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[Toriko] I’ve been reading Toriko little by little on Jump+, and I heard that it gets boring once you enter the Gourmet World, but it’s actually interesting.

1: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:53Yeahx15

It’s interesting.
At that time, I thought it might be a little stretched out?

2: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:53Yeahx18

Well, it wasn’t entirely uninteresting, but it became more combat-focused, and it was disappointing that the food ingredients ran out and it seemed like there were only unappetizing items left.

3: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:54Yeahx16

If you ask me where the bottom is, I’ll choose the blue grill.
It’s pretty tough even when reading it all in a single volume.

16: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:02Yeahx2

>>3I understand.
But I really like stories about Asarudi and Judah.

39: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:08

>>3I can’t say I don’t understand, but…
But Judas is here…

49: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:11Yeahx3

>>39I can understand that opinion well.
I understand well, but when looking at the overall picture, it can’t be helped.
The cooking battle with the blue grill chefs that I was looking forward to is also being skipped.

4: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:54

Honestly, it wasn’t what I was expecting from Toriko.

5: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:54Yeahx18

After BAMBINA, it’s around the spirit of food and the underground channel, you know?

26: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:04

>>5Looking back after it’s over, I understand that various elements in the Another arc are important matters that need explanation, but they’re really hard to grasp for someone seeing it for the first time.

6: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:55

It probably tastes good in the context of the work.
It didn’t look very delicious at all.

7: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:56

The boring part is around the cooking festival.

8: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:57

After it becomes clear what was meant, it turns out that there was nothing strange being said.

19: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:02

>>8Once you understand the theme of the work, it’s quite common to be able to easily accept the story in serialized works.
Well, because of that, there are times when a gap forms between those who couldn’t grasp it at the time and those who follow later…

9: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:57

The level of attractiveness of Komatsu is inversely proportional to the interestingness of the story.

10: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:57Yeahx2

It’s interesting, but it feels like all the key interesting parts of the story have been cut.

11: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)21:59Yeahx3

I wanted to see Live Bearer and Sunny…

12: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:00

I feel like I was slacking off around Mellow Cola.

14: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:01Yeahx10

>>12I was thinking that the zebras around there were really interesting…

13: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:01Yeahx2

To be honest, I barged in during the cooking festival, but I wanted to see a bit more of the cooking competition.
Even if it was to stretch the anime’s length, the match with Wabutora was good.

15: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:02

I think the feeling of “what in the world is this slime?” ranks among the top in manga history.

17: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:02Yeahx1

I think Bambina is quite an interesting place.
Don slime… is it there?

21: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:03Yeahx2

>>17The story about Asardi and Judah being 1 millimeter apart is nice, isn’t it?
It feels really like Shimabu.
This

34: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:07Yeahx2

>>21Donsla is a character necessary for explaining a person named Ichiryuu, so we have to give him a certain amount of screen time, which is why he is needed.

18: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:02

The gourmet world is interesting, but after the thread image, it turns into a bit of a digest and becomes more about strategy…
I can’t fully enjoy the adventure of the pair I wanted to see.

20: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:03

There will probably be people who can’t keep up because the direction of the gourmet world is changing.

22: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:03Yeahx2

When I was reading it weekly back then, it was interesting up to Bambina.
After that, I couldn’t keep up with the setting, terminology, and description.

23: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:03

I thought the monkey dance was skillful.

24: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:03

I felt like I couldn’t keep up from around the back channel.

25: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:04

I wish they would stop trying to include Baki elements in things like Ougai.
I know you get along well with Professor Itagaki!

27: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:04Yeahx7

The Blue Grill gets high points just from Judah’s recollections.

28: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:04Yeahx2

The eating pattern after the big adventure in the human world is too good.
It’s a shame that this wasn’t felt much in the gourmet section.
It’s certainly interesting to read again.

29: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:06Yeahx3

It’s too bad that the eighth king and the full course turned into a digest halfway through…

30: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:06

The weekly release of one episode recreates the pace of the time, and knowing that it will end on a satisfying note brings a sense of comfort.

31: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:06

The full course of the End Mammoth is definitely too rough.

32: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:06

There were some parts of the soy milk path that were quite grotesque.

