Monday, September 3, 2007
The episode begins with Kawachi wondering how Azuma's bread can stay green instead of turning brown. So Ken tells Kawachi that if a bread is baked under 150 degrees celcius instead of 200-220 degrees, the dough will retain its original color while being baked. At any rate, it's obvious that the judges are impressed with the two breads. Deebu even goes as far as falling in love with the breads. I say good for him! After all, there have been anime about a guy falling in love with a a scrap of talking metal (ie. Chobits) so surely this isn't any less weird. :D Deebu also has a rather unusual method of giving a mark to the participants. His reactions comes in the form of a loud roar that is then measured by a machine to determine the strength of the roar.

Judging from their reaction, Koala's bread seems to impressed both Deebu and Kuroyan. Kuroyan even dressed up like a Bruce Lee wannabe to show his enthusasim for Koala's dragon bread. Because of this, Kawachi begins to worry that Azuma's bread may not taste as good especially after Ken tells him that normally, a bread cooked using under low heat usually taste horrible because the longer baking process tends to dry all of the moisture inside the bread. Much to his surprise, however, Deebu gives Azuma the same score that he gave to Koala. Furthermore, Kuroyan also shows an equally over-the-top reaction by spinning around like Gamera, that infamous turtle creature from old Japanese monster films.

Kuroyan wonders how does Azuma manages to use the slow baking technique and yet keep the moisture of the bread intact. So Azuma explains how when he was a kid, he was given a leftover Candy Apple (This is an apple that is covered in starch syrup). The apple was kind of old but the starch syrup helps to keep the moisture intact. Because of this, Azuma tried to use the idea for his bread. In the end, the judges declare that both Azuma and Koala are tied in this particular round and can continue to the next stage. Koala, however, feels that this tie is his lost since he is actually someone who used to be a manager at a bakery as opposed to a real newcomer like Azuma. In other words, he really is Mokoyama. Because of this, he withdrew himself from the competition.

Unfortunately, Mizuno isn't happy with this development and decides to fire Koala due to his failure. Because of this Koala/Mokoyama decides to leave after telling Tsukino and Mizuno to stop the internal fight because otherwise they'll be in danger from St.Pierre's owner ambitious plan. Koala then leaves after thanking Mizuno for hiring him because in a way it makes him feel as if he has a daughter. Mizuno seems to regret her decision after hearing this and decides to go after Koala. Meanwhile, Koala is seen walking aimlessly in the city while remembering how Mizuno took him to her bakery while he was down and out. Back to the present, Mizuno manages to catch up with Koala and tells him that he's not allowed to leave anymore, leading the two to have a tearful reunion.