Chapter 106

**Dad's Cooking** (父 (とう) さんの味 (あじ) , *Tōsan no Aji*?) is the 106th chapter of the High School Family manga series.

## Summary

At Nobukatsu's house, his father wakes him up for breakfast, Nobukatsu mentions that he is tired due to training, his father tells him that he heard that he is now the captain of the baseball team and asks him why he didn't mention it, Nobukatsu tells him which is nothing to write home about while his father tells him that it is something to be proud of so he says that he will go to high school to introduce himself to the team.

During their walk to high school, Nobukatsu mentions to Kotaro that his father is going and that he doesn't know what his mother (Shizuka) would think about it and tells Kotaro that if anything happens he can cover his back.
At the baseball field, Shizuka is washing the clothes of all the members, some members ask her if she heard the news that Nobukatsu's father will arrive at the high school at that time Nobukatsu's father arrives and gives the coach a gift Expressing his appreciation for taking care of his son, he mentions that despite growing up without a mother, he is proud that his son has become a team captain.

The father asks where Nobukatsu is, who is hiding in some bushes, at that moment Shizuka approaches him and introduces herself to him. As he does so, Nobukatsu's father and Shizuka feel a tension of rivalry, Nobukatsu's father wonders how someone older may belong to the baseball team and mentions that his maternal instincts tell her that Shizuka is dangerous, at that moment some players tell Shizuka to take some rice balls and thank her for making them, Nobukatsu's father observes the rice balls rice and wonders if she made them, Shizuka mentions that Nobukatsu likes them a lot so his father is surprised and mentions that those rice balls shouldn't have anything special which makes Shizuka angry, Nobukatsu's father challenges Shizuka to an eating competition where Nobukatsu will be the judge if the father wins Shizuka will be able to give him orders but if Shizuka loses she will not be able to call him by his first name.

Nobukatsu goes to the student council office for Kotaro to give him some advice, Nobukatsu tells him that this situation seems similar to when he had to choose which father to go with during the divorce to which Kotaro replies that it is not similar, Kotaro tells him that he shouldn't think too much about it and that the answer will come to him, Nobukatsu thanks him for the advice and tells him that depending on the answer they will be adoptive brothers.

Shizuka and Nobukatsu's father finish the lunches and give them to Nobukatsu, Nobukatsu deduces that he must taste them blindly so he grabs a package and opens it discovering that it is decorated with the atmosphere of the baseball team, Nobukatsu deduces that it is about Shizuka lunch so he finishes it and opens the next package and sees that it is the food that his father usually makes, Shizuka sees this and deduces that Nobukatsu enjoyed his father's lunch more than hers so she is the loser.

Shizuka tells Nobukatsu's father that he enjoyed his lunch more than hers and tells him that she will never call him by his name again, he tells her that Nobukatsu doesn't have a mother and until he finds her he allows her to keep calling him Nobukatsu, Nobukatsu who is hiding in some bushes with Kotaro is happy that his parents get along while Kotaro wonders what the hell is going on.

## Characters In Order of Appearance

* Nobukatsu Takebayashi
* Nokutatsu's Father (Debut)
* Kotaro Ietani
* Ichiro Ietani
* Shizuka Ietani
* Teppei Nakao
* Coach