 Hello class and welcome back to your official source of kitchen princess lore I was completely floored and caught off guard by the amount of interest and love The first kitchen princess video got and I'm sorry to keep you waiting this long So let's get right into it where we last left off Nijika was about to give up on her dreams of finding the planned prince and run away from the academy because the bullies at school are Worth than the fucking heathers but Sora and Daichi chased after her and managed to catch her and to try to convince her to Stay so they all go back to Sora's dad's house, which is a fucking massive Like a Sora's not gonna make it when the revolution happened. Sorry guys We also learned that the reason that Daichi lives in the dorms is because he hates his father and brother so much that he Refuses to live in their McMansion So Sora gives Nijika three cups of tea and she's immediately able to tell like what kind of tea they are How long they've been steeping what additional herbs and spices are in them just by smelling them And so Sora's like I knew it You have an absolute sense of taste turns out the reason Nijika is able to cook so well is that she can literally Smell and taste better than most people is she probably inherited this trait from her parents who were also both professional chefs Sora is Obsessed with this fact and he's like I told you your special Nijika My dad was friends with your parents and he told me they had a very special little girl I've been waiting for you my whole life and then Nijika is like, okay I'll stay at the academy so classes start up again And Akane is just shocked to see that Nijika is still there and her and her popular friends cause a huge scene And she tries to bitch slap Nijika and Sora and Daichi get involved. It's a huge fucking mess What else is new the other popular girls are like, it's not fair She's not even talented enough to be here to which Sora replies Let's settle this with a baking competition But of course because it's kitchen princess it can't just be a normal baking competition So here are the fuck-ass rules Akane gets to pick a professional chef to go up against Nijika Sora decides what they have to bake and then they each have two hours to try to make it Afterwards the student body will kind of act as a jury and decide who made a better product If Nijika wins she'll have proven that she's talented enough to be at the school if she loses she gets expelled Later Daichi asks Sora um What the fuck was that why would you do that she might be forced to leave the school of her dreams She's like 14. There's no way she'll be able to beat a professional chef Also, how do you have the power to expel people to which Sora replies? I just want to confirm Nijika's talent. He also takes this opportunity to be like, oh, you're worried about Nijika So you do care about her, huh to which Daichi is like, no, I don't care about her. I hate that fucking bitch I hope she dies. It just I it seems a little unfair is all at this point Let's pause to talk about Sora because it's not super obvious up until this point But this whole time he's been kind of like Scheming it's just he seems to know more than everyone else He keeps saying shit like Nijika's here for a special reason and like prompting her to prove her talent He knew that she had an absolute sense of taste before even she did and now he's setting her up with this Pretty much impossible task just because he wants to see how talented she is Remember, she's the one who's gonna be getting expelled if she loses Also, Sora is not only student body president, but he's currently the substitute director of the entire school He has this ridiculous amount of power and he's focusing it all on one girl. We learned more about this in the future I just wanted to bring up that Sora's acting kind of sus So the day of the contest arrives and Akane has chosen a professional chef from this fancy restaurant called Cantina Side note, this guy basically becomes a recurring character because Akane drags him into so many things Oh and to add to the idea of Sora scheming and having too much power He chose what they're baking and he provided the only ingredients they're allowed to use he's fucking 14 He's already power tripping anyway Sora reveals that the food they'll be baking is get this a signature strawberry shortcake from Cantina So Nijika's fucked right? She's competing against an adult who has made this exact cake countless times There's no possible way she'll win that is until they look at the ingredients that Sora provided It's cheap shit. It's like dollar store flour and store brand butter, you know, Mr. Cantina is like I can't work with this I only use the highest quality ingredients. Meanwhile, Nijika's already getting into it whisking eggs Pollyanna's back baby But then of course halfway through the competition Akane accidentally Knocks Nijika's bowl off the table So she's gonna have to start all over and Nijika's like oh fuck. I don't have enough time to start over I'm gonna get expelled by the court of public opinion. That is unless A certain brooding dark-haired teenage boy jumps in to help her. That's right. Our favorite tsundere daichi jumps in and helps Nijika finish and surprise surprise She wins all the students agree that Nijika's cake was better even mr. Cantina is like I lost fair and square She made the better cake. I can't work with these cheap ingredients after this business picks way up of the food You did a diner and most of the students stopped bullying Nijika. Wow, this is great I sure hope this isn't followed by the worst plot arc in the whole series Now we're at the part I didn't want to talk about Basically, the rest of the plot of book two is about Akane struggling with an eating disorder and it is The worst example of the writer's poor handling of serious topics Basically Akane is a model and so she has an eating disorder. So she's able to stay skinny Okay, I want to get the shit over with so I'm going to summarize the rest of book two right now Nijika notices that Akane has an eating disorder and so she carries it with the power of friendship by baking for her And we're leaving it there. That's all I'm gonna say about it on the book three Book three starts with all the students walking to classes and as Akane passes Nijika. She says good morning under her breath That's right, baby We're sowing the seeds for an Akane redemption arc, which is really impressive when you think about how much of a psychopath She was in the first book. They're not like bffs or anything, but she's being civil with Nijika We also see her telling her goon squad not to mess with Nijika anymore We still have a ways to go though The new drama is that Akane starts to suspect that daichi has feelings for Nijika And when she asks him about it, he vehemently refuses it to which she's like good I don't want to see you hanging out with her so much like, okay Calm down. Anyway, Nijika brings Sora some pancakes while he's working and they have the most uncomfortable interaction I've ever seen She uses this as an opportunity to get more into his business and asks why he and daichi hate each other so much Sora opens up to her and reveals that after their mother died their father remarried. Sora was okay with their stepmom But daichi was furious and saw this as a