Shokugeki no Soma 109

Shokugeki no Soma 109

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Shokugeki no Soma
Story: Tsukuda Yuuto
Art: Saeki Shun
Collaborator: Morisaki Yuki
(Cutlery) 109 Those who Shed Light
Cutlery: Every day in the kitchen is a battle---!! Souma is in a train headed to his work, this little time is a soldier's rest...

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Cutlery: After finishing the training...
Kazune: You pass.
Kazune: The results from the interview with Chef Mitamura were magnificent, too.
Kazune: You did an irreproachable job.
Souma(thinks): Where was she observing us from? (cd: Tootsuki sure is amazing...)
Kazune: You should get a document with information on your next training place tomorrow.
Kazune: I wish you the best of lucks.
Kazune: See you.

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Hisako: .........
Souma: By the way, Arato.
Souma: You'll be going back to Nakiri sometime soon, right?
Souma: Whoa...Again...What's up? Cheer up.
Souma: I'll listen to you.
Erina: Hisako!

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Erina: Look, Hisako!
Erina: The cherry blossoms are so beautiful.
Erina: You should come here too.
Hisako: N...No, I wouldn't dare!
Hisako: I'll stay behind you, Erina-sama.
Hisako: I'm just your attendant after all.

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Erina: ............
Megumi: Wah...!? Nakiri-san?
Megumi: Wh-What's wrong?
Megumi: I thought you had already gone back...
Erina: You sure brought a strangely great amount of luggage.
Megumi: Y-Yes.
Megumi: I began thinking I might need this or that and it ended like this...
Megumi: I used almost nothing of it though.........Ehehe...
Erina: I'm waiting for the car that will pick me up...
SFX: *brrrrrrm*
Erina: This is just perfect.
Megumi: Eh...

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Erina: Get on board.
Erina: I'll take you halfway to your destination.
Megumi(thinks): Wh...Why does this car have a table, a fridge, and a bar counter on the rear seats!? //she's thinking in her dialect, please transform the English into something that sounds like that
Megumi(thinks): Everything is sparkling and that makes it actually harder to relax...!

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Megumi: Thank you for what you did this week.
Megumi: If you weren't there they would've never listened to my opinion, Nakiri-san...
Megumi: Thanks to that, I umm...Managed to pass.
Erina: You don't have to be so nervous.
Erina: You were one of the best eight students in the election, why don't you be more confident?
Megumi: Th...
Megumi: Thanks...
Erina: I fail to understand why someone as good as you was so lesser-known thus far.
Box: She's not used to being praised and ended up acting suspiciously.
Megumi: N-n-no way...That's itchy...
Erina: How were your grades for the high school division entrance exam?
Megumi: Ermm...I was in the lower part of the ranking......
Megumi(thinks): I can't tell her I was the last place!

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Megumi: But...I wouldn't have managed to change from there all by myself.
Megumi: Surviving the training camp and participating in the election,
Megumi: Those were all thanks to everyone in the dorm...And to Souma-kun.
Megumi: That's right...When I first saw Souma-kun I tried to do everything I could to not get near to him,
Megumi: But by the time I noticed we were good friends...And-
Erina: Stop talking about that man...!
Megumi: Eh...I-I'm sorry.
Megumi(thinks): Huh? Did say something that rubbed her the wrong way...
Megumi: Ermm...Ah, that's right, Nakiri-san,
Megumi: You're always with Arato-san, right?

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Megumi: Whaaat!? Umm...What's wrong!?
Erina: Hisako...
Erina: Hisako...
Erina(thinks): Hisako,
Erina(thinks): What I
Erina(thinks): Wanted you to do back then was---

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Hisako: I'm so pathetic...I still...Just can't be confident.
Hisako: ...I think I felt safe until now.
Hisako: I thought I just needed to walk behind Erina-sama...I never
Hisako: Bothered to think any further.
Souma: .........
Akira: There's no way someone who's always desperate to be No. 2
Akira: Would be able to be a worthy opponent...
Souma: So? What's bothering you?
Hisako: Were you even listening!?
Souma: The answer's simple, isn't it?
Hisako: ?

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Souma: Don't just stay behind Nakiri,
Souma: You should just become someone who can walk "beside" her.
Souma: I lost to Hayama too.
Souma: So let's make him cry uncle one day.
Souma: Ok?
Hisako: But...I lost once, I'm not qualified to-
Souma: "If there's something you want to go through with, you should stick to it without caring about keeping up appearances."
Souma: Weren't you the one who said that just a while ago?

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Souma: Ah, that's right, I have been trying to tell you this from the first day.
Souma: These belong to one of my dorm mates but she told me I could lend them out.
Hisako: ?
Hisako: What are these...?
Souma: Well, I promised Nakiri I'd lend this manga to her and I wanted to hurry and give them to her,
Souma: But I just couldn't go.
Souma: That's why this is just perfect,
Souma: Give these to Nakiri for me.
Souma: I'm counting on you, Arato...
Souma: Don't go losing them on your way back, ok?

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Hisako: ...Yukihira Souma,
Hisako: Thanks...!
Souma(thinks): I'm the same, Arato,
Souma(thinks): In the end,

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Souma(thinks): I might have just been following
Souma(thinks): After my pops' steps with my cooking.
Souma(thinks): I'll take a really good look
Souma(thinks): At the world of cooking outside of "Yukihira"!!
Souma(thinks): And then---

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Souma(thinks): I'll shed new light
Souma(thinks): On my own flavor!!
Souma: Alright...Let's go home.
Souma: Where will I be a stagiaire for next?

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TV: He's certainly rising up to stardom.
TV: By now, there's not a single day where the gourmets don't mention him.
TV: Rumors say the day he gets three stars isn't far away.
TV: And that very same person announced that he'll open his first restaurant overseas.
TV: Just what made him decide to open a branch restaurant!?
TV: Having many restaurants is said to be a disadvantage when trying to get stars---
Kojirou: Tch...! I don't even have time to sleep with the preparations for the new opening.
Kojirou: Why do I have to deal with a student!
Phone: That's exactly why we're dispatching a student to be part of your opening staff.

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Phone: If we do that, there's merits for both parties, or so said Chef Doujima...
Kojirou: Damn it...That senpai, just what does he think I am.
Phone: I have another message from Chef Doujima.
Kojirou: Huh?
Phone: "I know you'll cooperate willingly,"
Phone: "A long as it's a request from this pitiable Tootsuki employee..." That's what he said
Kojirou: .........
Kojirou(thinks): You really are holding a grudge for it!!
Kojirou: Anyway! I don't have time to deal with incompetent people.
Kojirou: Tell Doujima-san this for me:
Magazine: SHINO'S TOKYO will open!!

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Magazine: SHINO'S TOKYO will open!!
Kojirou: If someone useless comes here
Kojirou: I'm going to kick them out immediately...

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Souma: I'll be in your care.
Souma: Shinomiya-senpai.
Cutlery: Another clash with the genius chef!?
Shokugeki no Soma
(cutlery) 109/End