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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Ah I see what Erina is getting to now given her family's history. Plus, she's still very thoughtful of her mother. Souma blasted his way through the competition but Asahi will be his biggest challenge yet. Also, I find it Joichiro's family relationship pretty entertaining especially with Souma's mother. |
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| Woahhh .... As always good episode, like running in a sandstorm. I know it's filled with drama and the food look like delicious but it never stops boring me. I feel excited about the upcoming episode, it's time to Yukihira's show up. All of this is only for Erina. |
| It was good to see more of Souma's mother. I really like her personality. I'm looking forward to seeing how this match will conclude. |
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| The backstory with Souma's mother was so sad :( RIP Now time for the climax of this season aka Asahi vs Souma |
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| The only episode I watched of this season and it was because I wanted to see Souma's mother, probably the only thing I liked from the arc in the manga |
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| So we finally get to see Souma’s mother. Highlight of the ep by far. He definitely gets a lot of his personality from her. Sad that he lost her so early. The part where everyone tells Asahi to stop acting like a main character had me dead af lol. Guessing we’ll see the conclusion of this battle and the tournament next week and then a wrap up episode after that? This season’s blown by. And unpopular opinion, I’ve enjoyed it. |
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| I liked this episode, the next episode by far will be the episode of this season. We'll just have to see who will take the win: Asahi or Soma. I am 100% rooting for Soma, because he wants revenge. Not just that, it's an opportunity to finally surpass his father after losing 500 cooking battles against him. We'll just have to wait and see, Asahi probably is the favourite here simply because he defeated Joichiro 5-0. |
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| It was nice that they finally showed us Souma's mother even though it felt shoved in. But since they rushed it like everything else it didn't leave much of an impact. So Asahi hates Souma because he stole his dad from him? Even though Jouichirou said that he could come with him? Sure why not. It wasn't the worst episode of this season but the pacing has been consistently awful. I honestly wouldn't be suprised if it ended next episode, but I doubt it. |
phantomfandom said: Is this season one cour or two cour? Definitely a one cour with this pacing. |
| Soma's mom is the only best part of this ep. Other just cringe. From rushed cooking to everyone just keep praising on Asahi. Even stranger irrelevant imaginary chef praising him. His backstory doesnt make a lick of sense |
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| I'll admit the part where Asahi acted like the protagonist made me laugh out loud. Other than that, shitty episode as usual |
| The flashback was nice for sure and pretty much the best part of the season, but it honestly falls short of the ~Le Dessert~ epilogue. A shame that these probably won't get adapted properly. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| finally got to see some action, however we didn't get to see cooking action in depth that could be on par with 1st or 2nd season... i know they want to move the plot because of the little episodes that are left but still i feel like the show is moving too fast on important parts and slowing down on not so important parts... Just realizing this makes me feel like they should have waited more with the show until the pacing would be much more better... it just feels rushed up and not thought through out... i hope better episodes are awaiting us |
| Poor Yukihira losing his mom at such a young age. I love her personality tho, Soma gets it from her. The rest of the episode was rushed setup. Why are they making Asahi seem like the ultimate villain, his intentions are sorta good. His backstory also makes no sense, why would you get mad at Jouichirou for choosing his OWN SON over you. AND HE OFFERED YOU TO GO WITH HIM !! How can you say "he stole him from me." Loads of bullshit.  |
| good: mama Tamako bad: everything else. didnt give us time to soak in the mom’s backstory and zipped straight to her funeral. and oooh big tough bad guy’s motivation having OG Broly’s level of petty and stupid |
| Man Asahi is really petty, hating Souma because he blames him for Joichiro leaving him (even though it was because he was suffering cause the death of his mother and Joichiro offered him to come with him), but I would lie if I say that the scene where he parodies the power of friendship trope didn't made me laugh. Souma's mom was nice, too bad she died, would have like to see more of her :( |
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| I liked the part with Soma, his mom and his dad, it was very good. The rest is just decent. |
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| Would've been nice to see Souma's mother way earlier in the series, the flashback was great though. They really over emphasize Saiba and his cooking, I know it's the norm for Shokugeki to do this but I feel like it's over done for him. Looking forward to seeing what Souma has cooked up. |
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| This whole arc could be 1 OVA or completely skip it - bleh |
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| Ever since my friend told me that this season felt like a full season recap, I can't unsee it. The way they rush through every single scene, skip so many matches, lack of cooking process/dish explanation, plot points that's glossed over via a few lines of dialogue, and a tournament arc that we didn't even get to see half of its participants. Everything about it just felt like a big recap lol |
