Comments on: Yakitate!! Japan Book 1

By: jessica

jessica — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:38:26 +0000

hey i love your manga it is really awesome

By: Kitchen Princess Book 5 » Comics Worth Reading

Kitchen Princess Book 5 » Comics Worth Reading — Sat, 31 May 2008 11:51:11 +0000

[...] from those who love her, she will triumph. That’s formula all the way (and reminiscent of Yakitate!! Japan) but an inspiring [...]

By: Nina Rosiana

Nina Rosiana — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 07:29:49 +0000

Hi. Im Indonesian too. I Love Yakitate!! Japan!! book 1-2, and put them on my collection book. I’ll read already on Shonen Star which story already reach to France competition. It’s good story and must have it.

By: IMan

IMan — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:15:38 +0000

I LOVE YAKITATE JAPAN BOOK. Because now this book are in INDONESIA!

By: Comics Worth Reading

Comics Worth Reading — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:19:37 +0000

[...] As the second volume of this manga about baking the perfect bread begins, Kazuma and Kawachi are settling into their jobs at the Pantasia bakery. [...]

By: Lyle

Lyle — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 01:54:48 +0000

The art in IWJ is getting to be a real turn-off for me, too. Not just the basketballs, which leaves me wondering how can a chef cook in such restrictive clothing, but also the facial expressions which gives those characters bad cartoon voices in my head as I read them. For now (I think I’m only in volume 8) the cooking is holding me, I like reading the characters talk about their philosophies about food, but so many other factors work agaisnt my enjoyment.

By: Journalista » Blog Archive » Oct. 30, 2006: Theo Van Gogh is my co-pilot

Mon, 30 Oct 2006 13:54:43 +0000

[...] Johanna Draper Carlson reviews the first volume of Takashi Hashiguchi’s competition-breadmaking manga series, Yakitate!! Japan. [...]

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:45:46 +0000

I’m not normally into food manga- but the idea was just so wacked I had to try it. Bread-baking manga! Of course, the interesting thing here is that Japan has no national bread, so there’s more of a goal than, say, Iron Wok Jan. The art is nice and the subject is well-researched.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:05:17 +0000

That’s a good comparison — I’ve given up IWJ because I no longer cared, and I was tired of how overly exaggerated it was, both visually (with the girls smuggling basketballs) and in terms of the characters (one-dimensional). This may be a good replacement. “Good-natured” is an excellent word for it.

By: Joshua Macy

Joshua Macy — Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:51:16 +0000

I love this book. It reminds me of a more good-natured Iron Wok Jan. The exaggeration really works for me; it has a cartooniness that’s unusual in manga that don’t switch all the way to super-deformed for the comedic beats. And yeah, it really does make you crave fresh bread, doesn’t it?