It’s honestly an exceptionally well done series! While it basically Does Not Stray from the shonen battle manga formula, it does everything it does at a high and compelling level, with a few great twists, and great art through out. 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 school 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?!ģ:15 The sexiness on display in the first chapter absolutely turns off some potential readers, and I’ve heard from a few people that they were actually surprised that I like it. Soma Yukihira's old man runs a small family restaurant in the less savory end of town. Here’s how VIZ Media and their Shonen Jump imprint describe Food Wars :Īn action-packed, saucy food comedy featuring one boy’s determination to be top chef! Touch-up art and lettering by NRP Studios Since this show is a bit different, the show notes will also be formatted a bit differently, with book information introduced as we start talking about the title. Thanks very much to you both for your recommendations! So those, plus Food Wars, and then my josei manga pick of How Are You? gave us a recipe for a whole dang episode of Mangasplaining! We got a bunch of great recommendations, but the two we chose were from Phil with Kokkoku: Moment to Moment and from Josh Tabon with Sweetness and Lightning. What are three other manga first-chapters I should recommend to Chip for my next ‘pick’? Remember, the first chapter has to be online and free to read, LEGALLY (no scanlations etc.).” I’ll make one of my picks the first chapter of Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma. “Okay, Mangasplaining fans, let’s get you involved. But to mix things up a bit, I also left the choices of three other books to you, the readers! Here's what I put out there: I knew Food Wars was one I definitely wanted to do because it’s commercial and polished, and that Chip would probably appreciate it (even if he didn’t out-and-out love it). So way back in Episode 61 of this season, while doing the show notes, I had the idea that instead of just talking about certain manga in the notes or mentioning them in passing during the episode (like we have in the past with Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma from VIZ), maybe we could cover more ground AND broaden Chip’s manga vocabulary a little by just doing a little dip-in and trying a chapter of a few different manga. Christopher here, and this week I decided to try and do something a little different for the podcast, by picking FOUR different titles to read instead of one, except we’re JUST reading the first chapter of each!
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