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TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
There’s an alternate world where Takumi didn’t go on that double date and get stuck on the train with the other main characters and is doomed to be the Yamcha forever

Like, did anybody honestly expect him to be more relevant than the science trio 140 chapters ago

E: oh my god Alice hasn’t been relevant for 140 chapters gently caress this series

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Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012
I know Erina is the most popular character in the series based on character polls, but goddamn, the last two arcs have basically been about Erina's family drama and it's extremely dumb. That Alice is her cousin seems like she's also be relevant in some way, but lmao.

Pewdiepie
Oct 31, 2010

TheKingofSprings posted:

There’s an alternate world where Takumi didn’t go on that double date and get stuck on the train with the other main characters and is doomed to be the Yamcha forever

Like, did anybody honestly expect him to be more relevant than the science trio 140 chapters ago

E: oh my god Alice hasn’t been relevant for 140 chapters gently caress this series

Who's the science trio?

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012

Pewdiepie posted:

Who's the science trio?

Alice Hayama and Dog


Xelkelvos posted:

I know Erina is the most popular character in the series based on character polls, but goddamn, the last two arcs have basically been about Erina's family drama and it's extremely dumb. That Alice is her cousin seems like she's also be relevant in some way, but lmao.

Soma was more popular than Erina for most of the series, she only slipped past him (along with Hisako and Alice, lmao) when the manga started going to poo poo

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012
Erina's lack of popularity early on is largely attributable to her basically being a background character for those early arcs. The anime also helped her I think

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012

Xelkelvos posted:

Erina's lack of popularity early on is largely attributable to her basically being a background character for those early arcs. The anime also helped her I think

She was super popular then too, second only to Soma despite minimal screentime.

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
https://readms.net/r/shokugeki_no_souma/302/5723/1?mobile=1

This one goes out to all the Megumi fans out there

Allarion
May 16, 2009

がんばルビ!
If Megumi ends up jobbing again, I'll be very upset.

Patware
Jan 3, 2005

lol she finally flat out wins a match and we don't even see the COOKED DISH

we don't even SEE FOOD

i can enjoy the dumb poo poo in this manga but they're not even giving that much to me anymore, that whole cooking battle consisted of the word 'meat' and a [Dish Arm] that functioned exactly like the chainsaw we'd already seen

Artelier
Jan 23, 2015


yo i really liked seeing megumi kick rear end with her dish that was completely unseen HOSPITALITY YO WASSUP

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!
Megumi kicks his rear end, manga is over.

Mikl
Nov 8, 2009

Vote shit sandwich or the shit sandwich gets it!
Still can't get over how bullshit this is.

Cooking "superpowers" in this manga:

- Super good sense of taste;
- Super good sense of smell;
- Two brothers working very well together, complementing their abilities;
- Has studied ingredients carefully for many years so can bring out their best qualities;
- Has studied the world's cuisine, can recognise where someone is from by their accent and behaviour, and therefore can cook perfect comfort food;
- Spent years developing abilities and techniques in molecular cuisine;
- Has an eclectic style of cooking and can perfectly blend different styles to fit the customer's tastes;

- Absorbs their opponent's abilities by defeating them in a cooking battle.



One of these things is not like the others...

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

lmao Megumi is never coming out of this manga with even a single notable win

Arianya
Nov 3, 2009

This is literally the laziest set up to "megumi loses so souma can see how dangerous asahi really is"

pnumoman
Sep 26, 2008

I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.
I can barely even care at this point, we get a Megumi chapter and there's no loving food in it. Like, it's obvious the author ran out of actual food ideas long ago, just take this manga behind the shed already. I'm totally gonna ignore the "5 spice blends" poo poo only because it's pretty much the least offensive thing in this chapter, besides Megumi herself.

Mimesweeper
Mar 11, 2009

Smellrose
yeah, it's some real bullshit that Megumi has grown so much that she can wreck people with her cooking now and we don't even get to see her dish.

kind of funny to jump from "HAHAHA you will never defeat my secret hidden technique!" to OWNED the very next page but i demand my food porn, what the gently caress. what is even going on with this manga.

Oh Snapple!
Dec 27, 2005

I enjoy so much that the gimmick for this match by it's very nature amounts to reinforcing that the people Megumi beat were complete jobbers.

Mraagvpeine
Nov 4, 2014

I won this avatar on a technicality this thick.
Is the reason they aren't showing dishes because they don't have a food consultant?

Clarste
Apr 15, 2013

Just how many mistakes have you suffered on the way here?

An uncountable number, to be sure.
The food consultant quit when asked to come up with a good dish that could be prepared by a spice chainsaw.

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?
Megumi is too good for this piece of poo poo manga.

Mimesweeper
Mar 11, 2009

Smellrose

Mulderman posted:

Megumi is too good for this piece of poo poo manga.

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
Place your bets on the loss condition, is it gonna be giving up cooking forever, giving up her knife which has never been shown to be important, becoming whatever the food equivalent of a concubine is because this manga has to keep getting weird about poo poo

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?
cooked and eaten in order to become a literal sacrificial lamb.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Megumi is just going to vanish and no one will ever mention her again.

