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A Chef of Nobunaga
Cover of the first manga volume
信長のシェフ
(Nobunaga no Shefu)
GenreHistorical
Manga
Written byMitsuru Nishimura
Illustrated byTakuro Kajikawa
Published byHoubunsha
MagazineWeekly Manga Times
DemographicSeinen
Original runMarch 2011 – present
Volumes13
Television drama
Directed byRyōsuke Kanesaki
Written byMasaki Fukasawa
Music byYoshihiro Ike
Original networkTV Asahi
Original run January 11, 2013 – September 4, 2014
Episodes17

A Chef of Nobunaga (Japanese: 信長のシェフ, Hepburn: Nobunaga no Shefu) is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuru Nishimura and illustrated by Takuro Kajikawa. It was noted to be adapted into a Japanese television drama series in January 2013.[1]

Plot

A young chef named Ken (ケン) is mysteriously transported to the Sengoku period and he also loses most of his memories. He is thrown in the midst of a battle between soldiers, and, as both sides think he is a spy, they hunt him down. During his escape, Ken meets Natsu (夏), a young blacksmith girl. Because of his cooking abilities, Ken is soon recruited as personal chef of Oda Nobunaga.

Characters

Heisei Era

  • Ken’ichirou “Ken” (Yūta Tamamori)
    • When transported into the Sengoku Era, Ken lost all memories pertaining to his time period. He only remembers how to cook and the history of ingredients and persons. He falls in love with Natsu as the story progresses. He is one of the three people from the Heisei Era to come to Sengoku Era.
    • He is a genius chef of Nobunaga, who can cook anything from Ming (Chinese) style to Portuguese style. He can cook anything the person asks and create new menus every time. He can make ingredients from scratch. Many ingredients he uses were not known during the time.
  • Youko (Kashii Yu)
    • She is the last and only person, other than Ken, to have escaped in chapter 1. She was once Ken’s lover during the Heisei Era.
    • She specializes in sweets.

Sengoku and Azuchi–Momoyama Eras

Manga

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 August 9, 2011[2]978-4-8322-3261-7
2 October 14, 2011[2]978-4-8322-3269-3
3 February 16, 2012[3]978-4-8322-3283-9
4 June 16, 2012[3]978-4-8322-3301-0
5 October 16, 2012[3]978-4-8322-3325-6
6 January 16, 2013[3]978-4-8322-3338-6
7 June 15, 2013[3]978-4-8322-3358-4
8 October 16, 2013[4]978-4-8322-3376-8
9 February 15, 2014[4]978-4-8322-3392-8
10 July 8, 2014[4]978-4-8322-3408-6
11 October 16, 2014[4]978-4-537-12937-3
12 February 16, 2015[4]978-4-8322-3439-0
13 July 16, 2015[4]978-4-8322-3458-1

Drama

The nine-episode first season of the drama was broadcast on TV Asahi between January 11, to March 15, 2013.[5][6] A second season, consisting of eight episodes, aired also on the same network from July 10, to September 4, 2014.[7][8]

Season 1

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Season 2

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Reception

Several volumes of A Chef of Nobunaga have been featured on Oricon's weekly chart of the best-selling manga; volumes 6, 8, 9 and 12 have reached the top 30,[9][10][11][12] while volume 10 reached the 15th spot.[13] The manga has been nominated for Angoulême International Comics Festival's Best Comic.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Nobunaga no Chef Manga Gets Live-Action Drama". Anime News Network. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2012-11-15.
  2. ^ a b 信長のシェフ漫画の殿堂 (in Japanese). Houbunsha. p. 3. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e 信長のシェフ漫画の殿堂 (in Japanese). Houbunsha. p. 2. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d e f 信長のシェフ漫画の殿堂 (in Japanese). Houbunsha. p. 1. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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  9. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 14-20". Anime News Network. January 23, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  10. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, October 14-20". Anime News Network. October 23, 2013. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  11. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 17-23". Anime News Network. February 27, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  12. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 16-22". Anime News Network. February 25, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  13. ^ "Japanese Comic Ranking, July 7-13". Anime News Network. July 16, 2014. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
  14. ^ "Akira's Katsuhiro Otomo Nominated Again for Angoulême's Top Prize". Anime News Network. January 12, 2015. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
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