Chūka Ichiban!

中華一番! · ちゅうかいちばん

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Year1996 〜 2019

Volumes24

Latest volume 2019-10

Estimated circulation~1.7M est.

DemographicShōnen

StatusCompleted

Publisher[発売]講談社、講談社

Magazines週刊少年マガジン

est. Rough estimate based on volume count, reprints and magazine — not an official figure

Adaptations

Live-action drama中华小当家

TV anime中華一番!

Overview

The story takes place in 19th century China during the Qing Dynasty, where the Emperor was weakened and the country was close to chaos. It is also during a fictitious era called "The Era of the Cooking Wars". It was an era in which top chefs with different cooking styles tried their best to improve their skills and to become the best chef in China. It is a country where insulting a high-grade chef or fooling around with cooking could land a person in a jail, and impersonating a top-chef is as good as usurpation of authority. Chefs compete with each other in order to gain respect and even power, but also with the risks of losing everything. After the death of Mao's mother, Pai, who was called the 'Fairy of Cuisine', Mao becomes a Super Chef in order to take the title as Master Chef of his mother's restaurant. However, before he takes his mother's place as Master Chef, he continues to travel China in order to learn more of the many ways of cooking, in the hopes of becoming a legendary chef, just like his mother. During his journey, he meets great friends and fierce rivals who wish to challenge him in the field of cooking.

Source: AniList

Synopsis 日本語

中華一番！舞台は中国。時代は清朝末期の動乱の最中にある19世紀。四川省の少年、劉昴星（リュウ・マオシン）が特級厨師（中国料理界の最高位）になるために広東省の広州にある陽泉酒家へ修行に赴き、それから様々な料理人と出逢い、成長していく。真・中華一番！創設800年の歴史を持ち、中国料理界に暗躍する「裏料理界」と、千年前に隕鉄から作られたと伝わる「伝説の厨具」をめぐってマオと仲間たちが冒険を繰り広げるストーリー。中華一番！極裏料理界との壮絶な戦いを終えた後、マオら一行は、中華料理を極めるため、そして大陸に幸福をつなぐ”味の橋”を架けるため、再び旅に出る。物語は、マオが生家である四川省国営菜館「菊下楼」に久々に帰郷するところから始まる。この年は菊下楼の先々代総料理長にしてマオの父親、劉瑪琉（リュウ・マリウ）の十三回忌法要であったが、その法要で事件が起こる。禁忌の料理人とされるマリウと「伝説の厨具」を巡り、「太極料理界」との新たな戦いが始まる。

Source: Wikipedia「中華一番!」 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

小川悦司Author

Adventure Food & Gourmet Comedy Historical

External databases: MADB · AniList · Wikidata

How to compare editions, collected volumes and ISBNs / Sources, updates and corrections

Volumes

少年マガジンコミックス First edition 5vols · 1996-02〜1996-12

#	Release	ISBN	Buy	Pages
Vol. 1	1996-02	4063122387	Rakuten · Amazon PR	185
Vol. 2	1996-04	4063122603	Rakuten · Amazon PR	179
Vol. 3	1996-06	4063122832	Rakuten · Amazon PR	178
Vol. 4	1996-08	4063123081	Rakuten · Amazon PR	172
Vol. 5	1996-12	4063123596	Rakuten · Amazon PR	204

講談社漫画文庫 Bunko 5vols · 2003-03〜2010-03

#	Release	ISBN	Buy	Pages
Vol. 1	2003-03	4063604837	Rakuten · Amazon PR	283
Vol. 1	2010-02	9784063707304	Rakuten · Amazon PR	462
Vol. 2	2003-03	4063604845	Rakuten · Amazon PR	299
Vol. 2	2010-03	9784063707397	Rakuten · Amazon PR	411
Vol. 3	2003-04	4063604853	Rakuten · Amazon PR	273

KPC Budget reprint 6vols · 2004-04〜2009-05

#	Release	ISBN	Buy	Pages
Vol. 1	2004-04	4063532186	Rakuten · Amazon PR	205
Vol. 1	2004-05	4063532453	Rakuten · Amazon PR	238
Vol. 1	2004-06	4063532712	Rakuten · Amazon PR	223
Vol. 1	2004-07	4063532976	Rakuten · Amazon PR	193
Vol. 1	2009-04	9784063743937	Rakuten · Amazon PR	442
Vol. 1	2009-05	9784063744132	Rakuten · Amazon PR	431

講談社プラチナコミックス Budget reprint 8vols · 2013-11〜2019-10

#	Release	ISBN	Buy	Price	Pages
Vol. 1	2013-11	9784063779288	Rakuten · Amazon PR		442
Vol. 1	2013-12	9784063779318	Rakuten · Amazon PR		431
Vol. 1	2015-06	9784063856897	Rakuten · Amazon PR		442
Vol. 1	2015-07	9784063857047	Rakuten · Amazon PR		431
Vol. 1	2018-03	9784065114674	Rakuten · Amazon PR		442
Vol. 1	2018-04	9784065114988	Rakuten · Amazon PR		431
	2019-09	9784065172766	Rakuten · Amazon PR	600 JPY	442
	2019-10	9784065173640	Rakuten · Amazon PR	600 JPY	431