Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma (season 5)
The fifth and last season of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma anime television series, subtitled Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Fifth Plate (食戟のソーマ 豪ノ皿, Shokugeki no Sōma: Gou no Sara), was produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani.[1] The series was first broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX. It premiered on April 11, 2020. The opening theme is "Last Chapter" by Nano Ripe, while the ending theme song is "Crossing Road" by Mai Fuchigami.[2] On April 17, 2020, it was announced that after the second episode, the remaining episodes of season would be delayed until further notice due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] In late May 2020, it was announced that weekly new episodes will resume on July 17 after Japanese TV stations do reruns of the first two episodes on July 3 and July 10.[4]
| Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma | |
|---|---|
| Season 5 | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, BS11, Animax, AbemaTV |
| Original release | April 11, 2020 – present |
| Season chronology | |
Episode list
| Story | Episode | Title [lower-alpha 1] | Original air date [4] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 74 | 1 | "Final Exams" Transcription: "Gakkimatsu Shiken" (Japanese: 学期末試験) | April 11, 2020 | |
| With the finals for Totsuki's first term arriving, Soma and his classmates in the Elite Ten are given the challenge to renovate an abandoned beach restaurant and earn a 3 million yen profit within three days. Meanwhile, the rest of the class are given easier assignments to run existing restaurants. In addition, the exams are being overseen by a new instructor, Suzuki. Suzuki seems to take an interest in Soma, who gets the impression he has met Suzuki before. Soma and his classmates are only able to open their restaurant on the third and final day due to the renovations they needed to make. However, they are able to attract a massive crowd thanks to their special yakisoba, which uses a combination of vegetables, minced squid, squid ink, red olive oil, and soft boiled egg yolks. By the end of the day, they are able to make their quota and pass the exam. However, as they make their summer vacation plans, Dojima arrives and informs them that the most prestigious cooking competition in the world, BLUE, is set to begin soon. | ||||
| 75 | 2 | "The BLUE Preliminaries" Transcription: "Ao no Zenshōsen" (Japanese: 青の前哨戦) | April 18, 2020 | |
| While Erina has a special invitation for BLUE, only three students from Totsuki will be allowed to participate. In order to determine the three students who will participate, Erina organizes the BLUE Preliminaries, pitting Totsuki's most talented students against each other. With the theme being soup, all the gathered students begin making their dishes. Soma makes third place with his Golden Eggs filled with hamburg steak, yakiniku, omelet rice, and fried salmon soups. Takumi makes second place with his cheese fondue minestrone soup. Megumi earns first place with her seafood meatballs filled with various different types of miso soup. Meanwhile, in the United States, Joichiro is defeated in a cooking match against an unknown challenger. One week before BLUE is scheduled to start, Suzuki challenges Soma to an unofficial Shokugeki, explaining he needs a win against the First Seat to earn a spot in BLUE himself so he can achieve his dream of making Erina his bride. Soma accepts under the condition that Suzuki reveal the secret he is hiding if Soma wins. | ||||
| 76 | 3 | "Noir" Transcription: "Mayonaka no Ryōrijin (Nowāru)" (Japanese: | July 17, 2020 | |
| After hearing and accepting Soma’s terms if he wins, Suzuki states his terms by collecting Soma’s knife if he wins. The challenge between Suzuki and Soma starts off with Megumi as the judge. They both make pork cutlet dishes, but Suzuki's use of Chantilly sauce beats Soma's black cheese sauce. However, Suzuki does not collect Soma’s knife, calling it inferior to Joichiro’s knife. Suzuki reveals that he beat Joichiro and took his knife as a reward ,and that his real name is Asahi Saiba. Asahi tells Erina he wants to marry her, but she declines. Soma returns home, meeting Joichiro outside. Back at Tōtsuki, Gin contacts Erina and warns her about Asahi. Both Gin and Joichiro explain that Asahi was an orphan who had been accepted as Joichiro’s only student and took his original last name “Saiba”. Joichiro eventually stopped visiting Asahi's orphange so he could properly run his diner and raise Soma. Gin tells Erina that Asahi is a part of the NOIR (Chefs of the Night), an organization of underworld chefs who got invited to compete in the BLUE by the Book Master of the WGO. Later that night, Asahi tells Erina that he wishes to defeat her and win the BLUE in order to marry her. Erina vows to defeat him for insulting her and Tōtsuki. After Soma vows to take revenge on Asahi at the BLUE, Joichiro tells him the secret of becoming a great chef: dedicating all his cooking to someone else. | ||||
| 77 | 4 | "The Last Supper" Transcription: "Saigo no Bansan" (Japanese: 最後の晩餐) | July 24, 2020 | |
