Shokugeki no Souma 121

Shokugeki no Soma 121

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Star: Center color pages for Souma's challenge to the Elite Ten's "spiciness" and the announcement of the Elite Ten General Election results!!
(cutlery) 121 Spicy Flavor Worship
Shokugeki no Soma
7th Shinomiya Kojirou 1882 votes
8th Hayama Akira 1720 votes
10th Isshiki Satoshi 1422 votes
9th Mito Ikumi 1462 votes
5th Arato Hisako 1901 votes
6th Nakiri Alice 1900 votes
4th Tadokoro Megumi 2817 votes
3rd Takumi Aldini 4918 votes
1st Yukihira Souma 6451 votes
2nd Nakiri Erina 5046 votes
Yellow text: The newest JC volume (13) and the official recipe book are on sale with rave reviews!! There's info on the recipe book on the next page! And info on other anime goods and information on page 12!!
Story: Tsukuda Yuuto
Art: Saeki Shun
Collaborator: Morisaki Yuki
Big Text: There were a total of 35,568 votes!! This is the Elite Ten you all chose!!
White text: The announcement of the results for the "Tootsuki Academy Elite Ten General Election" on which you could vote throughout April and May on your PC and Smartphone!! For more detailed results search for [Shokugeki no Soma General Election]!

p2 //recipe book info

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Souma(thinks): I haven't chosen a recipe...
Souma(thinks): And I'm my only staff member...
Cutlery: He challenges The 8th seat, Kuga...!!
Terunori: Can you please tell me
Terunori: What you are planning to beat me with?
Souma: With "what"...?
Souma: Well...

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Souma: With my "cooking", of course.
Terunori: ......
Souma: Thanks for letting me watch you work!
Souma: Well then, excuse me...
Miyoko: ......
Souma: Ok...

p5
Souma: Really, what am I going to do......?
Miyoko(thinks): Just what was that confident look just now for?
Souma: Ah, Houjou, thanks for taking me to the Chinese R.S.
Souma: See ya.
Miyoko: Hey! What are you going to do now?
Souma: "What?" well, go home and think about something...
Miyoko: ...Then you should bear one more thing in mind.
Miyoko: There's one more thing you have a late start compared with Kuga-san.
Souma: ?
Miyoko: Your reputation...
Miyoko: How well-known you are outside the school!

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Article: The Chinese Cuisine Research Society sets a booth every year and has many enthusiastic fans,
Article: However, now that Kuga Terunori (High School Division 2nd year), a member of the Tootsuki Elite Ten Council, is leading it, the amount of attention the booth is receiving has increased.
Article: There have been a flood on inquiries about it from outside the school...

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Article: It certainly will be the eye of the storm at this year's academy festival---
Souma(thinks): Hmmm...The battle to bring customers in doesn't begin during the festival,
Souma(thinks): It's begun already, huh......
Souma: Sorry, Mitsuru.
Souma: I had you bring me the extra edition.
Mitsuru: I'll do anything for you, Yukihira-senpai!
Mitsuru: I mean, I caused you trouble at the election!
Box: Soutsuda Mitsuru Tootsuki Academy Newspaper Club
Mitsuru: Senpai, are you setting a booth too?
Mitsuru: If you do, call me when you decide on your menu and cooking genre!
Souma: ? Why?
Mitsuru: The newspaper club creates the guidebook that's given to the festival's guests.
Mitsuru: I'll reserve a good page for you, Yukihira-senpai!
Souma: Oh! I see, that'd help a lot.
Souma(thinks): The menu, huh...

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Souma(thinks): The Chinese R.S. Mapo doufu...was an amazing dish.
Souma(thinks): I'm sure their other dishes have an incredible quality too.
Souma(thinks): What should I to counter them?
Satoshi: I was waiting for you, Souma-kun!
Souma: !?
Satoshi: Let's participate in the Academy Festival as the Polar Star dorm!
Satoshi: Youngsters joining hands to create something!
Satoshi: A top-class spectacular event in our school lives!

