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An action-packed, saucy food comedy featuring one boy’s determination to be top chef!
About the author
Yuto Tsukuda won the 34th Jump Juniketsu Newcomers' Manga Award for his one-shot story
Kiba ni Naru. He made his
Weekly Shonen Jump debut in 2010 with the series
Shonen Shikku. His follow-up series,
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, is his first English-language release.
Shun Saeki made his
Jump NEXT! debut in 2011 with the one-shot story
Kimi to Watashi no Renai Soudan. Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma is his first
Shonen Jump series.
Summary
An action-packed, saucy food comedy featuring one boy’s determination
to be top chef!
Soma Yukihira’s old man runs a small family restaurant
in the less savory end of town. Aiming to one day surpass his father’s
culinary prowess, Soma hones his skills day in and day out until one day, out of
the blue, his father decides to enroll Soma in a classy culinary school! Can
Soma really cut it in a place that prides itself on a 10 percent graduation
rate? And can he convince the beautiful, domineering heiress of the school that
he belongs there at all?!
Fighting to save Alice’s society from
being abolished by the Azami administration, Ryo Kurokiba, battling as her
champion, begins his shokugeki with Central elite Kusunoki. The theme is salmon,
and both chefs put everything they’ve got, including their pride, into
their dishes. So what’s got Alice so troubled she tells off her own uncle,
Dean Nakiri, at the end of the match?!
