Audience reviews
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Shirogari
This fourth season is the Shokugeki no Souma equivalent of a tournament arc. The entire season consists of food battles between the rebels and the current elite 10 leading up to a climactic final battle that could've been the end of the series.
The story in the fourth season is just about the food battles between the elite 10 and the rebels. Some of the battles feel a bit rushed but this was probably necessary because of the large amount of battles and the fact that the anime tried to also fit some character development into this season. The character development/history that is revealed adds a lot to this season and makes sure that you aren't watching simple battles but are learning more about the characters along the way.
The characters are the same as in the previous season but in th…
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I am sad. As nice as this anime used to be, it turned into something I can't even name properly. Characters have still their personalities, animation is always as amazing, music is... 8/10 compared to previous seasons. Regarding that, my review will contain some spoilers towards previous seasons, not this one.
When I started this anime, I was similar to a lot of watchers of this anime. I had tons of fighting and shounen anime behind me but I barely touched something that special not involving this aspect at all. But friends were telling me about this anime and since I really love cooking and have strong passion for it, I gave it a chance. Hell yea, first season was really surprise and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Second one even a bit more. But then it went down. Food sometim…
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Hi guys, I'm back after watching Shokugeki no souma season 4. So basically,
this part show the rebels led by Yukihira Souma vs Central lead by Tsukasa
Eishi. So, for me the OP for this anime is not bad. But, there also put OP for the
Anime season 1. It was very happening. I was crying when Tadokoro Megumi
lost this fight. They gets another back up from other 10 seats in their teams In the half of this season, Nakiri Azami become judge for the team Shokugeki.
The ending is not bad and for me. It is satisfied to watch. For me, in this season ,
my waifu is Kobayasahi Rindo. She likes to use exotic animals in her cooking
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It would be a great season if you didn't have to watch 2 seasons of the same competition and then again just continue watching it until the end of this season.
So 3 seasons of same thing.
You get bored at some point.
It would be much better season if they made it as part 2 of season 3. I am talking about the ending.
If that was the case they could have made a whole season about them now, about their classes and how they can help their junior students and teach them something.
I started watching 5. season before writing this review so I decided to write it before my whole impression of this franchise is ruined. I am at the episode 5, and that's a breaking point. I had to write review for this season.
It is not bad overall, but it's just a sequel of a sequel so it becomes boring in a w…
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I'm very disappointed in the direction the series went from mid-season 3 but while it still being decent, season 4 seems like a bad joke. There's no plot development at all, episodes are very monotonic and predictable. Supposed to be "plot twists" make no sense and there's no explanation to irrational decisions made by characters what only shows the lazy approach of creators responsible for season 4 and I don't really know if the outcome of this could be any worse, considering the fact that the final episode looks more like low quality fan-fiction than actual sequel of a great story from seasons 1-3.
My rating is 3/10 and while the graphics are still on a high level, season 4 of SNS didn't fulfill my expectations as a succesor of the great series leaving me with disappointment and no desi…
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This season continues with the team shokugeki. I find that the season still provided some character development, although that was mainly focused on Erina and Soma with some small bits on other characters during their individual battles. From reading the manga as well, this season was the last one I was looking forward to as the quality of the story severely drops off after the team shokugeki completes.
In order to finish the team battle, some of the individual battles are more rushed as there are up to three simultaneously and thus there is a slight decline in the quality and anticipation that used to come with each individual shokugeki.
However, this decline in quality of the battles sort of translated to more focus on the characters themselves. I personally felt like this season did…
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I will not lie to you, as much as I love this series, the story in this is mediocre at best. It is just the bout against the Elite 10, the ending gives it a more satisfactory feeling but other than that this season was very lacklustre in terms of the story.
The art in this was phenomenal. The detail they put into the characters, the environment, but most importantly the food. When they are describing the dish in terms of ingredients and how it is cooked you can see it, and there is almost always an underlying feature that is revealed in each and every one of these dishes that makes you wish you could taste it yourself!
Souma Yukihira - The son of Jouichirou Yukihira, he worked at the Yukihira Diner until it closed.
