Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: Season 2

The main tournament of the Autumn Elections starts with Soma and Alice, who are making bentos. Using her array of scientific techniques and state-of-the-art equipment, Alice presents a temari sushi bento that uses flavors from each piece to complement the flavor of the next. Meanwhile, Soma presents his own take on a nori bento, using a molecular gastronomy technique he learned from a cheap candy product to make umami-packed nori spheres. Although Alice consider the importance how it taste Senza

Megumi competes against Kurokiba in the second match, where the two make ramen dishes using pre-prepared noodles. As both Megumi and Kurokiba make ramen using seafood based broths, Alice reminisces on when she first met him ten years ago. Kurokiba presents his Soupe de Poisson Ramen first, impressing the judges with a rich flavor made from crushed lobster shells. Despite the shift in the crowd's tone, Megumi concentrates on finishing her Kozuyu Chicken Soy Sauce Ramen, which draws out umami from

Despite a close battle, Kurokiba is declared the winner, though Megumi is still praised for her efforts. The next day, as Hayama and Hisako face off in a hamburger duel, Soma meets the eighth contestant, Subaru Mimasaka, who joins him, Megumi, and Takumi in watching the battle. Hisako presents her dish, a soft-shelled turtle burger, but is defeated by Hayama's kebab burger, which takes advantage of the burger's pickle aspect to enhance the flavor. Hayama criticize Hisako for how small her cookin

The Shokugeki between Takumi and Mimasaka commences with Takumi's mezzaluna on the line. For the dessert theme, both sides decide to make a semifreddo. Mimasaka's investigative approach to Shokugekis is revealed: he makes his own twists on his opponent's recipes to improve his own dish. At first, Takumi desperately tries to think of twists he can make within the cooking time, but he remembers his training and calms down. After Mimasaka impresses the judges with his dish, Takumi presents his semi

Soma is approached by journalist Mitsuru Sotsuda, who asks to write about him as he works on a recipe for his Shokugeki. Agreeing to taste test after Soma allows her to borrow some manga, Erina criticizes Soma's dish harshly, stating that it isn't suited for the match's topic. Thinking Erina's words over, Soma is inspired after receiving some meat from Ikumi. Soma realises that his dish must stand out on the first bite, and decides to make his stew using oxtail. The day of the Shokugeki arrives,

Subaru uses smoked bacon as a garniture for his stew, revealing that he got his information from hacking into Mitsuru's notes. Even when Soma reveals his intent to use various cuts of beef to improvise his dish on the fly, Subaru still appears to have predicted Soma's move, remaining confident in his bacon addition. Although the judges are impressed by Subaru's dish, Soma astounds them with his dish, which uses various meats for his garniture. He reveals that the dish is created from everything

Kurokiba and Hayama face off against each other in the second semi-final match, in which they must make Western-style dishes. Akira presents his dish, Canard Apicius, using a combination of spices with duck, wowing the judges. Meanwhile, Kurokiba serves up Eel Matelote, adding plums to provide an electrifying taste. The judges cannot decide on a winner, so they declare that the final round will be a three-way match between Soma, Hayama, and Kurokiba, with the theme of pacific saury.

In preparation for the final, Soma and Megumi go to the fish market, where they come across Kurokiba and Alice. There, they learn of the varying factors for picking the best pacific saury, which Kurokiba appears to be an expert on. Learning that Hayama also has a talent for picking out the best fish, Soma worries about how to compete with against them. Soma decides on aging his saury, asking for help from Ryoko, Ibusaki, and Ikumi. He tries their aging techniques: using malt rice, smoking, and h

The finals begin, and Alice reminisces on the many cooking battles she's had with Kurokiba. After only half the cooking time, Kurokiba presents his dish, a cartoccio cooked with herb butter inside film bags. Next, Akira presents a seared carpaccio, using fire to unleash a powerful aroma from a single spice. Finally, Soma presents his dish, Salted Rice Bran Pacific Saury Rice, inspired by Fumio's pickles. Just as it seems his dish has failed to impress the judges, Soma brings out his dish's true

Soma presents his dish's missing element, a white soup made from soy milk that turns the dish into a creamy porridge, enhancing the already existing flavors. Meanwhile, Satoshi, deducing that Eizan was the one who drove Mimasaka to provoke Soma, tells him that it is Soma's drive to never give up that got him so far. As the judges deliberate, Hayama recalls how Jun brought him out of the slums and helped him become the chef he is. With originality being the deciding factor between the three dishe

The Stagiaire program requires students to take up residence and leave their mark on various restaurants. Soma is paired with Hisako, who has been feeling inferior since she lost the Autumn Elections, and they are sent to Mitamura Western Restaurant. They discover that the restaurant is struggling to keep up with the barrages of orders from commuting customers, but Soma manages to use his experience to take control and keep everyone organised. Meanwhile, Erina and Megumi are sent to a French res

The next step of the Stagiaire reunites Soma with Shinomiya, who is opening a Tokyo branch of his French restaurant, Shino's. As the restaurant begins its first pre-open day, Soma witnesses firsthand the intensity of working in Shinomiya's kitchen and struggles to keep up with the rest of the staff. Thinking over his failures, Soma spends the rest of the week getting prep work done early so he can ask the other staff members for advice on how to become more efficient in the kitchen and learn new

At the end of the pre-open's final day, Shinomiya calls in and serves food to his fellow alumni and his mother, recalling what inspired him to pursue French cuisine. During the competition, Soma uses everything he's learned to put together a French take on a chicken and egg rice bowl using a quail stuffed with risotto. Despite deciding that the dish is not good enough as it is, Shinomiya helps Soma refine the recipe so that it can become a dish on the menu. Soma passes the Stagiaire and returns