Yakitate!! Japan

Description

From Viz:
The stakes are high and the competition is fierce, but Kazuma won't let anything prevent him from achieving his nation-changing, freshly baked goal. Relocating to Tokyo, Kazuma seeks to further his studies at Pantasia, a famous bakery chain. But will he rise to the challenge and pass the entrance examination, or will his best intentions fall flat?

Note: Won the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shounen category.

Type

Manga

Associated Names

Fresh Made Japan

Fresh-baked! Japan

The King of Bread

Vua Bánh Mì

¡¡Amasando!! Ja-pan

แชมเปี้ยนขนมปัง สูตรดังเขย่าโลก

日式面包王

烘焙王

焼きたて!!ジャぱん

焼きたてジャぱん

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

26 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1

User Reviews

Yakitate!! Japan by Cypher-Khan

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2 topics, 2 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.6 / 10.0 (595 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.54 / 10.0

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10%

Last Updated

May 7th, 2025 12:05am PDT - 5 months ago

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Genre

Action Comedy Drama Shounen Supernatural
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Original Publisher

Shogakukan

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Sunday (Shogakukan)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Viz (26 Volumes - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #795

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Monthly Pos #1646

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3 Month Pos #2845

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6 Month Pos #3816

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Year Pos #5392

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List Stats

On 1273 reading lists

On 596 wish lists

On 950 completed lists

On 172 unfinished lists

On 270 custom lists

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current arc

14 years ago

last volumes

16 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Hilariously absurd

by Cryvern
5 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

It got too off the rails towards the end but overall it is a really funny manga

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Falling down

by Akatsubaki
11 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

I couldn't have agreed more that after Pierrot arcs, this manga is losing its touched. The story was really going down hill after pierrot. The mangaka just threw anything to prolong this manga, repeating old tricks and focusing more and more into 'reaction' after eating the bread. Before Pierrot, I could give this manga 8. Because it's funny and refreshing. After Pierrot, giving 4 should be enough. Characters development turned to the worst (especially Kawachi), and it's not funny anymore.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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Yakitate

by Loki666
11 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

Ok bread, something different. Although this manga has been around for a while now, the biggest issue is how for some weird reason the manga just went crazy. The plot was downright rubbish as the manga proceeded and has lost its touch compared to the beginning (You have to read it to understand). Overall it is an average read and a very disappointing manga overall by such a good mangaka. No hate intended.

... Last updated 9 years ago

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Need-to-say

by heckofacookiemonster
12 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

I really respect everyone that gave high rating for this manga, but this manga does have moments that disappoint you. There were two time zones in this manga, B.P. (before Pierrot) and A.P. (after Pierrot). Everything is really fresh and kicking well B.P. I really like how Azuma and Keisuke gets together to fight yada, yada.. However, A.P., it gets draggy because the "story scheme" does not change (kind of like Detective Conan, sorry folks). And I call it a scheme rather than a plot because this story lacks a climax, very repetitive. Character development is the worst. Azuma's talent does not grow. Not to mention Kawachi, who is kind of spineless most of the time. Kanmuri is also dependent on Azuma. SuwabaraXMonica are very fine lovebirds though hehe.. Giving this a 6 is more than enough.

Spoiler alert!
Did anyone notice that up to the Nori-guy competition, the contestant who serves their bread last usually wins?
And I am sorry, I actually root for Yukino to win on the tart competition because I need Azuma to have some challenge and disappointment. That is how a story gets real!

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WHAT HAPPENED???

by NightAir
12 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

It really deteriorated. It was a good manga to read because, hey, a manga about making bread is something new--but after a while everything gets rehashed. Still same battles, still things, and after a while, you get kind of tired of it.

I'm also upset at how super-powered genius Azuma was, right off the bat? Just. What. There was literally no real challenge or room for him to grow. Especially later on: All the answers, let's depend on Azuma! Argh. No secondary character shining.

All the character growth was for another one, but he was treated like dirt and used as comedy fodder.

Also, people turning permanently into their reactions is ridiculous. I don't know what happened, and I kept on hoping Kawachi would be given a better role, but he got placed as the mudmonkey who doesn't know anything, and suddenly he's lumped with all the judges for a reaction? The ending was ridiculous, I don't even know what was with the bread-people, some random quick plot for the global warming, I just-????

But yeah, like everyone's saying stop after you've finished Pierrot arc at 120-ish chapters.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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MondSemmel sums it up well.

by 2dere
13 years ago

Rating: N/A

Read till then end of the Perriot arc. Then stop.
Thats still quite a hard thing to say because, maybe besides Hajime no Ippo and G.T.O. have I laughed so hard throughout a manga. My dad knew when I was reading it because he could hear me laughing in another room. So I have good memories of this manga but yeah, story does decline and its nice to only see something at its best.
I do recommend it to anyone, they can decide if the humor is for them. But I also recommend a stopping point too.

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Declined towards the end.

by MondSemmel
14 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I really enjoyed this manga, about up to the amazing Pierrot arc. But afterwards, the reactions became really quite too insane even for me (i.e. people turning permanently into animals after eating bread) and the jokes either became worse or just repeated too often. Also, the reaction-based puns sadly often don't translate well from Japanese to English.
For the amazing first ~120 chapters (until the end of the Pierrot arc) I give a 9, the rest doesn't really deserve more than a 7. So this manga gets an 8 from me. But really, just read everything until the Pierrot arc and then stop. Or read until then and then continue, aware of the fact that the story gets worse from that point on.
(Also, the ultimate ending is horrible. How could a mangaka that did so much research on breadmaking end up with such a misguided treatment of global warming? I waited forever for the scanlations of the last volume, but after reading it, I'm not surprised it took forever to find someone willing to translate it...)

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Couldn't read past vol 1

by blackmokona
15 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

Yakitate!! Japan is too straight forward of a shounen. Take away the bread-making, and you would recognize the recipe anywhere. You have a hero. He has a dream, he has a talent, he has a backstory (reminiscent of HxH), and he has a butt-monkey sidekick. You have a bishoujo, you have a stern senpai, you have a mad-scientist-like mentor, you have a special plot device, and you have a shounen manga. Too perfect, too out-of-the-book, too boring.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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meh

by xxLOVE
15 years ago

Rating: 6.0 / 10.0

Wow...What happened?
This manga was so amazing, it should've been ended much earlier than 26 volumes. It starting getting ridiculous especially in the last few volumes.

BREAD EYES? R U SRS?

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lost sense

by ShadowSakura
15 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

i loved the first 7 volumes. But somehow it turned into something completly ridicoulus. Is the mangaka on drugs or something? Where is the spirit, where is the goal? No wonder the groups stopped scanlating it

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