Erina Nakiri - Coming from a prestigious background, she often looks d…
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This series has scarred me so badly that it motivated me to write my first anime review. Anytime I see an actual good anime, I think about this one and what it could have been. I will now be using this as my measuring stick for a terrible anime.
Let me start by saying that I love Shokugeki no Soma. I love cooking, I like anime, I like hentai, and I love the manga. Despite all this, JC has done their damn hardest to make this season as unwatchable and as unenjoyable as possible.
This isn't an anime. There is hardly any animation. This is a slideshow with moving mouths, and motion sickness-inducing pan on every. single. frame. I know this is a cooking anime, but holy crap there does not need to be this many pans. There isn't even a pan that stops at the end to let your eyes rest for a mo…
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Honestly speaking, does anyone even care about Shokugeki anymore? The manga unceremoniously ended last year without so much as a big splash on the community, and I can only imagine what the popularity for a series that doesn't have its manga run anymore is like over in Japan.
Story:
In an effort to go against Central and Azami Nakiri's ideals of 'True Gourmet", we arrive at the climactic end to the Central Arc where Soma and Erina head the rebels in a final team bout against the Elite Ten for not only the coveted seats of the Elite Ten, but also for the fate of the cooking world. And, of course, it will all be done in an Iron Chef-style tournament arc and nothing else.
For a series that prides itself on showcasing extravagant flavors and varied arcs that revolve around different aspe…
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Here's a problem with adapting a manga like Shokugeki no Soma into an anime: it drags out horrendously. Seriously! The manga goes by quickly, obviously, because it's a manga. But since this anime models its source material almost perfectly, a lot of time is wasted on things that take less time in the manga. In the manga, some food battles are 6 chapters long, but that's okay because it takes around 3-5 minutes to finish each chapter. Average that out to 4, 4 * 6 = 24. 24 minutes! That's the length of a single anime episode! However, this anime manages to stretch it out to 3 episodes at times. That's ridiculous!
In my honest opinion, if they had focused more on trying to adapt the story for the purpose of an anime rather than try to copy the source material so perfectly, they could've done…
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This season is supposed to be the biggest event in the entire series. All the trainings and the battles from the previous seasons were built for the regiment de cuisine and opposing the best chefs of totsuki academy.
However, as an audience, this tournament is the most boring and predictable of all. It has something to do with the concept being overused in the series. The large amount of matches made me bored and wanted the arc to end. Also, most matches were rushed in order to compress battles in an episode or two.
Despite these things, the development of characters were lived up to its fullest potential. All the rebels got their spotlight; whether it may be a win or a loss, it resulted to their flourishing.
Opening and ending song were mediocrely done, unlike the preceding songs. Th…
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I don't get why people are being annoying about this season. To me, this season was just like every other Food Wars season. I heard the ending isn't very good, but complain when the actual ending gets out, not now. If you like Food Wars for being Food Wars you get what you want. Of course, I will admit that the 11th episode of the season felt like a final episode, with the 12th being like an epilogue. I would like to see more Food Wars content, but if it is going to end in the next season maybe they'll change it up
Read at the sourceHalloBruce
I had to make sure I wasn't crazy.
I re-watched several episodes from the first season. The introduction of the Aldini brothers in the training camp arc... The one where Soma and his dad have an early-morning cook-off in the Polar Star dormitory... The one where Megumi stands against the fearsome Legumes Magician, and saves herself from expulsion with some wholesome veggie magic of her own.
This series is EXCITING. Fast-paced cuts of frenetic food-flinging; a soundtrack hot enough to simmer your soy sauce; gorgeously-drawn dishes that could hop off the screen and into your gullet; and of course, over-the-top ecchi foodgasms that make you wish you brought headphones. The stakes are raised (and steaks are braised?) as the battles rage on. And the journey is brought to life with superbly vo…
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Characterization: 3/5
A stretch, here. The characters in the series have brought me many laughs over the years, and their individual quirks often make me smile. But I've generally found character development with the female cast instead of the males. Erina and Megumi are the highlights.
Plot: 2/5
None of us came into Food Wars! for the plot. And tbh, I don't think we're really staying for it, either, because it's pretty dull. This season is all about our rebels cooking against the elite ten to win back their school. My problem is with the last episode.
