Mixed Vegetables

Mixed Vegetables
Mixed Vegetables
MixedVegetables vol1 Cover.jpg
Cover of Mixed Vegetables volume 1 as published by Shueisha
ミックスベジタブル
(Mikkusu Bejitaburu)
Genre Comedy, Romance
Manga
Written by Ayumi Komura
Published by Shueisha
English publisher Canada United States Viz Media
Demographic Shōjo
Magazine Margaret
English magazine Canada United States Shojo Beat
Original run October 25, 2005 – November 22, 2007
Volumes 8
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Mixed Vegetables (ミックスベジタブル Mikkusu Bejitaburu?), also known as Mix Vegetable, is a romance manga by Ayumi Komura. It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in the shōjo manga magazine Margaret from October 25, 2005 to November 22, 2007, and collected in eight bound volumes. It is licensed in English in North America by Viz Media.

Mixed Vegetables is about the relationship between the daughter of a pastry chef who wants to become a sushi chef and the son of sushi chef who wants to become a pâtissier.

Contents

Plot

The plot revolves around Hanayu Ashitaba, a chef in training. Hanayu is the daughter of the celebrated pastry shop, Patisserie Ashitaba, but all she wants to do is become a sushi chef. Hayato Hyuga is the son of the prestigious Sushi Hyuga, but he wants to be a pastry chef. They go to Oiwaka High School together. Hanayu knows she will break her parent's heart if she does not continue the bakery and become a pastry chef, but thinks if she marries Hayato, they will understand her decision.

Main characters

  • Hanayu Ashitaba is a 15 year old pastry chef attending Oiwaka High and training to be a sushi chef. Although her family owns Patisserie Ashitaba, one of the most prestigious patisseries in Japan, she wants to become a sushi chef. She has a best friend named Ichii and a little brother named Natsume. Natsume takes after his father in the fact that he doesn't want any boys to come near his sister. She doesn't think that her parents will let her be a sushi chef because they want her to take over the shop (Natsume's dream is to be a baseball player, so she doesn't want to put the burden of being the owner of the shop on him), so she tries to get Hayato to fall in love with her by displaying her cooking skills.
  • Hayato Hyuga is in the same class as Hanayu Ashitaba and Ichii at Oiwaka High, and even though his father owns the prestigious Sushidokoro Hyuga, his dream is to become a pastry chef. He appears to be very kind and very skilled with making sushi. He usually helps out at his family shop. When he was younger, he made cakes for his grandfather; It's stated that he doesn't have anyone else to taste his cakes anymore. Hanayu Ashitaba is very important to him, since he has told Hanayu about his dreams, reasons why he wanted to be a pastry chef, and about his grandfather. Hayato said he will give up his dream of being a pastry chef and take over Sushidokoro Hyugo.
  • Maezawa is an assistant at Patisserie Ashitaba. Maezawa is nine years older than Hanayu. Ichii stated that Hanayu doesn't like anything but sushi and that it was unusual for her to express her dislike for Maezawa. Maezawa also has very sharp taste, as shown when he is testing Hayato's sushi and tells him to keep his emotions out of his food. Hayato tends to get jealous over Maezawa, assuming he wants to be in a relationship with Hanayu, however they later find out that Maezawa is already married.

Manga

Mixed Vegetables is written and illustrated by Ayumi Komura. It was serialized in Japan by Shueisha in the biweekly shōjo (aimed at teenage girls) manga magazine Margaret starting with issue 10 of 2005 on October 25,[1] and running until issue 18 of 2007 on November 22.[2] The 54 untitled chapters, called "menus", were collected into eight tankōbon volumes. The series is licensed in English in North America by Viz Media,[3] who has published all eight volumes.[4]

