List of Food Wars! episodes

Food Wars!, known in Japan as Shokugeki no Soma, is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Yūto Tsukuda and Shun Saeki. Produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, the series was first announced in October 2014 by Shueisha.^[1] The series aired in Japan on MBS' Animeism programming block between April 3, 2015 and September 25, 2015 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll.^[2] Sentai Filmworks licensed the series for digital and home video distribution in North America.^[3]

For the first fourteen episodes, the opening theme is "Kibō no Uta" (希望の唄 The Song of Hope) by Ultra Tower,^[4] and the ending theme is "Spice" (スパイス Supaisu) by Tokyo Karankoron.^[5] For episode fifteen onwards, the opening theme is "Rising Rainbow" (ライジングレインボウ Raijingu Reinbō) by Misokkasu, while the ending theme is "Satchan's Sexy Curry" (さっちゃんのセクシーカレー Satchan no Sekushī Karē) by Seiko Oomori.

Episode list

No.	Title	Original air date
1	"An Endless Wasteland" "Hatenaki Kōya" (果てなき荒野)	April 3, 2015[6]
Soma Yukihira works as an apprentice chef at his father Joichiro's diner. One day while his father is away, Yaeko Minegasaki, an urban life planner, arrives and threatens to demolish the restaurant to build a luxury hotel on the spot. Yaeko spoils the meat in the restaurant and orders Soma to cook her a tasty meat dish if Soma wants to keep the restaurant open. In response to the setback, Soma uses potatoes and bacon that he bought whilst shopping to create an imitation roast pork dish, which Yaeko greatly enjoys. Despite the restaurant being saved, Joichiro decides to close it down for three years, opting to travel (and cook) abroad, and Soma is sent to the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy to take the entrance exam.
2	"God Tongue" "Kami no Shita" (神の舌)	April 10, 2015[7]
When Erina, known as God's Tongue, is announced as the examiner, all applicants except Soma withdraw from the exam and flee the room. For his examination, Soma is ordered to cook an egg dish to satisfy her highly selective palate. Soma cooks a dish from his secret menu called Transforming Seasoned Rice. Despite being very impressed with his dish, Erina fails him, having taken an immediate dislike to his cocky attitude, and feeling that her pride would be threatened if she allowed a person of his social standing to be admitted. Later in the day, her grandfather, the director of the school, tastes Soma's dish and is impressed, crumpling up his rejected application, implicitly overruling Erina's decision.
3	"That Chef Never Smiles" "Kono Ryōrijin wa Warawanai" (この料理人は笑いわない)	April 17, 2015[8]
At the entrance ceremony, Soma declares that he will become the top student at Totsuki, instantly earning the ire of the entire student body with his nonchalant attitude towards the school and its reputation. On the first day, Soma is paired up with Megumi, who has the worst grades among the admitted students and is one E grade away from expulsion. The challenge is to make Beef Bourguignon to satisfy the teacher Roland Chapelle, who is known as "The Chef that Never Smiles" and is notorious for his strict grading, giving E grades to anyone who fails to earn an A. Soma and Megumi encounter a setback when a student sabotages their dish by throwing in lots of salt, but Soma comes through by using honey to quickly tenderize the meat. The class is astonished when Chapelle smiles for the first time upon trying Soma and Megumi's dish, and proclaims that his only regret is that he cannot give them a grade higher than an A. Erina is told about Soma's success in Chapelle's class and furiously vows to get him expelled.
4	"Maria of the Polar Star" "Kyokusei no Maria" (極星の聖母 (マリア))	April 24, 2015[9]
Soma arrives at Polar Star Dormitory and is required to cook a dish that satisfies Fumio in order to become a resident. Not knowing that he was supposed to provide his own ingredients, he cooks a mackerel burger meal using leftover ingredients in the kitchen, which impresses Fumio. Now a Polar Star Dormitory resident, Soma meets the other residents and learns about the Elite Ten while the residents throw a party to welcome him. That night, Soma and Satoshi cook a dish for each other, and Satoshi tells him that he's one of the Elite Ten.
