Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (食戟のソーマ)

T h e F o u r t h P l a t e

One

So, yeah...

Team Shokugeki, One Month Ago

We're basically fighting the current Elite Ten to reclaim control of the Elite Ten.

We're doing this Team Shokugeki thing where we fight in teams.

The reason I called is, I was wondering if you'd join up with us rebels.

Isshiki-senpai Cell

Yup. I'm actually already in Hokkaido because I planned on doing just that.

Huh?

I was already in cahoots with Joichiro-san and Chef Dojima.

Looks like the plan to lure out Director Azami worked.

Took you long enough to contact me!

I heard everything from Isshiki.

You can't start a party without Kuga Terunori!

I owe you.

I'll get right to work on visualizing the overthrow of the Elite Ten.

Thanks, Mimasaka! I'll be counting on you.

Did I let him borrow something?

This is great, Soma-kun! Now we have seven people for the Team Shokugeki!

Yup. Might as well get our last guy to agree, too.

Yes, he would be a powerful ally.

But this might prove to be a difficult mission.

Because...

Hello? Megishima-senpai?

Would you listen to me?!

I decline.

Seriously?

Totsuki

Totsuki Teahouse Culinary Academy.

A storm has just touched down upon this academy.

The eight rebels, including Soma and his friends, had challenged Director Azami's

Elite Ten to a Team Shokugeki on Rebun Island.

The first bout ended with the rebels winning all three matches.

Glad you enjoyed it!

But the Shokugeki will continue until all of the enemies have been defeated.

The road to total victory is still long and treacherous.

Food Wars

The Fourth Plate

For the upcoming second bout,

we should use the best we have!

What We Want to Protect

We need to go one-on-one with our absolute best only!!

No, we should consider saving some of our best for last...

Ugh! You just don't get it!

This is basic battle strategy!

What the heck kind of equations are those?

Hayama, there's no sense in trying to talk to her.

But we might lose three upperclassmen at once...

Yukihira-kun...

Soma-kun's still in the bathroom.

Wha—

For crying out loud...

I wonder which of the Elite Ten will show up next.

The enemy should be panicking after that first bout.

I wouldn't be surprised if Tsukasa Eishi or Kobayashi Rindo showed up next!

The first and second seats?

What are we going to do, Erinacchi?!

Well... With Team Shokugeki rules,

a strategy like the sacrificial captain that's used in kendo

doesn't work at all.

Even if we're able to get a decent amount of victories,

if the enemy still has the top members of the Elite Ten,

there's still a possibility they could turn things completely around.

Correct. So with the top members, we need to try to win, no matter what.

I'll go on whenever you need me.

But you just finished the first bout, Megishima-senpai.

That'd be two in a row.

That's fine.

That's not enough to burn me out.

I don't want to stop this momentum we have from winning the first bout.

The next three we should send in are...

Let me go next!

I'll destroy Yukihira Soma!

Calm down, Eizan. We don't know if Yukihira will be in the next bout.

You sure do get worked up when it comes to Yukihira Soma, Eizan.

Regardless, we won't decide what's going to happen in the second bout

until Tsukasa comes back.

Tsukassan, you are going to fight, aren't you?

In the second bout.

And what if I tell you I am?

Oh, come on! Don't answer a question with a question, you meanie!

Don't leave Terunori-kun hanging like that!

Fight me in the next Shokugeki.

Team Shokugeki

All right!

Team Shokugeki

Now that our one-hour break is over, the second bout is finally about to begin!

Team Shokugeki

I wonder what the next battle will bring!

I hope you'll at least be entertaining this time.

Histoire Anne Charme

The three judges will continue to be the three Bookmen from the WGO!

Wait, is Anne-san drunk?

I-I wonder how that happened...

We're back in a cage again?

Well, what'd you expect? We've been expelled.

I'll sue their asses later!

Hayama, there's no point in talking to her.

