The Oishinbo gang takes time off from the normal culinary wars to get involved with a political dispute about American rice imports. The economic conflict between a pushy US Senator from California and a nationalistic Japanese politician is further complicated by concerns about the cumulative effect of pesticide use in both American and Japanese agriculture.
今回の対決テーマは「ご飯のおかず」に決定した。士郎、雄山ともに出されたご飯には、どちらも香ばしい「香り米」が使われていた。その「香り米」にからみ、雄山はコメの輸入自由化問題を取り上げ、日本米の危機を訴えて、士郎に挑戦状をたたきつける。
