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“Souma enrolls at elite Tootsuki Culinary Academy to surpass his father's cooking skills after their diner closes.”
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
食戟のソーマ
7.89
1,150 rank · 184,645 readers · 9,891 favorites
Shounen
School
Gourmet
Ecchi
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Synopsis
Souma enrolls at elite Tootsuki Culinary Academy to surpass his father's cooking skills after their diner closes.
Fifteen-year-old Souma Yukihira dreams to one day surpass his father's cooking skills and take over as the chef of their small family diner. However, his aspirations come to a halt when his father announces the closure of their restaurant, as he must travel abroad for cooking-related business. In the meantime, Souma is urged by his father to attend Tootsuki Culinary Academy: a world-renowned school where expulsions of incompetent students are commonplace. Due to the curriculum's rigor, any student that manages to graduate is recognized as a chef of great caliber. Reluctantly agreeing to the proposition, Souma heads to Tootsuki's high school division for the entrance exam. Little does he know, he will soon begin a new chapter of his life—one that entails new friends, daring rivalries, and sleepless nights.Included one-shot: Volume 3: Kimi to Watashi no Renai Soudan
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 40 sampled reviews
7.2
/10
What 40 readers settled on.
77%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 9
σ 2.33
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.33 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.4 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.6
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.80
Running avg · May 2013 → Mar 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 10 “Every time I think this manga is going to die down, it reads my mind and gives me exactly what I'm craving. The art is fantastic, the drama paced with miraculous precision, and the characters given...”
- 9 “"How can a cooking show be this based?" Now, now, that's what we readers always ask ourselves about this manga in particular, right? It's incredible how enjoying a manga we presume it's bad can be....”
- 10 “If you're looking for a great food manga to read, you've arrived at your destination. When Shokugeki No Souma describes the food, it goes in depth to the texture, the flavor, and anything else that...”
Verbosity
Short · 18%
Medium · 43%
Long · 40%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 325 × 36 ch × vol
- Total read 43h 20m approx
- Published Nov 2012 – Aug 2019
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M20923 catalog