Aji Ichi Monme

Aji Ichi Monme (味いちもんめ, "A Pinch of Seasoning") is a Japanese cooking manga series written by Zenta Abe and illustrated by Yoshimi Kurata. It was published by Shogakukan in Big Comic Superior from 1986 to 1999 and collected in 33 bound volumes. The series chronicles the lives of the staff and customers of a restaurant called Fujimura, owned by veteran chef Kumano. It received the 1999 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen manga.[1] After the death of author Abe in 1999, Yukie Fukuda started writing the scripts. But in 2016 Fukuda retired from this work, and Rei Hanagata was announced as the new script writer.

Aji Ichi Monme
A cover from Aji Ichi Monme.
味いちもんめ
Manga
Written by	Zenta Abe
Illustrated by	Yoshimi Kurata
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	1986 – 1999
Volumes	33
Manga
Shin Aji Ichi Monme
Written by	Zenta Abe
Illustrated by	Yoshimi Kurata
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	March 2000 – March 2008
Volumes	21
Manga
Aji Ichi Monme – Dokuritsu Hen
Written by	Zenta Abe Yukie Fukuda
Illustrated by	Yoshimi Kurata
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	September 30, 2008 – April 30, 2013
Volumes	10
Manga
Aji Ichi Monme – Sekai no naka no washoku Hen
Written by	Zenta Abe Rei Hanagata
Illustrated by	Yoshimi Kurata
Published by	Shogakukan
Magazine	Big Comic Superior
Demographic	Seinen
Original run	May 30, 2016 – present

Chapters of Aji Ichi Monme were reprinted in Mangajin.[2]

References

1. 小学館漫画賞: 歴代受賞者 (in Japanese). Shogakukan. Archived from the original on 10 July 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-13.
2. "Mangajin No. 56 (June 1996)". Ohio State University Library. Archived from the original on 2012-02-08. Retrieved 2008-07-14.

External links

• Profile of Yoshimi Kurata at The Ultimate Manga Guide