First up, we have our next three contestants from the loathsome rebels!

Oh, heya!

You can do it!

You guys need to win again!

Go! Stalker Gorilla!

And here are our three contestants from the Elite Ten!

Get your asses out here!

Unbelievable! We have the first, second, and fourth seats!

They're so intense!

These are the matchups as determined by the cards prior to the match.

2nd Bout 1st Match Tsukasa Eishi vs. Kuga Terunori 2nd Match Kobayashi Rindo vs. Megishima Tosuke 3rd Match Saito Somei vs. Mimasaka Subaru

Yo, Megishima. Let's have a good match!

Rebel Megishima Tosuke

Totsuki Elite Ten, 2nd Seat Kobayashi Rindo

Yeah.

My name is Saito Somei.

Rebel Mimasaka Subaru

Totsuki Elite Ten, 4th Seat Saito Somei

I walk down the culinary path. If you stand in my way, I shall cut you down!

You're rather amusing. Very well.

I request a match with you.

Rebel Kuga Terunori

Totsuki Elite Ten, 1st Seat Tsukasa Eishi

Hey, Kuga. Looks like you got your wish.

Kuga-senpai is up against Tsukasa Eishi?

This is going to be one hell of a match!

Let us find out what we'll be cooking from the lottery.

You can go ahead and draw, rebels.

I wanna draw it!

I wanna play that lottery!

Let me do it!

That much?

Sorry about this, Megishima.

Nah, don't worry about it, Saito.

We were both fellow members of the Elite Ten just the other day.

To think that now we're enemies facing off in a Shokugeki.

Well, chefs can have many virtues.

This isn't that surprising.

Even then, you had always walked down your own path,

so it was surprising that you ended up lending a hand to those juniors.

Yeah, you're not the only one surprised.

Cayenne Pepper

The ingredient from the second card is cayenne pepper!

Tuna

And the third card is tuna!

As for the first card... It's green tea!

Green Tea (Tea Leaves)

Green tea?

How, though? Are they going to compete to make the best tea?

No... I believe they're supposed to make a dish

that best utilizes the scent and taste of tea leaves.

This would be pretty easy to imagine with Kinokuni Nene,

Elite Ten Sixth Seat

since she specializes in Japanese cuisine.

It's hard to imagine how it'd be used with

Kuga-san's Sichuan dishes or Tsukasa Eishi's French cuisine...

Indeed.

All right, let the preparations begin!

A dish using green tea?

All right. Guess I'll get things started.

Kuga-senpai is in action!

He's already got an idea despite the difficult topic?

Good going, Former Eighth Seat!

I'd expect nothing less from you, Kuga.

Chinese cuisine demands a variety

of cooking methods, which makes a chef rather flexible.

It's a waste to not have you in the Elite Ten anymore.

Give that crap a rest, Tsukassan!

Like you ever cared about anyone!

Fight me in the next Shokugeki.

Could you give me some time to think about it?

I'll go discuss it with everyone else.

Well, see you later.

Whoa!

Here you go!

Thanks!

Yukihira-chin?!

If you're nervous,

want me to use the Yukihira-style relaxation technique on you?

Put your hands together! Just like this!

Uh, just so you know...

This battle with Tsukassan... I'm definitely going to...

I'm counting on you, Kuga-senpai.

Right. I should start concentrating, too.

Now... breathe life into my dish.

Huh... Cayenne pepper, eh?

Come on, now! Do you really have time to hesitate?

Let's do this, Megishima!

Wh-What is that? Is that actually food?

No way!

It's still alive, even!

An alligator?!

Don't make him eat you!

Alligator meat?

She's not possibly thinking about using that at a Shokugeki, is she?

That must mean she's pretty confident.

Of course she is, you stupid rebels!

Rindo-senpai is a kind of chef you rarely see, even at Totsuki!

She's a true master of rare ingredients!

Rare Ingredients

Rare ingredients?