Overview

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is a Japanese shōnen manga series. It was written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. An anime based on this manga by J.C.Staff aired between April 3, 2015 and September 25, 2015. A second season named Food Wars! The Second Plate aired between July 2, 2016 and September 24, 2016. The third season was first broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from November 4, 2017 to June 25, 2018.

It was number twelve on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey. It was number three in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.

Plot

A boy named Soma Yukihira wants to become a full-time chef in his father Joichiro's family restaurant and cook even better than his father, but Joichiro gets a new job that requires him to travel around the world and closes his shop. Joichiro has Soma go to Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite culinary school where students engage in food competitions called shokugeki. He gets himself a spot at the school even though Erina Nakiri, the talented granddaughter of the school's dean, does not approve of him. Soma is assigned to Polaris Dormitory where he meets other students who want to be chefs, including Megumi Tadokoro. The story follows his adventures as he interacts with his peers and challenges Totsuki's students as well as others in shokugeki competitions. Learning that his father was not only a student of Totsuki, but also the second seat in the Council of Ten; Soma plans on becoming the best at the academy.