J'aime Les Sushis, Tome 1 (2010) - Plot & Excerpts
I've been trying out manga here and there and this one looked interesting enough.Hanayu Ashitaba is the daughter of parents who cook pastries and own a shop that sells them. But ever since one fateful trip to get sushi all Hanayu has wanted to do is be a sushi chef! So at her school (mainly for cooking, in their section at least) she hatches a plan to marry Hayato Hyuga...because he is the son of sushi chefs. What's more all he wants to be is a pastry chef! That is the basic story line and it starts off from there...there are of course some other side stories and competitions that stress out one or the other. Several dramatic endings and worries. This was a pretty good manga, but there were times when I couldn't remember the names that easily or didn't understand a panel. Or one thing or another. I knew the cooking terms and dishes would go over my head but a few other things did as well. Apart from that the story could have been more interesting and it didn't hold my attention very much. I liked well enough and there were certainly some funny parts but this manga series isn't going to be a favorite series of mine. I'll probably get the next one to see how it is, hopefully things will look up and get a little better (or easier for me to understand :P) as this series and story has a good idea going. Hanayu was born to the daughter of a pastry chef, but all she really wants is to be a sushi chef. Her parents would never understand, so she makes it her life's ambition to marry the son of a sushi chef. Enter Hayato Hyuga, the son of a sushi chef who seems to be interested in her. So there's the manufactured drama. The first volume is divided more or less evenly between the romantic conflict and covering the culinary school they both attend. The culinary parts are by far the most interesting. I think I would like this book far more if it abandoned the romance plot and made it purely a cooking school story. Because I'll be honest, the students training to slice cucumbers is way more interesting than Hanayu and Hayato's underwhelming romance story. And honestly, I didn't like Hanayu much in this book at all. The art does vary a bit. Komura is very, very good at drawing delicious food, but I really dislike her character work. This was actually the third time I'd picked up this manga to read. The first two times, I so disliked the way that she drew Hanayu and Hayato on the cover that I couldn't even attempt to read it. Maybe the romance subplot will improve in later volumes, but I just don't care now.
What do You think about J'aime Les Sushis, Tome 1 (2010)?
i thought the book is quite interesting but the plot was kind of weird and the love story is ok
—vampflower89
I like the romance and the food. It makes my heart throb and my mouth water!
—Jimmy
This one's cute, and I really like the culinary school aspects...
—asam
