The BEST episodes of Yakitate!! Japan season 2
Every episode of Yakitate!! Japan season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Yakitate!! Japan season 2!
Azuma Kazuma isn't terribly clever, but he's got a good heart and great skill - at baking. Since childhood, he's been on a quest to create the perfect bread to represent Japan internationally. Now, he seeks to enter the famous bakery Pantasia, in hopes of reaching his goal.
#1 - Lots of Nutrients!! The Sports Bread Showdown!
Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 8/23/2005
The judging is about to begin, and Azuma arrives just before the final 20 minutes of the match. Pierrot refuses to eat Azuma's ready baked bread, because of too many unknown factors, but the king of Monaco, who Azuma was riding with, allows him to participate. The winner between France and Japan is Japan.
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#2 - Pierrot Arrested! Bows Between Love and Bread!
Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 9/20/2005
Monica and Suwabara are having their battle, Monica had already finished her bread and not long after Suwabara finishes his, and when he does just as Pierrot was about to judge Monica's bread first, Monica told Pierrot to judge Suwabara's bread.
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#3 - Now Then, Swim!! The 'Fried Fish' of the South Island!
Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 7/26/2005
Surrounded by a sea of flames, Kawachi and Suwabara are saved by one of the Egyptian representatives. The Egyptians are really the Monaco secret police, they are currently tailing team France, which believed to be cheating. During that time, team Japan is reunited, however now that the forest had been burnt down by team France, there is no way to gather fruit to use in making the sweet bread. Azuma comes up with the idea of using potatoes, and the sap of a surviving palm tree. At the end of the week, team Japan presents Pierrot with their sweet bread Japan #9, and end up passing.
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#4 - Mysterious Brothers!! Kaizer's Natural Shape!
Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 8/16/2005
Team Japan begins to prepare for their match against Kayser. On the scheduled day of the match, Kayser reveals their true form, while the match has started, Azuma has yet to arrive. During this episode, Suwabara's Lupan #6 is revealed, as well as Gran's special blue dough, that will be made into the perfect bread for F1 racing, while Suwabara's bread has a fatal flaw.
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#5 - A Speed Contest!! Ping It with That!
Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/12/2005
The first part of the quarter-finals in Monaco, is to make a bread in less than 60 minutes, only then 8 teams will be left. The Japanese team nearly didn't pass because of one fatal mistake made by Azuma, using a microwave, it is revealed that Pierrot has an utter disdain for microwaves. It flashes back to Pierrot's plane trip to America, the former-ringmaster warns that Americans will sue over anything, in which he relays a story of an old woman microwaving her cat, which is the source of Pierrot's hatred. In order to save team Japan, Shachihoko explains to Pierrot that it was only an urban legend and it wasn't real. After hearing this, Pierrot passes team Japan.
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#6 - Pierrot Transcends Time!! Japan to the Top of the World!?
Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 11/1/2005
Azuma has finished his Japan #61 and serves it to Pierrot. After eating it, Pierrot is transported back 23 years in time, before he was born, and appears in the Monaco court. The King and Queen do not recognize him as their son, but he claims to be a clown the King hired for the Queen's amusement and eventually becomes her favorite and most trusted servant.
#7 - Confuse the Universe!! Man who Succeeded Gopan
Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 10/18/2005
It's almost time for the final match of the Monaco Cup. The theme is "shelter", a bread with the taste of the competitor's homeland. Kuroyanagi briefs Azuma, Kawachi and Suwabara on Shadow White, Azuma's opponent in the final round. It is revealed that Shadow had an innate ability to copy the winposes of many famous sports stars as a kid, but turned to watching and imitating the famous mime Marcel Marceau after being bullied because of his talent.
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#8 - Victory! Bring a Revolution to the Bread Industry!
Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 9/27/2005
With Suwabara having lost his match (and his heart) to U.S. competitor Monica, Kyousuke is urged by Kuroyanagi to start working on his bread. While in his room, Kyousuke sees Ken Matsushiro, Shigeru Kanmuri, Tsukino Azusagawa, and Kageto Kinoshita, whose name he promptly forgets.
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#9 - The King's Question!! Who is the First Person to Whom You Feed Your Bread?
Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 8/9/2005
After being rescued from the cave, Azuma and the gang, finally meet the king of Monaco, who is also the new chairman of the competition after the former one ran away after being suspected of fixing the competition. The next theme for the semi-finals is to make a sports bread. As well Japan's opponent is France. Later while Azuma and the others are gathering ingredients at the royal palace, Sophie tells of a tragic story regarding her brother, herself, and their father. During the flashback, Kirisaki asks the question "Who do you give fresh baked bread to?" At the palace, the king asks the exact same question, and Azuma answers the exact same way Kirisaki did. Near the end of the episode, it is learned that the king and Kirisaki knew each other when the king was a child. It also becomes clear as to why the Japanese team must be eliminated.
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#10 - Pierrot's Miscalculation!! How the Last Dinner Tastes
Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 8/2/2005
Trying to delay the Japanese team as much a possible, Pierrot develops a long term reaction over the course of the episode. Pierrot's reaction includes a complex code that only Azuma solves, revealing he is very strong when it comes to numbers. After much procrastination, Pierrot finally dives in, discovering that because of his reaction to Azuma's bread he had obtained gills and was able to swim the 2 to 3 kilometers.
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#11 - Survival! Bakers on an Uninhabited Island
Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/19/2005
For the second part of the quarter-finals, the final eight are bought to a deserted island. There each team must make a sweet bread with ingredients that can only be found on the island. The Japanese team is stuck in a position where the their base is washed away at high tide. While trying to swim to shore, Azuma gets lost in a whirlpool, and is later found by the Egyptian team. The chairman of the Monaco cup contacts the French team, and tell them to set the forest on fire after getting fruit from the forest. It is revealed in this episode that team France was indeed being told of everything beforehand and also the reason why they were at an advantage, it also was the reason the Japanese team is in the position they are in, thanks to St. Pierre's Kirisaki.
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#12 - The World is Watching!! Monaco Cup Main Lane Start!
Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 6/28/2005
The Monaco cup goes into the finals, in which only the best teams remain standing. The Japanese team learn that Shachihoko, who was introduced in episode 14 is on the American team. Back in Japan, St. Pierre's owner Kirisaki, learns that the Southern Tokyo store, no longer has any capital, having bet it all on the Japanese team. Kirisaki uses this opportunity to run the Southern Tokyo branch out of business, by reducing all prices by 70%. Kanmuri counter-acts this by using Kinoshita's cloning ability to create a live bread-making demonstration outside Pantasia.
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#13 - Lupin #3!! Kai`s Pan.De.Ebisu
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/14/2005
The second part of the preliminaries, in this part, a slot machine is used to get ingredients as indicated on the coins in the slot machine. But the more coins that are gained the more of a disadvantage is gained. Before the start of the match, Edward Kayser makes a bet with Suwabara, that the losing team must drop out of the Monaco cup. Despite the fact Suwabara gains too many coins, he ends up passing by making Lupan #3, also called Pain D'epice , a type of bread he developed shortly after losing to Azuma in the newcomers arc.
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#14 - The Critical Touch and Go Situation!! The Prohibited Rodin Strategy!
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/24/2005
Kawachi goes along with Kanmuri's plan, suggesting to make Rodin's famous "Thinker" for their bread that will be presented in the opening of the Monaco cup. After its completion, Kawachi as planned accidentally ruins it. With no other choice, team Japan makes a new life sized statue, with Kawachi inside. Kawachi is eventually found out, and team Japan starts at a disadvantage with 8 points, as well as considered the weakest team in the Monaco cup, as planned by Kanmuri.
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#15 - And Now, It's France! Aim for the Monaco Cup!
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/17/2005
With hope in their hearts, Kawachi, Azuma, Suwabara, and Kuroyanagi head to France. There, they not only meet their trainer and hostest for the next month, Sophie Balzac Kirisaki of the Gordon Blue Bakery, but they also find that the main competitors of Gordon Blue, the Mayson Kayser, have opened a new Main Branch right across the street from the Gordon Blue! In addition, the Mayson Kayser hosts the world's most elite of bakers! How can the Japanese Representitives survive the Monaco Cup with people like this in the running?!
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#16 - Close Attack!! The Birth of the Black Japan!
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/10/2005
Super-elite bakers from St. Pierre's Kyuushu Branch have cloned Southern Tokyo Pantasia's diet bread and given them a bad name! However, Azuma and crew have come up with a plan for a bread that's not only delicious, but is tremendously good for you as well! Will their plan to ""turn white into black"" succeed?
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#17 - The Ten Billion Yen Man?! Pantasia's Life or Death Crisis!
