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Cyclone1993
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 Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:14 pm
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| ZepysGirl wrote: |
| Quote: | | North American manga publisher Viz Media will release Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's Shokugeki no Sōma food manga under the name Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma. |
| Quote: | | The company said that it decided not to add the manga to the digital magazine because the series is "a little racy." |
Okay, great. I was totally excited because more foodie manga is always awesome, but now I'm not. If it's "too racy" for SJ, it's probably got more fanservice than I'm willing to put up with. And since it's not gonna run in the magazine, I can't get a no-strings-attached taste to see if I'll like it anyways. Maybe I'll just skip this one, then. >_> |
The fan service isn't as bad as it sounds. It's mostly limited to various characters of both genders having foodgasms because everything tastes so good. But they are only really prevalent in the first few chapters and then it settles down for the most part.
The series is basically a sports/battle manga, with cooking as the focus. It reminds me of Bakuman on a few levels.
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Stark700
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 3:42 pm
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Been reading this and is pretty decent imo. Hope it also gets an anime adaptation someday.
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kyokun703
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:05 pm
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| ZepysGirl wrote: |
| Quote: | | North American manga publisher Viz Media will release Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki's Shokugeki no Sōma food manga under the name Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma. |
| Quote: | | The company said that it decided not to add the manga to the digital magazine because the series is "a little racy." |
Okay, great. I was totally excited because more foodie manga is always awesome, but now I'm not. If it's "too racy" for SJ, it's probably got more fanservice than I'm willing to put up with. And since it's not gonna run in the magazine, I can't get a no-strings-attached taste to see if I'll like it anyways. Maybe I'll just skip this one, then. >_> |
This was pretty much my reaction. Since I'm at work, a friend looked up some images from scans just to see what the levels were and was fairly appalled (and she is way more tolerant of this than I am). Boobs *everywhere* (nippleless, but still boobs), tentacle rape (in the 1st chapter), bukkake honey, a girl in a sexual position begging for more, O-faces everywhere... yeah. I'm really bummed about this because there's nothing that I love more than food manga, but I'm probably going to have to pass.
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Somewhere
Joined: 27 Sep 2013
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 5:47 pm
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You could just skim through the first chapters (or skip past entirely and read summaries somewhere) then if that's what bothers you.
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Levitz9
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:43 pm
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I'm already a fan of this wacky cooking manga, and, lets face it: short of Project H licensing Harem Time or Menkui, we won't see Tosh's/Shun Saeki's artwork in the U.S. any other way (hint hint, DMP).
I'm sold! I can't wait to see a decent translation on this series. I'm a sucker for good food. I hope I don't miss the boat on this series...
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Cyclone1993
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:44 pm
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To be honest though, google searching for images is going to give you the most fan servicey scenes from the series, and complete ignore the actual cooking part, since that's what a lot of people focus on.
I like the trippy scenes where people like the food so much they think they are dancing with a man made out of roast duck, and the like. That's where it gets fun!
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Levitz9
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 8:28 pm
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| Cyclone1993 wrote: | | To be honest though, google searching for images is going to give you the most fan servicey scenes from the series, and complete ignore the actual cooking part, since that's what a lot of people focus on.
I like the trippy scenes where people like the food so much they think they are dancing with a man made out of roast duck, and the like. That's where it gets fun! |
How about that one dish where everyone regressed to their childhood, except for the landlady, who turned into a monkey? Or that one time in the first chapter where the landlady's grunts were "foodgasming"?
I've never been able to keep a straight face at the food reactions. It's just so much fun.
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Cyclone1993
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:09 pm
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| Levitz9 wrote: |
| Cyclone1993 wrote: | | To be honest though, google searching for images is going to give you the most fan servicey scenes from the series, and complete ignore the actual cooking part, since that's what a lot of people focus on.
I like the trippy scenes where people like the food so much they think they are dancing with a man made out of roast duck, and the like. That's where it gets fun! |
How about that one dish where everyone regressed to their childhood, except for the landlady, who turned into a monkey? Or that one time in the first chapter where the landlady's grunts were "foodgasming"?
I've never been able to keep a straight face at the food reactions. It's just so much fun. |
You can't forget when Tadokoro thought she was being kissed by a princely apple! It's over the top nature is what makes it so appealing. It's basically a sports manga at the core, just not about something that is typically considered a sport.
