*“I don't know Japan or Tokyo, but I do know good sushi!”* Yugo Matsuda Irving’s dream is to surpass his late mother as a sushi chef. Living in Hawaii has given him plenty of opportunities to make sushi but he’s always dreamed of going to Japan where his mother trained as a chef. One day, he’s finally given the chance when he receives an invitation from his mother’s former partner, the owner of the greatest sushi restaurant in Japan. How far will self-taught Yugo make it in the cut-throat sushi industry? (Source: Comikey).

This volume contains graphic violence and nudity.

Shogo Ban, a college student from Fukuoka, likes to cook. Thanks to the owner of the restaurant where he works part-time, he finds himself working at the line of Roppongi's best Italian restaurant, Trattoria Baccanale, and discovers that the real deal isn't quite as easy as he'd thought. The manga follows Ban as he struggles to keep up with the hectic workload and his co-workers, along with issues outside the kitchen like his relationship with his girlfriend Eri, who he left behind in Fukuoka. *Note: Received the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.*

Shogo Ban is now a chef at Ristorante Legare. As the Yokohama branch of the Trattoria Baccanale he used to work at, he has been entrusted with the responsibility of head of the pasta section. Rejoin Ban as he struggles to meet the expectations of work and develop his personal relationships.

From [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011): Kyouji is a cop in Japan until one terrible day, when his hesitation to fire his gun allows a spree killer to murder 8 people and injure more. When Kyouji is recovered from his physical injuries, he moves to Los Angeles. He is barely there and settled before he is present at a shop where a man is murdered by a gun-toting gang. This time, when faced with violence, he manages to save the man's young son, Christian Sanchez. The gang is determined to hunt down the child, but Kyouji is just as determined to protect him. He goes to a sketchy local Japanese man, Hateruma Takeru, to acquire the weapons and knowledge he needs to protect Chris. Maybe this was why his life was spared on that deadly day in Japan! [tethydust]