Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (食戟のソーマ)

Totsuki Culinary Academy.

The new director of this academy

is Erina Nakiri, who has the God's Tongue.

The people assisting her are a group called the Generation of Prodigies,

led by the first seat of the Elite Ten Council, Soma Yukihira.

Under their leadership, the academy has become a place

where students can freely compete and study with each other.

Let's compete!

Now,

Soma and the others of the 92nd Totsuki Generation

are welcoming the summer of their second year in high school.

-Summer! -Beach!

-Youth! -Youth!

All right, gather around!

The final exam of the first term is coming soon.

For the final exam this time,

second-year students will participate in one of three courses,

the ocean, mountain, or river course.

You guys will be participating in the ocean course.

Furthermore, I'll be in charge of inspecting all of the courses,

so I've asked the teachers to be our invigilators.

Mr. Suzuki, please step forward.

Suzuki?

I remember he's the teacher who just started this spring.

Hello, students! I'm Mr. Suzuki.

I usually teach first-year students,

so it's my first time meeting you all.

It's a pleasure.

He's so handsome!

And he's so young too!

I heard he's really popular with the first-year students!

They say he has great culinary skills and his lessons are easy to understand!

What the students in the ocean course need to do is very simple.

You must manage these beach houses!

We've rented the businesses on this beach.

Starting today,

you'll be running these restaurants in groups of ten for three days.

Restaurants?

What about the time required to buy ingredients and do prep work?

That's included in the three days' time as well, of course.

If you spend too much time on preparation, you'll have less time to serve customers.

So you must be wary!

Three days including preparation time?

That's pretty harsh.

You'll fail if you don't meet the goal.

Your goal

is to make three million yen in revenue by 7 p.m. the day after tomorrow.

What?

-What? -How can we accomplish that?

-No way! -What do we do?

We're doomed!

-What should we do? -Be quiet!

Since we rented these businesses, we must not let their revenues drop!

If we can't make the revenues go up, it will tarnish Totsuki Academy's name!

Saying all that doesn't help, Erinnachi!

All right, all we can do is go for it.

Let's show them how we'll make three million yen!

Okay!

CURRENT ELITE TEN COUNCIL

Whether it's a beach house or wherever, cooking won't be a problem for us.

But serving customers may be a bit difficult.

Not a problem. No matter how many customers come, I can handle it.

After we meet the revenue target, can we play on the beach?

They're the Elite Ten indeed. They look so relaxed.

It probably is a piece of cake for the Elite Ten.

I've considered that,

so the six members of the Elite Ten will form one team.

That's four fewer people than other teams!

And your beach house will be that one.

That restaurant is deserted…

-One grilled cuttlefish! -Two grilled frankfurters, please!

Okay! Coming right up!

Ryoko, five curries! Hurry!

Didn't I just give you those?

That was for Table Three! This order is for Table Seven!

Nice! Our plan to open up before the other teams

to attract customers is going really well.

Yes. Although we're selling really common snacks,

I have confidence in our flavor.

Are Yukihira and the other Elite Ten members doing okay?

First, we have to decorate the storefront well or no customers will come.

We'll be renovating for two days.

We can only catch up on revenue on the last day.

Then let's split up into an ingredient preparation team

and a cleaning team!

Clean up all the garbage!

You can do it!

I'm cheering you guys on from the bottom of my heart!

Are you working hard?

Mr. Suzuki?

-I want a soda. -We're not open yet.

What? That's disappointing.

You're called Soma Yukihira, right? You're the first seat of the Elite Ten.

That's right.

Again, it's nice to meet you. I'm Mr. Suzuki.

-Hi. -You're quite handsome.

I like the look in your eyes.

All right, do your best.

It won't be acceptable if the Elite Ten loses at a place like this.

Soma, what happened just now?

I don't know. I'm in a daze too.

I don't know why,

but I feel like this isn't the first time I met that guy.

Yukihira, hurry up and come move these!

Sorry!

MOUNTAIN COURSE

Ms. Erina!

You must be tired from inspecting all the courses.

Hisako, how is everything?

Well, because this is the venue for the Rock Festival,

everyone is here to watch the performances.

Having to promote our cuisine and make revenue in such a situation

make this a fierce competition.

But I'll definitely pass this exam!

All right. I look forward to seeing how you'll do, Hisako.

RIVER COURSE

THE 56TH FIREWORKS FESTIVAL

The mission of the river course is to run food stalls at a landmark by the river.

The key to this is how to attract families.

All the stalls seem to be doing quite well.

The course that is most worrisome is indeed…

OCEAN COURSE

It's so busy, but it's much better than yesterday.

Some restaurants opened up today, so we lost some customers to them.

I believe some restaurants have released some novel menu items.

Our strategy to only serve common snacks ended up being our shortcoming.

We have to think of something.

What did the other restaurants come up with?

I'll go snooping around during break time.

-Four thousand yen? -That's expensive!

No, it's a good deal.

-We rarely come here. -I want it!

That restaurant has attracted a lot of customers.

"Limited edition combo for 4,000 yen"?

What exactly are they selling in that combo?

Hey, Nikumi!

Yukihira!

It's pretty hot today too.

Go rest somewhere cool and shady.

You should refrain from playing in the ocean.

That's not for you to worry about!

By the way, how's your Elite Ten team doing?

Do you want to take a look?

Nakiri, you punk!

I was charging the electric drill battery, but you pulled the plug!

What? I need electricity over here too!

There aren't enough generators!

Don't touch it again until I say so, got it?

What the heck! I need to use it urgently too!

You're in my way! Stop dawdling over there, Aldini!

Don't make a racket here! My body temperature's rising!

Can't you work more quietly?

What did you say?

What do you want?

Quit being a drag on each other!

-How will we open? -It's like a war zone.

There can't be anything worse than this.

They've really been driven to the wall.

How can you still laugh?

You guys are situated in a deserted corner.

Plus, the place next door is stealing all the customers.

You're right. Business is booming.

How sad, first seat!

I'm sorry for hogging all the customers around here.

Is he from next door?

What's the meaning of that? Are you looking down on us?

Who are you, you asshole?

I know him!

You're the guy who has been eyeing Yukihira's first seat the last few months.

You've initiated several food wars, but never won a single one.

But I don't know your name.

Dakekanba! My name is Ken Dakekanba!

KEN DAKEKANBA

After tomorrow, you can't look down on me anymore!

If the Elite Ten members fail,

that will raise the chances for other students to replace them.

And that includes me, of course!

All right, you guys can continue struggling.

I hope you guys fail, Elite Ten members!

Damn it, that jerk!

How can he wish hardship on others?

This is how Totsuki Academy should be. I quite admire that guy.

What are you saying, Yukihira?

Isn't it normal for a Totsuki student to want to become part of the Elite Ten?

But the exam conditions this time are so unfair to you guys.

It's probably similar to last year's exam.

I heard our third-year seniors also went through

a really difficult challenge, just like us.

The same goes for our seniors who are graduating this year

and students before them.

The Elite Ten has always set an example for the other students.

We must overcome the obstacles that seem impossible to others.

We must have such a demeanor

to show that we have the characteristics of an Elite Ten chef!

Yukihira…

Plus, to this day,

we've gotten through several challenges like this.

That's right.

We already have a plan.

We only have to put it into action.