Shokugeki no Soma 102

Shokugeki no Soma

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"Shokugeki no Soma"
Sign(right): Congratulations on your participation in the Autumn Election
Satoshi: Dear me...To think Souma-kun was the son of a former Elite Ten member.
Jouichirou: Hahaha...Well, you would never think of that, I guess.
Jouichirou: I mean, I never taught Souma anything but the skills needed for a special-of-the-day restaurant.
Jouichirou: I'm sure he looks out of place in a school full of elites like this, doesn't he?
Cutlery: What are Jouichirou and Isshiki talking about...!?
Satoshi: Fufu...That's certainly the case.
Satoshi: But ever since I first battled Souma-kun,
Satoshi: I was sure he would bring an uproar to this academy.
Jouichirou: ......Hmm.

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Satoshi: Eizan-kun, did you see the T.S. from a few days ago?
Satoshi: Most of the articles lambast Souma-kun. (cd: Fufu...This pictures are horrible.)
Satoshi: According to the Newspaper Club, their sales increase the more they insult Souma-kun.
Eizan: .......That's to be expected, he's a man who said he'd use this academy as a stepping stone.
Eizan: Same goes for the unrest in this hall...He's the loathsome transfer student,
Eizan: Both in name and in substance.
Satoshi: Is that really so?
Satoshi: I just can't
Satoshi: Think that's the reason.
Eizan: ...?
Erina: What is that...Yukihira-kun?

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(cutlery) 102 Souma's Strength
Erina: A white...Soup?
Cutlery: Souma's last secret plan...!!
Shokugeki no Soma
Story: Tsukuda Yuuto
Art: Saeki Shun
Collaborator: Morisaki Yuki
Erina(thinks): That is---

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Senzaemon: Let's try it.
Voice: Eh!?
Voice: Th...They were about to end the judging just before
Voice: And now all want seconds!?
Megumi: Adding soup to rice...? That's...
Megumi: What he used in the bento match against Nakiri Alice---
Alice: Yukihira-kun...It's fine for you to try resisting some more in the end,

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Alice: But isn't this just adapting a previous idea!?
Erina: ......No...That's not it, Alice, this is---
Souma: Well...Esteemed judges,
Souma: It's done!
Gin(thinks): This lightly viscous soup
Gin(thinks): Is merging into and softly fitting in the takikomi gohan...

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Ikumi: It cameeeeee!! He strippeeeeeeed!!
Yuuki: I saw......An image of his clothes scattering around...!
Senzaemon: The identity of this...
Senzaemon: Mild creamy white soup is---
Senzaemon: Soy milk!!
Voice: !?
Souma: Precisely!
Souma: To make this...I added bits of miso and Parmesan cheese to soy milk and simmered it carefully!

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Souma: This is my Pacific Saury dish---
Souma: "Oja-style Pacific Saury Takikomi Gohan"!!
Big Text: "Oja"
Text: It's a term used to refer to the dishes were you add dashi and seasonings to rice and boil it together with fish, vegetables, and other things.
Text: It's clearly distinct from "Risotto" where you add moisture to raw rice that was fried with oil or butter
Text: Or from "Rice Porridge" where the rice becomes soft after adding plenty of water.
Alice: Soy milk they say...?
Erina: It seems you've noticed...Alice.

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Erina: The core of Oja is without a doubt the "dashi".
Erina: He used soy milk as "dashi"
Erina: And constructed this dish!
Man: Soy milk...As dashi!?
Man: Is that even possible...!?
Alice: So that's how it was...!
Alice(thinks): In the end, dashi is flavor itself...Soy milk is full of glutamic acid just like konbu is.
Alice(thinks): It's adequate enough to become the base for the oja's flavor!
Alice(thinks): Moreover, this causes a synergy in the flavor, when the two components coexist with each other the dish becomes much more delicious.
Alice(thinks): Pacific Saury's inosinic acid and soy milk's glutamic acid!! Mixing these two makes perfect sense.
Senzaemon: Oja-style with Soy milk......
Senzaemon: How very
Senzaemon: Interesting...!!

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Gin: I can't have enough of it...! The Parmesan cheese's viscous body and the miso's light flavor entwine together with the rice!
Gin: And...They were mixed with the small pieces of Pacific Saury.
Gin: This red thing that resembles a fruit...Is this perhaps---
Souma: Crispy plum.
Guys: Whaaaaat!?
Guys: O...One more for the snack series!? (cd: Like the kaki no tane or the educational sweets...)

