Chapter Summaries

Seiya and Minezaki left Wenren Restaurant temporarily and traveled to Hokkaido to seek rare Dream Ingredients. The chapter leaves them struggling through a long mountain journey toward Totsuki’s ingredient supplier.

• Seiya and Minezaki announced that Wenren Restaurant would temporarily close while they went to obtain rare ingredients, and Seiya reassured the disappointed customers that they would return.
• Minezaki explained that she had joined Seiya to help negotiate and protect the restaurant from challengers while he was away.
• Seiya and Minezaki flew to Hokkaido, took a taxi into the mountains, and continued on foot with their luggage.
• Seiya told Minezaki they had covered only one-third of the route, and she gave up walking as he blamed her for bringing too much luggage.

Seiya and Minezaki crossed the mountain to reach the rare ingredient supplier Senzoemon Nakiri had recommended, after Seiya discovered and discarded most of Minezaki’s bizarre honeymoon supplies. They arrived near evening at a rough forest camp filled with hunters, merchants, and unusual ingredients.

• Minezaki struggled to keep up with Seiya while hauling her large suitcase along rugged mountain paths.
• Seiya opened Minezaki’s suitcase and found revealing lingerie, fetish gear, costumes, and illustrated romance guides she had packed for their trip.
• Seiya discarded most of Minezaki’s excess belongings, put his suitcase inside hers, and pulled her along as she sat on it.
• Seiya and Minezaki reached the supplier’s camp near evening and found a bustling settlement of hunters, merchants, and wealthy visitors.
• Minezaki gaped at the camp’s stalls, which displayed strange animals and plants with unusual traits and flavors.

Minezaki and Seiya explored a wilderness camp where a vendor tried to exploit them after Minezaki touched his Gourmet Rabbit meat. The vendor demanded four million yen or a night with Minezaki, and Seiya stopped his reaching hand, leaving a confrontation looming.

• Minezaki asked a vendor about Gourmet Rabbit meat, and he quoted her an exorbitant price after realizing she and Seiya were newcomers.
• Seiya noticed the other vendors' reactions and tried to pull Minezaki away, but the vendor blocked them and claimed she had to buy the meat she touched.
• Minezaki offered to buy 100 grams to calm the vendor, but he demanded four million yen for the whole piece or a night with her.
• The vendor reached for Minezaki, and Seiya seized his wrist as the man threatened him with a cleaver.
• Minezaki begged Seiya not to fight and offered to pay, while the surrounding vendors treated the extortion as normal camp business.

Seiya defended Minezaki from a threatening hunter at the Gourmet Jungle camp, then reassured her after the Gourmet Society warned him to avoid causing deaths. They left the roadside stalls and headed for the Gourmet Merchants Guild to buy ingredients.

• A beer-bellied hunter threatened Minezaki and attacked Seiya with a machete, but Minezaki tried to shield Seiya with her body.
• Seiya blocked the blade, broke the hunter’s wrist, and knocked him unconscious with a spinning kick.
• Minezaki worried that Seiya would get in trouble, and armed Gourmet Society members confirmed he had acted in self-defense while warning him to follow the camp’s rules.
• Seiya and Minezaki abandoned their plans to buy from roadside vendors and decided to visit the Gourmet Merchants Guild for clearly priced ingredients.

Seiya and Minezaki toured the Gourmet Merchants Guild and learned how rare ingredients were graded by Capture Level and priced according to their difficulty to obtain. Minezaki was left weighing their limited funds against the temptation of Mammoth Bear Meat.

• Seiya and Minezaki found Gourmet Rabbit meat at the guild for 5,000 yen per 100 grams, far less than the price a vendor had tried to charge them.
• A saleswoman explained that delivery cost 100 million yen for ingredients under 100 kilograms, shocking Minezaki.
• Seiya asked about Capture Levels, and the saleswoman explained that they measured an ingredient’s rarity and the difficulty of obtaining it.
• The saleswoman introduced Mammoth Bear Meat, a Capture Level 20 delicacy priced at 200,000 yen per 100 grams.
• Minezaki calculated that their roughly 10 million yen would buy only about ten jin of the meat, which might not satisfy her appetite.

After buying Mammoth Bear Meat and supplies, Seiya explained to Minezaki that he planned to become a Gourmet Hunter so he could obtain rare ingredients. While they ate the meat at camp, Seiya defeated several Gourmet Hunters who tried to attack them, leaving Minezaki impressed by his strength.

