(L) Shokugeki no Soma [Manga]

[Kafriel]

Souma has been fighting Jouichiro all his life, compared to THAT, a fixed judge match is nothing to him.

[DOmus]

Originally Posted by Kafriel

Souma has been fighting Jouichiro all his life, compared to THAT, a fixed judge match is nothing to him.

Though it reside in their hands if he keep going to Tootsuki or if he gets expelled, that didn't happen with Jou.

[DragonOsman]

^True.

And I'm with PSY on waiting to see what happens. I think Eizan will at least get the judges to judge fairly now, since he's decided to try to break Souma's will through cooking (which he should've done from the beginning since every other method is useless).

But yeah, unless Eizan is really the weakest of the Elite 10, I can't see Souma winning here. Something else has to happen to ensure him staying in Tootsuki.

I did like this chapter, though, and I'm glad that Rindou is at least being sensible and trying to call Eizan off on the bad stuff he's pulling.

[Nicaea]

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

[Exether]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

Plot armor? Either way Not too long ago he was messing with Kuga, and he didn't do so bad, although there was never a shokugeki involved... I don't think he can win against Kuga in a shokugeki, but I'd say that he has a better chance with Eizan as long as it is a fair fight and the judges are impartial... As far as we have seen Eizan is a schemer, but if rank says anything, he's likely the weakest link in the Council, and unless his "specialty" is a chicken dish I'd say Souma has a descent chance.

[GDB]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

In story? Well, Eizan did just waste more than a third of his allotted cooking time sitting around acting smug.

[Diluc]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

Remeber, Eizan did not stake his title in this shogukeki
The author dont have any reason to make Souma lose.even if Eizan lose he wont lose anything his title wont be removed or anything except his plan to evict PSD is foiled (and except he will get bad treatment from Azami because his loss) it will be funny twist though if Eizan lose, Azami then replace his seat with a new random guy

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by Exether

Plot armor? Either way Not too long ago he was messing with Kuga, and he didn't do so bad, although there was never a shokugeki involved... I don't think he can win against Kuga in a shokugeki, but I'd say that he has a better chance with Eizan as long as it is a fair fight and the judges are impartial... As far as we have seen Eizan is a schemer, but if rank says anything, he's likely the weakest link in the Council, and unless his "specialty" is a chicken dish I'd say Souma has a descent chance.

The festival isn't a very good indicator since it wasn't a direct fight, and it was more of teamwork at play, but overall, he still lost badly to Yugi.

If we're gonna talk about rank here, then Eizan > Erina (and people seriously think Souma > Erina?). I think we can safely say 1 and 2 are locked in as the best cooks in the school, but as you go down the positions, I'm not so sure the cooking abilities are linear (e.g. 4 may not be necessarily "worse" than 3 and the same goes for 5 to 4).

They're christened as the best cooks in the school for a good reason, and for Souma to even stand a chance of winning throws logic out of the window.

[Hakai]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

The fact that we don't exactly know how big the gap between top first years and a low tier E10 is
The fact that soma was trained by shinomiya himself after his loss against curry
The fact that he was able to outsell kuga even for a day(don't bring up the friendship crap, All they did was provide manpower. Same thing kuga's bald army has been doing from day 1)

Still don't see him beating an elite yet but if he does it shouldn't be called an asspull

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

I guess how high the stakes are if Souma loses. Not to mention all the defeat flags that Eizan raised.

[Sixth]

Originally Posted by Nicaea

I do wonder though, what guarantees that Souna has even a chance against the E10 in a Shokugeki.

Do you always ask this question every time when you are reading SJ series where the main character is going to fight one member of the evil organization?

[Windsgrace]

Originally Posted by the one above all

I guess how high the stakes are if Souma loses. Not to mention all the defeat flags that Eizan raised.

