Shokugeki no Souma

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Pretty interesting so far, and honestly, I kind of like Nene as a character.

Makes me wonder just what kind of weirdoes the judges are going to be.
 

Anonguy

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New chapter annnnnd Ishiki is some kind of elite family kid.

And not someone you wanna piss of.
 

BtML

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Anonguy said:
New chapter annnnnd Ishiki is some kind of elite family kid.

And not someone you wanna piss of.
I expected Isshiki to bare his fangs at some point, but I was rather surprised that he decided to go full throttle like this.

This was a good chapter, even if it only focused on fleshing Isshiki as a character.
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

As interesting as the background between Nene and Isshiki is, I'm rather interested about Isshiki's certainty that Souma is going to win his match against Nene. I'm curious where the confidence comes from.

And Alice wants to know what everyone are talking about when they talk about Isshiki's "naked apron" thing...I kind of understand just *why* they don't want to say anything, but I would have thought the words were...pretty blatant in their meaning.
 

Anonguy

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It's supposed to remind people of Alice's own sheltered upbringing.

The confidence probably comes from the idea that Nene is probably too complacent and focusing on Isshiki instead.
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

The judges were introduced in this chapter, and we're still not sure what Souma is cooking. Nene's seems to be traditional, if high quality, stuff.

I kind of liked it when the crowd was getting uppity and the judge who was giving Souma compliments in the most insulting manner imaginable to shut up. That was great.
 

Anonguy

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It's always great when the idiot proles get their due comeuppance
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Nene had her turn, so next chapter is Souma's dish.
 

Anonguy

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While I approve of the pun, I will dock points for reusing the "it's so good I didn't realize I ate it all" from Hayama/Hisako bit.

Nene's pretty much tripped the loser flag by insisting on looking past Soma and fixating on Isshiki. If you wanted him, ya shoulda insisted you get him.
 
Chapter's out with the expected cliffhanger ending. It seems pretty nonsensical to imagine that Souma could lose in the very first match of this huge Regiment de Cuisine, and yet I can't shake having a bad feeling about this...
 

BtML

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Ugh...I was hoping for a clearer picture, but it seems I have to wait for next week.
 

Anonguy

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Chapter's out.

Soma won, somewhat as expected. Nene gave service to the fans at the end.
 
Well, I guess it's only to be expected that there would be an element of 'yeah, but' present in Souma's victory. But regardless of any of that, he still prevailed over an Elite Ten on her own home court.
 

BtML

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If nothing else, this chapter demonstrated pretty well what happens when you're stuck in a routine.
 

gojiita

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It also shows you the fundamental problem with the new doctrine. And I think there was a scene during the testing, too. The new generation of chefs Central wants to push out to the world are basically recipe followers that don't understand the theory behind the cooking. There was a kid in the test asking why they they were doing this next step for their dish, and the other just said "I don't know, because it's in the recipe and the Chairman said so".
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Isshiki's match is next, and his opponent already finished his dish with the judges. I'm actually rather interested in what Isshiki is doing, based on that last page.
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

That was pretty impressive move from Isshiki. Which makes me wonder. Did he just lack the motivation to challenge for a higher seat, or did the guys above him just not see him as a threat? Nene apparently was all for a shokugeki, but it seems she was the only one to even entertain the notion.
 
BtML said:
New chapter is up in Mangastream.

That was pretty impressive move from Isshiki. Which makes me wonder. Did he just lack the motivation to challenge for a higher seat, or did the guys above him just not see him as a threat? Nene apparently was all for a shokugeki, but it seems she was the only one to even entertain the notion.
The former of the two, I think. Isshiki just doesn't care too much about anything at Tootsuki aside from Polar Star Dorm, its tenants and his plantation on its land. The Elite Ten position is mostly something he kept onto for the sake of it giving him clout to be able to skive lessons and such in order to spend as much time on his own projects as possible.
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Trash talk from the commentator, still have no clue just what type of chef the former 3rd Seat is, other than badass. Azami is chill, though, unfortunately, he's got the right to not be concerned just yet.

On the other hand...I wonder if Tsukasa will even bother accepting the challenge from Kuga.
 

Anonguy

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Azami has always been the kind of type who reacts to getting punched in the face with a confident laugh, though it really doesn't matter just yet.

Of course if they lose Rindo or Tsukasa they are FUCKED.

Megashima, with his talk of power and strength, probably has a lot of "bold" flavor type of cooking.

All that time obscuring the other new Elite and she got off panel'd. Sad!
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Okay, this set the stage for the next chapter, and it's going to be really interesting to me. Kuga apparently got his wish and earned a match with Tsukasa. Megishima is going against Rindou. Hopefully this one is actually shown, and we finally get an idea for just why she earned the 2nd Seat. And then we have the Ultimate Stalker against the samurai wannabe 5th Seat.
 
BtML said:
New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Okay, this set the stage for the next chapter, and it's going to be really interesting to me. Kuga apparently got his wish and earned a match with Tsukasa. Megishima is going against Rindou. Hopefully this one is actually shown, and we finally get an idea for just why she earned the 2nd Seat. And then we have the Ultimate Stalker against the samurai wannabe 5th Seat.
Really interesting depending on how the author plays it. A 3-0 sweep on the backswing for Central would be about the most boring and terrible way to follow up on the first round's results, but it also seems to be the obvious track and Tsukuda is not known for plot twists.

I'm hoping for Mimisaka to show something, since it appears Kuga and Megishima are toast.
 

BtML

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New chapter is up in Mangastream.

Mostly focused on Kuga and his motivation, but damn, talk about cold. I mean, Tsukasa didn't even remember Kuga's name without being prompted.

Rindou is looking...mighty enthused with this, if her expression in choosing the theme and that last page is to go by. (Also...alligator as an ingredient!? WTF is that?!)
 

Anonguy

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Welcome to deep south USA guys. If you thought the BEAR BATTLE was weird....

And yes, they raise the fuckers on farms to eat.
 
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