Recap / Food Wars!

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Recap pages for the manga series, Food Wars!.

Due to the overarching storylines in the series, it’d be rather hard to see through the various plotlines and character motivations by just the episode and volume recaps. For this reason, the story summaries of the individual Arcs should go to Arc recap pages. These Arc Recaps should contain:

• The list of the episodes/volumes from the storyline, in chronological order.
• The summary of the plot of the entire storyline (which also means that Episode Recaps should only contain a basic outline in a few sentences).
• Tropes that are used in more than one episode or volume of the storyline, or have an importance to the overall plot of the storyline (eg. in the case of a storyline about getting a MacGuffin, said MacGuffin should be added to the Arc Recap, instead of being listed on every Episode Recap page).

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Arc recaps

Story Arcs

1. Enrollment Arc
   • Introduction
   • Tootsuki Academy
   • Shokugeki: Soma vs. Ikumi
2. Training Camp Arc
   • First Day: Hinako's Test
   • Second Day: Unofficial Shokugeki — Megumi/Soma vs. Koujirou
   • Fourth Day: Breakfast Buffet Challenge
   • Fifth Day: Graduation Banquet
3. Karaage Wars Arc
4. Fall Classic Tournament Arc
   • Preliminary Bracket
     • "A" Block
     • "B" Block
   • Quarterfinals
     • Soma vs. Alice
     • Megumi vs. Ryou
     • Hisako vs. Akira
     • Shokugeki: Takumi vs. Subaru
   • Semifinals
     • Shokugeki: Soma vs. Subaru
     • Akira vs. Ryou
   • Final
     • Soma vs. Akira vs. Ryou
5. Stagiaire Period Arc
   • Soma/Hisako and Erina/Megumi Tests
   • Koujirou's Test
6. Moon Banquet Festival Arc
   • Red Leaf Convention
   • Festival Preparations
   • Chinese Dish Challenge — Soma vs. Terunori
   • Tootsuki's New Director
7. Tootsuki Reformation Arc
   • Erina's Escape
   • Shokugeki: Soma vs. Eizan
   • Azami's Visit
8. Elite Ten Invasion Arc
   • Reconnaissance Mission
   • Shokugeki: Ryou vs. Rentarou
   • Soma vs. Tsukasa
   • Serving Erina
9. Hokkaido Promotion Exam Arc
   • First Test: Salmon Dish
   • Second Test: Noodle Dish
   • Third Test: Bear Meat Dish — Soma vs. Akira
   • Jouichirou's Past
   • Team Training
   • Shokugeki: Regiment De Cuisine
     • Round 1: Soma, Isshiki and Tosuke vs. Nene, Julio and Shouko
     • Round 2: Terunori, Tosuke, and Subaru vs. Eishi, Rindou, and Soumei
     • Round 3: Soma, Takumi, and Megumi vs. Soumei, Eizan, and Momo
     • Round 4: Erina, Isshiki and Takumi vs. Momo, Eishi and Rindou
     • Round 5: Soma and Erina vs. Eishi and Rindou
10. Le Cuisiner Noir Arc
    • Hot Spring Mission
    • Tootsuki's New Teacher
    • Beach Exam Test
    • BLUE Tournament
      • First Gate Test
      1. Soma's task: Prepare a last meal for a retired Noir.
      2. Takumi's task: Prepare a gourmet dish for children without potential allergens.
      3. Megumi's task: Prepare a gourmet dish that can be enjoyed by dogs as well.
      • Second Gate Test: Create a $100 dish from cheap ingredients.
      • Third Gate Test: Create a signature dish from beef.
      • Heaven's Keep - Battle Floor
      1. First Battle - Christmas Cake - Soma Yukihira vs Sarge. Winner: Soma Yukihira.
      2. Second Battle - Poussin Chicken - Eishi Tsukasa vs Asahi Saiba. Winner: Asahi Saiba.
      3. Third Battle - Amuse-bouche - Takumi Aldini and Soma Yukihira vs Don Calma and Co. Winner: Takumi Aldini and Soma Yukihira.
      4. Erina Nakiri vs Miscellaneous Noirs. Winner: Erina Nakiri.
      5. Erina Nakiri vs Takumi Aldini. Winner: Erina Nakiri.
      6. Megumi Tadokoro vs Huang Zuiwang. Winner: Megumi Tadokoro.
      7. Cheap Beef - Megumi Tadokoro vs Asahi Saiba. Winner: Asahi Saiba.
      8. Semifinal Match - French, Chinese, Turkish, Indian and Italian fusion dish - Asahi Saiba vs Soma Yukihira. Winner: Soma Yukihira.
      9. BLUE Final Match - A dish that has never existed before - Soma Yukihira vs Erina Nakiri. Winner: Erina Nakiri.
11. Epilogue Arc:
    • 44th Fall Classic Tournament.