| Soma, Megumi, and Takumi arrive at the site of the BLUE Tournament along with Saiba and the Noirs. The WGO Book Master explains that contestants will have to pass through three gates, each requiring completing a special culinary challenge to open, before reaching the main castle keep where they will compete in front of the Book Master herself. However, Asahi reveals that he has been seeded to the third gate. Erina then reveals that she will have to pass her own special set of trials separate from the rest of the contestants. Soma, Megumi, and Takumi are then separated into different groups. Soma's group is tasked with creating dishes that will satisfy Tokiyama Heigoro, an elderly Ex-Noir looking for a dish that will be a worthy last supper. The regular chefs are unable to satisfy Heigoro, while the Noirs easily pass. Asahi explains that only Noirs can understand the significance of a last meal thanks to their underworld experience. Soma serves Heigoro monaka with a monkfish liver filling. Soma then chastises Heigoro, pointing out he should stop looking for last suppers and instead take the opportunity to explore and eat new foods he's never seen before. This shocks Heigoro, who was planning on committing suicide after the tournament, and he resolves to keep on living to explore as many tastes as he can. Soma passes the first gate along with Megumi and Takumi. They express confusion that this BLUE does not seem to be focusing on gourmet like previous tournaments. Meanwhile, Erina is forced to face off against a gauntlet of chefs. As Soma, Megumi, and Takumi pass through the first gate, they are shocked to meet Tsukasa. | ||||
| 78 | 5 | "Convenience Store Brawl" Transcription: "Konbini Rantō" (Japanese: コンビニ乱闘) | July 31, 2020 | |
| The judge for the second challenge, Rantabi, instructs all of the chefs that they are to create a dish from nothing but ingredients available from a regular convenience store. Any dish that she judges to be worth more than $100 will pass the challenge. Soma prepares a sukiyaki beef bowl, but ends up being fined $14 for wasting ingredients. Tsukasa submits his chicken and beef dish with demi-glace, which earns a price a $587. Soma's second try is an osechi set, which catches Rantabi off guard when she realizes that no matter which order she eats it in, the different side dishes never conflict. She passes Soma's dish but refuses to divulge how much it is worth. Meanwhile, Erina defeats the gauntlet of the chefs who failed the first challenges, only to be tasked with facing off another gauntlet against the chefs who lost the second challenge. Megumi and Takumi manages to pass the second challenge with $128 and $150 dishes respectively. The remaining chefs are then led to the second gate, where they are met by three of the top ranking Noir chefs. The Book Master then makes a surprise announcement, declaring that the winner of this year's BLUE will become her personal chef. | ||||
| 79 | 6 | "A Midsummer Christmas" Transcription: "Manatsu no Kurisumasu" (Japanese: 真夏のクリスマス) | August 7, 2020 | |
| The Book Master declares that the third challenge will be to impress three of the WGO's top judges. The Noir Chefs Sarge, Marcanta, Claude Ville, and Bunny Hare, who specialize in extremely unconventional but effective methods of cooking unique to themselves, easily pass. Many of the regular chefs are intimidated by the skill the Noir chefs present, but Soma, Megumi, Takumi, and Tsukasa easily pass as well. Erina meanwhile takes on the losers of the third challenge in another gauntlet. With the preliminary challenges completed, the competition transitions into a conventional tournament, with Soma being matched against Sarge in the first round with the theme being to bake a Christmas cake. Sarge uses a combination of a chainsaw, sledgehammer, and explosives to bake a Cluster Bomb Cake, which creates explosions of flavor in the mouth of anybody who eats it. Soma responds by obtaining a number of convenience store ingredients and an wooden ice cream spoon and using them to create his Midsummer Christmas Cake, which he presents to the judges. | ||||
| 80 | 7 | "Crossed Knives" Transcription: "Kurosu Naifu" (Japanese: | August 14, 2020 | |
| Soma's cake incorporates a light batter with white and brown cream, with a light sweetness despite not containing any sugar or dairy. Also, the addition of coffee crumble further accentuates the natural sweetness of the cake with its bitterness. Impressed with Soma's skill as well as his consideration of their preferences, the judges declare Soma the winner. As Joichiro and Senzaemon observe the match, Joichiro explains that the skills Soma learned in the his diner were important since it taught him how to anticipate the needs of his customers. In Tsukasa and Asahi are matched together for the second round with the theme being pouissin chicken. Before starting, Asahi makes a bet with Tsukasa to take his signature grater if he wins. During the match, it is revealed Asahi had stolen the cooking tools of the other Noirs in order to strengthen his special ability, Cross Knives, which allows him to copy another chef's talents merely by touching their cooking tools. While Tsukasa is able to make an almost perfect dish, it is still outshined by Asahi's dish, as he was able to incorporate the cooking techniques of all of the Noirs. Asahi is declared the winner and takes possession of Tsukasa's grater, gaining his skills. In the next round, Takumi is pitted against Noir chef Don Kama in a team battle. Takumi nominates Isami to be his partner, but Isami apparently arrives at the wrong location. | ||||
| 81 | 8 | "The Missing Half of the Moon" | August 21, 2020 | |
Note
- English translated titles are taken from the official website.
References
- "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime's 5th Season Casts Jun Fukuyama (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- "nano.RIPE, Mai Fuchigami Perform Themes for Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime's 5th Season". Anime News Network. February 9, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
- "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime Delays New Episodes Due to COVID-19". Anime News Network. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
- "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Anime Resumes on July 3 After COVID-19 Delay". Anime News Network. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Food Wars! The Fifth Plate (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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