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/3/2005
Kanmuri is now an employee of the Southern Tokyo branch in place of Kawachi, who has moved onto the main store. Kanmuri reveals that Yukino is secretly selling stocks of Pantasia to St. Pierre. Kanmuri later exposes his risky plan to Matsushiro, Kawachi overhears, when he plans to visit everyone at the Southern Tokyo branch.
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#18 - Let's All Make Bread Together!! It's Japan #2!
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 4/26/2005
In the aftermath of the finals, the awards are handed out, and a surprising request is made by Kanmuri Shigeru. Facts about Meister Kirisaki come to light shortly after the crew returns to Southern Tokyo Pantasia. In addition, we -- the audience -- learn how to make the unique-as-ever rice cooker bread, Japan #2, in this episode.
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#19 - World-class Level!! The Roulette that Calls a Storm
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/31/2005
The first part of the preliminary round begins. In the first round, a roulette is used to select ingredients for the bread. The bread must be made with only the ingredients that were selected from the roulette. Team Japan is put in a hopeless position after all three members ended up getting only eggs. But Azuma pulls through by asking for a certain type of flour and makes Japan# 21.
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#20 - Snacks at 3 p.m.!! It`s Japan #21!
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/7/2005
Team Japan ends up passing the first round. Pierrot the judge of the Monaco cup then relays the story of how he became to be a clown. At the end of the story, Team Japan has fallen asleep, as it was 3 a.m.
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#21 - The Sound Speed Threat!! Gopan #97
Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 9/6/2005
The group is outside a restaurant celebrating their victory, with Kawachi having a new wig for his hair after being shaved off. Kawachi is overconfident in their ability as usual, while eating lobsters. The winner between China and America during the earlier battle turns out to be America, with all three of their breads winning, and to top that; Sachihoko's bread placed third in the semi finals.
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#22 - Nude Nude Nude!! Magnificent Bread Battle!
Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 9/13/2005
Despite its title, the two competitors in this episode are not actually nude, rather undressing into the bare minimum clothing appropriate for the younger age groups. The episode starts with Kawachi commenting on Suwabara being foolish in using his sword to carve a wooden log in the middle of the road.
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#23 - Great Dectective Piero!! Reaction that Gave Life!
Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 10/4/2005
The episode begins with the 2nd final of the Monaco Cup. While Sachihoko finishes his Egyptian bread, Alexandria, far ahead of Kyousuke, Kyousuke, unable to resist the urge to watch Pierrot's reaction, looks up to realise that time has stopped. He then meets fictional character Conan the Detective, who astounds Kyousuke with his perfect deceptions of the frozen beings around him. Kyousuke, fed up with Pierrot's mind games, starts calling Conan names. Conan pretends not to hear in order that Kyousuke loudly repeats the phrase 'Conan, you measel!' repeatedly, until Kyousuke sees through the ruse and yells, 'Kodaimai miso!' , which was used in Spencer's bread. Conan then turns into Pierrot, and stumbles around drunkenly, revealing a dagger embedded in his back. Kyousuke is accused of murder, but charges are cleared when Pierrot stands up, appearing fine. He then takes a bite of Kyousuke's bread and launches into a story about his circus friends.
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#24 - Final Ingredients Assembled!! Greatest Tournament in History
Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 10/25/2005
It's the final match of the Monaco Cup. The arena is crowded. Shadow makes a Gopan bagel with rice flour made from a very hard and sticky rice that is perfect for making rice cakes and boils it in fine English tea instead of water, while Azuma makes Japan #61, a doughnut with powdered hemp seeds and cannabis milk in the dough (the episode is peppered with references to a Tokyo restaurant that exclusively serves hemp-based dishes) and tops it with a mixture of handmade brown sugar and powdered hemp seeds. Shadow finishes first and when Pierrot tastes his bagel, he is transported into Night on the Galactic Railroad (his mother's favorite fairytale) where he speaks to the ghost of his mother up in space.
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#25 - A Dive into Hell!! A New Scheme!
Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 7/26/2005
Because of the incident on the island, a re-match is being held in Mexico. The objective is to make a bread with fish or a bread that tastes good with fish. Each team must skydive down towards the San Agustin River, the place where the match is being held. But in order to eliminate team Japan, the professional skydivers that were hired for the match, lead team Japan away from the river and towards Huautla, the deepest cave in the world. Pierrot noticing something is wrong, follows team Japan into Huautla. Eventually team Japan begins to lose hope about ever coming out alive, however the only possible escape route, it to swim 2-3km underwater. Pierrot convinces team Japan that he will go, and call for help, but in truth he cannot swim.
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