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My Baddest Spicy Cooking

MOVIE 2020 30 min Episode(s): 1 english Japanese
[Short Movie]
Fumi Aijima, an editor of the food magazine Weaving Days, is under relentless pressure from her boss, Minazuki. Her “stress gauge” is at its limit. To make matters worse, she is diagnosed with dysgeusia, a taste disorder, and has to eat food covered with seasonings day in and day out. One day, when she feels like she just can’t take it anymore, Kayoko Yoshimura, an essayist of whom Fumi is a fan, comes to her company. When Fumi hears that Kayoko likes an article she wrote, Farmland Restaurant, she is delighted until she hears that her boss took all the credit for her work. With this news, Fumi’s rage is finally unleashed!

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