5	"The Ice Queen and the Spring Storm" "Kōri no Joō to Haru no Arashi" (氷の女王と春の嵐)	May 1, 2015[10]
Having his sights set on becoming a member on the Elite Ten, he challenges Satoshi for his spot only to find out that it can only be obtained through a high-stakes cooking duel called a Shokugeki, and Soma has nothing of value to Satoshi to wager that is of equivalent value to his Elite Ten membership. Meanwhile, Erina challenges the Chan Research Society president Kiyoshi Godabayashi to a Shokugeki, which she wins with ease and orders the clubroom to be demolished.
6	"The Meat Invader" "Niku no Shinryakusha" (肉の侵略者)	May 8, 2015[11]
Soma and Megumi look for a club to join and stumble upon the Don Research Society, who is targeted for disbandment by Erina for her expansion project. One of Erina's enforcers Ikumi Mito challenges the club president Kanichi Konishi telling him that no matter what he cooks that his dish will never beat her A5 grade meat. Seeing the events unfold, Soma volunteers to partake in the Shokugeki in Kanichi's place with the challenge being to cook a donburi dish. The stakes are that a victory results in the club staying with Ikumi joining, while a defeat results in Soma's expulsion and the club disbanding. In preparing for the Shokugeki, Soma makes numerous donburi dishes through research and modifies them with the realization that the club's budget is limited. Soma settles on the Chaliapin steak, while Ikumi contacts her family to deliver the best cut of A5 grade beef available.
7	"A Quiet Don, An Eloquent Don" "Shizukanaru Donburi, Yūben'na Donburi" (静かなる丼、雄弁な丼)	May 15, 2015[12]
At the Shokugeki, Ikumi wows the audience with her A5 grade beef, while Soma draws jeers for using discounted beef from the supermarket. Ikumi completes her A5 Japanese Beef Roti Don first and the judges were impressed with the taste of her beef. Soon after, Soma presents his Chaliapin Steak Don to the judges and after initially refusing to taste it, the judges eat his dish and could not stop eating resulting in a unanimous win for Soma. Soma critiques Ikumi's dish pointing out that she misunderstood the concept of making a donburi by placing too much emphasis on the beef and not the donburi as a whole as the judges were too full from eating the beef that they didn't finish the rice. With Soma's victory, Ikumi joins the Don RS, while Soma declines to join the club as he only came to the club to develop a new donburi dish.
8	"The Concerto of Inspiration and Imagination" "Hassō to Sōzō no Kyōsōkyoku" (発想と創造の協奏曲)	May 22, 2015[13]
The first year students at Totsuki Academy go to training camp as the first major hurdle as about half of the first year students are expelled during the event. The students are given various challenges with alumni from the school brought in to be judges. The first challenge for Soma's group that includes Megumi and the Aldini twins Takumi and Isami is to make a dish that can be served at a Japanese restaurant using ingredients gathered from nature in the area surrounding the kitchen with Hinako Inui judging the students. Takumi challenges Soma to a duel to see who can cook the better dish as they both specialize in diner-style dishes. Most of the students gather fish while the Aldini twins find a duck for their dish. They are the first to complete their dish and Inui passes them.
9	"The Breading to Adorn the Mountains" "Yama o Irodoru i" (山を彩る衣)	May 29, 2015[14]
Having come up with ideas to make a dish, Soma makes a list of ingredients for he and Megumi to gather. Soma takes Inui's kaki peanuts understanding that any ingredient found in the area can be used. Soma and Megumi gather ingredients and arrive with 15 minutes left and they make the Char Okakiage using the peanuts as a crust for the fish. Inui expresses her satisfaction and passes Soma and Megumi, but she does not declare a winner as she is ordered to depart immediately. Takumi leaves vowing to challenge Soma to a Shokugeki should they meet again. The students return to the hotel where they are ordered to cook 50 servings of a steak dish to serve to the Bodybuilding Club. Soma finishes quickly and heads to the public bath where he runs into Erina who was just leaving the bath.
