Shokugeki-no SOMA 50
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Logo: J Fresh Power Campaign!!
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Big Text: After overcoming a Summer of trials she heads towards a heated Autumn—!!
Shokugeki-no SOMA
Story: Tsukuda Yuuto
Art: Saeki Shun
Collaborator: Morisaki Yuki
(cutlery) 50 Those Beyond Ordinary
Text: Takumi and Isami are the mark!!
Text:
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With over 2 million copies printed!!
JC volume 5 will be on sale December 4th!!
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Text: We have an official Twitter! => @syokugeki_off
Cutlery: After the election’s members were announced…!?
Miyoko: Shinomiya Kojirou—
Megumi: …?
Miyoko: He’s a cook that took the first seat…During the training camp,
Miyoko: I waited for a chance to measure just how good he really is.
Miyoko: Well…In the end I couldn’t do it, though.
Miyoko: Is the rumor that says that you had a cooking contest…
Miyoko: A "Shokugeki" against that Shinomiya true?
Miyoko: Moreover, I heard you tied.
Miyoko: In contrast to your appearance, you’re actually…
Megumi: A-Ah…! Ermm…Umm, that’s-!
Megumi: I didn’t tie with him officially.
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Miyoko: It can’t be…You won?
Megumi: Awawawah, N-No…Emmm…
Miyoko: What is it!? Speak clearly!
Megumi: Haaaaah, I’m sorry…!
Megumi: Emm,
Megumi: So-Souma-kun was, umm…
Miyoko: Yukihira Souma…That transfer student, huh.
Megumi: It was all thanks to So-So-So-Souma-kun
Megumi: I alone am not good at all…Umm…
Miyoko: …
Miyoko: —Oh,
Miyoko: So you just had a man save you in the end?
Miyoko: Sorry for bothering you.
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Miyoko: You weren’t what I expected—
Megumi: …Ok!
Megumi: With this, I’m pretty much done preparing the vegetables…
Megumi: Ermm…Next is—
Guy: You know…That dunce is doing a pretty plain job.
Guy: Damn it, this is irritating…
Guy: Someone who was last on the exam to pass to the high school section gets to participate in the election…
Guy: And we’re just here watching, I can’t just accept it.
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Guy: You stick like a sore thumb, country bumpkin!
Guy: Huh? What did you just say…?
Guy: Try saying it again, hey…
Guy: Eeeek!!
Fumio: Stop it! Just leave them alone.
Guy: But Fumio-san!
Guy: They’re saying it so that Tadokoro can hear them.
Guy: Now that it’s come to this…
Guy: Yeah! Let’s K.O. them one by one…
Fumio: It’s fine! You guys should go to the A block soon!!
Fumio: You’ve got to cheer for Ryouko and the others properly!
Guy: Y-Yeah, we got it.
Guy: Then…We’re off.
Fumio: …
Megumi: That’s it, I should get that ready soon!
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Megumi: Ah…
Miyoko: Do you know what kind of people…Are the most troublesome when they’re in the kitchen?
Miyoko: It’s the careless ones that don’t look at their surroundings!
Megumi: Ho…Houjou…-san.
Megumi: I-I’m sorry, I’ll be more careful…
Miyoko: …Hmph.
Voice: Houjou is putting the spices in now!
Voice: After letting the aroma rise properly she’s frying eggs…And rice!
Man: That means…She’s making a "Curry Fried Rice" or something similar? //I’m not sure if this should be "curry fried rice" or "Chinese curry rice"…
Man: Good gracious…I’m looking forward to judge this!
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Box: One year ago—Yokohama Chinatown
Man: Keh, don’t fuck with me!
Man: Even if she’s Head Chef Houjou’s daughter…
Man: There’s no way I’ll let a woman take control of our kitchen!!
Man: As soon as she comes I’ll torment her
Man: And drive her out…!
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Man: —Delicious!! Miyoko-san’s dish…This isn’t a flavor a middle schooler can make!!
