joining one after the other- Atsuki Mashiko, Takaya Yamaguchi, Shu Watanabe, Ryo Sekoguchi, Atom Mizuishi... (I'm still praying for the day they get Junya Komatsu to come on...)

[kb11rd]

Some warmups between projects and school

[incorrect-toriko-quotes]

Komatsu: I’ll do whatever I want when I’m 80.

Ootake: If you are still alive when you’re 80 I’ll demand a medical explanation.

[rakubalka]

Midora got reincarnated as Skull De Mort

(Seeing as there isn't enough of toriko or midora(s everything ) I'm making an au)

After the events of the manga Midora got reincarnated into the khr world

Midora being an orphan in this life too , as a early teen or preteen(and I cannot express this enough he is very young ) decided to join a circus mainly because it looked interesting enough at the moment and he was in a fancy mood

Then he gets an invite from Chekerface and decides " why not ?" Resulting in him meeting the rest of the Arcobaleno (and him being unimpressed with them) . After the first meeting he started ditching the rest of the meet ups resulting in a growingly bizarre , unique and downright cartoony game of cat and mouse . Consisting of the Arcobaleno trying to catch Midora at last , only to always miss by the skin of their teeth . Even more comical by the fact that Midora will for years to come not know what flames are

That continued until it was time for the ritual at which point Chekerface just teleported him at the time he was needed , binding them all together . With all of it being the same as in canon except Midora rather than as baby/toddler got stuck as a teen(aka as the age he got the curse which is at maximum like 15 but everyone thinks he is 19 at youngest)

The rest of the Arcobaleno were outraged as to why he got to keep his adult form while they are babies even Lal didn't get spared while being the"defective" so why does he get to keep his body ? Verde then put out the theory that he might just have such a monstrous flame amount and/or purity that he is essentially overfeeding the pacifier , after all it will explain why he got chosen as the Cloud of the Arcobaleno despite being a civilian

While they are exchanging theories Midora is escaping the manor because he doesn't give a tomato what is happening , death retired him from world/planet saving bullshit the rest can deal whit it . He has fought God , he's had enough of being alive . Is he overfeeding this thing ? He doesn't know , maybe yes ? Does he give a tomato ? No .

And so he continues following his fancy and going whenever he likes and doing whatever he likes . Creating and destroying(most of the time by accidents) cults , famiglia , families , business, restaurants and etc . One of the more passionate cults even started famiglia or was it the famiglia starting a cult ? Either case they are at the moment both and are calling him their boss . What was their name again ? Car something . In either case they are surprisingly good at finding him . They even found him a pet octopus so that is nice .

Anyway one day while he was on a walk on this cozy little island called Japan he stumbled upon a kid getting bullied and while he might be apathetic towards humanity as a whole he isn't going to let a kid be bullied before him . So he stepped in . After scaring the bullies away the kid(who felt so much like his little Starjun when he was young) introduced himself as Tsuna , tried to give him one of his onigiri as thanks for the help . Midora of course tried to refuse gently as to not hurt the little child who reminds him of his son so much , the kid however like a little amber haired version of Komatsu , succeeded in making him eat (chefs and their charisma) .

And the onigiri was undeniably delicious so Midora asked who has made it , with Tsuna answering his Mama who is the best cook .

While Midora would like to form a combo with her he isn't going to force her into it even if this onigiri was more than he has eaten in quite a while so he will probably continue on his way walking with no end goal . But first before that he is going to escort this kid who reminds him of his own child so much to his home safely .

When he got him home his mother tried and succeeded in getting him to stay for dinner(again chefs and their charisma) . While eating he did learn a lot more of this family of two and he might have grown a little attached .

With him being attached he did stay in town a lot , he is still going on long walks but he always returns to this place that is slowly starting to become a home for him . With little Tsuna who reminds him of his Starjun , of the little chef with big heart Komatsu and sometimes of himself when times were sipmle before he lost the one most precious to him . The one who Nana reminds him of , the one who is always so gentle and patient yet protective in a way only a mother can be like Fronze like his mother . With these memories being here his stay in the little town became long and often . He also became such a frequent visitor of the Sawada household he practically lived with them , with a room for him , a toothbrush for him , plates and mugs for him and more . Odako even got an aquarium in his room .And if he gets to babysit Tsuna while Nana takes time for herself and her hobbies . Well he wants to replay her somehow even if it's not much as Tsuna is such a good child that he is a blessing to babysit , always so curious as to what is everything in the world and asking questions and if Midora doesn't know the answer they both try to find it which is one of Midora's favorite activities with Tsuna .

