Nerd Stuff:Addicted to Curry

There exists a manga series that has the best of both worlds: Showing one how to cook delicious food and naughty ecchi goodness. The manga I am refering to is Addicted to curry. A currently on-going manga series about the day to day adventures of a curry chef and the daughter of his former mentor as they run his once succesful curry restaurant.





As you might have guessed I enjoy my food. I also enjoy cooking so manga like Addicted to Curry and Iron Wok jan and anime like Shokugeki no Soma are really up my alley.

And of course as a kid the…..classy……artistic style of ecchi always kept my attention. (For art appreciation of course), but more on that later. My appreciation of cooking was instilled as a child and these manga helped maintain that. Included after certain chapters are detailed recipes of the curry that was made in the previous chapter, a decision I appreciate as one who enjoys replicating what I see in mediums I enjoy. I see blogs and YouTube channels dedicated to making food as seen in the mediums they come from, so having actual recipes are essential.

Plot wise the manga centers a lot of its story points on slice of life like themes. As well as themes on maturity and responsibility and family. A sub plot I enjoy reading about is discovering the past of the current curry chef and how it involves the daughter he currently works for. Its funny watching them react with each other and the crazy variety of characters thast are drawn to thier restaurant. Also funny seeing her beat him up everytime he attemps to “romantically” engage her.





And now for the elephant in the room. For the unlearned Ecchi is a term that refers to when something is ….naughty. As most terms having to do with sex it can be synonymous with raunchy or racey. To put it plainly it describes manga or anime that have themes of sexual depiction. To be clear this does not include pornographic content, but may elude to it. Think of it as brief nudity and suggestive actions. As a child it may have been the world, but as a grown man it doesnt compare to…you know, actual women. But I just thought Id make the distinction clear. Just in case someone decides to call me a filthy weeaboo. (What that is I will hopefully never have to explain…..ever)

Stay Golden and Game on,

Underground Gamer,