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Satoshi: At times we'll clash with each other! At other we'll cry...However!
Satoshi: This is youth! This is being a student!!
Souma(thinks): Isshiki-senpai is shining like crazy!!
Satoshi: Now! Souma-kun, you join us too!
Souma: Ah...Ermm, well, you see---
Satoshi: I see...You're setting your own booth.
Satoshi: It's a shame we can't work together...But I'll be cheering for you!
Souma: Thanks!
Yuuki(thinks): He's challenging the 8th seat...?
Ryouko(thinks): He's as reckless as usual...
Souma: On that...I'm about to write my submission form,
Souma: But what is this "Booth Area"?
Satoshi: Ah...You see,
Satoshi: Part of the academy grounds are used for the academy festival
Satoshi: And they are divided in three big booth areas.

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Satoshi: First is the most popular, the "Main Street Area"!!
Satoshi: It goes along the main street that begins on the main entrance!
Satoshi: Tents are temporarily set on the sides of the road, it's the area which is visited by most people during the festival.
Satoshi: Then there's the "Central Area" where the Cooking Building used for classes are centered!
Satoshi: Booths with serve specialized dishes which can't be easily served at tents or have genres which make use of specialized facilities gather in this area.
Satoshi: Last is...The "Uptown Area".
Satoshi: It's the high-class area where the average price per customer is the most expensive! The somewhat hidden buildings here and there are used as restaurants.
Satoshi: Getting customers here is extremely difficult unless you're a famous cook!
Satoshi: Most of the Elite Ten members set themselves in this uptown area......

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Satoshi: By the way, Kuga-kun is setting his booth on the central area.
Satoshi: That's because it's easier to freely choose the size of your booth in this area.
Map:{ //From top to bottom
Uptown Area
Central Area
Main Street Area
}
Satoshi: I guess he avoided the Uptown Area to make full use of the Chinese R.S.' large amount of members.
Satoshi: Besides, being part of the Elite Ten brings customers to you even without having to be on the Main Street...
Satoshi: This reputation is extraordinarily strong...You'll be in for a hard fight.
Souma: .........
Ryouko: And not only the Chinese R.S....Every group
Ryouko: Is desperate every year to get as good of a place as possible.
Ryouko: Where to set your booth......!
Ryouko: If you mess it up, you won't be able to compete with Kuga-senpai...!

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SFX: *clatter*
Erina: Hm...! Yukihira-kun...
Erina: Are you still serious about challenging Kuga-senpai?
Erina: ...But looking at your face,
Erina: It would seem you haven't thought up any good ideas.
Souma: .........
Erina: ...Hey...! Answer me!
Erina: You’re making it look like I'm the only one talking...!
Souma(thinks): I'm the only staff member,
Souma(thinks): So I must try to get the best spot at the "Main Street Area" which has the most traffic.
Souma(thinks): If I don't, it'll be plain to see that I won't be able to get as many customers as Kuga-senpai...
Souma(thinks): ......Is that really my only option...?

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Souma: Oh? Nakiri, I didn't notice you were there.
Erina: That's really rude!!
Souma: We're neighbors for this class, huh, best regards.
Souma: We kinda get to seat next to each other a lot.
Souma: Like, on the audience seats for the election. (cd: On the semifinals, right?)
Erina: You just went and seated by my side!!
Souma: ...In the car on the way back from the training camp,
Souma: Oh, and on that assignment-
Souma: ......That's it.
Souma: That's really...My only option.
Erina: ...?
Box: ---And
Box: A few days later.

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Box: The last day for booth submissions---
Ikumi: Don't screw with us!! You're telling us to give up on this space!?
Kanichi: The Don R.S. uses that spot every year!
Ikumi: ......Say it in front of me, Konishi.
Nao: That's none of my business...
Nao: That's the best place to display my repulsive chaotic cooking......
Ikumi: Oh, I see...Then
Ikumi: Why don't we settle things up with a Shokugeki...?
Nao: I'm perfectly fine with that...!
Kanichi: Careful, Nikumi! You might get cursed!
Girl: Ah, are you from the administration bureau? We have a shokugeki for some booths placing! Please make arrangements for it.
Erina: Excuse me...Could you let me pass, Mito Ikumi-san?
Ikumi: Huuh!?
Ikumi: Waaaaaah!!