One day after Nana had won 3 place in a competition she took part in , Midora took her and Tsuna on a celebration in a sushi place he and Tsuna found on one of their walks around the neighborhood a while back . Nana did try to say she would be playing but Midora stopped her by saying that the one for who is the reason for celebrating shouldn't play and that it is his gift for her for getting 3 place . The chef was rather good as well , not as much as Nana , Komatsu , Starjun or Fronze but still good . Not to mention that he and Nana seem to be hitting it pretty good and his kid does get along with Tsuna better than most others , so he excused himself and Tsuna saying he will be watching the kids while those two have that going on . They were red faced after the comment for some reason .

After the dinner and when both Nana and Tsuna were asleep the sushi chef came and asked some really strange questions . It was an interesting night but it did result in Tsuna and Takeshi becoming friends playing almost daily with the exception being if one of them is sick . Nana and Tsuyoshi seem to be getting closer (she even searched how one can get divorced with a consistently missing spouse) , so good for them .

Tsuna and Takeshi also got themselves another friend a little boy whit tonfas who seems to very much like order (the three of them are adorable together , he has half an album already)

Tsuna sat himself on fire accidentally (and with orange one at that) making Midora , Takeshi , Kyoya and Tsuna panic , thankfulaly Tsuyoshi came almost immediately . After Tsuyoshi got them calmer he seated them along with Nana to explain The Seven Colored Flames to them . All of them were surprised other than Kyoya who apparently had his suspicions with his family or at least a "fake baby carnivore" relative of his

After the fiasco Tsuyoshi did ask Nana if she wanted to cut contact with him after he thought Tsuna how to control his flames . Nana refused to cut contact with Tsunayoshi saying that she is already surrounded with flame users other than him such as her son , Midora , Kyoya and even her ex-husband . Her ex-husband who is responsible for why so many years seem to just merge together , why she felt as if she wasn't even awake most of the time , why she felt like a puppet . And she has memories of shortly before what Lemitsu did , she remembers a person asking if Lemitsu is sure he wants her in his state and Lemitsu answered yes without hesitation . And even if spotty she remembers the last time Lemitsu was here with that man before Tsuna started to feel like herself not in control in his own body , before that man put COLDNESS in her child causing Tsuna to constantly feel cold even under dozens of tick blankets . She members it all , and she also remembers how Tsuyoshi immediately started running towards their sons and Kyoya and Midora as soon as he felt flames . How his immediate reaction was to first calm them down and after that immediately get her whit them to explain what is happening and offering to help her . Because while he and Lemitsu both might have been in the mafia they are two very different men .

Shortly after Nana's love confession, she and Tsuyoshi got married . They didn't have a ceremony but did make a little after marriage party consisting of themselves , Midora , Tsuna , Takeshi and little Kyoya . And that was what they wanted . Both she and Tsuna did change their last names to Yamamoto as she was raised in an orphanage so her last name wasn't from her family , and she also wants Tsuna not to look at Lemitsu and think they are the same just because they are both Sawada . Not to mention that his new brother is also a Yamamoto .

And so time passed with the married couple and the three kids (and they don't care what anyone says Kyoya is also one of theirs and his friend Kusakabe is also welcome) . Midora continues to have his long walks around the world but makes sure that his phone(which he got by Tsuyoshi's recommendation in the mafia) always has enough battery life to go for days of talking with his family no matter what . He is without knowing it the kids favorite adult however be it teaching them cooking, Takeshi that knife technique or even teaching them knocking . Almost every time they need an adult advice they go to him first

And tings were peaceful in Nanamori

Until the Sun Arcobaleno showed his face to try and make Tsuna a mafia hair and the dam broke unleashing level of weirdness only before seen in Midora

[detectivereads]

Toriko vol 1

by Mitsutoshi Simabukuro

1,000/5 (this Manga was so good!!!!!!!!!!)

