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 Anyone who loses here is out for good. Either Soma's definitely not going to lose or this manga is going for a major swerve (it's not gonna swerve).
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Could it be that having her strong suit drawn flustered her somewhat? I'm not saying she's letting him win on purpose or anything, but she was visibly bothered when she saw he'd picked soba for the theme, and I'd say it's not inconceivable that on some level she's throwing the match. I mean, she's an artisan who's incredibly proud of her skills, so there's no force on Earth that's going to stop her making the best drat soba she can manage, but maybe that's all she's going to do. It's technically perfect, but lacks creative flair, which allows Soma to eke out a win with creativity or originality.
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May 3, 2017 23:44
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TheKingofSprings posted:
Doesn't the very next page have a panel where you can see part of his shocked reaction face
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May 3, 2017 23:45
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It could be that the protagonist of this cooking manga is, like, really good at cooking.
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May 3, 2017 23:46
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Alacron posted:Anyone who loses here is out for good. Either Soma's definitely not going to lose or this manga is going for a major swerve (it's not gonna swerve). They're eliminated from the tournament, but they aren't expelled or anything. Team Soma can win without Soma, meaning his loss isn't technically apocalyptic. And depending on how you interpret the rules, he might even still be allowed to support Erina or whoever even after being eliminated, so it wouldn't write him out of the rest of the arc either.
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May 3, 2017 23:52
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Begemot posted:It could be that the protagonist of this cooking manga is, like, really good at cooking. You raise an interesting point Though I can pretty easily see Soma just getting cold beaten here and all the focus being on the rest of the gang Notice: None of this first three actually did anything to help each other, did they? Or rather we didn't see any of it on Soma's side, he just kind of fired off in a direction
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May 3, 2017 23:57
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Patware posted:You raise an interesting point Not unless Isshiki or the other rebel added something to Souma's dish on the sly without the readers seeing.
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May 4, 2017 00:15
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There's no way he's losing in a single elimination tournament, but I think it's a pity the author set it up that way. A narrow loss for Souma wouldn't even be a poor decision here--if he throws tradition out the window and still comes within a hair's breadth of defeating one of the elite 10 in her area of absolute mastery, it throws Azami's entire philosophy into question. (It also tees up the other members of their team to demonstrate they're *all* a serious threat to the status quo by winning the two remaining matches.)
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May 4, 2017 00:33
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Rangpur posted:There's no way he's losing in a single elimination tournament, but I think it's a pity the author set it up that way. A narrow loss for Souma wouldn't even be a poor decision here--if he throws tradition out the window and still comes within a hair's breadth of defeating one of the elite 10 in her area of absolute mastery, it throws Azami's entire philosophy into question. (It also tees up the other members of their team to demonstrate they're *all* a serious threat to the status quo by winning the two remaining matches.) Well to be fair. The first round being a cleansweep for the rebels is pretty easy to see given that two former elite tens are going right now. (One of them considered only inferior to Rindou and Eishi.)
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May 4, 2017 00:45
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Alacron posted:
Why is she wearing a frond of leafs or possibly a ring of horsehair as her skirt.
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May 4, 2017 00:53
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Rangpur posted:There's no way he's losing in a single elimination tournament, but I think it's a pity the author set it up that way. A narrow loss for Souma wouldn't even be a poor decision here--if he throws tradition out the window and still comes within a hair's breadth of defeating one of the elite 10 in her area of absolute mastery, it throws Azami's entire philosophy into question. (It also tees up the other members of their team to demonstrate they're *all* a serious threat to the status quo by winning the two remaining matches.) Eh that's weak writing. Don't throw it into question, they already did that by passing those bullshit tests. Destroy Azami's philosophy. Annihilate it. Beat thousand-year traditions with stuff you can get at a mini mart.
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May 4, 2017 00:57
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Yeah, Souma losing this match is super unlikely to happen for a host of reasons. Really, I think the reason this battle is currently feeling underwhelming is that we haven't actually gained anything from watching Souma's battle so far. Oh, wow, he beat classical style and impeccable technique with improvisation and unexpected technical/cuisine fusion. The same way he always does. It's not bad, and watching the food get made is a delicious as always. The problem is that he's currently teamed up with Isshiki, who we've never seen be serious ever, who just declared culinary fatwa upon rondo dude, and the mysterious other member of the Elite 10 who we know all but nothing about who was kicked out by Azami. Two far more interesting and informative battles. I'm sure we'll see some development on those fronts, but you don't drop that serious eel slicing splash page and then walk away. Rondo guy insulted Polar Star and Naked Apron has vowed serious cooking in response. I just can't care that much about gourmet top ramen right now.
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May 4, 2017 01:22
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I'm in the Souma loses camp. Him losing here doesn't mean expulsion. It just means that he's not going to have any more cooking matches for the rest of the arc (at least not without something happening). IMO, that's not just not the worst thing, but it may be great since it'll give a lot more focus to everyone else while Souma can be on the sidelines giving tips or making quips with Alice. The flashback with Isshiki sorta spoils this somewhat though since it foreshadows him facing at least one more Elite because of training against their specialties.