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| I don't remember exactly how the backstory with Souma's mom played out in the manga but I think it's safe to assume that it was rushed af lol. I'm not even going to bother going back to these chapters to check. I'm glad they kept that protagonist parody moment with Asahi. It was pretty funny and probably the only thing I liked about this episode lol. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Ok, the backstories peaked my interest for... a few seconds. And then back to Saiba and Souma obliterating everyone in 2 seconds lol. Honestly, if they delved into any of the backstories for a few episodes this season could've been so much better. I'll say it again, the main thing that's making this season horrible is the bullshit pacing. It had potential to be so much more... |
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| The flashback was lit. Soma's mom was quite unique in many ways but she was a lovely young lady. Too bad Tamako Yukihira died so young. Welp here it is folks, Soma vs Asahi Saiba. The theme of their shokugeki is quite intriguing. Making the five great cuisines into one now that's one heck of a challange. |
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| The flashback was definitely the highlight of the episode, Soma's mom was as spirited as he is now :P The rest... Well, let's just see how this rollercoaster ends. |
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Illyricus said: Souma's mom was nice, too bad she died, would have like to see more of her :( Highly recommend reading the epilogue chapters then. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| This episode wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be so here are my thoughts (WARNING: this is gonna be long. Sorry. ) Regarding "the line", I was glad they cut it down and kept it short, especially the part where Erina (in the manga) says "to be honest, its a miracle you've made it this far" which makes me feel a little better cuz now I can feel like Nakiri doesn't doubt Soma's competence (at least not as much as in the manga) and is just feeling hopeless. Tamako was by far one of the best parts of the episode. I loved seeing a young Soma, how he got his scar, and the influence of his mom had on him. Unfortunate that Soma lost her so young and she wasn't given more attention in the manga. Something I noticed was that in Joichiro's flashback before he leaves Asahi to go home to Soma after Tamako's death is that he offers Asahi a chance to go with him but he declines. I don't believe that bit was in the manga but it's still stupid Asahi holds something against Soma for "stealing" Joichioro from him. Another good part in the episode was seeing the Polar Star gang show up to cheer on Soma which made me smile. Also the fact that Tsukasa helped Soma prepare for his match with cooking battles is a nice touch. In regards to the beginning of Soma vs Asahi, Cross Knives still looks stupid and silly. And the fact that I had to watch like 2 minutes of Asahi "crossing" made it worse. For the rest of the anime, I think the next episode will be the rest of Soma vs Asahi and then the buildup to the Soma vs Erina. Then episode 12 will be their match and the rest of BLUE. Finally episode 13 will be Le Dessert adapted and any changes the studio made which hopefully results in a better ending. I think we'll get a better ending than what the manga gave us but I'm not expecting anything amazing (hoping I'm wrong though). I'm pretty hyped for the next episode especially after hearing Soma's words and confidence at the end of the episode. Can't wait for him to take Asahi down! Last thing (Spoiler! kinda): I can't wait to see how the anime handles the others and HIM showing up next episode (I won't say who it is but those who read the manga know :) |
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FMmatron said: Oh, nice then, will have that in mind. Thank you for the suggestion ;) Illyricus said: Souma's mom was nice, too bad she died, would have like to see more of her :( Highly recommend reading the epilogue chapters then. |
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| This was one of the better episodes of this series so far, and that was mostly thanks to the flashback, showing Yuikihira's lovable mother, Tamako. You can see how much Yukihira takes from her, from the spiky hair, goofy personality and the love of making grotesque dishes. No wonder Joichiro fell in love with her. =) Sadly, she did die while Yukihira was still young, and it showed how much it hurt him and Joichiro. So it was good that the pair of them were able to get through those hard times with their passion of cooking and love for each other. With that being said, it does make Asahi's reason for hating Yukihira look very immature. Even though Joichiro told him the whole truth and even offered Asahi to come back with him to Japan, Asashi refused. =/ If there's one thing that Asahi did which made me laugh, it was the way he played the "power of friendship" trope with the appearance of the chefs that, in his vision, gave him the words of inspiration, but in reality, he beat them for their cooking tools like everyone else before. XD Bring on the next episode, where I do hope Asashi gets the ass whooping he deserves... |
| Accurate summary of this season and his forced antagonist: - Dad Yukihira: My wife died, I have to be with my son. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME WITH ME? - Asahi: NO - Also Asahi: He took him away from me! (proceeds to become evil) Idk what the author was thinking when he started this last arc, but god, what a bad ending. |
Reinheit_Hezen said: - Dad Yukihira: My wife died, I have to be with my son. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME WITH ME? - Asahi: NO - Also Asahi: He took him away from me! (proceeds to become evil) this was so stupid i thought i misunderstood something lmao asahi's nonsensical backstory, his stupid crossed knives superpower, and the terrible pacing have tanked this season imo |
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| The one thing I have wanted to know about for like 4 seasons now, Souma's mum... and oh dear that was pretty tragic. RIP. Still, now I understand what Asahi has against Souma, but wtf... "You took him away from me?" After rejecting his offer, My bar was set already pretty low for this "antagonist", but jeez, I didn't expect the bar to drop this low after this episode. Souma, kick his ass next week! |
