Yakumo-san Wants to Feed You is a gourmet manga serialized in Young Gangan about a beautiful, busty, widowed woman who serves dinner to high school baseball players. Although it is a gourmet manga, it is also a heartwarming comedy manga with dynamic and attractive characters. This time, I would like to introduce an excerpt from one of the most heartwarming episodes.
Episode 1: The two meet, and the high school baseball player inhales the shared meal
Yakumo Shuuko, a 28-year-old widow, has lost interest in cooking, which was her hobby, since her husband passed away. At that time, she met Yamato Shohei, a high school baseball player who had moved into the room next door. Yakumo-san went to share some rice balls on a whim and saw Yamato soak up the rice balls he gave her in just a few seconds.
From then on, she started making dinner every night.
When Yakumo-san found out that Yamato had soaked up the rice balls and that he was living off convenience store bento, she became worried and started making dinner for him every day.
The joy of cooking
Yakumo was comforted by Yamato's eating habits, but his appetite was so great that he ended up not having enough food. And when she saw Yamato get sleepy as soon as he ate, she realized that the food she made was shaping Yamato's body, and she began to feel the joy of cooking for someone else.
Episode 2: Yakumo doesn't like cockroaches
Around 10pm, Yakumo was so scared of the black-spotted creature that appeared in the kitchen that she asked Yamato for help in a completely indecent state. Cockroaches are the worst kind of creatures, so she hates the word cockroach, but since her sister is always out to get rid of them, she easily defeats them with just a newspaper.
Yakumo notices her outfit
Yakumo smiles with relief, but at the same time she blushes as she realizes she is in an embarrassing outfit with just a camisole. Yamato doesn't know where to look. Anyway, they manage to defeat G and the matter is resolved, but Yamato is still hungry despite having dinner, so they end up treating him to a midnight snack.
Episode 3: Yamato Sakura, the reliable younger sister, arrives
One day, an elementary school student appears in front of Yakumo. The girl, who looks somewhat like someone, is Yamato Sakura, Shohei Yamato's younger sister. Yamato, who is completely uninterested in anything other than what he is interested in, has not been able to contact him for a week, so he came to check on him. He has heard about Yakumo, and they decide to make dinner together while waiting for their brother to return home.
Dinner together
Sakura, who originally seemed to admire adult women, quickly becomes friendly with the tolerant Yakumo. After that, she has dinner with Yamato, who has just returned home. The reason why the older brother hadn't been in touch was because his battery had run out and he had left it as it was because it was too much of a bother. However, it seems that the younger sister had also come here without telling their parents. Both siblings seem to be the type of people who don't say important things.
Episode 4: Yakumo keeps an observation diary
Yakumo, who has been making dinner for Yamato for a while now, has become able to read his thoughts from his facial expressions to some extent. The methodical Yakumo writes down the daily menu in a notebook and keeps an observation diary of what Yamato is thinking from his facial expressions.
An expression never seen before
One day, Yamato started eating five-grain rice, and his expressions started to change. However, Yamato is a quiet person, like her ex-husband, so I don't know the details. I decided to write him a letter and he replied that white rice is better. I feel like we're a married couple now.
Episode 5: Yamato's Manly Meal
Yamato has to prepare dinner for the night because Yakumo has to go back to her parents' house. He thought he would make a quick rice porridge out of instant noodles, a common menu item for people living alone, but perhaps influenced by his life with Yakumo, he decides to try cooking for himself.
Meat! Vegetables! It's like a meal
However, Yamato can't make a decent meal, and the only thing he could think of was the cabbage and pork hotpot he made during the training camp. All he had to do was alternate layers of pork and cabbage and boil them with water and salt. And a lot of rice. He struggles to make a manly meal that emphasizes volume, with a single side dish and a lot of rice, which many people who live alone do.
Try it! And then...
Yamato finishes all the food he made and is full, but he still seems a little unsatisfied. He thinks of dinner with Yakumo. After all, he prefers eating with Yakumo to eating alone, and even though he's just finished eating, Yamato is thinking about tomorrow's dinner.
Episode ⑥ The Sealed Hot Plate
Since I started making dinner for Yamato, I've ended up with too many "things" for cooking! So Yakumo decided to get rid of the things she doesn't use and doesn't think she can use anymore. With that in mind, she brought out a hot plate she used 15 years ago. Yakumo decided to make a lot of yakisoba noodles to celebrate the retirement ceremony of the hot plate.
Making Yakisoba Together
The hot plate was 15 years old, so it took a while to heat up, but it still seemed usable. The first batch of yakisoba was easily soaked up, so we decided to make the second batch together. The best thing about a hot plate is that two people can cook together.
The hot plate is in Yamato's hands
After making the yakisoba, the hot plate was supposed to be the last thing Yakumo-san used, but it was filled with memories and it seemed a little sad to let go of the hot plate that she cherished. Perhaps sensing her feelings, Yamato asked to keep the hot plate. He thought it would be a shame to throw it away.
Summary of heartwarming scenes from the work
Yakumo-san Wants to Feed You. We have introduced some heartwarming scenes and episodes that appear in this work, but there are many other heartwarming episodes that are not limited to these. It's a gourmet manga, but more than that, it's also a work that will make you feel heartfelt, so I hope you'll give it a try!
