Iron Wok Jan 17
Posted: February 20, 2009 Filed under: Iron Wok Jan 1 Comment »I’m just going to do a couple quick posts tonight. I’m up way too late and am way too sick for this.
Thankfully, I’m not too sick for Jan, and I thoroughly enjoyed this volume. I had put off reading what I have of this series because I started getting burned out on the tournament plots last volume, but this one somehow made it awesome again. Of course all the competitors that we thought would go ahead advanced to the next round, but Jan made a big spectacle of himself, and I enjoyed every minute of his groveling and bowing to Otani in order to get his dish tasted. It did seem odd that the judges rejected him without tasting the whole dish, though. To be fair, he is a jerk, and probably didn’t ask nicely.
Not as much was made of Kiriko and Celine’s dishes, which was also nice. I was expecting big, drawn-out chapters about the struggle to make their dishes, but they were just mentioned, along with anyone else who will be a prime contender in the competition. Surprisingly, Okonogi is also still around, which is nice. I like the inclusion of Okonogi as a sort of everyman, and I also like the friendship between he and Jan since it makes Jan seem like more of a real person.
I also really liked that Jan’s next round finished up at the end of the volume, too. There were some flashbacks to his grandpa’s training, which entertain me because they’re so over-the-top, and even Kiriko’s grandfather told a cautionary tale about a potential opponent in the competition. I’m looking forward to reading more now, which is no less than what this series deserves. It is pretty fun, if a bit repetitive, and I love its over-the-top nature.
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