Vise the Stompy
Mar 26, 2006

This cosmic dance; bursting decadence and withheld permissions, twists all our arms collectively. But, if sweetness can win, and it can, then I'll still be here tomorrow to high-five you yesterday, my friend....Peace!
Doctor Rope
I hate how clear Megumi loss is going to be to show how final boss this guy is suppose to be even though they just did that with him beating the former 1st seat. Hey Shogukei Manga! I dare you to make Megumi's loss a 2-1. Let Megumi knock this guy off his high horse just little bit you coward!

pnumoman
Sep 26, 2008

I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.
I would retroactively take back everything bad I've ever said about this manga if Megumi just outright wins against the shitbag and the manga just drops him like a bad habit.

Clearly not gonna happen, but it's nice to fantasize before this poo poo manga runs over Megumi just to build up Mr. Shitbag.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
whatever happened to the juggling clown guy

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Fabricated posted:

whatever happened to the juggling clown guy

I think he got owned off screen.

Cipher Pol 9
Oct 9, 2006


Mikl posted:

Still can't get over how bullshit this is.

Cooking "superpowers" in this manga:

- Absorbs their opponent's abilities by defeating them in a cooking battle.

One of these things is not like the others...
It ain't even that! He can just get the powers by using their tools after they've lost to someone else. Like sure, they probably lost to him at some point, but it's still even dumber than that.

I was just defending this manga last week but this was a bad chapter. Spice Claws are dumb as gently caress, like Patware said it's literally the same thing as the chainsaw but not as over the top so it just becomes boring.

Megumi's spread was cool but skipping her fight entirely so we can get to her losing to Asahi is awful. Especially with this, "I can beat you even using the skills of the opponents you wrecked." She deserves so much better than this.

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?
It also really kneecaps her victory. "You only lost because they sucked" is a slap in the face of a character who deserves so much better.

Mimesweeper
Mar 11, 2009

Smellrose
I know it's never going to happen but I so, so want the next chapter to be Megumi wiping the floor with this prick. Then everyone else can deal with Erina's mom or whatever.

Electric Phantasm
Apr 7, 2011

YOSPOS

Next chapter is just going to open with Megumi losing and not even bothering to explain what happened.

Mulderman
Mar 20, 2009

Did someone say axe magnet?
At this point I doubt we'll even get to see her lose.

TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
At this point I'm just left increasingly confused and wondering who this is for.

Like OK, they pared down to the 4 most popular characters, I get that. Then they completely shafted two of them, reverted the characterization of one at a really bad time and it's just, like I don't even know anymore :confused:. And it's for that one shipper that buys 8 copies of every volume I'm thinking the author's doing a pretty poo poo job of that too.

The final tournament to wrap everything up is actually a perfectly fine idea but Asahi didn't need to be involved and it didn't need to be this dreck.

pnumoman
Sep 26, 2008

I never get the last word, and it makes me very sad.

TheKingofSprings posted:

At this point I'm just left increasingly confused and wondering who this is for.

Like OK, they pared down to the 4 most popular characters, I get that. Then they completely shafted two of them, reverted the characterization of one at a really bad time and it's just, like I don't even know anymore :confused:. And it's for that one shipper that buys 8 copies of every volume I'm thinking the author's doing a pretty poo poo job of that too.

The final tournament to wrap everything up is actually a perfectly fine idea but Asahi didn't need to be involved and it didn't need to be this dreck.

It reeks of an author who completely ran out of ideas that's taking literally every suggestion offered by an idiot editor.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

pnumoman posted:

It reeks of an author who completely ran out of ideas that's taking literally every suggestion offered by an idiot editor.

Well it's either the editor or the artist and I'm not sure which would be worse.

Fabricated
Apr 9, 2007

Living the Dream
Given TOSH's previous work his solution probably would have been just having everyone hook up already before doing any final arc

Gyges
Aug 4, 2004

NOW NO ONE
RECOGNIZE HULK
Wanna see Mimasaka fill in for people on dates when they can't make it.

Xelkelvos
Dec 19, 2012

Gyges posted:

Wanna see Mimasaka fill in for people on dates when they can't make it.

God this would've been so good if they had pulled the series into a more SoL pace instead of Battle Shonen. Just have a chapter where Mimisaka is filling in for a character while they're sick or something including all of their Shokugekis and tests.

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TheKingofSprings
Oct 9, 2012
On the plus side, well...

quote:

Average Ranking (8 Weeks)
1 ( 1.5 ) One Piece
2 ( 2.71 ) Kimetsu no Yaiba
3 ( 3.17 ) Dr.Stone
4 ( 3.33 ) The Promised Neverland
5 ( 3.67 ) My Hero Academia
6 ( 5 ) Black Clover
7 ( 5.17 ) Haikyū!!
8 ( 6.5 ) Bokutachi wa Benkyō ga Dekinai
8 ( 6.5 ) Jujutsu Kaisen
10 ( 7.33 ) Act-Age
11 ( 8.33 ) Hinomaru Zumō
12 ( 8.75 ) Shishunki Renaissance! David-kun
13 ( 9 ) Yuragi-sō no Yūna-san
14 ( 10.14 ) Chain Saw Man
15 ( 10.5 ) Jimoto ga Japan
16 ( 11.14 ) Shokugeki no Sōma
17 ( 12.2 ) Gokutei Higuma
18 ( 13 ) Ne0;Lation

Japan feels the exact same way about this

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