38: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:08Yeahx1

>>32First of all, this is it.
After raising the bar so high, this is the first ingredient in the gourmet world that is depicted properly.

33: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:07

The area around the back channel is so tough that I really don’t want to read it.
Despite the large amount of text, the explanations are not getting through to me.

35: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:07

The gourmet world doesn’t seem appealing if the food doesn’t look delicious.
Even if it’s said that raw air is tastier than cooked, it doesn’t look appealing at all.

44: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

>>35You don’t need to cook! I was shocked that it doesn’t deny the essence of the story at all!?
Even the full course of Knocking Master is being prepared by Setsunon…

36: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:07

There aren’t any delicious ingredients or dishes in the gourmet world.

40: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:08

>>36I think the most delicious-looking one was the shellfish that Jiro was eating when he came to help.

37: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:07

The ultimate routine is just too occult.
It was showing various cell functions and color disappearance, but suddenly it became scary…

41: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:09

It was not good that it was originally the Demon Food Realm.
All the food that comes out looks unappetizing!

46: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

>>41Octopus ball testicles…

42: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:09

Rather than a Don Slah, there is a One Dragon.

43: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

Reading it again, the poison doll’s cheat technique is just too strong.

48: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

>>43It’s a bit funny that only Toriko’s arm is real during the encounter with Bambina.

55: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:13

>>48I remember being toyed with, either having half of my body erased in one breath by a horse or feeling motivated to challenge a monkey without any significant power-ups.

45: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

When you first set up the blue grill and realize, “What is this town?! A dystopia?!”, it becomes more than just a matter of whether the food is good or bad.
I don’t dislike it, but you know, this kind of setting.

47: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:10

The ingredients for the gourmet meeting are either pretty gross or too abstract.

50: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:11Yeahx1

I think the imposing presence of the king was well depicted.
I love collaboration against Acacia.

51: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:12Yeahx3

The concepts of the hidden channel in the second half and the eating spirit were so unrelated to gourmet topics that they made the discussion quite complicated.
Food luck is not just the fortune of a chef achieving great success, but also became a resource during battles.

52: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:12

I really love Donsura vs Neo.

53: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:12

Gourmet Rack! Gourmet Rack!
Ska ska.

54: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:12Yeahx1

Also, Blue Grill likes to talk about Asaldi…

56: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:13

The Another arc has nothing but boring elements.

57: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:13Yeahx3

I think the worst thing is how the organization handles Neo.
Joar’s losing attitude and the creepy coolness of his mother complex are masking it, but…
The way the manipulated faces are treated is inconsistent, with some being killed and others being forgiven.

58: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:14

The inflation from the back channel is piling up too much on top of inflation.
“It’s hard to grasp when someone says ‘it takes tens of thousands of years to cook…'”

59: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:14

There were also subtle issues even before entering the gourmet world…

64: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15Yeahx1

>>59I’m not good at things like expressing gratitude for all aspects of food or Love Maru’s ultimate routine.

60: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

The gourmet festival is nonstop fun until the end.
The disparity in that area is also significant.

61: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

I was saved, Woman.
Mr. Shige has died…

62: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

Before entering the gourmet world, everything seems interesting, doesn’t it?
I thought the Spirit Bomb was a bit much, but…

63: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

In the Human World arc, the abilities of the Four Heavenly Kings were impressive, and in the Gourmet World arc, the strength of the Eight Kings was astonishing, which was quite enjoyable.

65: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

I’m losing the excitement for ingredients and cooking.
It was just a matter of continuously messing around with a frustrating gimmick based on my own theory.

66: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:15

You were probably planning to explore seven civilizations across eight continents one by one, but if that had happened, I wonder how long it would have taken until the series ended.

71: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:18

>>66Even with One Piece, it’s finally the eighth in the New World in the current Elbaf, but it’s too difficult for Toriko’s popularity.
If we hypothetically did it, wouldn’t it be around 60 volumes?

88: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:23

>>71The length of each episode is completely different, right?

67: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:16

The next one after the thread image.

68: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:17

I didn’t understand anything after the monkey in the thread image.

