Yakitate!! Japan is one of those series I read faithfully and recommend, but it doesn't really lend itself to commentary because it's pretty much just a series of sight gags. Still, this volume forcefully reminded me of how much of a pain it must be to translate all the culinary technobabble, AND adapt all the puns, instead of just sticking them in a footnote somewhere. So here's to you, Noritaka Minami and Jake Forbes... despite the latter being curiously absent from v.17's credits.
