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every cooking manga ever:
New Rival: only 5 minutes remain in our battle, and I already have six dishes prepared while Hero has not even begun his first. But even if you do finish in time, you can never beat my special ingredient, given to me by my masters the Cooking Underworld
New Rival: only 5 minutes remain in our battle, and I already have six dishes prepared while Hero has not even begun his first. But even if you do finish in time, you can never beat my special ingredient, given to me by my masters the Cooking Underworld
The Girl: What is in that black vial?
Old Rival: Nautilus ink
The Girl: "Nautilus ink"!?
Old Rival: Yes. The colder, deeper waters they live in has given their ink a richer flavor admired over normal squid ink. It is sometimes called Twilight Sauce.
The Girl: "Twilight Sauce?"
Old Rival: Nautilus ink
The Girl: "Nautilus ink"!?
Old Rival: Yes. The colder, deeper waters they live in has given their ink a richer flavor admired over normal squid ink. It is sometimes called Twilight Sauce.
The Girl: "Twilight Sauce?"
Old Rival: But rather than a gentle evening, New Rival hopes to use it to engulf Hero in an endless abyss of darkest night from which he may never escape.
The Girl: What??
Judge: One minute remains
The Girl: Hero...
The Girl: What??
Judge: One minute remains
The Girl: Hero...
Hero: It's time
The Girl: What's Hero doing?
Old Rival: A-amazing! When we thought he was doing nothing, Hero was concentrating on raising his body temperature!
The Girl: His hands are moving so fast!
Old Rival: All that temperature concentrated there make his hands LIVING OVENS
The Girl: What's Hero doing?
Old Rival: A-amazing! When we thought he was doing nothing, Hero was concentrating on raising his body temperature!
The Girl: His hands are moving so fast!
Old Rival: All that temperature concentrated there make his hands LIVING OVENS
The Girl: "Living ovens"?? He's moving so fast... I can't even see them.
Old Rival (thinking): Hero has learned so much... But will even this be enough to escape New Rival's inky hell?
Old Rival (thinking): Hero has learned so much... But will even this be enough to escape New Rival's inky hell?
New Rival: Here are my dishes. Penguin egg shumai, royal lobster pottage, sea bream stuffed with burboun-glazed water buffalo, the forbidden seventy mushroom omelette, pony sashimi, and "spaghetti al nero di maledizione" my signature cursed nautilus ink pasta
Judge: !!! This shumai wrapper...
New Rival: Correct! While it appears to be a single wrapper, it is actually made of 117 paper-thin wrappers layed over each other!
Old Rival: What? That many layers would give that shumai the ULTIMATE FLAVOR RATIO!
The Girl: Hero...
New Rival: Correct! While it appears to be a single wrapper, it is actually made of 117 paper-thin wrappers layed over each other!
Old Rival: What? That many layers would give that shumai the ULTIMATE FLAVOR RATIO!
The Girl: Hero...
Judge: These dishes are all superb. I can find no flaw in them.
New Rival: *smirks*
Hero: Here is my dish...
*multiple panels of audience in shocked silence*
New Rival: A single slice of white bread!? You dare mock me? Tasting that would be a waste of time, Judge!
New Rival: *smirks*
Hero: Here is my dish...
*multiple panels of audience in shocked silence*
New Rival: A single slice of white bread!? You dare mock me? Tasting that would be a waste of time, Judge!
Hero: Before you dismiss is, I only ask you take a single bite. You'll see I've won this match.
New Rival: What!?
The Girl: But how can he win with just a slice of white bread?
Old Rival: Quiet! All we can do now is have faith in Hero.
The Girl (thinking): "faith"...?
New Rival: What!?
The Girl: But how can he win with just a slice of white bread?
Old Rival: Quiet! All we can do now is have faith in Hero.
The Girl (thinking): "faith"...?
Judge: *takes a bite*
Judge: !
Judge: Hero wins
New Rival: WHAT? I demand an explanation! I used the finest ingredients, and the most flawless techniques, how can his simple bread have defeated my work!?
Hero: I won because I used the Three Golden Ingredients.
New Rival: What?
Judge: !
Judge: Hero wins
New Rival: WHAT? I demand an explanation! I used the finest ingredients, and the most flawless techniques, how can his simple bread have defeated my work!?
Hero: I won because I used the Three Golden Ingredients.
New Rival: What?
Hero: The Three Golden Ingredients that can be used to bring about ultimate baking. First is sulfur.
New Rival: Sulfur!?
Hero: By kneading high temperature sulfur at such speed into this bread, I cut some of the sweetness and brought out the hidden umami qualities of this dish
New Rival: Sulfur!?
Hero: By kneading high temperature sulfur at such speed into this bread, I cut some of the sweetness and brought out the hidden umami qualities of this dish
Hero: Second is this...
The Girl: What's that in his hand?
Old Rival: Some kind of seed
Hero: This is the seed of the the solidago plant, also known as "goldenrod"
New Rival: What!?
Old Rival: Clever, hero
The Girl: "Goldenrod"? A weed?
The Girl: What's that in his hand?
Old Rival: Some kind of seed
Hero: This is the seed of the the solidago plant, also known as "goldenrod"
New Rival: What!?
Old Rival: Clever, hero
The Girl: "Goldenrod"? A weed?
Hero: Thomas Edison first experimented with using solidago plants to make rubber. His experiments produced a plant over 12 feet tall and was used to make the tires of the original Model T automobile. But the rubber from this plant is tackier than industrial rubber, and languished
Hero: But that same tackiness that made it ill-suited to industrial rubber is what makes it perfect for baking!!! This humble seed you dismissed as a weed became the tire that drove my flavor to the judge's heart!!!!
New Rival: And the third ingredient? ... what is the third ingredient?
Hero: The third ingredient? It should have been obvious. The third ingredient was... RESPECT!
New Rival: *thunderbolt effect through their silhouette* Gngh!
Hero: The third ingredient? It should have been obvious. The third ingredient was... RESPECT!
New Rival: *thunderbolt effect through their silhouette* Gngh!
Hero: Your ingredients were perfect! Your technique masterful! But did you respect your ingredients? Did you respect those who would eat your meal? Did you pair each ingredient with those that would let the diner taste the hard work and love that went in to each one?
New Rival: !
New Rival: !
Hero: That is why my deceptively simple dish was able to beat you, despite your ability.
New Rival: Ah!
New Rival (thinking): All this time... I thought he was just a country bumpkin... I thought my Underworld skills and Nautilus Ink would drag him into the abyss...
New Rival: Ah!
New Rival (thinking): All this time... I thought he was just a country bumpkin... I thought my Underworld skills and Nautilus Ink would drag him into the abyss...
New Rival (thinking): But now I see... the heat from his hands was like the sun. This young master's sun was able to penetrate even the darkest depths I descended to! Revealing that it was really I who had been dragged to the abyss, and leaving me no place to hide...
New Rival: ...
Hero: Hey
New Rival: ?
Hero: *extends hand* Thank you for a most enjoyable competition!
New Rival: H-Hero...
*the grasp each other's hands*
New Rival: Don't get overconfident! You better be ready when I next challenge you!
Hero: I'm looking forward to it!
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Hero: Hey
New Rival: ?
Hero: *extends hand* Thank you for a most enjoyable competition!
New Rival: H-Hero...
*the grasp each other's hands*
New Rival: Don't get overconfident! You better be ready when I next challenge you!
Hero: I'm looking forward to it!
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