The Shonen Jump Food Manga Nobody Talks About
Most fans of Shonen Jump's manga and their respective anime wood think of Food Wars when someone brings up the topic of food manga. And why not? Despite some controversy for its often risqué visuals, it's one of the best and most successful series to grace the magazine. For some reason it seems hard for Shonen Jump fans to remember that the magazine had another food manga running alongside Food Wars for the first four years of its run.
That manga is Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's Toriko, which ran for an impressive 396 chapters from 2008 to 2016. That's 78 more chapters than Food Wars, and an extremely respectable run for Shonen Jump, where only the most popular manga tend to exceed 200 chapters. At the height of its popularity, Toriko also received a 147 episode anime and had two high-profile crossovers with One Piece (one of them also with Dragon Ball). Considering that these are the two best-selling manga ever, it's shocking that Toriko has largely been forgotten. And it shouldn't be.
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Toriko takes place in the far future in what is called the Gourmet Age. At this time, gourmet food is the most highly coveted and important commodity on the planet, exceeding more traditional fare such as gold and minerals. The extremely gluttonous Toriko is a famous gourmet hunter who takes on various jobs to hunt down rare ingredients, and seeks to build his own full-course menu with the dishes he has discovered. He's joined by the short and weak but extremely talented chef Komatsu, along with an ensemble cast of fellow Gourmet Hunters. These include other members of the Four Heavenly Kings, of which Toriko is a member. Among their ranks are Coco, whose body is extremely toxic
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