Crunchyroll streamed the first episode, titled “Warm, Juicy,” to the cooking-themed anime series Gourmet Girl Graffiti. The beginning of the episode makes eating feel very orgasmic and I have no idea if that is a good thing or a bad thing. I can only guess that the food must be that good for someone to get that “feeling” by taking one single bite.
If you need convincing that anime is for everybody, watch the first few minutes of this episode and find out for yourself.
I feel bad for Machiko, the protagonist of the series, who spent all that time and effort into cooking a meal that smells good, but ultimately ends up tasting bad. If you have a passion for making food and/or mixing drinks, this episode should resonate with you.
It’s not the end of the world if you think your talent for cooking is gone, but I think Machiko is blowing things out of proportion. I hope Machiko realizes that you do not marry a person for wealth or a particular skill like cooking.
You don’t marry someone solely for the way that person cooks and there are many wives in the world that do not cook. There are many wives in today’s world whose cooking is complete s—t.
That is the least of Machiko’s worries as her second cousin Kirin will live in the apartment on Saturdays.
Kirin got into an interesting argument with her parents and said this peculiar line of “living with someone in Tokyo who makes good food.” That is going to be a tall order for Machiko, who is struggling with the loss of her “mojo.”
It becomes apparent that Machiko never lost her talent, which makes me reminisce on the anime series Ben-To! There was an episode that involved Yo working with the school’s Kendo team in the bento wars, which made things easier.
There was the psychosomatic effect of the bento not tasting “good” because Yo had obtained the meal easily.
In layman speak, Machiko’s talent comes out when she is cooking for other people. Food comes out terrible for Machiko if she chooses to cook for herself. There is always a difference in the quality of food when you are cooking for yourself and when you are cooking for other people.
There is the saying that food always tastes better when you have people to share it with and Machiko’s homemade kitsune udon is no exception.
Episode one of Gourmet Girl Graffiti was happy and uplifting. I can watch an episode of the show and relax after watching some intense anime series.
If Machiko was a character in Ben-To!, I wouldn’t be surprised if everybody ended up beating the bloody s—t out of each other to grab one of her special bento meals. This show makes me think of the anime series Bartender, but with food dishes instead of mixed drinks.
Paid subscribers can watch the first episode to Gourmet Girl Graffiti right now and free members can watch it one week after.
