Brunch

**Tengu Brunch** (天狗のブランチ '**Tengu no Buranchi'**) is a master chef and somewhat of a problem child, who, in the chef world, is a delinquent comparable to Zebra of the Bishokuya world. He has appeared only once in a Cooking Festival, but won it by a good margin. He currently holds the Number 3 spot in the IGO Chef Ranking, making him the third greatest chef in the world.[1]He is a Tengu from Mt. Tengu and resides within the Hex Food World located in the Gourmet World and is the head chef and owner of the Bizarre Dining Hall "Tengu Castle".[2] Aside from his position as a master chef, Brunch is also one of the three Hex Food Beast Knights, the strongest trio in the Hex Food World, alongside Nosh and Dinner.[3]

## Appearance

He is a tall red-skinned man with long white hair that he keeps combed back but also tied into a wild bushy ponytail. He has a somewhat sinister-looking appearance, such as fierce-looking eyes and sharp pointy teeth. Being a Tengu, his most notable trait is his very long nose. He wears a black shirt and white pants along with a white chef's jacket. For footwear, he uses one-tooth tengu-geta. He appears to have a large mole or piercing embedded in his forehead and strangely enough, two small rectangular covers on his neck which conceal small battery slots, indicating that he may have some sort of cybernetic implants.

## Personality

He appears to have quite the problematic personality and a careless approach to life, as he is willing to pretend his foot slipped to hide the fact he broke a bridge and picked a fight with Setsuno. Despite his uncouth behavior, he takes his job as a chef seriously, and is usually seen as weird by others. He is shown to have a love for food as when he dropped down to the Four Heavenly Kings' table without moving the plates or bottles that had food or wine in them, and can also hear the "Voice of Ingredients" showing just how much he values and respects food. Brunch seems to have formed a friendly rivalry with Komatsu after having been declined as a partner by Zebra and hearing about him from the Four Heavenly Kings.[4] Brunch is also an understanding and sympathetic individual who does not hold grudges towards foes and does not judge others based on their looks.

## Powers and Abilities

Brunch's restaurant, Tengu Castle, is located in the Gourmet World, proving that he is an individual of great power. Coco comments that he has very strong electromagnetic waves and that a life force like his cannot be seen too often. He manages to dispel Zebra's Intimidation, projected through a **Sound Bullet**, without too much effort.

Brunch, like the latter, has a powerful voice, capable of breaking the spotlights in the Cooking Stadium from a far distance. He has an impressive sense of balance as well, moving and fighting with his one-tooth tengu-geta.

Brunch has demonstrated incredible speed and jumping power, even without resorting to his electricity, as first shown when he instantaneously leaps on and off the Four Heavenly Kings' table in a matter of instants, despite it being very far from his initial position. Then, hopping from rooftop to rooftop, he clears the swim by running on the water, which he does faster than the monstrous Setsuno. Finally, he outruns her when she is about to cut the finish line, in spite of him starting late and stopping to talk with Komatsu. Sustaining such an astonishing speed for the whole Triathlon without getting tired indicates that he has a high level of stamina as well. His strength is also remarkable, proof of it is the fact that he is able to crush a stone bridge with a foot stomp. In terms of durability, he manages to stand back after being hit by Elg's powerful **Herak Kick** and later sustains a beating by Elg's clones, winning the fight nonetheless.

Brunch is very knowledgeable in various branches of science, especially in the fields of physics concerning electricity and how to produce or absorb it and in genetics, as he formulates an accurate hypothesis on Elg's abilities. Furthermore, he knows names and specific features of rare and mythical Ingredients from the Gourmet World, as well as unique and obscure biological phenomena. With his intelligence, Brunch is able to overcome Elg's immortality by using a non-ending electrical attack that forces Elg's Gourmet Cells to their limit, eventually leading to Elg's demise.

Brunch has also shown the ability to stick to vertical surfaces without falling, as shown when he stands erect on the side of a building.

Owing to his respect for food, he manages to direct the shockwave produced by one of his leaps so that it would not damage full glasses and dishes.

### Chef Skill

Being ranked number 3 on the rankings, he is a chef of tremendous skill likely equal to that of Chef King Zaus or Setsuno, which is made all the more impressive considering the vast age difference between him and the other top 4 chefs. His ability to hear the "Voice of Ingredients" also appears to be as good as Komatsu's which is even greater than Setsuno's and this gives him a great advantage in cooking, naturally knowing what preparations are best for the ingredients.[5] Being from the Gourmet World, he likely has tremendous skill and can prepare even ingredients from there. His position in the IGO Chef Ranking suggests that he may be able to use Food Honor, a feat that, despite his harsh and cocky personality, is not so surprising, seeing his love for food. He also won the title of Super Cook and what's more he won that title in the first Cooking Festival he entered. It was also noted in several instances that he specializes in Mysterious art of Bizarre Cooking which very little is known about.

