Oishinbo Vol. 104 — Manga Raw / Buy Official

The focus this time is a clash of values between Shiro and Yuzan over the most familiar of ingredients. In something cheap that everyone eats, Shiro finds a maker's careful work and the memory of a place. Yuzan at first dismisses it as trivial, but the moment he tastes the bowl of rice and cup of soup Shiro prepares, his expression changes—victory goes not to the grade of the ingredient but to "a heart that thinks of the one who eats," a reversal true to the series. Amid the commotion, the gaze Kurita turns toward Shiro softens, and the volume closes leaving readers sure the two have genuinely grown closer.