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“Underdog eating team hires haunted coach Kutaro to finally win the Chow Down Championships.”
Chow Down Champs
大食い甲子園
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40,749 rank · 219 readers · 1 favorites
Seinen
Comedy
Gourmet
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Synopsis
Underdog eating team hires haunted coach Kutaro to finally win the Chow Down Championships.
Hungry for success! An appetite for glory! Momotaro High longs to triumph in the Chow Down Championships, but always end up bottom of the bowl. The arrival of a new coach, Kutaro Moriyama, could be just the boost they need. But does he have what it takes to lead them to victory? Or will his past come back to haunt him? (Source: Digital Manga Publishing)
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5.5
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Score distribution
median 5.5
mode 5
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Running avg · Apr 2021 → Jan 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “I normally like this authors works, he's pretty passionate about food and manages to make what seem like really mediocre stories on paper work out but he kind of fumbled on this one. If you have no...”
- 6 “tl;dr: Honestly, not bad for a manga about high school competitive eating. Funny at times. At least read up to volume 3. This manga is about a competitive eating club. It follows a typical sports...”
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A Manga Publication
- Format 53 × 6 ch × vol
- Total read 7h 04m approx
- Published Jun 2010 – Jul 2011
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M48153 catalog