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Ikumi: Erina-sama! I-I-I'm sorry...!
Hisako: Hm! Sadatsuka Nao! Get 50m away from Erina-sama---
Nao: Aaah! Hisako-oneesama blessed me with some words! (cd: Thank you very much!!)
Hisako: !?
Guy: ...Indeed,
Guy: We've now received your booth submission form, Erina-ojousama.
Erina: Yes, please proceed with it.
Erina: ......!
Erina: Yukihira-kun...
Souma: Here, please.
Guy: ......?
Guy: Eh!?
Guy: A...Are you sure you want that spot!?
Erina: ---...!?

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Guy: It's just in front of the Chinese Cuisine Research Society, you know!!?
Map: Chinese Cuisine Research Society Representative: Kuga Terunori A-1
Form:{
Academy Festival Booth Submission Form
Representative Name School Year
Yukihira Souma High School Division First Year
Desired Area
Central Area
Booth Code
A-2
}
Erina: !!?
Souma: Sure, is it open?
Guy: Y-Yes...
Guy: The Chinese R.S. is a tough competitor after all... No one wants to set their booth nearby so it's still open.
Souma: I see! I'm glad, really!
Souma: Ah, and...My cooking genre is-

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Souma: "Chinese".
Erina: Wha...!?
Souma: ...Remember that 200 breakfast assignment during the hellish training camp?
Souma: Back then, I just barely cleared it,
Souma: And the fact that I could draw some of the customers that were lining for your table was a big factor in that.
Erina: .........!
Souma: Come to think of it, in a way, I survived that training camp thanks to you.
Souma: So thanks, Nakiri.

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Erina: Don't look down on me, what was that "Thanks" about? I won't forgive such an insult towards me.
SFX: *brrrrr*
Souma: Ah, Mitsuru?
Erina: Hey! Why are you just answering your phone?
Souma: How's the guidebook thing I asked you just now?
Mitsuru: Great! I got a good page for you!
Mitsuru: The guidebooks will get distributed around the academy today!
Terunori: Hahah! Yukihira-chin!
Terunori: You look really carefree but you're quite radical!
Text: I'll show you some Chinese cooking you've never seen before!!!

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Yuuki: He's on the page that's next to the Chinese R.S.'! And he's making Chinese dishes!?
Yuuki: The booths are just in front of each other too!!
Ryouko: That was intentional...Wasn't it?
Satoshi: Fufu, there's no mistaking it...!
Akira: I thought he'd pick up a fight with him,
Akira: But I never expected he'd be so direct about it......
Takumi: Yukihira......! You're just so......!
Takumi: You always get me fired up!!
Isami: Nii-chan, you're crushing it!
Takumi: Ah, sorry!
Alice: That's unfair!!
Alice: Yukihira-kun is hogging all the attention!

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Souma(thinks): I'll steal all the customers that came for Kuga-senpai's Chinese dishes!
Souma(thinks): With my own Chinese dishes!!
Terunori: ...I've received your war declaration,
Terunori: I only received it, though.
Souma(thinks): In order to snatch the win
Souma(thinks): This is my only option!
Guy: I...I've received your submission.
Souma: Thank you!
Souma(thinks): Now...The stage is set,
Souma(thinks): That explosive spiciness-

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Souma(thinks): I'm going to challenge it!!
Erina: ...Yukihira-kun,
Erina: I'm just making sure you know this...
Erina: You do know that you'll be expelled if your booth ends up with a deficit, don't you?
Cutlery: Eh, you never heard of that...!?
Box: The time before the Tootsuki Academy Festival begins
Box: Is two weeks!!
Shokugeki no Soma
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