Gen-chan

Gen-chan
Name
Japanese	原ちゃん
Romanized	Gen-chan
English	Gen-chan
Aliases	Revolutionary Old Man of Stew (煮込みの革命爺, Nikomi no Kakumei Jī)
Profile
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Birthday	1st February
Status	Alive
Blood Type	B
Professional Status
Affiliation	Gen-chan
Occupation	Chef
Personal Status
Relatives	Unnamed grandfather, Unnamed great great grandfather, Unnamed great great great great grandfather
Debut Appearance
Manga	Gourmet 212
Anime	Episode 126
Voices
Japanese	N/A
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Gen-chan (原ちゃん, Gen-chan), the Revolutionary Old Man of Stew (煮込みの革命爺, Nikomi no Kakumei Jī), is a world class soup chef and is the owner chef of the popular oden shop "Gen-chan", which regularly has hundreds of customers forming 20 kilometer-long lines just to have a taste of his delicious stew.

His culinary abilities are so great that he holds the 21st spot on the IGO Chef Ranking, making him one of the greatest chefs in the world.^[1] He also comes from a long line of soup makers dating back to his grandfather's grandfather's grandfather, whose culinary art he has managed to preserve.^[2]

Appearance[]

He is a short elderly man with a somewhat well-toned body, a red-colored nose, some wrinkles on his face and most notably he has an incredibly large handlebar mustache which covers up most of his face. His attire consists of a simple white wife-beater shirt and a dark red colored bandana with flowers on it.

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Personality[]

He is serious and brave man who easily took down large beasts without showing any signs of fear. He also appears to value his ancestors legacy and dishes, and takes great value in his own dishes as well as his own Full Course Menu is made up of his dishes and some made by his ancestors. He is also seen with a bottle of sake indicating he may be a drinker.

Powers and Abilities[]

Being one of the top 100 chefs in the world, Gen-chan is a man of amazing skill who has even created his own original dishes. He can also use his ingredients to take down beasts such as his "Addendum Soup" which can instantly KO a beast with a capture level in its 20s.

Techniques[]

	Addendum Soup (継足し汁, Tsugitashi-jiru): Gen-chan shoots soup into the targets's nose or face, causing the target to pass out. Gen-chan claims this soup is from the time of his great-great-great-grandfather. This is used on a Spareripig during the Cooking Festival.[2]

History[]

Cooking Festival Arc[]

Gen-chan and the other top 100 chefs participate in the 50th Cooking Festival, where upon entering the Cooking Stadium he receives a grand introduction by the MC Munageh.^[3]

Once the tournament begins, Gen-chan proves his strength when he clears the first preliminary round "Triathlon Cooking", getting past the swimming portion and easily subduing the beasts attacking him during the cycling portion. However, despite his great skill, strength, and high standing within the chef rankings, he is unable to get past all the preliminary rounds and ends up not reaching the Champion Tournament.^[4]

AIR Arc[]

A year and a half later, he is one of the many people who goes to the World Kitchen to say their goodbyes to the Four Heavenly Kings and Komatsu before they set off to Gourmet World, and he and his fellow chefs promise to cook all the ingredients that they send.^[5]

Full Course Menu[]

Gen-chan's Full Course Menu
Course	Ingredient	Capture Level	Status
Hors d'Oeuvre	Don Clam Grandpa Stew	18	Decided
Soup	Grandpa's Grandpa's Era Hodgepodges Soup	Unknown	Decided
Fish Dish	No-Sleep Octopus Boil	30	Decided
Meat Dish	Autumn Colors Cattle Beef Sinew Stew	25	Decided
Main Course	Gen-chan Special Oden	Unknown	Decided
Salad	Otsumami Red Seaweed Salad	11	Decided
Dessert	Snow Hanpen Red Bean Soup	13	Decided
Drink	Daiginjou "Gen"	Unknown	Decided

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