### Gourmet Cells

Because he comes from Hex Food World, Brunch is descended from humans who were captured by Nitro and injected with Gourmet Cells.[6] His cells are host to an Appetite Demon, a hairy, mustached tengu.

* AIR:[7] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his left arm, allowing him to morph his left arm into that of his Appetite Demon.
* PAIR:[8] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his right arm, allowing him to morph his right arm into that of his Appetite Demon.
* ANOTHER:[8] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his tongue, allowing him to morph his tongue into that of his Appetite Demon. It also gives him the ability to comprehend tastes of things that were previously inedible, like rocks, and reawakens tastes and memories that were forgotten.
* NEWS:[8] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his left leg, allowing him to morph his left leg into that of his Appetite Demon. It also gives him the ability to create and maintain Back Channels.[9]
* EARTH:[8] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his right leg, allowing him to morph his right leg into that of his Appetite Demon.
* ATOM:[8] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his head and torso (except his brain and heart), allowing him to morph his head and torso into that of his Appetite Demon.
* GOD:[10] Brunch's Gourmet Cells awaken in his brain.

#### Intimidation

Brunch's Intimidation projects the image of his Appetite Demon. It terrifies many of the chefs participating in the Cooking Festival.[11] The color of his aura is dark green.

### Equipment

In the anime, two of his cooking tools are revealed, one of which is a Feather Fan, a common tool of the Tengu yōkai in legends used to create great winds and change the size of people's noses, however it is unknown if the fan possesses either of the abilities of its mystical counterpart. His second cooking tool appears to actually be a Kasa-obake, a tsukumogami yōkai that are said to actually be umbrellas that come to life on their 100th year and then grow an eye and a mouth and their handles turn into a leg, but like the Feather Fan it is unknown if this tool is actually a living thing or just designed to resemble it. He appears to use both of these items to fan the mysterious green flames he uses when he cooks.

### Electricity Manipulation

Brunch has the ability to generate and control large amounts of electricity. It is strong enough to completely incinerate the Gourmet Corp.'s Beasts, and even scorch and stun Elg, hinting it would be fatal to the latter if he were not immortal. Brunch's body contains electricity-producing organs like an electric eel, but each of his cells also act as amplifier circuits. He can produce over 100,000 amperes of electricity with an average potential of 100 million volts, rivaling the power of a lightning bolt. Since the time needed for discharging it is only 0.1 seconds, his attacks are virtually unavoidable. When preparing a long-distance attack, he first makes the path in the air, the **Stepped Leader** (先駆放電 (ステップトリーダー) '**Sutepputo Rīdā'**), to lock on his targets, then unleashes the offensive discharge, the **Return Stroke** (帰還電撃 (リターンストローク) '**Ritān Sutorōku'**). While the first part goes at the speed of 200 Km/s (Mach 600), the second is much faster, traveling at 10,000 Km/s (Mach 30,000).

He can use electricity to boost his already impressive speed and reactions to unthinkable levels, as shown during his confrontation with Elg, to the point that most attacks look "stopped" to him. He claims that, although lasting for a very short time and not reaching the speed of light, no living creature can measure up to it. While Brunch can produce electricity naturally, he finds using batteries that he inserts into his neck most convenient. However, he can also generate it from other sources, including solar, wind, thermal, water or even kinetic energy received from physical blows, making his body a virtual power plant.

Brunch is also capable of using his electricity to revive a being who's heart may have stopped. After the capture of AIR, NEO ambushes the many people who are feasting on AIR, Shigematsu's beast releases a deadly breath that instantly stops a person's heart from beating. Brunch shocks all the people who's hearts have stopped with electricity and by doing so the effects of the electricity acts like a defibrillator, causing the heart to start beating once more.

