We've got a title! In this episode,
Isshiki describes to an overeager Soma the finer details of
challenging other chefs that are aspiring to a cook off: a shokugeki,
thus the show name, Food Wars! It is clear that the strength of Soma
isn't only the power of misdirection he uses, but in addition his
cooking skill. While it might get old after, right now it is still a
pleasing experience to observe him show them that food does not have
to look revolutionary or elaborate to be astonishing. In addition, it
implies that there is much more to Mr. Yukihira senior than his son
understands about, because after all, Soma's stock response to "how
did you understand how to use _____ elaborate technique" is "my
father taught me."
The explanation of the shokugeki system also functions as significant storyline, as the chance dialogue of Isshiki gets an infinitely more serious demonstration in the 2nd half of the episode. Erina's up and back to her same old tricks as she intends to demolish a club building to construct herself another private cooking wing. If she's got an immature manner of going about it, that is likely because she is something simple to forget with all her power and her physical look, a teen girl.
While its sexual overtones have been significantly toned down by the artwork through this stage - nudity is not as sexualized in today's round of foodgasms - Erina herself suffers from some issues, especially when she is wearing her chef's uniform. In all fairness, the manner her crotch is drawn is enhanced in the first manga artwork, but her breasts appear to be they are attached to her coat rather than her torso, and they had go away also, when she took it off. Sadly there actually is not lots of animation that is real to look at, with most of this episode feeling as if it's contained of the most movement actually being setting a morsel of food and shots of people standing or sitting. Her hand climbing a of her hair mainly shows Erina 's hair flip. It'd be fine to see a bit more human motion, and cooking actually does make up at least half of the scenes, although not that seeing fish fry would be all that thrilling.
Last week as I said, Food Warfare actually appears to go from one stressed cooking contest to some other, with hardly any breathing room in between - after someone has finished a challenge, when characters are eating, it is just one morsel. Much of it can be, well, too much, although this makes for quite anxious screening, which will be fine a number of the time. Food Warfare is treading perilously close to that line. Should not food used to compete and not simply be savored? I feel as if Food Wars must recall that, at least just a little bit...name however.
