Reading Reviews vol. 1

💀 Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2012 - 2019)

Author: Yuuto Tsukuda / Morisaki Yuki

Artist: Shun Saeki

Genre: Cooking, Comedy, Ecchi, School, Slice of life

Status: Completed

Chapters: 315

Synopsis:

Soma dreams to surpass his father's cooking skills and to take over their family diner. However, his aspirations come to a halt when his father announces its closure, as he must travel abroad for business. In the meantime, his father challenged him that if he completes his studies at Tootsuki Culinary Academy, it would mean that he surpassed him as a chef.

Review:

What I love in this manga is that they can illustrate food as deliciously as if they were real. I commend the amount of research dedicated to creating these amazing characters and the variety of cuisine that is shown throughout the series. I also love how all of them are constantly growing to be the better chef versions of themselves, the moment I felt the proudest for them is the part where the new batch became the new Elite Ten.

I only gave it a 4-star because of the shtty ending. Like why tf does it have to end with the Nakiri family drama, I don't give two shts about the bastard son revelation and the picky-eating mom's crippling dilemma, this should be about Soma's journey to be the best. I can only infer that the final arc wasn't thought through.

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Favorite character/s:

Yukihira Soma. I like the perseverance and determination of this dude, his curiosity and risk-taking ability that made him loveable.

Isshiki Satoshi. The duality of this guy. He's a buck-naked farmer at the Polar Star Dorm but a respectable No. 7 of the Elite 10 in Tootsuki.

Hayama Akira. Nose genius. I also like his character design. I've always had a thing with chocolatey guys.

Nakiri Alice. Her open-mindedness makes her the best support system.

Kurokiba Ryou. I also like the duality of this guy.

Kobayashi Rindou. Eccentric senpai whose food is as eccentric as her personality.

Mimasaka Subaru. The Kakashi of Food Wars. I like how he makes last-minute changes on his food which technically doesn't count as plagiarism but still...