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Type
Manga
Volumes
5
Chapters
36
Status
Completed
Published
1995-09-27 to 1996-10-19
Genres
Comedy
Shounen
Gourmet
Serializations
Shounen Magazine (Weekly)
Authors
Etsushi Ogawa (Story & Art)
Chuuka Ichiban!
The story takes place in 19th century China during the Qing Dynasty, where the Emperor was weakened and the country was close to chaos. It is also during a fictitious era called "The Era of the Cooking Wars." It was an era in which top chefs with different cooking styles tried their best to improve their skills and to become the best chef in China. It is a country where insulting a high-grade chef or fooling around with cooking could land a person in a jail, and impersonating a top-chef is as good as usurpation of authority. Chefs compete with each other in order to gain respect and even power, but also with the risks of losing everything. After the death of Mao's mother, Pai, who was called the 'Fairy of Cuisine,' Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before he takes his mother's place as Master Chef, he continues to travel China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking. (Source: MU) Included one-shot: Volume 4: King of Tower
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Characters
Liu Mao Xing
Main
Lanfei Hong
Main
Mei Li Zhou
Main
Xi Er
Main
Zhi Lao
Main
Li Wen
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Shan
Supporting
Yu Zhou
Supporting
Pai
Supporting