Toriko, Vol. 30: Now, to Gourmet World!!

Komatsu was rescued by Toriko, they saved the Human World, and they head off into the Gourmet World. That's the gist of this volume. I kinda like how Ichiryuu's full course can save the Human World, but I don't like the fact that there was a cop-out of a time skip.

The whole meeting between Midora and Toriko and rescuing Komatsu was basically done off-panel. I also don't see why it needed a full year of a time skip. Basically, Human World went into the dumps, and IGO and the remaining three Heavenly Kings and all the surviving chefs couldn't do a single thing until Toriko got back and kickstarted Human World recovery in just a couple of days. What a bad way to do a time skip.Other things done haphazardly include bringing out another "old-timer" out of left field just for the sake of providing plot narrative, how Rin's on-going gag with Toriko was "resolved", and how Yun finally makes an appearance after going missing for almost 2 volumes worth of chapters.

Right now, I think the anime had done it better by ending it at the Cooking Fest competition. This was a rocky start to the Gourmet World. Sure, some sentimental moments was played up, but overall, it was essentially on fast-forward.