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Voice: It's just a bluff anyway! With just that...
Leonora: This plum is yet another key point!
Leonora: The crispy fun texture and appearance is vibrant!
Leonora: Even in regard the sense of taste, the Pacific saury's abundant fat is cut off softly which brings in a refreshing flavor.
Leonora: He made full use of the appetite increasing effect that sour flavors have.
Leonora: And the plum itself was pickled in salt! It’s perfect to adorn the cured Pacific saury (double music note)
Voice: .........
Satoshi: He challenged a Chef Shinomiya, a former first seat, during the hellish training camp to a shokugeki and survived,
Satoshi: He had a close contest with the aroma expert, Hayama Akira, in the election's spice match,
Satoshi: He defeated one of the food's demon lord's relatives, Nakiri Alice,
Satoshi: And won against the beast who was undefeated in 99 shokugeki, Mimasaka Subaru---
Eizan: .........
Satoshi: Yet, many of the students don't want to recognize Yukihira Souma.
Satoshi: Why is that---?

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Souma: Pops! You see, I,
Souma: I'm going to become a cook who can defeat you!
Jouichirou: ......Ok, well, do your best.
Jouichirou: I didn't see Souma as someone especially talented at cooking,
Jouichirou: Nor did I want him to become a cook.
Jouichirou: It's just a kid's words...
Jouichirou: Well, I thought he'd be satisfied after losing a few times.
Jouichirou: But Souma never loses heart.
Jouichirou: He's steadily getting closer, one step at a time.
Jouichirou: ......One day, I noticed,
Jouichirou: That Souma was missing
Jouichirou: Something a normal human is supposed to have.

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Jouichirou: Everyone wants to think like this:
Jouichirou: "It can't be helped if I lose against someone with talent."
Jouichirou: Like that, be it conscious or unconscious...People put a lid on their hearts.
Jouichirou: Be it pride, conceit, or whatever...They want to protect those.
Jouichirou: But Souma doesn't have that lid.
Jouichirou: He has the strength to indifferent face what he doesn't have yet.
Jouichirou: Not even I had that,
Jouichirou: It's an incredible strength...

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Satoshi: Souma-kun's cooking ideas...
Satoshi: What creates them isn't an innate talent or sense,
Satoshi: He just thinks thoroughly,
Satoshi: He keeps repeating trial and error.
Satoshi: That's someone anyone can do...
Satoshi: But that's not really the case.
Thought: It really is impossible.
Thought: There's no way I can win against Kurokiba Ryou, he's fighting Nakiri Alice daily.
Thought: The opponent is Hayama Akira who has a superior sense of smell...How do I win?
Thought: I would never even think about that...It's really impossible.
Thought: It's only natural
Thought: For genius to win.
Satoshi: The reason why they look down on Souma-kun---
Satoshi: Is because if they recognize Souma-kun
Satoshi: They would be accepting they aren't making enough of an effort.

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Satoshi: Listen carefully, Eizan-kun,
Satoshi: That current is beginning to change.
Voice: ...Amazing.
Voice: Yeah.
Voice: He's fighting on equal terms,
Voice: Against those two monsters...
Voice: He might...Reach them.
Voice: Yeah.
Girl: Yukihira-kun...

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Voice: Yukihira Souma
Voice: Is amazing.

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Leonora: .........
Leonora(thinks): The Japanese nuka sanma and soy milk...
Leonora(thinks): And the western Parmesan cheese, by mixing these ingredients he built up a new flavor.
Leonora(thinks): It reminds me---
Leonora(thinks): Of the time when I met my sweetheart.
Leonora(thinks): Two people
Leonora(thinks): Who grew up in different countries and cultures,
Leonora(thinks): When they hold hands together, something new is born.
Leonora: Ufufu, this way, Nakiri-san (music note)
Leonora: Nakiri...-san.
Leonora(thinks): A meeting of west and Japan---
Leonora: Na...-san......

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Leonora: Natsu-san (music note)

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Souma: It wasn't much......!
Senzaemon: The judging is now over!
Senzaemon: Now...We'll give the verdict!!
Cutlery: He brought out all his power! He did all he could!! Next issue, the winner is decided!!!
Shokugeki no Soma
(cutlery) 102/End