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Serious Frolicking posted:For actually working as a cook Megumi probably has the best talent. Part of it comes from Japan's cooking apprenticeship stuff I think. There, it's possible to walk into certain privately owned restaurants to learn and take over the techniques and storefront of a restaurant from the headchef
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Allarion posted:Her cooking has probably hit a wall based off what the dad is implying too. Clearly she'll get into her own power rivalry with Megumi. My comment saying Hishoko was put on a "bus to nowhere" looks a lot sillier given that she reappears in the chapter that was just released as the main sidekick for the upcoming arc.
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I think Souma will get to know literally everyone around Erina before he gets to her. Also this arc is already shaping up to be interesting!
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Feb 9, 2015 20:41
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BlitzBlast posted:I think Souma will get to know literally everyone around Erina before he gets to her. Seems like a Restaurant: Impossible arc. Hopefully its done more like the Kaarage arc and less like the Fall Classic arc (which was verging on bloated in length).
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Angry Grimace posted:Seems like a Restaurant: Impossible arc. Hopefully its done more like the Kaarage arc and less like the Fall Classic arc (which was verging on bloated in length). That's what it looks like from the outset. The head chef is probably decent or better (likely fantastic), but his speed is nigh terrible for a Family Restaurant.
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Xelkelvos posted:That's what it looks like from the outset. The head chef is probably decent or better (likely fantastic), but his speed is nigh terrible for a Family Restaurant. Hishouko is going to end the arc in his harem, though. Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
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A family restaurant is basically the ideal setting for Soma, so chances are pretty good he'll be helping secretary girl more than the other way around, yeah.
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Feb 11, 2015 01:00
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I'm guessing the Hishouko pun is kind of lost here, hence him calling her "Secretary Arato."
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Feb 11, 2015 01:21
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Where can I find the new chapter at?
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Feb 11, 2015 01:24
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Death Bot posted:Where can I find the new chapter at? Assuming you're in North America (or can fake it), it's still free until the 15th on shonenjump.viz.com
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I spent the last week reading through this series due to a recommendation and although I thought I wouldn't be able to get into the premise it turned out to be really good. It took me a while to get into it though, the first ten chapters or so were kind of weak but once the Polaris dorm was introduced it started to become pretty fantastic. It looks like I picked a good time to finish reading it as well because the Autumn Tournament was exhausting enough reading it all at once I can't imagine how it would've been reading it week-to-week. Also, Megumi is the best character and probably one of the best Shonen heroines ever, especially of the character archetype she follows. On another note i'm pretty surprised and kind of excited to see secretary girl getting what seems to be a leading role in this next mini-arc. Since the Autumn qualifiers I thought she had potential as a character, though the more she gets defined outside of being Erina's secretary the more Erina loses the only thing about her that isn't the most generic traits of a Tsundere Ice Queen.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:I spent the last week reading through this series due to a recommendation and although I thought I wouldn't be able to get into the premise it turned out to be really good. It took me a while to get into it though, the first ten chapters or so were kind of weak but once the Polaris dorm was introduced it started to become pretty fantastic. It looks like I picked a good time to finish reading it as well because the Autumn Tournament was exhausting enough reading it all at once I can't imagine how it would've been reading it week-to-week. Also, Megumi is the best character and probably one of the best Shonen heroines ever, especially of the character archetype she follows. The running joke in this thread is that Erina has been constantly mentioned as the absolute greatest cook of her era, but does nothing but stomp around and get mad and Souma for his success and try to get him kicked out/defeated. They're really playing up the Elite 10 as a mix of vindictive assholes (blond slicked back hair guy and Erina) and just regular people (nudist chef) but they've never cooked so it's not even clear what the point to them is other then being final boss
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pentyne posted:The running joke in this thread is that Erina has been constantly mentioned as the absolute greatest cook of her era, but does nothing but stomp around and get mad and Souma for his success and try to get him kicked out/defeated. Nudist chef has cooked. He beat Soma and then Smoke guy asked him why he wasn't using his full power. It's pretty clear at this point the the Elite Ten are just meant to be the final bosses, the best of the best, and introducing a few of them early is actually a pretty good idea to build anticipation and whatever. The problem is that Erina keeps getting pushed as an incredibly important character, as a more important part of the series than just simply being a final boss even though she hasn't done poo poo, barely appears and is extremely boring. Her secretary has gotten more focus and development, she even had a rival to battle in the Tournament, while Erina had nothing to do in that arc which lasted half the entire series. And this honestly wouldn't be too bad on its own, it's decent setup for her as an opponent in the future, but it's pretty bad writing for someone whom supplementary material (not the manga itself since she doesn't do anything) portrays as the main heroine or rival. It's just really confusing.
