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Najika
Kazami attends the Seika Academy in Tokyo. Her two friends Daichi and
Sora, brothers, support her in all she does because they realize what a
great cook she is. Daichi is upset because he thinks Najika gave away
the watch he left for her hanging on her doorknob. Najika never even
knew that he left a watch for her because Akane stole it because she
likes Daichi. Then Akane calls Sora, who is away, and tells him that
Najika needs a watch, so he sends one. Daichi seeing Najika with a watch
on from Sora vows to never eat at Najika's diner again, which really
hurts her feelings. When Sora returns, he explains what has happened and
Daichi returns to the diner. Soon afterward, Najika's finally discovers
the identity of her Flan Prince, whom she has dreamed about for six
years. Sora, who loves Najika's cooking, convinces her to enter the
National Western Confectionary Competition. She is unsure about entering
the contest, but finally decides to do it even though she doesn't know
what she is going to make for her first dish. Daichi confronts Sora
about making Najika enter a completion that she might not be ready for
and also says something about Sora that will shock all of the readers.
Kitchen
Princess: Volume 4 is a manga
book drawn by Natsumi Ando and written by Miyuki Kobayashi. This book
was translated by Satsuki Yamashito, adapted by Nunzio DeFilippis &
Christina Weir, and Lettered by North Market Street Graphics. This book
contains the following Recipes (chapters):
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Recipe 16: Najika and the Omrice
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Recipe 17: Najika and the Apple Cake
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Recipe 18: Najika and the Cocoa Scone
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Recipe 19: Najika and the Fruit Agar
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Kitchen Princess Special
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Kitchen Palace
There is
also some special extras in the following sections: A) Honorifics
Explained, B) Recipes, C) About the Creator, D) Translation Notes, and
E) a
Preview of Volume 5, although the preview is in Japanese. The book reads
from right to left and back to front, just like a book from Japan. This
manga book is intended for readers ages 13 and up.
Kitchen
Princess: Volume 4 continues the
storyline set up in Kitchen
Princess: Volume 3. I enjoyed the story, but not quite as much
as prior books because now the whole book was about the characters
liking each other, misunderstandings, and feeling getting hurts. What I
liked about the previous books is that they were more about Najika's
struggle to fit in at the academy and her beating everyone with her
wonderful cooking talent. The artwork is once again wonderful, and it
was great to find out which brother was Najika's Flan Prince, the boy
who helped her out by giving her some flan when she was depressed six
years ago after losing both of her parents. The story was highly
enjoyable, except for all of the misunderstanding heartbreak emotions,
and I still count Kitchen Princess as one of my favorite manga series to
read. Overall, Kitchen
Princess: Volume 4 is a great
book that finally answers the big question that we have had for so long.
Now that the mystery of the Flan Prince is over, will he live up to
Najika's expectations? I will only find this out when I read
Kitchen
Princess: Volume 5.
I rated
this book an 8 out of 10. |
