Yakitate Japan Ep 43

The semi-finals against the French team is approaching the time limit and Azuma is still nowhere in sight. Kawachi and Suwabara are getting panicky and worried over whether they would win this round in the absence of Azuma.

Kaiser's bread made from blueberries overwhelms Pierro who is full of praise. He ignores Kawachi's creation and rejects Suwabara's entry since a driver would not want to eat a bread with alcohol before a race. In addition, the shape of the bread in the form of a turtle is not a good sign when it comes to races where speed is of the essence.

Just then, Azuma finally arrives at the contest venue and shows his creation which is a black bread in the shape of a spiral. However, Pierro refuses to accept this as a valid entry since Azuma did not make the bread here and nobody can even prove whether this was done during the contest time or if this was even made by Azuma himself.

Just then, the King comes and asks Pierro to judge Azuma's entry because he was the one who caused Azuma to be late. As such, Pierro tries it and decides that Azuma's bread is superior to the Kaiser brothers'. Even the eldest brother, Grant admits that they have lost and leaves the contest venue dejectedly.

Kawachi seems to be in a sorry state. Not only was his creation being ignored and forgotten by everyone, he got his head shaved by Pierro when he got carried away after tasting the bread. He seems to be the clown and keeps getting ridiculed throughout the whole series. As for Suwabara, I was pretty concerned last week when Grant Kaiser said that his bread has a weak point and I thought it has to do with the red wine he used. True enough, it is the case but I never thought of the turtle as a bad omen for racers. ^__^

As for Azuma, he's always the hero who saves the day. That's really expected and we'll see how he works his magic in the next episode which is 2 weeks later. Well, that's the finals against the Americans and I know for sure he's going to win. The thing is whether the anime is going to continue after the Monaco Cup arc.