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enurtsol
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 9:32 pm
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Well, the 'too racy' label certainly applies to the first few chapters. The early gimmick to catch readers was food gasms. As in, in the first chapter, the first foodgasm we see is a high school girl getting tentacle raped  |
Hahahahaha........ talking about racy foodgasms tentacle porn, ya guys should watch Chef Bourdain's Parts Unknown: Tokyo that aired last night and re-airs on CNN.
Let's just say it's not just about Japanese food pr0n - IIRC there's maid cafe, BL manga, young men host bar for women, shibari (bondage), etc. Heck, they sat down with Urotsukidoji's Toshio Maeda, the god of tentacle porn! 
(That's him below on the right, showing off his tentacle manga out in the open restaurant - his English is pretty good.)
- So in many ways, this show is about fantasy -- as much as anything else.
I hope this news will temper, slightly, the reaction of the more easily offended who watch this episode, as it contains images and subject matter of a decidedly "mature" and even offensive nature.
This is a "difficult" show. And I hope it doesn't frighten anyone away from one of the most fascinating and deeply enjoyable places to visit, experience and learn a little about on earth.
It's easily one of the most brilliantly shot and edited episodes we've ever done. Tasked with evoking the work of Japanese auteur Shin'ya Tsukamoto, ("Tokyo Fist" and "Tetsuo, Iron Man"), The ZPZ crew came up with something truly mind-boggling.
If you ever saw the uncut version, your heads would explode.
Check out this clip (BTW the show itself has this "Parental Advisory. This Program is for Mature Adults. NOT for kiddies!"):
Ya can also read his wife's funny blog about the trip: 
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Next mission is buying toys. We head to Nakano Broadway. It's a shopping mall filled with stores mostly dedicated to anime and manga characters. In Japan there's a name for people obsessed with such things: Otaku. It definitely applies to me, but even husband is tempted by the figurines of his childhood heroes and buys an array of large, ugly monsters whose names he’s frighteningly familiar with.
I'm particularly tempted by the Hentai section, because yes, I'm a big pervert and no one does perversion better than the Japanese. But I'm with my daughter, and “What’s that octopus doing with his tentacle, Mommy?” is not a question I want to find myself dealing with. The “Why are all the schoolgirls showing their undies in the ads?” question is something I’ve already had to dodge.
The Japanese male’s seeming obsessions with frottage, underage girls, and tentacle porn aside, I'm loving everything about Japan: It's clean, safe, and extremely efficient, but with a quirky, kinky, and sometimes depraved current running just beneath the surface. I love the food. I love the vending machines selling all the kinds of hot and cold mysterious drinks. I love the toilets, with their soft, warm seats and their oscillating water streams that leave your butt fresh and clean after every use.
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configspace
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Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 10:28 pm
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| Viz podcast wrote: | | "It has amazing art. No BS there. This is artist is really really really good. He's got an interesting past. You can look him up yourself" |
Looks up Shun Saeki. Ha, no wonder. But I really wish Viz would stop shying away from any discussion like an embarrassed parent talking about the birds and the bees.
| Quote: | | The company said that it decided not to add the manga to the digital magazine because the series is "a little racy." The company plans to release the first volume in print in August 2014, but will release the volume digitally in spring 2014. |
I wonder why the distinction? If they're still releasing it digitally, but not WSJ, what's the difference? Platforms? iOS/Android app--same as WSJ app? Kindle or web-reader (i.e. M-titles)?
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Levitz9
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Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 10:24 am
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| configspace wrote: |
| Viz podcast wrote: | | "It has amazing art. No BS there. This is artist is really really really good. He's got an interesting past. You can look him up yourself" |
Looks up Shun Saeki. Ha, no wonder. But I really wish Viz would stop shying away from any discussion like an embarrassed parent talking about the birds and the bees.
| Quote: | | The company said that it decided not to add the manga to the digital magazine because the series is "a little racy." The company plans to release the first volume in print in August 2014, but will release the volume digitally in spring 2014. |
I wonder why the distinction? If they're still releasing it digitally, but not WSJ, what's the difference? Platforms? iOS/Android app--same as WSJ app? Kindle or web-reader (i.e. M-titles)? |
Weekly Shonen Jump is a mass-market dealio. They don't want to scare off their lowest-common-denominator audience. It's simple demographics, really.
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