10	"The Heavenly Recette" "Shijō no Rusetto" (至上のルセット)	June 5, 2015[15]
Soma bumps Erina and apologizes, but Erina refuses his help thinking that she is letting her guard down. Soma meets alumnus Gin Dojima in the bath and was surprised to see Soma finishing so quickly. Dojima wishes Soma good luck as the Aldini twins enter the bath. The next day, Soma and Megumi are given the assignment to make the Nine Vegetable Terrine individually with Kojiro Shinomiya judging as he tells the students to think of each other as enemies. At the start of the assignment, Megumi is knocked down as the students rush for ingredients and when she gathers the ingredients, only bad heads of cauliflower remain on the table. Thinking about what Soma would do in such a situation, Megumi uses wine vinegar to preserve the color and enhance the seasoning of the cauliflower. Shinomiya passes Soma, however he fails Megumi for changing the recipe without his permission. Soma intervenes and Shinomiya explains that he intentionally left a limited number of good cauliflower heads to limit the number of students who can pass. Soma challenges Shinomiya to a Shokugeki to get Megumi's expulsion rescinded.
11	"The Magician from the East" "Higashi-kara Kita Majutsushi" (東から来た魔術師)	June 12, 2015
Shinomiya initially refuses Soma's challenge, however Dojima and Inui were passing by and pressured him to accepting the challenge. Thus, Soma and Megumi battle Shinomiya in an unofficial Shokugeki under the condition that Megumi is the lead chef as this Shokugeki is designed to prove Megumi's worthiness as a chef. While Shinomiya makes his dish, Megumi becomes tense at the sight of his dish. Soma tells her to relax and to focus on making something that's representative of herself and not what Shinomiya is doing. Shinomiya presents his dish first, the Chou farci, and the judges give overwhelming praise to the dish. However Dojima is not satisfied by the dish as it was not from one of his specialties. Megumi then presents her dish, the Rainbow Terrine.
12	"The Memory of a Dish" "Hito Sara no Kioku" (ひと皿の記憶)	June 19, 2015
Megumi manages to impress the judges with her Rainbow Terrine, which emphasises the maturity of vegetables. However, when it comes down to voting, all three judges vote for Shinomiya's dish based on the difference between their skill. Just then, Dojima gives his own vote towards Megumi's dish, stating that Shinomiya has grown stale. This is revealed in flashbacks to be related to how his climb to fame involved making sure his dish was done to the book with no tolerance otherwise. When Shinomiya tries Megumi's dish for himself, he comes to understand how her dish was geared towards the needs of those eating it and puts in a vote for Megumi. With Inui casting her own vote for Megumi, the Shokugeki ends in a tie, with Shinomiya revoking Megumi's expulsion. As Megumi returns back to her concerned friends, Soma laments his technical defeat.
13	"The Eggs Before Dawn" "Yoake Mae no Tamago-tachi" (夜明け前の卵たち)	June 26, 2015
Before the students have a chance to sleep for the night, Dojima announces his next task, in which the students must prepare a buffet-style egg dish to be served at breakfast early next morning. With everyone spending the night trying to come up with a recipe, Soma decides on a soufflé omelette, which is met with silent criticism from some of the other students. As breakfast comes the next day, it is revealed the judges will consist of the hotel's guests and staff, which students needing to hand out 200 servings of their dish in order to pass. While many of the students including Erina, Megumi, and Takumi all manage to impress with their dishes, Soma struggles to serve his dish to anyone.
14	"Metamorphosis" "Metamorufōze" (メタモルフォーゼ)	July 3, 2015
Due to the specific timing required for his soufflé omelette, Soma struggles to get any customers to try his dish before they end up deflating. With half an hour left in the challenge, Soma calmly analyzes the situtation and changes his approach, cooking in front of his customers in order to attract a crowd while also delivering the dish in its peak condition. Optimizing his preparation to cook his omelettes as quickly as possible, Soma manages to complete his 200 servings goal with merely seconds to spare. Afterwards, Soma is introduced to Erina's cousin, Alice Nakiri, who considers both Soma and Erina her rivals. Following another task a few hours later, Dojima treats all the surviving students with a banquet to celebrate the end of the training camp, while withholding information about the next event: the Autumn Elections.