69: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:17Yeahx1

Since it’s drawn by Shimabu, it feels like there’s still the power to make you want to read it.
I think it’s an amazing manga overall.
I really love the training chapter for the gourmet world, especially around the Sun Sang Grammy.
The mountain has been shattered, but it’s not just about fighting; capturing expands the conversation and leads to other good things.
It looks delicious.

70: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:17

Being lifted by the blue grill is ultimately just a 1-milliliter episode of Judas.
It’s debatable whether the unique dystopian setting of switching souls into bodies contributed to its appeal.

72: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:18

I really love talking about the thread images.

73: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:18

I couldn’t compete with the monkeys, but I managed to achieve my goals through ingenuity.
In shonen manga, being a continuous loser is not an esteemed quality…

74: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:19Yeahx2

I can’t believe it ends without knowing the true abilities of Chef Kuromado at all.

75: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:19

Cooking starts to get strange after tens of thousands of years.

76: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:19

Although it’s unavoidable, the fact that Toriko struggled while Komatsu continued to shine made Toriko seem even more pathetic.

77: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:19

Wasn’t Kuromado the head chef and Dress the executive chef?

79: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:21

>>77That’s right, but either way…

78: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:20

By the way, was there any explanation about that Komatsu food spirit? The devil of gourmet cells? that came out when we handled the air?

80: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:21

But my favorite part is when I, Komatsu, showcase my cooking skills in the underground world and surprise everyone.

81: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:21Yeahx1

In the second half, it becomes just a power-up item like food ingredients.

83: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:22Yeahx1

>>81Eating to power up is good, but it doesn’t look delicious.

82: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:22

The people Neo was with mostly left the scene without any highlights or didn’t show up at all.

84: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:22

If you read the Blue Grill arc weekly, you’ll go insane.

85: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:22Yeahx1

I think Blue Grill believes that just the betrayal episode alone would be enough to make a profit.

86: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:23

“Donsuraim is originally a work by ○○-kun! It’s a frame.”

87: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:23

I think the unappetizing appearance had quite an impact.

89: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:23Yeahx2

The Bambina fight was the most exciting part of the Gourmet World arc.
It doesn’t feel like a battle, but it feels like I’m tackling it with the determination to die.

96: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:27

>>89It’s true that I can’t compete with Bambina, but it’s nice to be a step ahead of Kaka.

90: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:24Yeahx1

“Is it on the back channel?”

91: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:24

I still think it’s divine how the absurd conspiracy of embedding gourmet cells into the Earth while cooking has been revealed, making the absurd worldview understandable.

92: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:25

Air is fun, and pairing up is somewhat interesting, but beyond that, hmm…

93: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:25

The area around the blue grill seemed to have some serious issues, as it feels like quite a bit of the episode was cut.

94: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:25

The blue grill seemed to be ending just when I thought the cooking competition had started, and suddenly another dish was completed—what’s going on?

95: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:26

In the gourmet world, it feels less like something looks delicious or that kind of sensation.

97: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:27

Delouse’s interdimensional laser
Aren’t fangs supposed to be a weapon…?

98: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:27Yeahx1

I definitely wanted to see the two-person journey with Sunny and the live bearer.

99: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:27

The cooking competition part was boring…

100: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:28

The live bearers were popular, so they didn’t let them die at the festival either…

106: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:30

>>100The gourmet casino is interesting…
The ending also feels quite nice.

101: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:28Yeahx1

I can’t say whether I don’t understand the explained content around the back channel, or if I just don’t feel motivated to understand it.

102: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:29

I was feeling uneasy about the power gap, wondering how we would handle things like Hercules being defeated in an instant around here.

103: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:29

The hidden channel can be thought of as the imaginary space in science fiction, but because the explanation is insufficient, it just becomes a convenient other dimension.

104: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:29

Isn’t it tough to be struggling so hard against some low-level monkeys?

105: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:29

What’s the back channel?

107: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:31

In the end, it’s like I don’t quite get things like Joa and that area, but it’s a bit of a mom-con! Well, there’s a part where I feel relieved about it, so I guess it’s fine.

108: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:32

Due to the crazy pollen completely exterminating living things,
It was interesting to have the setting where even now, seeing the flowers of Sandoriko makes you want to run away.
I have a feeling that I wanted to slowly learn about such history in the gourmet world.

