Review of Food Wars! The Fourth Plate
I've always wanted to write a review of Food Wars and this season seemed like the perfect opportunity. Also this is my first time writing a review. Keep in mind; this is just my opinion. --- Story: 2/10 Food Wars never had an overwhelming story but it had always been enough to keep me at least somewhat interested. This season is a direct continuation of the third one but the fact that this is just one big tournament really hurt the overall plot. I'm not saying tournaments are a bad thing but this one is just too predictable for my liking. A lot of people say that FoodWars isn't meant to be unpredictable and that it's about how the characters win their matches but even that is always the same. I'm not feeling any kind of excitement in the battles. Honestly, I stopped caring about who wins the matches at some point. And this is where we get to the next problem of the anime; the characters.
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Characters: 3/10
I'm honestly not feeling with any of the characters. We barely get any development on them except for Nakiri Erina. But even that development is way to predictable from the start of the anime. The cast is huge and even though all of them get a decent amount of screen time their bland personalities make me stop caring for them. Unfortunately, even the main character is just your stereotypical shounen protagonist that barely developed since the first season. The antagonist's motivation is actually pretty decent but the overall personality is just unnecessarily evil.
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Sound: 6/10
One thing that really surpirsed me is the good OST this anime has. I'm not only talking about the OP and ED which are both pretty decent and fitting, I'm also talking about the soundtrack during the episodes. It always seems well placed adn the tracks themselves are pretty good as well.
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Art & Animation: 4/10
This probably was the most disappointing part of the season. While the food looks as good as usual, the character design is very lazy. But that's not even the worst part, the animation looks like one big Powerpoint presentation. I don't remember the last time I saw a character walking properly. A lot of times all that's animated is the mouth of the characters. It's such a huge drop in quality that made the whole show lifeless.
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Enjoyment: 3/10
I was bored throughout the whole season. Despite the OST and some of the food there was basically nothing I enjoyed. I'm also not a fan of ecchi.
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Overall: 3/10