Made up of the father Kūi and his boy Daore, the tag team known as Exploding-Till-You-Eat wanders from place to place to enter whatever eating contest it can find. The name baffles most spectators, since the familiar saying actually runs the opposite way around.
Exploding-Till-You-Eat brings together a parent and child, Kūi along with his son Daore, a duo of competitive eaters who roam the countryside signing up for every eating challenge they come across. The pair's chosen title leaves most onlookers confused, because the well-known phrase is normally worded the reverse way, as eating-till-you-explode. Neither Kūi nor Daore has any patience for that ordinary saying, and any time it gets mentioned they simply pretend they did not hear it.
Living as touring contest regulars, the two are at their most visible during Konohagakure's Parent and Child Day eating event. They battle their way through to the last round as one of the three remaining teams, only for it all to fall apart at the table. Daore passes out under the mountain of food he has put away, while Kūi is sick after swallowing dumplings that the Ankorodō stall had laced using Earth Release.
In the anime version, the father-and-son team instead conspires with the owner of Ankorodō, who rigged the contest to benefit the Dōtonbori by leaving their Lightning Burgers unspiced and giving them dumpling bowls more shallow than the ones the Akimichi got. Boruto Uzumaki noticed the trick and traded the doctored bowls back for fair ones. Once the owner's cheating came to light, all three parties earned a scolding from Shikamaru Nara.

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Episode 94 marks the anime debut of Exploding-Till-You-Eat, the father and son competitive eating duo Kūi and Daore. They compete in Konohagakure's Parent and Child Day eating contest, reaching the final round before Daore passes out and Kūi falls ill from rigged dumplings.
Exploding-Till-You-Eat is a father and son competitive eating team made up of Kūi and his son Daore. The pair travels the countryside entering every eating contest they can find.
The name Exploding-Till-You-Eat confuses spectators because the familiar saying is normally phrased the opposite way, as eating-till-you-explode. Kūi and Daore have no patience for the correction and ignore it whenever it comes up.
During Konohagakure's Parent and Child Day eating contest, Kūi and Daore fought their way to the final round as one of the three remaining teams. Daore then passed out from the amount of food he ate, while Kūi fell ill after eating dumplings secretly laced with Earth Release.
In the anime version, the owner of the Ankorodō stall conspired with Kūi and Daore to rig the contest in favor of the Dōtonbori team by shorting the Akimichi's dumpling bowls. Boruto Uzumaki caught the scheme, and Shikamaru Nara scolded all three parties once the cheating was exposed.
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