No kidding. I wonder if Eizan will be kicked out of school or harshly punished by the school if he loses. I mean the new school administration (Azami Nakiri) said to take the best and throw out the rest. He was talking about food but I imagine he has the same ideology for people as well... Also I wonder if Azami figured out who Souma really is...

[DragonOsman]

I'm with PSY on Eizan's skill, but I also think it's true that Souma's training under Shinomiya (if it can even be called that) and the fact that he out-sold Kuga for even a day despite losing to him overall should be noted and we should give him his due credit for that. He probably can't beat him, but yeah, if he does beat him, I won't see it as an asspull because he does have great skill as a chef and he might already have found his specialty, too (or maybe he'll at least get a clue here).

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

I'm with PSY on Eizan's skill, but I also think it's true that Souma's training under Shinomiya (if it can even be called that) and the fact that he out-sold Kuga for even a day despite losing to him overall should be noted and we should give him his due credit for that. He probably can't beat him, but yeah, if he does beat him, I won't see it as an asspull because he does have great skill as a chef and he might already have found his specialty, too (or maybe he'll at least get a clue here).

It WILL be an asspull, since him winning would indicate he's at least on Erina's level, which is totally BS. He's not even better than Curry AND Lobster, lest we forget.

The training with Shinomiya was more of trying to break away from his father's shadow, and he did manage to do so to a certain extent, but he hasn't fully done so, yet, obviously. It'll always be a gradual and step-by-step process.

[Hk1117]

Originally Posted by PSY.Gangnam

It WILL be an asspull, since him winning would indicate he's at least on Erina's level, which is totally BS. He's not even better than Curry AND Lobster, lest we forget.

The training with Shinomiya was more of trying to break away from his father's shadow, and he did manage to do so to a certain extent, but he hasn't fully done so, yet, obviously. It'll always be a gradual and step-by-step process.

The number of times we've seen Erina cook a proper dish is, what, less than 10-15?

Let's not forget that 60% of the reason she's even Elite 10 is because of the so-called 'God Tongue' hax.

[Homura7]

This match has all the chances to end up being interrupted. Isshiki hasn't appeared since then, he must be up to something, no doubt.

[Hakai]

Originally Posted by PSY.Gangnam

It WILL be an asspull, since him winning would indicate he's at least on Erina's level, which is totally BS. He's not even better than Curry AND Lobster, lest we forget.

Why are you even assuming the trio is that far behind 'Erina level' to begin with

With enough manpower soma even managed to outsell Erina's superior for a day

The training with Shinomiya was more of trying to break away from his father's shadow, and he did manage to do so to a certain extent, but he hasn't fully done so, yet, obviously. It'll always be a gradual and step-by-step process.

It was a big step
The manga said 'here comes the new soma' or something like that after his return from stagiaire

[ninjastarforcex]

ITT: typical pessimistic users commenting on SHONEN MANGA thread lol
shonen manga is about optimistic and everything is possible for our youngster
you are getting old, you are thinking too much on logic. JUST BELIEVE

[LevelSeven]

lol, i think i know how souma will win,

i posted this in another forum but still...

the dish that souma makes will be smelling so delicious that the judges wont be able to resist and eat it, than they will be overhelmed with the taste that they wont be able to lie anymore and chose souma as winner
and souma says "it wasnt much" at the end

[ImperialFlameGod8190]

Guys its time to face a very realities about this section. 1. Souma is going to win this and save the polar star dorm. The reason why is simple because it serves 3 beautiful purposes.
1. It puts Souma in direct conflict with the new regime and will catch the attention of Azami even more then normal.
2. It raises a flag with Erina because she'll see all the good things that both Megumi and Mito already know. Plus it gives her the courage to face her father
3 and most importantly. HE's the FREAKING MC they wouldnt set this up for him to lose.
As for Ishikki i'll bet that his role now is to find Souma's dad and bring him around because he's a great ally to Soma and bringing the gang back.
Doesn't matter how or when but he has plot power so him losing wont happen