15	"The Man Called Demon" "Syūra to Yobareda Otoko" (『修羅』と呼ばれだ男)	July 17, 2015
As the students make their way home, Shinomiya decides to return to France make his restaurant the best in Paris, while the other alumni explain how the training camp also serves as a recruitment ground to determine potential for future employment. Going back for his headband, Soma ends up missing his bus and has to hitch a ride back to school with Erina, who explains about the Autumn Festival while hiding the fact that she, along with Dojima, are shown to have fond memories of Joichiro. Returning to the Polar Star Dormitory, Soma is surprised to see Joichiro, who is revealed to be an alumnus and former member of the Elite Ten who went by the name Joujirou Saiba. As Joichiro treats the returning residents to a meal, Fumio explains that Joichiro and Dojima were once fellow Polar Star residents who were responsible for many of the luxuries the dorm has. Later that night, Joichiro tells Soma about his campus memories, filling him with more determination. The next morning, Joichiro decides to have a cooking contest against Soma.
16	"The Chef Who's Crossed A Thousand Leagues" "Manri o Kakeru Ryōrinin" (万里を駆ける料理人)	July 24, 2015
With Fumio, Megumi, and Satoshi winding up as judges, Soma and Joichiro are challenged to use ingredients from the kitchen to make a light yet energizing breakfast dish that will wake them up. Soma presents an apple risotto, which provides a crisp taste which changes with the addition of black pepper. Joichiro, on the other hand, presents the unusual choice of ramen which, despite its heavy appearance, turns out to be a mellow and warming vegetarian dish, providing powerful flavor without meat or fish. The judges unanimously vote Joichiro's dish the winner, though Soma's dish also receives some praise. As Jouichirou takes his leave, he leaves a message recommending Soma visit the Yukihira Diner during the holiday.
17	"The Seductive Karaage" "Kannō no Karaage" (官能の唐揚げ)	July 31, 2015
Arriving back home, Soma temporarily re-opens Yukihira Diner to serve his loyal customers, including his childhood friend, Mayu Kurase, who has a crush on him. He learns that the Sumire Shopping District has been doing poor business lately due to the arrival of a popular karaage chain shop, Mozuya. Wanting to help revive the shopping district, Soma decides to come up with a competing karaage recipe, calling in Ikumi as his meat expert while Mayu winds up as his taste tester (due to the efforts of mutual friend Aki Koganei to set Mayu up with Soma). The three do some recon at Mozuya, where they find its CEO Kinu Nakamozu to be a spiteful woman, before beginning work on a karaage recipe of their own. As Soma takes up Mayu's suggestion to use their shopping district location to their advantage, it is revealed that the figure behind Mozuya's success is one of the Elite Ten.
18	"The Karaage of Youth" "Seishun no Karaage" (青春の唐揚げ)	August 7, 2015
Noting that the shopping district focuses more on walk-and-eat food, as opposed to Mozuya's packaged approach, Soma shifts his focus towards creating a karaage that can be enjoyed straight out of the fryer. Opting to go with thigh meat with a chilli-based marinade, Soma gets inspiration from a bento shop owner and decides to serve his karaage in rice flour wraps with salad, providing enhanced flavor, portability, and appeal all at once. This brings a large amount of business, which in turns helps the rest of the shopping district come back to life, with Nakamozu having no choice but to admit defeat. Afterwards, Soma puts Mayu in charge of helping with the karaage's sales, having noted her good qualities. Returning back to the academy, Soma is brought before Mozuya's puppetmaster, Etsuya Eizan, the ninth seat of the Elite Ten, who informs him that he has been chosen for the Autumn Elections.
