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Najika
Kazami's attends the Seika Academy in Tokyo. Her two friends Daichi and
Sora, who are brothers, support her in all she does because they realize what a
great cook she is.
During the National Western
Confectionary Competition, Sora volunteers to get an item for Najika's
recipe and while running back to the contest gets hit by a car. When
Nijika learns of this she quickly ends up at his side. On his deathbed,
Sora tells Najika that he is not her Flan Prince, and dies. Najika goes
into a blue funk and loses her ability to taste anything. She goes back
and finishes the competition, but does not win. Returning to school, the
director kicks her out because she didn't win and blames her for his son
dying. Other classmates also blame her. So, not being wanted, she packs
up and leaves the school. Daichi goes to his father and convinces him to
let Najika stay. He promises to take over the duties that Sora had and
prepare himself for running the school someday if Najika is allowed to
stay. His father agrees to the terms. Daichi goes looking for Nijika in
her hometown and finds her after she had fallen into a ditch. He takes
her to the house she lived in when her parents were alive and she meets
the woman and her daughter that live there now. The woman reminds her of
her mother and Najika ends up making them some bread and gets her taste
back. With her scholarship gone, when Najika returns to the campus with
Daichi, she ends up living above the Fujita Diner. She is happy there.
Daichi's father tells Daichi that the new spokesman for the school will
be arriving soon. He is said to have great potential.
Kitchen
Princess: Volume 6 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 24: Najika and the Bruschetta
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Recipe 25: Najika and the Flan Cake
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Recipe 26: Najika and the Curry Roll
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Recipe 27: Najika and the Yogurt Bread
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Recipe 27: Najika and the Baked Sweet
Potato Mash
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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) Recipes, D) About the Creator, E) Translation Notes, and a
F) Preview of Volume 7, 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 6 is a very sad
book. I'm sorry if I ruin this for some readers, but since Sora dies at
the beginning of the book, there is no way I can avoid talking about it
because the entire story revolves around it. My daughter, who is 13
years old, started reading this book and put it down right after Sora
passed away. She hasn't picked it up since. The funny thing, I never
knew if I could trust Sora throughout the series. At first I liked his a
lot, then found I couldn't trust him anymore. I ended up liking Daichi a
lot more, so I am not too bummed about this turn of events. I am sure
things are going to change dramatically for Najika, but that is life.
Bad things happen all the time. For instance, my wife is having a major
operation as I write this. I am in the Family Waiting Room anxious to
know how the operation went. I am very worried and life is about to
change for us because she won't be able to walk for a month or so.
Anyway, back to the book . . . the translation and adaption into English
from Japanese isn't great. In fact, sometimes the dialog is quite
awkward. Even with this, I really enjoyed Kitchen
Princess: Volume 6, although it deals with a very sad subject:
grief. Najika has a hard time with what has happened to Sora, but
finally comes to accept it. Things for her will be quite different at
the school from now on. Overall, Kitchen
Princess: Volume 6 is a great
story that deals with a very heartbreaking subject. I am looking forward
to seeing what those changes will be in Kitchen
Princess: Volume 7.
I rated
this book an 8 out of 10. |
