Noodle Shop Wars

It's well into the 21st century, and noodle shops in Tokyo are busier than ever.

Eiko Yamada is just trying to get by in life, and struggling. Juggling university with helping out at her father's ramen shop is taking a toll on her sanity. But as she is fiercely loyal to her father's business, she loves every minute of it.

That is, until a certain annoying black and white striped sock-wearing boy appears, claiming to be a member of the Secret Society of Anti-MSG and possessing the ability to identify the ingredient in any dish with just one taste. And that's not all! Along with him comes two ludicrous things:

1) A crazy proposal for her father's shop to compete in the inaugural Noodle Shop Wars, of which the prize makes all noodle shop owners in Japan froth at the mouth.

2) An offer to join the boy in an absurd mission to stop ramen shops in Tokyo from using manufactured MSG, in an attempt to boycott Akinamoto Corp.- a Japanese food chemical giant.

One thing's pretty clear: udon know what Eiko's getting herself into. And she sure as hell doesn't know either.

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***Monosodium glutamate (or MSG)- a food additive that is widely used in commercially prepared foods, and an ingredient relied upon in the majority of Japanese ramen houses.****
****Manufactured MSG- artificial MSG manufactured by food companies and added to foods to enhance their flavour, as opposed to naturally occurring MSG such as that in tomatoes.****

P.S. Did you get the udon pun?
P.P.S Did ya?
P.P.P.S Did yA?
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