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Feb 12, 2015 02:47
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They all have dumb anime hair, except smoke guy who has dumb visual novel protagonist hair.
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SyntheticPolygon posted:It's just really confusing. It's to parallel Soma. Soma's dad even went over it in the wrapup for the tournament; while Soma will continue to grow because he keeps meeting new people, Erina stays solitary and static. Because of that she's, well, boring.
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BlitzBlast posted:It's to parallel Soma. Soma's dad even went over it in the wrapup for the tournament; while Soma will continue to grow because he keeps meeting new people, Erina stays solitary and static. Because of that she's, well, boring. Yeah, the last chapter of the tournament arc made where they're going with her character more apparent and make more sense, and it's good setup in the longrun. I just mainly find it confusing that in promotional materials and in a lot of the chapters she's kind of portrayed as the main rival or heroine even though the arc they seem to be going for with her seems to need her to be out of the spotlight which to me is a strange way to write a character that seems to be thought of as like one of the secondary protagonists.
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pentyne posted:just regular people (nudist chef) Let's take a moment to unpack the fact that this is a true statement in the context of Shokugeki no Soma (a cooking manga).
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Feb 12, 2015 11:18
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Time to add another to the Yukiharem.
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Feb 12, 2015 21:19
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To this manga's credit, it could have gone whole-harem by having a different girl chef every chapter who specializes in a type of cuisine who all get defeated by Souma and they swoon over him (I honestly thought it would go that way when Nikumi was introduced...)
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Nikumi kind of feels like a relic of when the manga was still relying really heavy on fanservice to get attention.
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I don't think it ever needed heavy fanservice to get attention, it's just the artist that likes drawing that stuff. Dude used to be a porn artist, after all.
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Kyte posted:I don't think it ever needed heavy fanservice to get attention, it's just the artist that likes drawing that stuff. Dude used to be a porn artist, after all. It'd be more obnoxious if it wasn't so hilariously equal-opportunity, the entire last chunk of the tournament arc was basically 100% mansteak
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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Food Wars/Shokugeki no Soma Manga Discussion: 100% Mansteak
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pentyne posted:The running joke in this thread is that Erina has been constantly mentioned as the absolute greatest cook of her era, but does nothing but stomp around and get mad and Souma for his success and try to get him kicked out/defeated. Yeah the E10 introductions are burning really slow. There's literally one direct antagonist in the E10 and he just sat around in the background of his introductory arc.
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SatansBestBuddy posted:The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Food Wars/Shokugeki no Soma Manga Discussion: 100% Mansteak Better yet: The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > ADTRW > Food Wars/Shokugeki no Soma Manga Discussion: A Literal Sausagefest
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That was during Mr. Yukihira's Wild Meat Ride.
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New chapter's out, and it's basically workingretail.txt. I did it during summers for three years during high school and I'm so, SO glad I don't have to do it anymore.
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I watched people subject themselves to retail as a janitor for a year and I don't understand why people would torture themselves like that.
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BlitzBlast posted:I watched people subject themselves to retail as a janitor for a year and I don't understand why people would torture themselves like that. Survival?
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It's a great way to learn how to hate.
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BlitzBlast posted:I watched people subject themselves to retail as a janitor for a year and I don't understand why people would torture themselves like that. Nobody goes into retail unless they literally have no other prospects.
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BlitzBlast posted:I watched people subject themselves to retail as a janitor for a year and I don't understand why people would torture themselves like that. The capitalist system forces people to work at jobs they hate for a tiny salary in order to barely survive.
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BlitzBlast posted:I watched people subject themselves to retail as a janitor for a year and I don't understand why people would torture themselves like that. Having done both, I would rather scrub public toilets all day than work a cash register. The only redeeming factor of doing that job is that you instantly appreciate other retail employees a lot more. It's a poo poo job where you work usually every weekend and most holidays and most customers treat you like you're dirt. Anyway, cooking manga! That is a foreboding last panel. Are they about to be overcome by demonic possession? 
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Feb 19, 2015 02:27
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Probably the "major accomplishment" thing. "Being a really good short order cook and waiter" probably doesn't count.
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Yeah. They haven't actually changed anything at the store. They're just really good at cooking and happen to be there at the time.
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I assume it'll be like helping the regular crew find a way to deal with it, or to help revamp their system or something.
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rizzen posted:I assume it'll be like helping the regular crew find a way to deal with it, or to help revamp their system or something. I'm thinking reworking the menu to accommodate the new crowd; dishes they can whip out quickly and possibly even prep beforehand
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