Oishinbo Vol. 103 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

At the center is an argument over what counts as the "real thing" of a certain ingredient. Between the version sold as a matter of course at market and the top-grade item a producer can make only in tiny amounts, Shiro confirms the gap with his own tongue and legs, traveling to the source to expose its true worth. Yuzan, as ever, cuts down the imitation with uncompromising words, yet this time, faced with the plate his son's obsession led to, he lets slip a rare, brief praise. After an uproar that drags in Kurita and Deputy Chief Tomii, readers are quietly confronted with what is lost behind cheapness. A faint sense of father and son drawing a little closer lingers.