Hondana Shokudo (Season 2): Subbing Project (Complete)

[earth_colors]

Hondana Shokudo Season 2 (Summer-Fall 2015, NHK BS) is about a duo of male shoujo (romance) mangaka and their love for food literature or "2D Gourmet". Sanada Nishiki (Nakamura Aoi) and Yamada Jiro (Emoto Tokio) wanted to become gourmet mangaka, but for some reason, ended up drawing romance manga instead. Their shoujo manga, "Kimazui (Awkward) Moment" is a big hit. Having the pen name of "Himekawa Rosanna", Sanada (who is in charge of male characters), and Yamada (who draws the female characters) are always chasing deadlines. Keeping an eye on them is their strict and aggressive editor, Sakurada Miki (Yui Ryoko) whom they dubbed, "The Ogre". Their quiet yet competent assistant, Ume-chan (Yamashita Rio) is at hand, supporting the two men and yet can't help but feel bewildered about their idiosyncrasies... Particularly, when Sanada and Yamada would suddenly drop everything, get away from their hectic work and resort to escapism. The two would go to their secret base: a roomful of food literature (manga, books, essays). They spend their time browsing for dishes to try out and recreate in their kitchen... Their neighbors, Sugita Kenji (Makita Sports) and Kurata Sumire (Aizawa Rina) would usually drop in to see what the duo had cooked up. In Season 2, the duo is back once again. 2D Gourmet continue to stir their appetites but as always, they earn the ire of their editor for their constant escapism...
© original text by: earthcolors

HONDANA SHOKUDO 2
Literal Title: "Bookshelf Dining"
Official NHK EN title: "Restaurant --Recipes from a Book"

Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS

Translation / Editing / Typesetting / Timing:
earthcolors

Special thanks to:
VampireXxX

These softsubs are for personal or reference use only.

These are not for sale, reposting or re-uploading.

If you wish to inform others of it, kindly redirect them here.

Do not re-edit and release as your own.

If you wish to do anything with these translations, please let me know.

NOTE: I will not sub Season 1 (so far, it hasn't been subbed). I think it only had 2 episodes: "Garlic Meals" and "Seafood Meals". However, you can still view Season 2 (without having to view S1) because these are basically "stand-alone" episodes.
Edit: I already watched S1, it really only has 2 episodes. And you're not missing much (they were more like "pilot episodes"). So it's really okay to start with Season 2.
If you are interested in Japanese food literature or in Japanese books in general, this is the show for you.
First batch of 4 episodes were shown in July; the last batch (Eps. 5-8) will be shown in October.
Edit2: So far there are no good quality raws available for Eps 5-8. So I used webrips instead. If you're not bothered using such LQ rips, I'm including the links in the .rar files on where to dl them.
Edit3: Raws are now available!

Subbing Updates:
Click on "food" for the subs, and "pencil" for the drama notes

Ep. 1: "Horror Meals Volume" -    | 
Ep. 2: "Pasta Volume" -    | 
Ep. 3: "Manly Meals Volume" -  | 
Ep. 4: "The Longing Gourmet Manga Volume" -  | 
Ep. 5: "Mystery-Solving Meals Volume" -  | 
Ep. 6: "Women's Meals Volume" -  | 
Ep. 7: "Midnight Snacks Volume" -  | 
Ep. 8 Final: "Green Onion Volume" -  | 

 

D-addicts thread: (link)

Comments

[enneagram_four]

thank you for picking up this drama :)

[(Anonymous)]

Never heard of this before but I trust you enough to at least give this a shot, Thanks!

As someone who has had trouble keeping up with dramas of late, and as I really trust your taste, would you consider compiling a "to try" list of shows for current / up coming seasons that look interesting to you? Even if you have no intention of subbing it or if someone else is subbing them?

Thanks again for very consistent work!

[(Anonymous)]

Ah... it's so good!Thank you so much for picking up this drama ^^

[hip_throne]

Thanks for the subs!

Plotboxes now has good quality rips available for episodes 5-8. Unfortunately, your subs don't match up.

[earth_colors]

Hi hip_throne, long time no hear.
I'll match the subs when I release ep7 on Tue. :)

[earth_colors]

Anyway, I retimed and released 5 and 6 now~.

[hip_throne]

I didn't notice this until after I commented above. Thanks!

Song while they are cooking?

[(Anonymous)]

Does anyone know the name of the song that is played while they are cooking?

Thank you.

[tronella]

Thank you for these! :)

Season 1 literature and recipes

[(Anonymous)]

Hi!

The notes have been helpful, particularly for the literature and recipes allusions--viewers make subtle discoveries they probably otherwise wouldn't. I consider you a culture ambassador because of this. Definitely don't waste time subbing S1 (the summary link provided was enough)--but would you consider doing viewers a favor with minimal lit and recipe notes for S1 episodes? Even just the names of books and recipes with links, with no explanations, would be a treasure for readers who cook. I don't think we could find such a curious intersection of literature and food anywhere else on the Web. You guys are doing something culturally worthy here.

[(Anonymous)]

From another viewer: Agree about you guys' taste, and would love for an informal curated list too--kind of like what's on your bookshelf for Goodreads, except for videos.