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Poor Azuma!Hattori Surpise!! Transformation with the Secret Sauce!

At the TV Station, the showdown between Mokoyama Tsuyoshi and Azuma Kazuma commences. When the two are introduced, Mokoyama is all flashy and stuff and his St. Pierre employees are cheer him on. Mokoyama is determined to defeat his Ken-chan’s apprentice. The host introduces the three judges, bigwigs from the baking world, and she names the rules. Each of the contestants start with ten points each. Deductions are made from there on. The one who gets the most points wins.

Mokoyama’s kouign amann.
Mokoyama starts first and he takes the lid off his platter, revealing three pieces of round, glittery bread. One judge says it looks like a kouign amann. In the stands, Kawachi and Tsukino lecture about kouign amann (it’s made of sugar and butter, it came from France, yada-yada…). The judges take a bite and they’re taken away by the bread’s rich, sweet taste. One judge notes that it’s not regular kouign amann. Mokoyama mentions that his bread has a secret, that being unsweetened custard pudding is used as filling alongside the supersweet bread. He calls his creation kouign pudding amann. The judges are impressed and each award him a perfect score of ten, thus earning a total of thirty points. Kawachi and Tsukino are worried and Mokoyama gloats at Azuma, telling him to go home. Kawachi thinks of the fatal flaw the manager said earlier.

It’s Azuma’s turn and he reveals three pieces of bread, each having a different shape but all have the same fried texture. The judges wonder if they all taste the same and Azuma just prods them to eat his bread in order to find out.
Azuma’s Japan #57.As soon as the judges bite into Azuma’s bread, they are electrified. The judges feel as if they’re transported into a stage and they become kabuki actors and they declare "kabukiage da" or "it is kabukiage" (kabukiage is a rice cracker). Mokoyama is surprised by the judges’ reactions. Azuma calls his entry Kabukiage bread, Japan #57. He also tells of how he made it using leftover bread, dipped in a special sauce, and then fried. The judges are amazed that such leftover bread could taste so good. Even the audience clamor for a taste. However, before the judges give their scores, Mokoyama steps up, emphasizing the fact that Azuma used old bread, saying that it’s rude to Pantasia’s customers. The manager explains that this image is the flaw in Azuma’s bread. Azuma insists that Pantasia’s bread tastes good, no matter how old it is, and that it’s such a waste to throw good bread away since everybody worked so hard for it. Kawachi confronts the manager, asking him why he didn’t stop Azuma since he knew of this flaw, but the manager points out that since Azuma didn’t want to waste anybody’s bread, the manager didn’t have the heart to refuse him. Of the three pieces of bread Azuma presented, one is Kawachi’s flavor, another is Tsukino’s flavor, and the last one is the manager’s flavor. Everything seems hopeless but suddenly, somebody from the audience speaks out loud.

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A Date with a Prince?! Megu is a Princess?!

Miki and Megu are hanging out at Megu’s house. Genzo arrives, wearing a yukata, saying it’s his 16th birthday. He asks Megu to throw a party for him. He even brought a cake with 16 candles. He hands Megu and Miki presents, asking the two to give him the gifts later. Miki and Megu play along with Genzo’s crazy antics. Genzo opens the gifts, finds toy cars inside, and plays with them. Then, Genzo becomes serious and says that since he’s an adult now, he asks Megu to marry him. Megu’s dad pops out from the trapdoor at the floor and yells and Genzo but Yoriko-san (the maid) drags him back.

Miki pops Genzo’s bubble by saying men can’t get married at 16, they have to wait until they’re 18. Genzo tries to hide his surprise but fails. Miki then mentions that Megu’s birthday is coming the day after tomorrow and, unlike Genzo, she’s at the right age to be married, according to law. Genzo throws a tantrum, saying he’ll break the law or something. Megu’s dad pops out again, saying that they’ll throw a party, but to Genzo’s chagrin, he says they’ll invite boys 18 and over only.

Who wouldn’t wipe their hands
after kissing that?It’s the night of Megu’s party and the men start coming. Megu panics about what to do. She thinks her old tricks won’t work since her guests are all adults. Megu feigns a broken leg so that nobody would ask her to dance but Yoriko-san catches on to her, saying bandages won’t look good with a dress.

Megu has a humongous cake in the ballroom. She arrives, spots Miki, but as she runs towards her best friend, her male guests stop her, asking her out and stuff. A blond man rescues her from her overly adoring fans and the two start speaking in French. He reaches out to Megu’s hand and Megu thought he was going to shake it but he leans down to kiss it instead. He ends up kissing Genzo’s hand (he’s still wearing a yukata by the way). The blond man wipes his mouth with a hanky. Genzo washes his hand with wine and wipes it with a towel. Genzo challenges him to fight but he gets dragged out by one of the security guards.

And you call yourself a man?Megu retire to her room with Miki and Yoriko. Miki and Yoriko are gushing about the foreigner but Megu seems unmoved. Megu’s mom arrives, declaring that that man is Pierre-sama, Ororia’s crown prince (where’s that?). Miki and Yoriko resolve to marry Megu to Pierre-sama but Megu tells them to cut her some slack. Megu’s mom says it’s not possible since the prince already asked Megu out on a date. Outside, Genzo wants to go in but the guard won’t let him, saying Megu has a date tomorrow. Genzo looks devastated.

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