Toriko, Vol. 18

After the training adventure with Sani, Toriko and Komatsu jump right into another ingredient, this time with Coco.

But there were two interleaved interludes. One in which Toriko and Coco went off to hunt down IGO president's full course menu ingredients. The anime actually provided more backstory to this interlude and lengthened it out a bit. The manga just wrapped it up in a single issue. Komatsu's past was revealed a bit more in the other interlude, where he meets up with a friend that he had once trained with, and then parts with an obvious prelude to a later confrontation.

Coco, Toriko, and Komatsu travel to the Jidal Kingdom to seek out the Meteor Garlic. I think this is one of my favourtie arc, as it shows a darker side of the Gourmet Age and a different kind of creativity. The villain this time is Livebearer, an underground cooking chef, whose depiction is a bit different from the anime. He has full body tattoos in the manga. It's understandable why that wouldn't fly in anime targeted at a younger audience.