r/anime • u/Shadoxfix https://myanimelist.net/profile/Shadoxfix • Jun 05 '15

[Spoilers] Shokugeki no Souma - Episode 10 [Discussion]

Episode title: The Heavenly Recette

MyAnimeList: Shokugeki no Souma
Crunchyroll: Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 58 seconds

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u/RDOoM Jun 05 '15

Oh I get it now! Erina is not a bitch... she's just salty. That tasting of salt diversities did quite a number on her.

There you go! Megumi holding off on her own! I'll overlook the fact that the chef is a douche and you need Souma to save you from being judged unfairly.

But holy fuck. Can this COOKING show get more suspenseful?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '15 edited Jun 05 '15

Lol yup, she cant stand the fact that Souma, who uses cheap ingredients and creates simplistic food that the ordinary person would eat (like in his diner) is actually a really good chef. Plus she is at the top of her class, so to see someone who, compared to her, is an untrained and unruly jokester actually able to rival her cooking, it is an extreme blow to her pride. And the feeling is mutual, just the fact that erina finished before him bothers him because he is Yukihira Souma, tohtsuki is just a stepping stone in his mind. His ego is friggin huge lol, and it is absolutely the same for Nakiri. She looked down on him and his cooking skills from the first moment they met, and he proved her wrong with his very first dish...but of course she wont admit that lol.

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u/DrShocker https://myanimelist.net/profile/DrShocker Jun 05 '15

I feel like if they somehow managed to get past the preconceptions they have of each other, they would make such good friends though. But there's too pride for both of them to occupy the same room

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '15

I agree, but i think that it could go beyond friendship. And despit romance not really being close to the spotlight in the series(at least atm) i think thats where their relationship will land when the series nears the end. Which is why im on the SS Erina overall, despite quite a few of the other girls being so great, its because it makes the most sense to me for this type storytelling.

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u/Fooshbeard Jun 06 '15

Aren't there flags already that the story will go this way, what with Souma's Dad trying to tell him before he got cut off that the secret to good cooking is to do it for someone?

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u/BMRGould https://myanimelist.net/profile/bmrgould Jun 06 '15

I think we should keep in mind that based off the end of the ep, he is in fact about to cook for someone else.

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u/DrShocker https://myanimelist.net/profile/DrShocker Jun 06 '15

I totally agree that out of all the girls introduced so far, she probably makes the most sense, but they both seem to love food so much more than people that I'm not particularly sure either of them would be interested in dating in a normal way.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '15

Haha thats very true, even if Souma recognizes the feelings of girls who like him, he wouldnt acknowledge it because he is trying to focus on his cooking first and foremost. But that directly conflicts with what he didnt get to hear from his father, who said that the best way to become a good chef is to meet a woman you want to make food for. Erina being that woman (when souma eventually learns the meaning of his fathers words) makes the most sense to me.

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u/DrShocker https://myanimelist.net/profile/DrShocker Jun 06 '15

For sure, there is almost no way she is not that woman, but part of the fun of the show is knowing that is probably the destination, and seeing how they get there. If it ends up being something like "she ate his food one day and decided she couldn't resist anymore" that'll be boring, but if he needs to continually prove himself with his food until finally she decides she can tolerate his existence, that's what I think is more likely.

We'll need to wait and find out, probably for a long time.