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| I really hope Souma can put a stop to Asahi and win this match. When next week begins, I'll just cross my fingers rooting for Souma to win and teach that jerk a lesson he won't forget! This episode was ok. Felt bad seeing a flashback of Souma's mom when she was still alive, even though I couldn't remember how she died :( |
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| What a fast episode. even more so the pacing. Pretty much skipped most of the round and went straight to the semi finals like "ah, you are not important, so off-screen defeat for you". On one hand, yeah, gloss over them since we all already know what will happen...but on the other hand, to be so transparent with the laziness and fast pacing...sigh, wasn't a huge fan of that. Next episode should be fun though. The standout moment for this episode would definitely Soma's mother, Tamako. I liked her character in just a few scenes more than pretty much every other character in the show (not saying that the rest are bad, just that I really liked her character that much). I cracked up at this moment with the Crunchyroll subs: Tamako: "Listen up Soma. Your left hand is key. Here, give it a try". Soma: "Okay"..."Mom, it's gonna burn". Tamako: "Oh, who cares? Keep it up my boy". It probably shouldn't be that funny, but randomly and surprising, it was for me, Another great comedic moment was the Asahi "flashbacks" and then the backlash that they were not completely accurate and that he wasn't a protagonist. Not sure what will happen next episode. I feel like Erina should be the one to beat Asahi this arc, but I feel that the show will give the victory to Soma, since he is the main character. Main character powers trump over story telling powers most of the time. Even if Soma wins though, I guess that they can still give Erina the character arc she is being set for, but I would rather it be against the main antagonist than with a character she has already had development with. Either way, really looking forward to the next episodes to see how they plan on finishing this arc. |
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| Souma's past with his mom was nice. can we just have more of that instead of what's going on rn?? lol at this point they're just rushing to finish everything, that tournament arc went by super fast. I guess Soma through beating Asahi will "beat his dad" but that logic is beyond retarded |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| it is nice to see Souma mother, but it seems she was a bad chef and I don't like her VA, Souma mother was young and the voice sounds like an old lady... she is 40 years old so yeah... but why she is not on MAL? she had many roles as VA, guess all were last grade characters showing only in 1 episode ;o Also last episode of this season will be a very rushed one, Souma vs Erina, he will win her heart and destroy her mothers taste buds ? |
| (づ￣ ³￣)づ ちゅっ ちゅっ キス (´｡✪ω✪｡｀) I hate it when anime/manga that I enjoyed ends, especially when there could be much longer plot and when I love main heroine :P I wish I had magic glasses that let me see real world in anime colors ;) |
| I have never liked Erina. I'm tired of Souma saving her. And where's her loyalty? |
| So far the episode is kinda meh tbh, still feel a bit rushed eventhough they already added few scenes here and there compared to manga. The flashback part is nice and heartwarming though tbh It might be more impactful if they showed it in the next episode where the battle is at its climax. The part where they keep mentioning Asahi's cooking for straight 2-3 minutes is kinda 'wtf' for me. But that 'protag' part is indeed one of the good part in there. Reinheit_Hezen said: - Dad Yukihira: My wife died, I have to be with my son. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME WITH ME? - Asahi: NO - Also Asahi: He took him away from me! (proceeds to become evil) I feel like the manga delivers it in a more sense way than in the anime. Because iirc in the manga Jouichiro only mentions about his wife's passing and then say goodbye to Asahi. Just that... not asking if Asahi wants to come or not. That makes more sense making Asahi felt that he got left out and hate Soma because of that. |
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| I'm late to the party but just wanted to chime in and show my love for Souma's mom. Such a lovely person and honestly one of the best parts of this arc. Would totally pay to just watch a Tamako + Joichiro + Baby Soma slice of life spin off, that would be fantastic. Other than that the theme of the season has been to just keep moving, and once again we move at a blindingly fast pace. Still waiting out for the end though. |
| So, you think the pacing is rushed? I'm a manga reader here, and the same happened with the manga in the last episodes, so much bullshittery, and no effort put into the making of the dishes. Asahi acting like the protagonist? Just wait for Haha, it's funny to read these kind of reactiones "again", because you were warned ahead of time. Mod Edit: Added spoiler tags; please hide plot details. |
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| Squeeee, I really hope Soma adds squid to his dish. Its unlikely seeing as all his squid dishes kill people but there was some great flash backs this eps to him as a kid and I liked the fact his mom always seem to be sucking on a squid tentacle. This episode finished too soon, roll on next week! |
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| Good episode, know more about Erina's history with her ability the Gods Tounge. Come on Souma you are the only one that will make Erina happy. |
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| Nice Asahi protagonist moment... Lol the characters said exactly what I was thinking. All right when is Soma gonna lay the pipe on Erina already? He could instead get with hot, tan Nikumi and avoid all the drama. And enjoy discounted beef |
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| Compared to the rest of the season this was actually a pretty good episode, the backstory of Souma's mother was good and i'm exited to see Souma vs Asahi. I hope that at last this match won't be rushed. |
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