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An action-packed, saucy food comedy featuring one boy's determination to be top chef! 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?
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?!
While investigating the
illicit shokugeki happening across the country, Soma and Erina dig into the
identity of the mysterious man named “Saiba” who's responsible for
sending the noir to Japan. But before Soma's able to uncover any information,
new Totsuki professor Suzuki challenges Soma to a
shokugeki!
