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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Here it is, another one I meant to purchase for a while, but only got around to recently. It was well worth the wait!<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Tabemonopool – international edition <\/i>is, as the title might suggest, a two-language (JP \/ english) edition of a 2015 artbook by Konno Takashi, an active and prolific illustrator – mostly for games and book covers, but also roleplaying games. You can check out their PIXIV<\/a> or their Twitter<\/a> for more. They have a very distinct visual style, melding together the high detail of traditional Japanese RPGish illustration work, with a more chibi aesthetics, especially when it comes to characters.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Not my cup of tea usually but, as I mentioned before, I am a sucker for illustration books that also have a concept behind them, and this is the case with Tabemonopool<\/i>. The glossy, full-color, 72 pages publication (which, by the way, you can get through Tokyo Otaku Mode<\/a>\u00a0if you’re not fluent in moon runes) features, in an image + text spread format, the delicious coming together (oops!) of incredibly well-rendered Japanese and Chinese dishes, with cute chibi girls in sukumizu<\/a>. The two go together like fine cuisine, if we are to believe the author. Seems legit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>The range of dishes, divided between breakfast, lunch and dinner foodstuff, is astounding: we are treated to traditional Japanese cuisine (okonomiyaki, <\/i>salmon roe), street food (takoyaki<\/i>) and fusion dishes (I can confirm: I have never heard of neapolitan pasta), all conveniently labeled by typical price range, sourcing and eating style, along with a two-language, tongue-in-cheek description of why each dish is the best one can get, and why it’s also best enjoyed around cute girls in swimsuits.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>The visual style is excellent. Save for a couple chapter openers, the focus is entirely on each dish, shown in lavishing serving, sure to make your mouth water (I could surely go for an okonomiyaki – <\/i>in a certain place in Miyajima, I bet they still laugh at that one foreigner who ate four <\/i>of them in a single sitting…). Each plate then becomes the setting for one of Konno’s cute, whimsical chibi girls, who sure seem to enjoy their time steaming and frying along with delicious ingredients.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>Special note for the English: I am not sure who did the translation, but it’s actually fairly good; certainly an upgrade over the Engrish\u00a0d\u014djinshi usually subject me to…<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>So yeah, great purchase, definitely worth a look, especially if you’re into cutesy illustrations, and good food.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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