• Seiya and Minezaki bought two jin of Mammoth Bear Meat, a map of the Gourmet World, and a Rare Ingredient Compendium from the Gourmet Merchants Guild.
• Minezaki questioned Seiya about buying the map, and he explained that he wanted to hunt rare ingredients rather than spend years working to afford them.
• Seiya grilled the Mammoth Bear Meat at camp, attracting the attention of nearby Gourmet Hunters.
• Several hotheaded Gourmet Hunters tried to take the meat, but Seiya quickly defeated them.
• Minezaki ate the grilled meat and asked how Seiya had become so skilled at fighting.

Seiya discovered that Mammoth Bear Meat temporarily boosted the strength of ordinary people after Minezaki smashed a stone following several skewers. Minezaki ate most of the remaining meat, but her strength faded, and she hurt her fist trying to punch through a small tree.

• Minezaki asked Seiya about his martial arts and smashed a loose stone with one punch after eating Mammoth Bear Meat skewers.
• Seiya tested his own body and realized the meat had slightly increased his physical strength.
• Minezaki said she felt hot and full of energy, and Seiya concluded the meat had caused her sudden strength.
• Minezaki ate nearly all the remaining Mammoth Bear Meat and tried to snap a small tree, but only bruised her fist.
• Seiya explained that the meat’s strength boost was limited and fading, then offered Minezaki another stone to test; she told him to fuck off.

After two days at the camp, Seiya’s cooking helped Minezaki grow strong by eating rare ingredients, and the pair prepared to enter the Gourmet World. Despite Seiya’s warning, Minezaki insisted on accompanying him, and they reached a cave that served as an entrance.

• Seiya and Minezaki gathered information about how rare ingredients and skilled cooking could strengthen the body.
• Seiya cooked rare ingredients for the camp’s Gourmet Hunters, earning portions of their food while Minezaki gained strength, speed, and perception.
• The campers warmly saw Seiya and Minezaki off after the pair became known for Seiya’s cooking.
• Seiya warned Minezaki about the dangers of the Gourmet World and suggested she return to the city, but she insisted on going with him.
• Seiya and Minezaki followed their map to a forest cave that led from the Human World into the Gourmet World.

Seiya and Minezaki crossed into the Gourmet World, where Minezaki encountered its fantastical landscape and a charging Red Fur Pig. Seiya killed the creature with one punch and estimated that monsters below Capture Level 50 would pose little threat to him, leaving Minezaki stunned by his strength.

• Seiya and Minezaki passed through an invisible barrier in the cave and entered a rainforest filled with enormous, unfamiliar plants.
• Minezaki excitedly explored the strange surroundings, but her shouting attracted a Red Fur Pig that charged at them.
• Minezaki identified the Red Fur Pig and offered to bait it while Seiya attacked its vulnerable side.
• Seiya stepped in front of Minezaki and knocked the charging Red Fur Pig down with a single punch.
• Seiya estimated that creatures below Capture Level 50 would not pose much of a threat, and Minezaki wondered if he was human.

Minezaki learned that Seiya could easily handle rare ingredients below Capture Level 50 and relaxed about their expedition into the Gourmet World. After they left a Red Fur Pig behind and continued deeper, Seiya defeated a giant White Wyvern, leaving Minezaki hopeful that it would be valuable.

• Minezaki realized that Seiya was far stronger than she had expected and decided she could relax and act as his lucky mascot.
• Seiya and Minezaki took only the best cuts from a huge Red Fur Pig and continued into the Gourmet World, despite Minezaki regretting the money they left behind.
• Minezaki warned Seiya when a giant White Wyvern flew out of the forest toward him.
• Seiya shattered the wyvern's teeth with a punch, then struck its back with Flame Star: Fall and sent it crashing to the ground.
• Minezaki found Seiya unharmed beside the dead White Wyvern and smiled, expecting it to be worth a fortune.

After more than a week exploring the Gourmet World, Seiya and Minezaki hunted the island's apex creature, the White Wyvern, and enjoyed its exceptionally rare meat. With their packs full and their supplies chosen, they prepared to return to the Human World.