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May 4, 2017 01:50
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i suspect they will sweep the first round and then barely squeak through most of the following rounds.
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May 4, 2017 01:53
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Pewdiepie posted:Why is she wearing a frond of leafs or possibly a ring of horsehair as her skirt. I think the author may answer: "why not?"
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May 4, 2017 01:55
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Pewdiepie posted:Why is she wearing a frond of leafs or possibly a ring of horsehair as her skirt. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=tassel+skirt
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May 4, 2017 02:20
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I had to go back and make sure that wasn't one of the imaginary outfits. I didn't like before, but it's a cute outfit.
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May 4, 2017 02:52
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I like to imagine they're getting the Soma fight out of the way first since we all know what's going to happen and then they'll go ham on the battles for the previously unseen cooks.
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May 4, 2017 06:03
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Eej posted:I like to imagine they're getting the Soma fight out of the way first since we all know what's going to happen and then they'll go ham on the battles for the previously unseen cooks. That could have been done without relegating Kinokuni to jobber.
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May 4, 2017 07:06
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the food is all drawn anyway and i don't know how to cook this stuff
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May 4, 2017 07:17
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Angry Grimace posted:That could have been done without relegating Kinokuni to jobber. Budget's too tight, can't afford Hanakana for more than a couple of episodes.
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May 4, 2017 08:57
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Begemot posted:Eh that's weak writing. Don't throw it into question, they already did that by passing those bullshit tests. Destroy Azami's philosophy. Annihilate it. Beat thousand-year traditions with stuff you can get at a mini mart.
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May 4, 2017 13:48
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Rangpur posted:I admit it would be more effective if the other two members weren't ex-elite 10 themselves. Megumi getting a win here would've been nice. Well, I hope she enjoys her splash panel of Rindou dressed as a sexy Vampire and draining her blood to symbolize her brutal annihilation. I know we will 
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May 4, 2017 13:54
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Eej posted:Budget's too tight, can't afford Hanakana for more than a couple of episodes.  ) is because they usually like working, even if money is nowhere near what it used to be.Concerning the manga, I sincerely hope Soma loses.
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May 4, 2017 13:56
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Wark Say posted:While I don't doubt that sometimes budget can be a concern for anime, nowadays popular voice actors tend to stay on demand because their rates are affordable. Hell, half the reason guys like Takehito Koyasu (Dōjima), Tomokazu Sugita (Eizan), Hanazawa (Kinokuni) and Takahiro Sakurai ( But that would make Isshiki-senpai look sort of dumb for declaring Soma's victory
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May 4, 2017 17:09
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i wonder if the question of teammates helping each other out dishwise is still on the table, because a possibility i've been thinking is that souma is about to lose but then isshiki swoops in to have his dish evaluated and it happens to accentuate souma's dish in a way that it wins.
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May 4, 2017 17:17
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i liked it when soma cooked against alice and they both had that face constantly and clearly held absolutely no malice towards their opponent
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May 4, 2017 17:23
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where the red fern gropes posted:i liked it when soma cooked against alice and they both had that face constantly and clearly held absolutely no malice towards their opponent I miss when the competitions in this weren't life or death but everyone still put their game face on
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May 4, 2017 17:28
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I'm ready for this to follow dodgeball rules where winning means you get to bring back someone from your team and we get a guest star appearance from Alice
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May 4, 2017 20:02
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Erg posted:I'm ready for this to follow dodgeball rules where winning means you get to bring back someone from your team and we get a guest star appearance from Alice Alice has already been guest staring in the last few chapters. That's the whole point of the cage that lets you phase your face through it. She currently has her own side story where she's trying to solve the mystery of the naked apron.
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May 4, 2017 20:22
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kirtar posted:But that would make Isshiki-senpai look sort of dumb for declaring Soma's victory
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May 4, 2017 21:06
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lol (If you don't know Jose Andres, he has several Michelin starred restaurants in DC)
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May 7, 2017 15:13
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Get him to read Toriko.
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May 7, 2017 18:29
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Pewdiepie posted:Get him to read Toriko.
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May 7, 2017 23:30
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Are you trying to *kill* the man?
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May 7, 2017 23:31
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SwissArmyDruid posted:Are you trying to *kill* the man? 
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May 7, 2017 23:44
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So Souma wins, because the loving stage they're in isn't heated during the winter making his hot food preferable to Nene's cold
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May 11, 2017 01:16
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TheKingofSprings posted:So Souma wins, because the loving stage they're in isn't heated during the winter making his hot food preferable to Nene's cold There's precedent for this one, at least.
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May 11, 2017 01:27
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lol that's real nice. the azami faction's pointless petty dickery coming back to bite them in the rear end is always good.
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is there a new chapter? where are you guys reading it
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