Anime recaps

Season 1

Adapts the main character's introduction up to the end of the preliminary brackets of the Fall Classic Tournament.

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1. "An Endless Wasteland"
2. "God Tongue"
3. "That Chef Never Smiles"
4. "The Madonna of the Polar Star"
5. "The Ice Queen and the Spring Storm"
6. "The Meat Invader"
7. "The Quiet Don, The Eloquent Don"
8. "The Concerto of Inspiration and Imagination"
9. "The Breading to Adorn the Mountains"
10. "The Heavenly Recette"
11. "The Magician from the East"
12. "The Memory of a Dish"
13. "Eggs Before Dawn"
14. "Metamorphosis"
15. "The Man Called 'The Demon'"
16. "The Cook Who's Crossed A Thousand Leagues"
17. "The Seductive Karaage"
18. "The Karaage of Youth"
19. "The Chosen One"
20. "The Dragon Lies Down and Ascends the Skies"
21. "The Unknown Known"
22. "The One Who Surpasses the Ordinary"
23. "The Competition of the Blossoming Individuals"
24. "The Banquet of Warriors"

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OVAs

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1. "Food Wars OVA 1: Takumi's Downtown Battle"
2. "Food Wars OVA 2: Erina's Summer Vacation"

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Season 2: Ni no Sara (The Second Dish)

Adapts the later rounds of the Fall Classic Tournament up to the end of the Stagiaire tests.

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1. "What Fills the Box"
2. "The Interplay of Light and Shadow"
3. "The Generation of Prodigies"
4. "The Pursuer"
5. "The Secret in the First Bite"
6. "Dawn Will Come Again"
7. "Beasts Devouring Each Other"
8. "Battle Of Seasonality"
9. "A Sword That Signals Autumn"
10. "A New Genius"
11. "The Stagiaire"
12. "The Magician Once More"
13. "Pomp and Circumstance"

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OVAs

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1. "Food Wars! OVA 3: Autumn Moon's Chance Encounter"
2. "Food Wars! OVA 4: Tōtsuki Elite Ten"

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Season 3: San no Sara (The Third Dish)

Adapts the Moon Banquet Festival up to the Shokugeki matches against Central's recruits.

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1. "Challenging the Elite Ten"
2. "Má and Là"
3. "Moon Festival"
4. "A Pride of Young Lions"
5. "The Darkening Dinner Table"
6. "The Imprisoned Queen"
7. "It Begins"
8. "The Alchemist"
9. "Hunting The Survivors"
10. "The Salmon Will Dance"
11. "Der Weiße Ritter der Tafel"
12. "The One Who Aims for the Summit"

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OVAs

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1. "Food Wars! OVA 5: Erina at Polar Star Dormitory"

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Season 3.5: Tōtsuki Ressha-hen (Totsuki Train Arc)

Adapts the Hokkaido Promotion Exam up to the 1st Round matches of the Régiment de Cuisine.

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1. "Advancement Exam"
2. "Onward on the Totsuki Train"
3. "Jeanne D'Arc Rises"
4. "Revenge Match"
5. "The Umami Tightrope"
6. "For Whom"
7. "Declaration of War"
8. "Erina's Diligent Studies"
9. "The Pioneer of the Wastelands"
10. "To the Final Battleground"
11. "Bearing Polar Star Dormitory"
12. "The Basis for Strength"

Season 4: Shin no Sara (The Fourth Dish)

Adapts the later rounds of the Régiment de Cuisine.

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1. "What We Want to Protect"
2. "Camera Flash"
3. "Hope in Solidarity"
4. "Aim for Victory!"
5. "You're Through"
6. "A Single Blade"
7. "The Two Queens"
8. "Watching from Beside You"
9. "How to Build a Specialty"
10. "The First and Second Seats"
11. "Song of Hope"
12. "The New Totsuki Elite Ten"

Season 5: Go no Sara (The Fifth Dish)

Adapts the Cuisiner Noir arc.

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1. "Final Exams"
2. "The BLUE Preliminaries"
3. "Noir"
4. "The Last Supper"
5. "Convenience Store Brawl"
6. "A Midsummer Christmas"
7. "Crossed Knives"
8. "The Missing Half of the Moon"
9. "The God Tongue's Despair"
10. "Surpassing Dad"
11. "The Taste of Failure"
12. "The Perfect Rocks"
13. "Food Wars"

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