• Seiya and Minezaki crossed beyond their map's known regions and reached an island where the lakes and vegetation smelled of alcohol.
• Seiya killed the island's apex creature, the White Wyvern, and he and Minezaki cooked and ate its meat.
• Minezaki noted that the White Wyvern's meat was delicious and valuable, but they could not carry all the remaining meat without leaving behind other ingredients.
• Minezaki carried a ton of plant and mushroom ingredients while Seiya loaded dozens of tons of assorted meat onto his back.
• Seiya and Minezaki set out to return to the Human World after nearly two weeks away.

Minezaki and Seiya waited at the entrance between the Gourmet World and the Human World, where their piled meat blocked the way, when three hunters fled toward them with a Bat Snake in pursuit. Minezaki killed the Bat Snake with one strike, and the hunters nervously tried to excuse their insults as they faced her.

• Three Gourmet Hunters fled a Capture Level 3 Bat Snake after stealing one of its eggs, only to find the entrance blocked by a mountain of meat.
• The hunters realized the moving mountain of meat was Seiya carrying it, while Minezaki set down her backpack and rushed to meet the Bat Snake.
• Minezaki stabbed the Bat Snake in the eye and split its body in half with a downward slash.
• Minezaki challenged the hunters for cursing them, and their leader slapped his companion and claimed he had meant to scold him instead.
• Minezaki laughed at the hunters' fawning behavior, while they remained unsure whether she was truly pleased.

Seiya and Minezaki gave Yusaburo’s trio the Bat Snake they had killed and asked them to help transport their gathered ingredients. Yusaburo summoned his family’s convoy and ordered it to carry Seiya’s ingredients, even sacrificing the rare ingredients his family had bought.

• Minezaki gave Yusaburo’s trio the Bat Snake corpse, and Yusaburo offered to help Seiya and Minezaki in return.
• Seiya explained that he and Minezaki needed help carrying their ingredients back to the Human World, and Yusaburo’s trio agreed.
• Yusaburo called in his family’s convoy to transport the ingredients.
• Yusaburo ordered the convoy to serve Seiya and Minezaki, telling the butler to remove and discard the purchased ingredients despite his objections.
• The butler watched as the convoy’s Unicorn Bear and Hunger Bird meat was unloaded to make room for Seiya’s ingredients.

Seiya and Minezaki arranged for Yusaburo’s family to transport their rare ingredients to camp, where the old butler identified several valuable species among them. The discovery transformed the Koma Family’s view of the hunters and left Minezaki regretting that she had overlooked the Mammoth Dragon tusks.

• Seiya introduced himself and Minezaki, asked Yusaburo to transport their ingredients to camp, and offered to compensate his family for its losses.
• Yusaburo introduced himself as Koshima Yusaburo and asked his old butler to help identify the unfamiliar ingredients.
• The old butler recognized the meat of a Mammoth Dragon and revealed that each of its tusks could sell for one hundred million yen.
• Minezaki regretted dismissing the Mammoth Dragon tusks as inedible after learning their value.
• The old butler identified Tiger-striped Walrus and Strange Bird Gororude meat and concluded that Seiya and Minezaki were exceptionally valuable allies for the Koma Family.

Seiya and Minezaki arrived at the camp with the Koma Family and a haul of rare ingredients, drawing the Gourmet Merchants Guild president’s attention. Seiya began having the ingredients appraised and said he would sell some at a fair price while taking the rest home.

• The old butler arranged for the Gourmet Merchants Guild to receive Seiya and Minezaki, while Yusaburo’s trio chased him off with insults.
• The Koma Family convoy arrived at the camp, and onlookers speculated about its precious cargo until crates of ingredients were unloaded.
• Camp Gourmet Hunters recognized Seiya and Minezaki and wondered how they had joined the Koma Family convoy.
• Seiya told the Guild president, Tsukimi Mitsuru, to appraise the ingredients on-site because he wanted to avoid delays.
• Tsukimi Mitsuru opened the crates and began appraising the ingredients with the guild’s experts.

Tsukimi Mitsuru and the Gourmet Merchants Guild appraisers examined the rare ingredients Seiya's group had brought back and discovered several extraordinary specimens, including Alligator Shark fins and God of Wine Dragon meat. Tsukimi offered Seiya one million yen per hundred grams for the meat, leaving Seiya and Minezaki stunned by its enormous value.

