If you liked
Tennis no Oujisama
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...then you might like
Shokugeki no Souma
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As I was watching Food Wars, I started to make many parallels with Prince of Tennis, since both were shounen and had a similar premise. Here are some similarities I noticed: - Both explore in-depth into a particular field/skill/culture, Food Wars being about food and PoT being about the sport of tennis. - Both MCs are self-confident, somewhat cocky/arrogant teenage males who have the skills to back it up. - Both have backgrounds/previous exposure in their art, with Yukihira Soma growing up helping in his family's diner, and Echizen Ryoma being a youth tennis prodigy with several national championships under his belt before moving back to Japan. - Both transfer into a school famous for their respective art, in order to better themselves. Soma goes to Tootsuki Academy, the top culinary school, and Echizen Ryoma transfers into Seishun Middle School, renowned for its formidable tennis club. - Both are not well-accepted by their peers initially. While Soma is a friendly guy, his background in a lowly family diner is enough to earn him the other students' belittlement, since they all mostly come from elite culinary upbringings. They doubt his abilities. Echizen Ryoma is the opposite. With several championships under his name, nobody doubts his skills. However, it's his personality that many of his peers have a problem with, as he's unfriendly, cold, and tends to look down on others in regards to tennis. -Both have to initially face off against veterans at their school to make their names heard. Soma wins against several notable chefs after his transfer into the school, and earns himself some fame. Ryoma challenges the upperclassmen to matches, and utterly wipes the floor with them. But since they weren't official matches, nobody counted them. It isn't until the ranking tournaments that he starts to square off against the team's famed starting players. - Both face competitions and tournaments against formidable foes. Soma participates in cook-offs, while Ryoma participates in matches and tournaments after securing himself a spot in the starting lineup. Pretty self-explanatory really. - Both bond with the people they spend time with, and quickly become like a family. The Polar Star dorm for Soma, and the tennis team regulars for Ryoma. - Both have a father that is world-famous in their respective fields, and were trained by them. Soma's father is a world-class chef, and a graduate of Tootsuki Academy, formerly being one of the top students. He passes on many of his cooking techniques and skills onto Soma. Ryoma's father is a former pro tennis player, who suddenly disappeared from the circuit to raise his son. He taught Ryoma the ways of the racket and shaped him into the tennis powerhouse he is now. However, Ryoma mimics his father too much, and struggles throughout the show to find and discover his own play style, one that is truly unique to him. - Both ran in Shounen Jump. Not that big a deal, but still I honestly think that people who enjoy one would also enjoy the other to some degree, but that's up to the individual. Both are great shows IMO