Although some of their classmates sabotage Soma and Megumi's beef bourguignon, Soma is able to save the dish and the teacher gives them a top grade. In his first class, Soma is paired with Megumi Tadokoro, a shy girl who ranked at the bottom of her class and is on academic probation. At the school's entrance ceremony, Soma appears as the sole transfer student representative and declares he will aspire to be the top student in his class, angering his classmates, and shocking Erina. However, because Soma is a commoner, she fails him anyway. While other candidates flee because of Erina's reputation of being the nation's top food critic, Soma cooks a furikake dish that Erina discovers she really enjoys. Erina Nakiri, the valedictorian of Totsuki's junior high and a member of Totsuki's Council of Ten Masters, presides over the transfer student entrance exam and has candidates cook an egg dish that would satisfy her. Later, Joichiro closes the restaurant to go on a worldwide cooking tour, and has Soma enroll in Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite cooking academy. Soma improvizes a near-meat dish that overwhelms her in taste. She challenges Soma to cook for her a meat dish, but she has the place vandalized and the meat spoiled. A woman tries to persuade Soma to sell their property so her clients can build a high rise. Side Story: "Kurase's Diary" ( 番外編『倉瀬さんの日記』, "Bangaihen: Kurase-san no nikki")Īt Yukihira Family Restaurant, teenager Soma Yukihira aspires to someday beat his father Joichiro in a cook-off.Special Short: "Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma" ( 食戟のソーマ: 読み切り版, "Shokugeki no SOMA: Yomikiri-ban")."The Chef Who Never Smiles" ( この料理人は笑わない, "Kono Ryōrijin wa Warawanai")."The Godfather Speaks of Diamonds" ( 魔王、『玉』を語る, "Maō, "gyoku" o kataru")."Divine Tongue" ( 神の舌, "Kami no Shita").
The series also saw an anime adaptation, which has aired three cours to date. This included Asahi, an unknown apprentice of protagonist Yukihira Soma’s father and the arc’s antagonist.Īll of the series’ currently released chapters, as well as its upcoming final chapters, can be viewed via Viz Media’s official site. The series is currently wrapping up its BLUE arc, in which the main cast has competed against the best chefs in the world. The official image will be added once it becomes available.įirst launched in November of 2012, Shokugeki no Soma follows the adventures of Yukihira Soma, a young man with a passion for cooking dishes in creative ways.Īfter being enrolled in the illustrious Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute by his father, he sets out to establish himself as the best of the best, challenging the school’s top students for the right to be called the most skilled chef of his generation. The promo image can be viewed via a reddit post containing a scan of the announcement here. The image states that the story will end in three more chapters, after which the series’ future is uncertain.Īs of this time, no official statement has been given by the series’ creators Tsukuda Yuto or Saeki Shun, via social media or more official channels. Revealed on May 30, the announcement came in the form of a teaser image included in the Japanese manga publication’s most recent issue. Shokugeki no Soma, better known as Food Wars! in the west, is set to end its more than 300 chapter run in Shonen Jump within three chapters according to an announcement by the publication.