Shoku King has a lot of problems. Despite being a manga started in 1999, it feels like it belongs to the end of the Showa era. It copies a lot of the beats of Oishinbo (1983-2014) without having an overarching story line I care about. In fact, I kind of want to give Kitakata-san a punch in the mouth for free.
A major theme in older food manga is "pure" or organic ingredients will always produce delicious food and a chef who doesn't use the purest, freshest, organic-est ingredients has lost the right to call himself a chef. This slavish devotion to ingredients ignores the whole
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Alternative TitlesJapanese: 食キング InformationType: Manga
Volumes: 27
Chapters: 254
Status: Finished
Published: 1999 to 2004
Demographic:
Seinen
Serialization:
None Authors:
Tsuchiyama, Shigeru (Story & Art) Statistics Ranked: #87172 2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #25318
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