Owing to the fact that I know next to nothing about this week’s requested property, I’ll take you on a little tour through the process of determining what books I randomly decide I want.
Sometimes, I’ll start with a demographic. For instance, today I decided I might be in the mood for some josei.
Then I remember that there were some titles that sounded interesting in Shueisha’s YOU.
Then I see the word “patisserie” in one of the titles, and all is settled, especially after watching the debut of Top Chef: Just Desserts.
So, yes, I would like for someone to publish Kira’s ten-volume Patisserie Mon, basically only because it’s josei and features cake. I don’t really need any more substantial argument than that, do I?
I will add that the preview pages (some for each volume can be accessed here) look really cute. Is it possibly an Antique Bakery knockoff? I guess it could be. Should there be more Antique Bakery knockoffs in the world? Yes, there absolutely should.
Kira has also completed a 26-volume series told from the perspective of a dog and is currently working on a series that looks to be about competitive swimming.
And that is how this license request was born.
Anything like Antique Bakery is a plus. There can never be enough sport or food manga, IMO
I’m not going to lie, the paper-doll style covers are enough to make me want this, but only if the English-language publishers pick up the trade dress.
I would totally read/buy this and the one from the dog’s POV! And I agree, those covers are awesome!
[...] josei pastry manga? That’s all David Welsh needs to know to request that Patisserie Mon be [...]
Cute!! The covers are fun—all different variations on the uniform (volume 10 was a patissiere-wedding dress! I laughed). And just seeing the word cake made me really hungry. Oishii Kankei is another really nice josei food and cooking manga (though not quite as dessert-focused). The art style is probably a little dated for some readers, but maybe that’s not as much of an issue since readers who want josei are more likely to be happy with whatever they can get?
I liked the insight into your decision-making process! Now to find something vaguely resembling cake in the kitchen…
Cake, a dog, and competitive swimming? Sign me up to read this author! Or at the very least check out her stuff should the license request ever come to fruition!
Those covers are fantastic- I’d buy the series if the english license used those covers. Think how gorgeous they’d look all lined up on a bookshelf. And cake- how could it go wrong?