• Tsukimi Mitsuru confirmed that the camp's haul included rare ingredients such as Mammoth Dragon, Tiger-striped Walrus, Strange Bird Gororude, and Alligator Shark.
• A guild appraiser found the Alligator Shark's enormous fins, and Tsukimi recognized them as exceptionally valuable delicacies.
• Another appraiser asked Tsukimi to identify a fragrant chunk of white meat, and Seiya said it came from a White Wyvern on an alcohol-rich island.
• Tsukimi identified the meat as coming from the legendary God of Wine Dragon and explained its rarity and Capture Level of 37.
• Tsukimi offered Seiya one million yen per hundred grams for the God of Wine Dragon meat, and Seiya and Minezaki were astonished by its potential value.

Seiya sold most of his rare Gourmet World ingredients for over five billion yen and gained Silver membership in the Gourmet Society. He and Minezaki left the camp celebrated by other Gourmet Hunters, while Minezaki made sure no women’s notes reached Seiya.

• Tsukimi Mitsuru and the Koma Family’s old butler bid against each other for Seiya’s God of Wine Dragon meat, and Tsukimi offered him honored membership in the Gourmet Society.
• Seiya kept about ten percent of the ingredients and sold the rest, with the Gourmet Merchants Guild buying seventy percent and the Koma Family buying twenty percent.
• Seiya gave the Koma Family ten kilograms of God of Wine Dragon meat to make up for their earlier transport losses, and the old butler gave him his master’s business card.
• Seiya and his group’s assets rose to over five billion yen, and Minezaki regretted that they had eaten some of the valuable meat before learning its worth.
• Seiya became a Silver member of the Gourmet Society and received free ingredient transport, a dedicated customer service representative, and attention from hunters hoping to join his next trip.
• As Seiya and Minezaki left the camp, hunters sought his contact information and several women slipped him notes, which Minezaki destroyed.

Soma Yukihira prepared for his Shokugeki against Ikumi Mito, but doubted his Chaliapin Steak Don would be enough to defeat her. He called his childhood friend Seiya for advice and invited him to Totsuki, leaving the Polar Star Dormitory residents curious about the chef Soma trusted so deeply.

• Soma Yukihira recalled how Erina Nakiri had sent Ikumi Mito to challenge the Donburi Research Society and how their Shokugeki wager put his enrollment at stake.
• Soma Yukihira worried that his Chaliapin Steak Don could not overcome Ikumi Mito's meat-cooking expertise and access to high-quality beef.
• Soma Yukihira called Seiya and asked him to taste the donburi and offer suggestions before the Shokugeki.
• Soma Yukihira told Seiya that he was curious about Totsuki's Elite Ten Council and mentioned that a higher-ranked council member lived at Polar Star Dormitory.
• Ryoko Sakaki asked whether Soma Yukihira had been speaking to his father, and Soma explained that Seiya was his childhood friend, an incredible chef, and now effectively a Totsuki student.

At Polar Star Dormitory, Soma Yukihira confirmed that his childhood friend Wenren Seiya was Totsuki’s rumored special student and described Seiya as far stronger than himself. Seiya then told Minezaki he planned to visit Totsuki for its upcoming residential training and assessments.

• Soma Yukihira explained that Wenren Seiya had become a Totsuki special student after earning the Headmaster’s approval without taking the entrance exam.
• Marui Zenji connected Soma’s story to rumors about an unseen special student whose cooking had impressed the Totsuki Headmaster and the God's Tongue.
• Soma told Satoshi Isshiki and the other Polar Star Dormitory members that Seiya had made an egg-centered Chinese dish and an artistic sashimi dish.
• Soma said Seiya’s cooking, heat control, and knife skills surpassed his own by a wide margin, and he could see no chance of defeating Seiya at his current level.
• Seiya told Minezaki that he planned to visit Totsuki for residential training and other required assessments, while Minezaki regretted that she could not go with him.

Seiya reached Polar Star Dormitory and accepted Grandma Wenxu’s cooking test when it was too late to find another place to stay. His Stewed Potatoes and Meat impressed Grandma Wenxu and Yuki Yoshino, who learned he had used rare ingredients.

• Seiya walked across Totsuki Academy and arrived at Polar Star Dormitory in the evening.
• Grandma Wenxu mistook Seiya for a student seeking to move in and required him to cook a dish as an entrance test.
• Seiya accepted the test and prepared Stewed Potatoes and Meat with rare ingredients.
• Yuki Yoshino returned, tasted Seiya’s dish, and praised it before learning about its ingredients.
• Grandma Wenxu recognized that Seiya’s beef was unusual, and Yuki Yoshino asked who he was.