The premise of this show is that there is this little kid, grandson of a rice farmer, who has never had bread. His older sister insists that they start having bread at breakfast, but the Grandfather refuses. The kid agrees, liking rice very much.
So, the sister takes her brother to a bakery, and he eats a loaf of bread, and loves it. She then realizes that she's late for school, so she leaves him there all day. The baker explains his life goal-France, England, Germany and so many other nations have their own distinct bread, but Japan doesn't. He wants to create a japanese bread, or JaPan. The kid loves this idea, and in the end, makes a loaf especially for his grandfather, who loves it. He bakes a lot from then until the story picks up again, when he's leaving home right after middle school to try and get a job at PanTasia, Japan's most prestigous bread company. 35 students in total want to join, but only 5 of them make it. In the mean time, we find out that he is utterly ignorant to cuisine of the world. The next challenge, which I haven't seen, is that he must make a croissant. Of course, he's wondering who Kurowa-san is.
The thing about this series, is it takes itself seriously over seriously. He makes incredible bread because he has "solar hands," hands so warm that they cause the yeast to rise in a special way. This is animated into the show, with glowing fists. The bread that the kid makes causes people to stillframe in wonderment. It's somewhat tough for me to convey the absurd wonder of this series. This is actually some sort of a way for me to understand it. Regardless, I HIGHLY reccomend it.
This post has been edited by Creaux: 29 October 2004 - 01:17 AM