(L) Shokugeki no Soma [Manga]

[Rokumonsen]

The match is gonna be a no contest.

[Sixth]

Originally Posted by Anh_Minh

Souma wins, get the first seat, but is corrupted by the power and joins central to push his cooking on everyone. The End... until the next series, Shokugeki no Erina, where Erina battles to get the first seat away from Souma and wake him up.

and Soma's final evolution will become THIS!

Spoiler for Soma's final evolution.:

and it turned out that Erina is always bald, and she was wearing wig entire time!!!!

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by Rokumonsen

The match is gonna be a no contest.

If it ends in a no-contest, or even a tie, I'd be very shocked and disappointed, to the point I'd even consider dropping this manga.

No way Souma wouldn't win against that poser and scrub of a 1st seat, not after training under Master Shinomiya for a week.

After Souma wins, I think MehGloomy should try her luck and challenge that vampire girl for her seat. Who knows? Souma's powers of being the MC may just rub off her.

[DragonOsman]

I hope even more now that Souma wins this. Shinomiya's pride might also be riding on this, after all, since Souma learned French cuisine from him.

[bhl88]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

I hope even more now that Souma wins this. Shinomiya's pride might also be riding on this, after all, since Souma learned French cuisine from him.

The only compromise is a narrow victory or a draw.

[DragonOsman]

Yep. Just, please, mangaka-sensei, don't make him lose.

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

I hope even more now that Souma wins this. Shinomiya's pride might also be riding on this, after all, since Souma learned French cuisine from him.

Correct. Souma losing, or even drawing, will be a spit in the face to the great Master Shinomiya. Fret not, Souma's got this in the bag.

After this, armed with the power of being the MC, he should challenge Aizen to a Shokugeki. After all, we want Aizen gone ASAP, so don't be shocked if the story returns to status quo within the next 10 chapters or so.

[Hakai]

Souma should not win this one, for the sake of portrayal and common sense.

He's my favorite character and I usually want him to win most of his fights, but even I don't want him to win this one.

[NAJ P. Jackson]

^if you don't want Souma to win then clearly he's really not your favorite.

[Rokumonsen]

My guess is that either Souma gets interrupted before he wins or he de facto wins but it gets nullified by Edge Lord. A convenient way to generate more heat for the latter.

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by Cake-Carrot

Souma should not win this one, for the sake of portrayal and common sense.

He's my favorite character and I usually want him to win most of his fights, but even I don't want him to win this one.

So are you implying those who feel Souma will/should win have no common sense?

[Fairy Water]

Originally Posted by DragonOsman

I hope even more now that Souma wins this. Shinomiya's pride might also be riding on this, after all, since Souma learned French cuisine from him.

It's just one week, he isn't even try to research about it after that, there is no way Shinomiya could teach him everything he had learnt for years in 1 week. Souma is too full of himself just because he thinks he knew a bit about French cuisine.

I want him to lose not because for the plot purpose anymore, more like to have Souma realizes his limit knowledge and I want to see the fact Tsukuda is a buff type or not. His manga is failing down, a stupid move now and a number of fan could leave the fandom anytime.

[Hakai]

Originally Posted by Dysprosium

So are you implying those who feel Souma will/should win have no common sense?

Uh no..
What I'm trying to say is common sense and portrayal says Eishi should clearly stomp Souma.

It's a shounen manga, things could go in unexpected directions, but the author did not even let Souma win against Hayama, I have a really hard time believing he's letting Souma win against this White Knight Gary Stu.

Originally Posted by NAJ P. Jackson

^if you don't want Souma to win then clearly he's really not your favorite.

Just because I don't want him to become the Tatsuya Shiba of kitchen means he's 'clearly' not my favorite character?

He's up against the strongest man in Totsuki, if he wins then there'd be no threats left for him.

[Soverence]

Honestly, the only way I really seeming him winning here is if the 1st seat lets him win in order to further his own agenda in some way shape or form. It is fairly obvious Soma is no where near the level of the #1 chef although I will give the author a lot of credit that this chapter was written near perfectly to make you feel like Soma actually has a chance, so massive props there.

[Hakai]

The author is a misleading troll.
Remember the 'win flags' in Autumn Election Final.

[Dysprosium]

Originally Posted by Cake-Carrot

Uh no..
What I'm trying to say is common sense and portrayal says Eishi should clearly stomp Souma.

It's a shounen manga, things could go in unexpected directions, but the author did not even let Souma win against Hayama, I have a really hard time believing he's letting Souma win against this White Knight Gary Stu.

That was before he underwent the Stagiaire training.

The Souma now is a totally different chef.

And with the resolve and determination not to lose under shounen conditions, he can pull this off.

And no more threats? He still has to take down Aizen, the international students, and ultimately, his father.

[NAJ P. Jackson]

^Exactly. Souma underwent training much like Ryou so it's time to see what the result of that training under Shinomiya. And if Shinomiya, who was a former 1st seat graduate himself who specializes in French cuisine acknowledges Souma's abilities then clearly Souma has what it takes to take the 1st seat.

And like Dysprosium said there are plenty more opponents left for Souma to overcome. Winning against Eishi won't lead to the end of this manga at all.

[Hakai]

Gin, the former 1st seat graduate acknowledged Souma, Ryo and Hayama's abilities, even foodgasmed from their foods.

Yet they clearly didn't have what it takes to take on the first seat.

Kurokiba even after training is merely E10 reserve level, as he said he wasn't sure he could beat Rentarou a second time.

Souma being Eishi level just because he 'trained' under Shinomiya for a week would be
1:Horrible writing
2:Totally destroy his rivalry with his peers.

[Sixth]

Originally Posted by Cake-Carrot

Gin, the former 1st seat graduate acknowledged Souma, Ryo and Hayama's abilities, even foodgasmed from their foods.

Yet they clearly didn't have what it takes to take on the first seat.

Kurokiba even after training is merely E10 reserve level, as he said he wasn't sure he could beat Rentarou a second time.

Souma being Eishi level just because he 'trained' under Shinomiya for a week would be
1:Horrible writing
2:Totally destroy his rivalry with his peers.

You mean like how Son Goku, Ichigo, Naruto, Negi, and etc did? For main character, one week training under top-tier master is too much.

[NAJ P. Jackson]

Originally Posted by Cake-Carrot

Gin, the former 1st seat graduate acknowledged Souma, Ryo and Hayama's abilities, even foodgasmed from their foods.

Yet they clearly didn't have what it takes to take on the first seat.

That before the Stagiaire arc. Clearly things have change.

Originally Posted by Cake-Carrot

Kurokiba even after training is merely E10 reserve level, as he said he wasn't sure he could beat Rentarou a second time.

Souma being Eishi level just because he 'trained' under Shinomiya for a week would be
1:Horrible writing
2:Totally destroy his rivalry with his peers.

I woudn't put too much stock on what Ryou said since it's not a definitive "I'm gonna lose if we were to face off again". He said that because he has no knowledge of what Clown's real specialty is thus can't say if he can win or not. Could be that he's just overestimating Clown too much.

1) Sound like typical Shonen writing to me. To call it horrible writing is equating other Shonen stories to have bad writing as well.
2) Not really. The theme they are doing is French cuisine so there is 50% chance what Souma learned under Shinomiya is enough to at least equal Eishi's food. You seem to underestimate the result of what 1 week of training does in Shonen stories. True they are BS but it has always been so is that genre. Power ups happen all the time in those manga.