109: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:34

Joah just left without any kind of closure… I remember it every time I visit the Toriko thread, what was that all about?

114: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:38Yeahx1

>>109A food spirit of an unknown old man who longs to go to the ends of the earth possessed the body of Flozé, who underwent a posthumous gender change, leading Acacia to mistakenly believe that I was Flozé’s son.
An indescribable existence, so to speak…

116: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:40

>>114Well… I forgive it because I like the scene where Mikata talks about the full course of memories while getting beaten up.

120: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:41

>>109It feels like it was supposed to be revealed step by step.
In the beginning, Joa didn’t understand herself.

110: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:35

Can I talk about Samba de Amigo?

111: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:35

Since the end of the monkey arc, the appearances of the Four Kings have decreased.

112: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:36

It’s not that it’s uninteresting, but rather that it becomes hard to understand from the other side.

113: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:37Yeahx1

But I think the scene where Donsura is scared is one of the peak scenes in the work.

115: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:40

But I really like the scene where everyone says “Itadakimasu” and eats together.

119: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:41

>>115Even the White Demon is raking in goodwill around here, and you can definitely feel the veteran’s skill.

117: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:40

There are good stories like when Neo wakes up or about 1 millimeter, but…

118: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:40

I really wanted to battle it out with Hachio seriously…

121: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:41

I understand that it’s an entity that has entered Floze’s body, but I feel like it raises the question of who it is.

122: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:43

Final stage’s Toriko Star Jun Mitsukawa’s
It was good because the battle between Frose’s trio of sons and Acacia was well portrayed.
The full course collection of the Hachioji巡り has been sacrificed…

123: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:44

I really love the part where Next Wolf-chan is rampaging.

124: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:45

The biggest dissatisfaction with the gourmet world was that the part where I wanted to see the gradual acclimatization to the unknown world with Toriko Komatsu was entirely skipped.

125: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:46

I really thought it was a waste to roll it up halfway through the blue grill.

130: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:48

>>125I thought there would finally be a scene showcasing Nonoko’s abilities, but it was cut so easily…

131: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:51Yeahx1

>>125But if I had taken my time to do the Blue Grill over there, it definitely would have been cut off and left unfinished.
The decision-making of Shimaboo with the accelerator fully open is indeed that of a professional.

126: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:47

After the Monkey King arc, it’s really a mess, but the ending is so beautifully done that I’ll forgive it… that’s how I feel about the work.

127: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:47

When it comes to fantasy food, there’s definitely a challenge in expressing it like a god.
I didn’t think they would cut it down to that extent, though.

128: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:47

I like Jiro’s strength about fourth in the story.

129: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:48

Summoner Trico is a little more angry than Acacia’s feelings.

132: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:52

Don’t talk while reading the thread.
At least write from the point where the monkey arc is finished and you’re in the middle of challenging the next Eight Kings.
If you can write the same thing in the parts that were reinforced due to the cancellation crisis, then I will praise you.

133: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:54

Bambina is a fun character, but the next one is just a set piece, and it’s very disappointing that it’s in a crisis.

134: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:55

With a single fang, I became the king of this world (shooting beams).

135: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:56

Bambina is human-sized, so it’s really impactful and easy to understand.
When it flew from Hercules’s head, I was like, “Wow, that’s amazing!”
The subsequent kaiju war is on a massive scale!!

136: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:57

Eat air, climb the 0G Mountain without breathing, and obtain a pair.
Eat the pair to recognize the spiritual world and obtain the Another that exists in the spiritual world.
Eat another and recognize unknown flavors, knowing the taste of flavorless news.
Eating news, gaining the power to open warp gates, and crossing the time-warped cave at the entrance of Earth.
Eat the earth to obtain explosive calories, cross the wisdom fever bridge, and acquire Atom.
You will be able to recognize gourmet substances by eating Atom.
It felt like there was an order to it.

137: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:58

I’d like you not to read this reply since it’s spoiler-free.
It’s honestly pretty ridiculous to see unknown kings form a group to challenge us only to keep dying one after another.

138: Japan Otaku Reviews25/05/21(水)22:59

The gourmet section is not interesting if you read it bit by bit.
Reading several episodes all at once is incredibly interesting.

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