Yakitate!! Japan ep. 10
Each One’s Opening Curtain!! The Pantasia Newcomers Battle Begins!
Minus five points for
being five minutes late!More preparation for the Newcomers’ Battle. Kawachi challenges Azuma. Azuma gets upset because he thought Kawachi hates him. The manager talks to Azuma and tells him that Kawachi just sees him as a rival so Azuma should do his best to win, too, as a man. Azuma runs off to Gifu to his Grandpa Umasaborou and asks him to make something (out of petalite) that would enable Azuma to make his Japan #44, his best bread yet. Kuroyan grades the entry submissions for the bread that won’t grow mold and both Kawachi and Azuma pass. Suwabara is eager to battle the two to avenge his loss in the Employee Selection Exam. Before the day of the Newcomers’ Battle, everybody at the Southern Pantasia Branch worries because Azuma hasn’t come home yet. Tsukino phones Azuma’s home and Azuma’s sister answers. Azuma’s sister goes to Gifu on her motorcycle to fetch Azuma. Before they leave Gifu, they try to rouse Grandpa Umasaborou from sleep to say good-bye but they couldn’t wake him up. Grandpa Umasaborou’s soul is floating, watching them, and he thanks Azuma for baking him bread. During the day of the battle, Azuma arrives five minutes late (because of heavy traffic) to Kuroyan’s chagrin. Azuma greets him occhan (an old man) which pisses Kuroyan even more who then deducts five points from him already.