 If you liked
Mister Ajikko
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Ippon Bouchou Mantarou
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If you are interested in the history of the gourmet genre, Mister Ajikko is based on the first fully realized gourmet manga. It establishes the tropes of cooking battles and exaggerated reactions to eating delicious food. Ippon Bouchou Mantarou is adapted from the second generation of gourmet manga when more subdued reactions became the norm, but it continues the themes of competition and battling to perfect one's cooking.