### Techniques

* **Parallel Electric Punch** (並列エレキパンチ '**Heiretsu Ereki Panchi'**, **Synced-Up Electric Punch** in the English Versions): Brunch throws a punch that sends an electric charge in the air through multiple opponents, destroying every cell in their bodies thanks to its high voltage.[12]
* **Electric Thrust (unnamed)**: While electrocuting and having left paralyzed some enemies, Brunch grabs and tosses them to a target to cause an electrical overload ending in an explosion, a technique that could burn them down to the bones.[13]
* **Parallel Electric Chop** (並列エレキチョップ '**Heiretsu Ereki Choppu'**): Brunch raises his hand and generates a parabolic bolt that rains down onto his opponent, crushing the ground in the process. This discharge is equivalent to that of a natural lightning strike.[14]
* **Lightning Kitchen Knife** (稲妻包丁 '**Inazuma Bōchō'**): By producing a large, concentrated burst of electricity, Brunch can create and hold a large blade made out of it. Conjuring this weapon takes a large amount of Brunch's power and is enough to wipe out his batteries.[15]
	+ **Spiral Lightning Fine Cut** (渦雷微塵切り '**Uzurai Mijin Giri'**): Using his Lightning Knife, Brunch makes one large, spinning cut that fries and tears apart an opponent at the cellular level. Thanks to his speed, the technique is also very hard to dodge, proving lethal to most targets. With this attack, Brunch was able to obliterate Elg's body, but the Gourmet Corp.'s regenerative and cloning powers saved him.[16]
* **Parallel Electric Cutter** (並列エレキカッター '**Heiretsu Ereki Kattā'**): After making a **Stepped Leader** to lock on multiple targets with electrical current, Brunch discharges electricity in such a way that it burns the target like multiple blades. Beside inflicting damage through high voltage, the attack is also useful to draw out blood, which is an excellent conductor.[17]
* **Electric Knife** (エレキナイフ '**Ereki Naifu'**): Brunch uses his hand as a blade to stab his opponent while it is electrically charged.[18]
* **Wind Thunder Sickle Weasel** (風雷鎌鼬 '**Fūrai Kamaitachi'**): A much larger, faster version of the **Parallel Electric Cutter**, Brunch blows past his opponents and tears them up with electric blades.[19]
* **Secret Technique: Series Great Electrification Attack** (奥義:直列大帯電撃'**Ōgi: Chokuretsu Daitai Dengeki'**): After absorbing a large amount of energy, Brunch converts it into electricity and channels it into a massive, pillar-like blast. The attack, while being incredibly powerful, also has a special effect of electrically charging its targets, meaning that even if they regenerate they will still be electrocuted in a seemingly endless loop.[20]
* **Body Electromagnet** (体電磁石 (たいでんじしゃく) '**Tai Denjishaku'**): Using a vast amount of electricity produced in his body, Brunch magnetizes his entire body, turning himself into a powerful electromagnet. He used this to make the great amount of iron in Stardust Hill's meteorites react to his magnetism, causing the heavy rain of meteorites to be drawn towards himself, so Zebra could crush them easier.[21]
* **Electric Shock** (電気ショック '**Denki Shokku'**): Brunch releases a bolt of electricity to revive unconscious allies in a manner akin to a defibrillator.[22]

## Full Course Menu

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Tengu Brunch is one of the most powerful chefs. During missions, he works well with Ryuko Matoi and Erza Scarlet

## Trivia

* Despite being one of the most powerful chefs seen, he was not listed by Joejoe as one of the chefs that would be hard to capture. This may be due to his restaurant being located in the Gourmet World along with the Gourmet Corp.'s Gourmet World HQ, and not in the Human World.
* Both Stepped Leader and Return Strokes are actual terms use in describing the mechanics behind lightning strikes.
* His arrogant behavior may be a nod to the japanese idiom "Hitori Tengu" (lit. Lonely Tengu), which is used to describe an arrogant and self-conceited person.
* Some of his techniques are named after the two simplest ways to connect the components of an electronic circuit, series and parallel.
* Brunch scored 9 in Power, 10 in Speed, 3 in Intelligence, 8 in Appetite and 10 in Special Abilities on his Capture Ability Data of Volume 26, by the events of Cooking Fest.
* His voice actor, Tomoyuki Dan, died some weeks prior to Brunch's first appearance, and could only voice Episodes 126 to 128, and his role in the game Toriko: Ultimate Survival. He was replaced by Konishi Katsuyuki since Episode 129.
* Just like characters Nosh and Dinner, Brunch's name also refers to a meal, which is a combination of breakfast and lunch eaten usually during the late morning.
* In a special "Dream Combo" poll held for Volume 29.5 in which fans could vote for their favorite current or potential hunter/chef combo, Brunch and Zebra were voted as the most popular combo with 192 votes.
	+ The two would go on to be teamed up in Episode 131 of the anime and in Chapter 326 of the manga.