Realism & Authenticity: 1/5
I'm beyond disappointed for this point. I loved the first season of this show so much, but it's like I'm watching a poorly written fanfiction of it instead. The sexuality doesn't tap into the humor in new or re…
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I've always wanted to write a review of Food Wars and this season seemed like the perfect opportunity. Also this is my first time writing a review. Keep in mind; this is just my opinion.
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Story: 2/10
Food Wars never had an overwhelming story but it had always been enough to keep me at least somewhat interested. This season is a direct continuation of the third one but the fact that this is just one big tournament really hurt the overall plot. I'm not saying tournaments are a bad thing but this one is just too predictable for my liking. A lot of people say that Food Wars isn't meant to be unpredictable and that it's about how the characters win their matches but even that is always the same. I'm not feeling any kind of excitement in the battles. Honestly, I stopped caring about who wins…
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Ok so the 4th plate has ended, and it looks like the 5th plate won't be far behind as soon as Erina meets the new antagonist that will challenge them new Elite 10.
So:
Story:
Pros: New food were being introduce, that teases our gastronomical senses
Cons: To simply put it , the story plot was still them same and yes it was still on that Shokugeki thing where only this time them rebels were battling for their survival and it was way too predictable. Verdict: 5 over 10.
Art:
Pros: More fanservices were introduce, in fact this was the only sequel where studio J.C. Staff didn't pull any punches to to also tickle our lust for sex.
Cons: We still see the usual eye candy and Yukihira still wears his signature middle school uniform....
Verdict: 7 over 10.
Sound:
Pros: still them usual…
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I'm not gonna lie, I wasn't wild about this season, but I've given it a nine because I know, somewhere in the past, this series had me hype.
As always, the art in Food Wars! is killing it. The colors are used so well, the food looks shockingly realistic yet fantastical, and the character designs are crisp and pleasing to look at. As far as the sound design, it's not something I used to notice about Food Wars! but I do think the score for this anime does a really good job of putting the viewer in the atmosphere of the moment, so it's something to mention.
The story wasn't exactly as amazing as I was thinking it would be, but I honestly think it's because it's been a year since I've seen the previous seasons. The spark wasn't there for me anymore. To me, the whole season being a Shokugeki…
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Out of all the anime that have come out this year, I think this was the biggest disappointment for me. After 3 seasons of slowly diminishing quality, I was worried that this season was going to be a slog to get through. When I say that though, I was still hopeful. I mean, they were going to tackle an arc from which I had heard was a decent arc. It could've been good but J.C Staff really went out of their way to make this one of the cheapest and lazy productions I've seen in a while. I hate saying that for a show I used to love. I loved the characters, I loved the foodgasms and yeah, the animation wasn't the worst, but it at least looks decent enough.
This season, I truly think J.C Staff didn't care about this show. With the last three seasons, there were some production issues, but there…
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Another Plate, another panning shot yet the culmination of one of the best character arcs yet!.
So Shokugeki no Souma Shin no Sama leaves off right where the Totsuki Ressha-hen season in where the tournament for the fate of the rebels contines and well it's roughly what you'd expect but LA will note this season did improve slightly even if they continue to use panning shots though utlize it when they can't think of any new way of showing the transitions which is most of the time unfortunately.
The 4th Plate visually is the same with some flourishes in the Shokugeki's here and there but where it lacks in animation, the characters gets some well deserved mentions, from Megumi, Takumi, Rindou, Tsukasa, Isshiki and finally ERINA having the the best character resolution to her rebellion to he…
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War for the elite ten seats has continued. As we know, Yukihira Souma and his friends now have to fight the central members to fight over their obligations as totsuki school students. As you sow, so shall you reap. That adage is suitable for this season, a group of students who want to know the wider culinary world ... They are a polar star residence.
This season took a long time to reach the point where Yukihira Souma achieved her ambitions. We already know that now the polar star residence must fight Azami's ideology of food that it does not recognize is rubbish. Yukihira Souma and her friends have to fight Azami but they get the role of rebels, they get insults from all school students but they ignore it because they know that their actions are the right thing.
Watching this season pr…
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