Man: Yeah! This level of perfection…Isn’t she already at the division chief’s level?
Man: …No! If he isn’t careful, she might best him…!
Man: …!
Miyoko: Division chief!
Miyoko: In three years…When I graduate from Tootsuki, I’ll be under your care in this kitchen.
Miyoko: Best regards,
Miyoko: Senpai!
Miyoko(thinks): I’ll eventually enter a battlefield full of brawny men…
Miyoko(thinks): I need prestige,
Miyoko(thinks): Enough to avoid being made light of for being a woman.
Miyoko(thinks): I need the absolute "prestige" as a cook—
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Miyoko(thinks): Tootsuki Elite Ten’s First Seat.
Miyoko(thinks): Even in Tootsuki’s long history…There isn’t but a few female students that have shone as the first seat.
Miyoko(thinks): That’s precisely why
Miyoko(thinks): I’ll definitely get that seat!!
Miyoko(thinks): …Tadokoro Megumi,
Miyoko(thinks): When I heard the rumors of your Shokugeki against Shinomiya
Miyoko(thinks): I overestimated you and thought that you were strong enough to fight on equal terms against men.
Miyoko(thinks): But you were just the weakling you seem to be, huh.
Miyoko: …?
Voice: Hey, look at that…!!
Voice: Whaaat…!?
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Voice: A goosefish—!?
Voice: On top of that…She’s going to "cut it while it’s hanging"!!
Box: Hanging and Cutting
Box: A traditional way of cutting up a goosefish. The reason why this method was chosen is because the goosefish’s body surface is wrapped in a slimy gelatin which makes it difficult to cut on a chopping board.
Box: It is cut after hanging it from its lower jaw with a hook.
Voice: This way of preparing it requires lots of skill as you must cut the fish on an unstable position…
Voice: While it’s hanging in midair.
Voice: No one on its mind would choose such a difficult to prepare fish on this big stage!
Guy: Hah…There’s no way that dunce can do this.
Guy: There’s a limit to how little you can know your place!!
Guy: ……Hm…?
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Guy: What is…She doing?
Megumi(thinks): I’ve always been saved by Souma-kun
Megumi(thinks): And the way he faces anything positively.
Megumi(thinks): Today, he’s not here to save me like on those times…
Megumi(thinks): But he’s also fighting right now.
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Megumi(thinks): I don’t know if I’ll be able to do it properly by myself, but-
Megumi(thinks): Souma-kun, today…
Megumi(thinks): Just lend me some courage—!!
Souma: It’s a trick I once learned at home that eases the tension,
Souma: It’s only fault is you can’t do it alone.
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Megumi: Alright…
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Voice: Sh-
Voice: She cut it up…
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Orie(thinks): That girl…Just what kind of dish is she trying to make!?
Orie(thinks): I must analyze it more closely…!
Man: O…Orie-sama!?
Man: We can’t have you go down before the judging begins…!
Orie: Is that…
Orie: No matter what…?
Man: Yo…You can’t!
Man: Now, please go to your seat…
Orie(thinks): This is so frustrating…!
Orie(thinks): To think not even I can predict what she’ll do…
Voice: To begin with…Do goosefish and curry even go well together!?
Voice: Li…Like I know that…
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Voice: Anyway, she must have had some random idea.
Voice: Bu…But,
Voice: Cutting that fish while it was hanging…Was pretty amazing, wasn’t it…?
Voice: …
Voice: Tadokoro Megumi…Somehow…
Voice: Feels completely different than before, doesn’t she?
Voice: What’s going on…?
Voice: Wasn’t she supposed to be just a dunce…?
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Fumio: That’s it…That’s the way.
Text: Fight—!! To show your own value.
Fumio: You’re a student from the Polar Star Dorm
Fumio: That this Daimidou Fumio admitted…!
Voice: The judging will begin soon,
Voice: Please begin arranging your dishes!
Shokugeki-no SOMA
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