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Gina Szanboti
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You'd think that instead of denigrating him, they might think he'd have an "unfair" advantage in such a challenge, as being a former culinary peon he'd be more familiar with convenience store items, and as a diner chef he'd be used to creating great meals from less than the finest top quality ingredients.
I wanted to know what Megumi and Takumi made too. |
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lossthief
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Yeah this whole arc suffers from the fact that our eternal underdog cast just...aren't that, anymore. They beat the most revered/feared young chefs of their Totsuki generation in a super public spectacle and have undeniably achieved the highest echelons of success within the school that is widely respected in-universe as the center of culinary education, partially through impressing 2 judges who were a) respected members of the group that manages the BLUE and b) were heavily weighted against them anyway.
But I think the creators realized the characters defending their perch from newcomers just isn't as compelling, so they bend over backwards or just make up reasons why the Noir, a loosely organized group of no-names are suddenly the favorites. All so Soma and the other new Elite 10 characters can still surprise people when they win. |
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Mavado
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Gina Szanboti
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What I'm having trouble with this episode, aside from the ludicrous implements and cartoony evil chefs, is the idea that these main course chefs are all equally elite pastry chefs as well. That's like asking a world class violinist to compete as a concert pianist. The whole body of knowledge, ingredients and techniques are completely different. Plus Soma said himself he barely knew how to make a cake. I'm not buying any of this.
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Well, you have to admit that using a chainsaw would get a lot of churn going (if you didn't mind a little CHAIN OIL in the mix for flava).
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Dextres
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Back in Mangastream days, this type of stuff was the norm.
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TranceLimit174
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spoiler[Congratulations, you just figured out how the final battle plays out. Granted, it's not a stretch to reach this conclusion for anyone who has been around the shounen block. Everyone reading the manga immediately deduced the obvious hole in Asahi's seemingly "invincible" Cross Knives, and it is yet another reason why this arc is a slog and no one likes it.] |
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Gina Szanboti
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It wasn't quite clear - does he have to actually use those utensils to employ Crossed Knives or merely handle them once to gain those skills? Because he already owns the knife of Joichiro, whom Soma has never beaten yet, and he's handled Soma's knife. That combo alone should make him invincible, even though of course it won't.
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Princess_Irene
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I thought he had to use them, but at this point, I wouldn't be surprised if it was just handling them. |
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TranceLimit174
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He can only use a tool's ability when he wields it to cook. Otherwise, he would not have a reason to keep them all on hand & at the ready. |
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Alex_Sandy
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I think the introduction of true supernatural power (in Asahi's ability) is a sign of approching creative bankruptcy. Still I guess taking things to ridiculous extremes as the story proceeds is one of the marks of shounen storytelling. Cooking power 1,000,000!
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Soulwarfare
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I've read the manga and now I feel bad for anime only watchers.
The final arc is literal garbage and it is such a shame since season 1 - 4 is really good but season 5 is such a terrible way to end the series |
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Catseyetiger
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I dropped this anime the second episode into season three. Due to the whole thing feeling off. From reading the comments it seems I made the right choice. I would collect seasons one and two and pretend it ended! Sort of like aliens after the second movie! The whole theme of season three is whack!
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Gina Szanboti
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I liked this episode for just two reasons. It was great seeing what a fun mom Soma had, and I loved her philosophy of cooking. Basically, enjoy trying new things and who cares if it turns out crappy if you learned something doing it. Granted, if you're on a tight budget, you can't really afford to waste food on inedible creations, but the approach is still valid for most people.
Second was finally learning how Soma got his scar.  He seemed to have failed to absorb the lesson that people are more important than ingredients, but I suppose he's figured that out over the years.
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GhostD
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Apparently the reason this arc was so s****y was because the food consultant went on maternity leave so Tsukuda did things his way and clearly took inspiration from Cooking Master Boy in this season. The Central and Team Shokugeki arc suffered from arc fatigue in the manga and the anime rushed the last parts of those arcs to hell but it told a much better story and had more realistic cooking at least.
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