{"id":3134,"date":"2009-07-20T00:52:09","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T07:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/?p=3134"},"modified":"2012-10-07T00:56:48","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T07:56:48","slug":"oishinbo-a-la-carte-fish-sushi-sashimi-volume-4-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/2009\/07\/20\/oishinbo-a-la-carte-fish-sushi-sashimi-volume-4-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Oishinbo A la Carte: Fish, Sushi, & Sashimi Volume 4"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yamaoka and his father Kaibara Yuzan, have never enjoyed an ideal father-son relationship.\u00a0 In fact, it’s about as far from ideal as possible, and when they start arguing about food–which they inevitably do–the sparks really fly.\u00a0 In this volume of Oishinbo, the subject of dispute is fish, starting with the question of whether mackerel can ever be truly good sashimi.\u00a0 Later, things come to a head during the “Salmon Match” which pits father against son in an epic contest to develop the best dish before a panel of judges.\u00a0 Will Yamaoka finally defeat Kaibara?\u00a0 Or will he once again be left in his father’s shadow?<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Written by Tetsu Kariya; Illustrated by Akira Hanasaki
\nPublisher:<\/strong> Viz Media – Viz Signature
\nAge Rating:<\/strong> Teen
\nGenre:<\/strong> Food
\nPrice:<\/strong> $12.99<\/p>\n

The overall premise of Oishinbo<\/em> is that Yamaoka and his partner Kurita are compiling the “Ultimate Menu” of Japanese cuisine for the 100th anniversary of the publishers of Tozai News.\u00a0 Each volume of Viz’s compilation of this long running series is centered around a type of food. This volume is all about fish.\u00a0 The stories are episodic, and can be broken down into two types; Yamaoka helping someone out or putting someone in their place about food, and Yamaoka vs. Kaibara, his father, over some kind of food dish.<\/p>\n

Yamaoka comes off as lazy and a cynic, but at heart he really is a good guy.\u00a0 Whether it’s coming to the defense of a young boy’s opinion, helping a man get over being dumped by a girl, or a student accept getting into his second choice college instead of the first, Yamaoka finds a way through food.\u00a0 I really enjoyed these stories, as they showed both Yamaoka’s knowledge and skill as well as his good heart.<\/p>\n

What I didn’t enjoy were the stories with Yamaoka competing with his father Kaibara.\u00a0 Now, I don’t mind the competitions themselves.\u00a0 They require both skill and knowledge, with much of the latter being imparted to the reader.\u00a0 What makes a good sashimi, why salmon and other fresh water fish shouldn’t be used as sushi and what’s really important when making a meal for someone are all topics covered in this volume.\u00a0 While I found the information interesting and informative, I just couldn’t stand Kaibara.\u00a0 His overly smug attitude toward Yamaoka, and people in general really struck me the wrong way.\u00a0 I know I’m not supposed to like him, but his whole demeanor made some of these chapters just unpleasant to read.<\/p>\n

The art in Oishinbo<\/em> isn’t very realistic.\u00a0 It’s rather simplistic, with a newspaper comic feel to it.\u00a0 There aren’t a lot of the manga conventions you see in a lot of other titles, making this very friendly to a non-manga reading audience.\u00a0 The food and the fish are very realistic, on the other hand, showing the emphasis is on the food more than the people.<\/p>\n

Overall I found Oishinbo A la Carte<\/em> to be an enjoyable read, though Kaibara did drag it down some.\u00a0 Other people may not be bothered by Kaibara so much, so this is still a title I recommend.\u00a0 If you’ve ever wanted to try a manga without all the baggage, or are just curious about Japanese cuisine, this is a title you definitely want to check out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yamaoka and his father Kaibara Yuzan, have never enjoyed an ideal father-son relationship.\u00a0 In fact, it’s about as far from ideal as possible, and when they start arguing about food–which they inevitably do–the sparks really fly.\u00a0 In this volume of Oishinbo, the subject of dispute is fish, starting with the question of whether mackerel can ever be truly good sashimi.\u00a0 Later, things come to a head during the “Salmon Match” which pits father against son in an epic contest to develop the best dish before a panel of judges.\u00a0 Will Yamaoka finally defeat Kaibara?\u00a0 Or will he once again be left in his father’s shadow? Written by Tetsu Kariya; Illustrated by Akira Hanasaki Publisher: Viz Media – Viz Signature Age Rating: Teen Genre: Food Price: $12.99 The overall premise of Oishinbo is that Yamaoka and his partner Kurita are compiling the “Ultimate Menu” of Japanese cuisine for the 100th anniversary of the publishers of Tozai News.\u00a0 Each volume of Viz’s compilation of this long running series is centered around a type of food. This volume is all about fish.\u00a0 The stories are episodic, and can be broken down into two types; Yamaoka helping someone out or putting someone in their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,19],"tags":[56,83,110,135,208,163],"class_list":["post-3134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","category-viz-media","tag-food","tag-manga","tag-review","tag-teen","tag-viz-media","tag-viz-signature"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/files\/2009\/07\/Oishinbo-Fish.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2umma-Oy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3197,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3134\/revisions\/3197"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/manga.jadedragononline.com\/village\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}