betrayal and never forgave his dad or his brother At one point Sora affectionately puts his head on Nijika's shoulders But this gets seen by one of the popular bozos who gets all in a hop about it because she has a crush on Sora She's like Akane. We need to kill her and Akane's like, whoa, whoa, whoa I'm getting gradual character development. Remember? I'm not fucking with Nijika anymore So then this kid whose name I don't even know is like damn it. What am I gonna do? And I swear to god, she has this like Eureka moment where she's like, wait a second My dad's a member of the school board. I'll use nepotism to hurt those less fortunate than me So the next day when Nijika goes to the fijita diner, she sees that it's closed Turns out it's on school grounds or something and the school board doesn't like that It's run by a degenerate bum and a teenage girl who's breaking child labor laws You know when you look at it like that it actually makes sense why it should be shut down Of course, mr. Fijita doesn't care. He's like, what's the point of getting upset? It's hopeless There is literally no possible way to save the diner So give up So nijika's devastated because she loves this job and daichi's like, sora do something You're the fucking director of the school But it turns out it was a unanimous decision by the rest of the board so there's nothing he can do We might as well stop reading now because all hope is truly lost. Hey, huh? Akane? They're having a pta board meeting tomorrow and they're ordering catering from a nice restaurant Why don't you make something too? Don't get me wrong. I'm not trying to help you or anything What I'm saying is it's too early to give up It's fucking on now So cut to the board meeting all the adults are talking and they're like, yeah So we're all in agreement that we're going to close down the fujita diner and replace it with the Evil parking lot. I don't remember what they were gonna do with it. I don't care And while they're talking they're eating these treats that got catered to them and they're like, oh, these are delicious Even better than their usual cooking. I'm sure there's no surprises in store for us What? Boom bitch comes in with the catering and she's like, here's the food you ordered and they're like, but if that's the food We ordered then who cooked the food we've been eating and Sora's at the door like, hey guys Look outside. You might want to see this all the students are having a massive picnic enjoying the fujita diner's food Najita greets the school board and reveals that in fact was she who made the catering She expresses to the board how special a fujita diner is to her and begs them not to close it down One of them is like, okay You're a great cook and this food makes people very happy But that doesn't erase the legal issue here. A child can't run a business by herself There has to be a capable adult involved. Are you talking about me? Huh? Fujita showed up and he's pretending to be a functional adult to save the diner for Najika He even flexes that before he lost all his motivation He used to be a real professional chef working at a three-star restaurant in paris bing bang boom the diner stays open But alas we barely get to celebrate this victory before Najika gets a phone call. It's her grandma back at the orphanage She's sick. Oh, yeah heads up Uh, get ready for grandma to get sick and almost die a lot going forward I know it sounds insensitive, but i'm just being real anytime that there's not enough drama grandma just Decides to die. So Najika, Sora and daichi all fly to hakaido together. This picture kills me. Why are they sitting like that? Well look who decided to join us everyone. It's matilda Oh god, so they get to the orphanage and grandma's in the bed. She's bedridden There's a doctor there and everything and Najika's like oh my fucking god my grandma's about to die Guess what grandma's illness is No, i'm serious. Guess Fatigue the doctor's like, oh, yeah, no, she'll be fine. She just needs to take a nap What the fuck? But since they already made the trip the three of them decided to stay at the orphanage for a few days And what follows is one of my favorite story arcs in the entire series There's a new kid at the orphanage and he has a terrible attitude. He doesn't talk to anyone He doesn't want to make friends when Najika tries to get him involved in baking He like lashes out and insults her finally. He breaks some eggs on the floor Which makes Najika lash out because you don't waste food. She chases him out of the house It looks like she's about to beat his ass instead They have a really sweet talk because this boy just lost both of his parents Suddenly he doesn't have a family anymore and he's scared and he's lonely and he's sad Just like how Najika was when she first came to the orphanage Najika tells him that he's in her family now And then she makes him cream puffs in the shape of his favorite fruit Which are bananas and he smiled for the first time. Why am I crying? Actually, am I like tearing up right now? But enough of an actually engaging story We have a teenage love triangle to get back to Najika and daichi go out by the river to pick some flowers And she tells him about the flan prince how a little boy saved her life all those years ago and gave her this special spoon Seeing this spoon makes daichi react as if he's remembering something But then Najika drops the spoon in the river and she falls in and Oh my god So she outright asks him like when you were little did you ever come to hakaido and save a girl from drowning in a river? And daichi's like No, this is my first time in hakaido I reacted to the spoon because that's the academy's emblem. I my dad had them all over his house growing up. Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense So it's the night before the goon squad flies back to tokyo and nijika's doing dishes with her fellow orphans And one of them mentions however since nijika left grandma's been really overwork So nijika and grandma sit down to have like a serious talk where nijika's like you've taken care of me my whole life It's my turn to take care of you I'm willing to drop out of school to help around here to which grandma replies nijika We're gonna make a cake Of course it always has to involve cooking somehow. We can't just use our words So grandma and all the other orphans bake a cake together for nijika to prove that they can take care of themselves But i'm wondering this like if grandma's working so hard Why can't the other orphans help like what are their bum asses doing? Okay, so a little more happens after this point in book three But i'm gonna stop here because what follows is confusing love triangle shit that ends in kind of a cliffhanger I think it'll be less confusing if I cover that all at once in the next video rather than breaking it up At least for me. I'm really thirsty, but I spilled my tea cup. So let's see how this goes It worked. I can do anything. So thank you so much for watching Thank you so much for taking the time out of your day to listen to me talk about this It really makes me so happy that so many people got enjoyment out of a Niche topic that I love so much. It means the world to me So more stuff coming eventually subscribe if you want to don't if you don't and I'll see you next whenever I upload. Bye I am so amazing