No. Japan North America
Release date ISBN Release date ISBN
1 25 October 2005[5] ISBN 4-08-847897-5 2 September 2008[3] ISBN 1-4215-1967-4
  • Menu 1–7
  • Side-dish/End notes
2 24 March 2006[6] ISBN 4-08-846039-1 2 December 2008[7] ISBN 1-4215-1968-2
  • Menu 8–14
  • Side-dish/End notes
3 25 July 2006[8] ISBN 4-08-846076-6 3 March 2009[9] ISBN 1-4215-1969-0
  • Menu 15–21
  • Super Special
  • Side-dish/End notes
4 24 November 2006[10] ISBN 4-08-846112-6 2 June 2009[11] ISBN 1-4215-1970-4
  • Menu 22–28
  • Bonus manga
  • Side-dish/End notes
5 23 March 2007[12] ISBN 978-4-08-846151-9 1 September 2009[13] ISBN 1-4215-1971-2
  • Menu 29-34
  • Bonus manga
  • Side-dish/End notes
6 25 June 2007[14] ISBN 978-4-08-846180-9 1 December 2009[15] ISBN 1-4215-1982-8
  • Menu 35-40
  • Side-dish/End notes
7 25 September 2007[16] ISBN 978-4-08-846209-7 6 April 2010[17] ISBN 1-4215-3199-2
  • Menu 41-47
  • Mixed Vegetables Second Helpings
  • Bonus manga
8 22 November 2007[18] ISBN 978-4-08-846231-8 6 July 2010[4] ISBN 1-4215-3235-2
  • Menu 48-54

Reception

Deb Aoki of About.com calls the series a "textbook (or rather, cookbook) example of the standard recipe for shojo manga romantic comedy." She dislikes Hanayu's character as well, calling her "selfish and dense."[19] Carlos Santos of Anime News Network gives the first volume a B- for what he calls a dragging plot, but with a "A different sort of couple in a different sort of setting, with a lively sense of humor".[20] Leroy Douresseaux of Comic Book Bin says that while the first volume isn't "standout material," the art and setting are "a recipe for a happy, romantic dish."[21] Douresseaux gives volume 3 of the series an A for being "Beautifully drawn and heartfelt in its storytelling."[22] He gives the following volume an A-.[23] Holly Ellingwood of Active Anime says the characters are "likeable" and calls it an enjoyable read.[24] Ellingwood calls the second volume a "tossed salad of emotions."[25]

References

  1. ^ "ミックスベジタブル 1" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://www.s-manga.net/comics/cm_20051025_mg_mgc_4088478975_mix-vegetable-1k.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  2. ^ "ミックスベジタブル 8" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://www.s-manga.net/comics/cm_20071122_mg_mgc_9784088462318_mix-vegetable-8k.html. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  3. ^ a b "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 1". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7314. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  4. ^ a b "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 8". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8765. Retrieved 27 March 2010. 
  5. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／1｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-847897-5&mode=1. Retrieved 25 July 2009. 
  6. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／2｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-846039-1. Retrieved 25 July 2009. 
  7. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 2". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7315. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  8. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／3｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-846076-6. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  9. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 3". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7316. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  10. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／4｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=4-08-846112-6. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  11. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 4". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7317. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  12. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／5｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846151-9. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  13. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 5". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7317. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  14. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／6｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846180-9. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  15. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 6". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=7329. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  16. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／7｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846209-7. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  17. ^ "Mixed Vegetables , Vol. 7". Viz Media. http://www.viz.com/products/products.php?product_id=8729. Retrieved 27 March 2010. 
  18. ^ "ミックスベジタブル／8｜小村　あゆみ｜マーガレットコミックス｜BOOKNAVI｜集英社" (in Japanese). Shueisha. http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-846231-8. Retrieved 26 July 2009. 
  19. ^ About.com volume 1 review
  20. ^ Anime News Network volume 1 review
  21. ^ Comic Book Bin volume 1 review
  22. ^ Comic Book Bin volume 3 review
  23. ^ Comic Book Bin volume 4 review
  24. ^ Active Anime volume 1 review
  25. ^ Active Anime volume 2 review

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