19	"The Chosen One" "Erabareshi Mono" (選ばれし者)	August 14, 2015
The contestants and rules for the Autumn Elections are announced, in which the sixty selected contestants are split into two groups which they must top in order to advance to the tournament phase. Meanwhile, Megumi is approached by a girl named Miyoko Hojo, who was interested in her shokugeki with Shinomiya but becomes disappointed when she hears she was helped by Soma. After learning the first dish of the elections is a curry dish, Soma and Megumi pay a visit to Jun Shiomi, an instructor and former Polar Star alumna who specializes in curry and spices, along with her assistant Akira Hayama, who is also in the elections. Using Jun's theories on spices, Akira demonstrates how preparing the same ingredients of a curry dish in different ways can yield drastically different results. Becoming wowed by the powerful flavors of Akira's curry, Soma becomes determined to beat him with an even better curry dish at the preliminaries.
20	"The Dragon Lies Down and Ascends the Skies" "Ryū wa Fushi, Sora e Noboru" (龍は臥し、空へ昇る)	August 21, 2015
With the challenge of creating a curry dish set, many of the contestants set off to visit their families and study up on spices during the remainder of the summer while Soma stays at the dorms to try out various combinations. The Autumn Election preliminaries soon arrive, with only the top four from each group able to make it through to the tournament phase. As each of the contestants start bringing out each of their unique methods, Soma appears to have fallen asleep.
21	"The Unknown Known" "Michinaru Kichi" (未知なる既知)	August 28, 2015
Soma awakens from his nap to tend to his dish, which involves a creamy rice infused with spices. Meanwhile, Megumi brings out a monkfish for her dish, having learnt how to butcher it in order to help her family. With the cooking period over, the judging soon begins with a harsh panel of judges hitting most of the students with low scores. In Group B, Nao Sadatsuka, a somewhat creepy girl with an obsession with Erina, presents an extremely pungent laksa dish made using kusaya that secretly carries a delicious flavor under its strong odor, scoring 84 points as a result. Meanwhile, Erina's secretary and childhood friend Hisako Arato, who Nao has a rivalry with, presents a mutton curry made using medicinal cuisine which undoes the cursive effects of Nao's curry, scoring 92 points.
22	"The One Who Surpasses the Ordinary" "Nichijō o Koerumono" (日常を超えるもの)	September 4, 2015
Miyoko scores 87 points with her pineapple-fragranced cha-han while Yuki gets 86 points for her wild game curry. Afterwards, the Aldini brothers face off against each other, with Isami presenting a curry calzone that scores 87 points while Takumi presents a curry pasta dish using tamari soy sauce and cheese filled pasta that scores 90 points. Alice then presents her deconstructed curry dish that leaves the judges bewildered, earning 95 points and taking the lead. Finally, Megumi presents her dish, monkfish dobu-jiru, which emphasises the taste of her hometown, earning her 88 points and landing her a spot in the next round alongside Alice, Hisako, and Takumi.
23	"The Competition of the Blossoming Individuals" "Hana Hiraku Kono Kyōen" (花開く個の競演)	September 11, 2015
Back in Group A, contestants are struggling to score as one of the main judges, Natsume Sendawara, keeps giving out zero scores. This streak soon breaks when Ryo Kurokiba, Alice's aide, presents a lobster curry made using a cognac base, earning 93 points. Next, Ikumi presents a Dongpo pork curry, using what she had learned from her Shokugeki with Soma to impress the judges with a complete dish and earning score of 86. Afterwards, Ryoko presents a Dal curry made with charcoal-grilled natto and soy sauce rice malt, also scoring 86, while both Marui and Ibusaki earn 88 points with their white potage curry udon and smoked curry respectively. Akira soon presents his dish, an unconventional dish that soon turns out to be a fragrance bomb.
24	"The Banquet of Warriors" "Senshi-tachi no Utage" (戦士たちの宴)	September 25, 2015
Akira's dish, which on top of its powerful fragrance also uses the power of holy basil and yogurt, earns a score of 94 from the judges, two of which gave him a perfect 20. Finally, Soma presents his own fragrance bomb, combining his past two failures into a curry risotto omurice containing a mango chutney that deepens the flavor. The dish earns Soma 93 points, landing him second place behind Akira, though it is noted that three of the five judges ranked the dish higher than Akira's. As the contestants hold an afterparty celebrating and lamenting their victories and losses in the preliminaries, Soma becomes determined to improve his cooking finesse.

See also

• List of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma chapters
• List of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma characters

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