This review is for fan entertainment, I'm not being paid.

My friend (they recommended a lot of good manga and anime to me, we kind of trade recommendations back and forth) is the same one that recommended Land of Ledale also showed me the anime of this one and I freaking love it so much. They even told me that there was a manga to the anime, and I got my hands on the first volume and after reading I have made it one of my pet projects of trying collect the physical books. (I still only have the first volume; I get distracted by other books hehe).

Ok, Toriko is a food fight anime, where the world loves to eat delicious food and the pictures of the food and animals are amazing it’s a foodie fantasy.

We have one of the main characters Komatsu, who is the head chef at Hotel Gourmet, his superiors want him to cook for a fancy banquet, but they weren’t satisfied with the menu he came up with, so the suggested that Komatsu gets an animal called a Gararagator (there is going to be a lot of weird animals and names in the manga/anime). This greatly worries Komatsu because Gararagator is hard to get.

The manga later explains that they have a rating system for the animals, and Gararagator are rated a level 5 meaning you can send in the tanks and the success rate is not guaranteed that you can take one down. So, the guy that is hosting the party suggested they hire a gourmet hunter (people who specialize in going out and hunting down the ingredients) and the guy suggests Toriko.

So Komastu meets up with Toriko and explains the terms of the job to him and Toriko invites him along to get the gator. Throughout this first chapter we see that Toriko one loves to eat (who doesn’t) and two he loves to fight but his creed (I guess that what you call it) that he won’t kill anything unless he is hungry. So, all the big animals that are in the habitat of the gator are scared off by Toriko. They find a gator but this one with how old it (around 300 give or take) is an estimated capture level 8.

Volume one has one more story arc before it ends, where a very special fruit is ready to be harvest and it’s in the government facility (the government name is IGO), the fruit he is after is called the Rainbow Fruit you would think it would be easy to go and pick the fruit, there is a problem a group of violent animals have made the area around the fruit tree their territory. The animal in question is Troll Kongs like Donkey Kong but not friendly and if he had two extra arms.

Now at the end of the of the arch when Komatsu prepares the Rainbow Fruit for Toriko, we learn about full course meal. That gourmet hunter tries to find their prefect meal, Hors D’oeuvre, soup, fish course, meat course, entrée, salad, dessert and drink. The Rainbow Fruit made Toriko’s dessert.

The volume ends with meeting a mysterious character who is also a gourmet hunter named Coco.

This series is greatly underappreciated in my opinion, I am incredibly heartbroken that there is not a lot of merchandise for this series. I said it one of my other reviews that if it has to do with food or cooking, I love it. (I do have my preference when it comes to this however, I prefer cozy family slice of life) this is one of the few exceptions that I will break away from cozy to action pack fighting.  I highly recommend this manga/anime for any foodie lover or fighting manga/anime lover too.

[narashikari]

V-Cinema non-spoiler(-ish) thoughts

Putting it under a cut though just in case... also, beware Junya simping afoot

Junya Komatsu really was the MVP of Revice... his acting in the V-Cinema is *chef's kiss*

No, seriously, the man's so talented, I cannot. He nails Muramasa coldness and sadism, as well as both of Hiromi's serious and goofy sides. I love him so much asdfghjkl

GODDAMN THEY SHOULD'VE LEFT THE LACE TOP BY ITSELF BECAUSE JUNYA AS MURAMASA WAS HOTTER THAN CROSS-Z MAGMA. Petition to have Junya re-do all the Muramasa scenes in just the lace top without the shirt and jacket on top of it... pls Toei

Hiromi is quite handsome in his new Blue Bird duds too though

Wataru Hyuga's no slouch too. Kagerou's the second-best thing in this movie, ngl. Kid's gonna go places for sure.

#HyuJun's chemistry really just works. Build-tier heated drama between men.

Why. Did. They. Use. That Song. Why?? I didn't have to be reminded of the moment I fell for Junya??

Also the scene they used it for... OH HIROMI... MY HIROMI...

Goddamn they used that song for the moment that HiroDaiji walked to the final battle together?! What does this mean?!

Kagerou is a tsuntsun magnificent bastard, knew it

What is with Revice and amusement parks?

HiroDaiji canon basically.

Dad Material Hiromi confirmed.... as it should be