The appeal and reviews of "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Ressha-hen": A story of cooking battles and growth

"Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc" - A story of culinary battles and growth

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: San no Sara - Totsuki Ressha-hen is a TV anime series that aired from April 9 to June 25, 2018. It is based on the manga Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma by Yuuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki, and Yuki Morisaki. It was directed by Yonetani Yoshitomo and animated by JCSTAFF. It aired on TOKYO MX and BS11 every Monday at 12:30am. The series is made up of 12 episodes, each 30 minutes long.

story

The protagonist, Soma Yukihira, is a young man who has honed his cooking skills at the downtown diner "Yukihira." He aims to become a better chef than his father, Joichiro, and enrolls in the ultra-elite culinary school "Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy." At Totsuki Academy, he meets various chefs and grows while exploring his own cooking style.

The story begins at Totsuki's annual school festival, the "Moon Festival." Soma challenges a member of the Top Ten here, but Erina's father, Azami, is working behind the scenes to establish the Central Gourmet Agency. Central issues a policy that does not allow cooking other than recipes set in class, which Soma and his friends rebel against. Then, with Totsuki's most difficult promotion exam approaching, Soma and his friends are faced with a new battle.

character

There are many unique characters in "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc". The main characters are introduced below.

Yukihira Soma

Voice actor: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Soma is a first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. Having trained at his family's diner, Yukihira, Soma has been taking Totsuki Academy by storm with his cooking skills and fearless personality, which he has developed since he was three years old. His goal is to become a chef who surpasses his father, and he works hard every day to achieve that goal.

Erina Nakiri

Voice actor: Kanemoto Hisako

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Academy and the granddaughter of the school's president. She is the 10th seat of the Totsuki Ten Elite Council, and with her exceptional palate, she has been working as a taster at famous restaurants since she was a child. She doesn't approve of Soma's cooking very much and often takes a strict attitude, but while she is proud and arrogant, she also has a side to her that is crazy about shojo manga.

Megumi Tadokoro

Voice actor: Takahashi Minami

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Academy. She has a kind and timid personality, and tends to be pushed around by Soma. She was at the bottom of the class when she first enrolled because she was nervous, but she grew through her encounters with Soma and the others, and now has the skills to make it to the Autumn Selection Finals. She is from Tohoku and is good at handling vegetables and local cuisine.

Satoshi Isshiki

Voice actor: Takahiro Sakurai

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. She is the seventh-placed member of the "Totsuki Ten," and the only second-year student living in the same Polar Star dormitory as Soma and the others. She is a caring senior who is always smiling, but her true intentions and cooking skills are unknown. She is often seen wearing a nude apron.

Ryoko Sakaki

Voice actor: Ai Kayano

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. A resident of the Polar Star Dormitory, she has long, smooth hair and a voluptuous figure, and is like a big sister to everyone. She is good at fermented dishes such as shio-koji, and has a dedicated workshop near the dormitory.

Yuki Yoshino

Voice actor: Maaya Uchida

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. A petite girl with twin-tails and a bun, she lives in the Polar Star dormitory. She is cheerful and energetic, and is the mood maker of the Polar Star dormitory. She is good at cooking game, and keeps wild animals such as ducks and rabbits in her room.

Takashi Ibuzaki

Voice actor: Murata Taishi

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A resident of the Polar Star Dormitory, he is somewhat mysterious because the top half of his face is hidden by his bangs and he doesn't say much. He is good at smoking food, and the other residents have given him their approval. He is remodeling an empty room in the dormitory into a smoking room.

Zenji Marui

Voice actor: Yusuke Kobayashi

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A resident of the Polar Star Dormitory, he is a very ordinary, serious high school student. His trademark is his shiny glasses, and because his room is the largest and cleanest, it is always used as a banquet venue for the dormitory residents.

Daigo Aoki

Voice actor: Junichi Yanagida

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A member of the Polar Star Dormitory, he is the lively guy. He may look rough around the edges, but he is serious about cooking. He also has a passionate side. He usually wears running shoes as his casual clothes.

Shoji Sato

Voice actor: Kengo Kawanishi

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. A member of the Polar Star Dormitory, he is in charge of keeping things lively at the dormitory, just like Aoki. Although they sometimes fight, they often hang out together, and they even ended up doing their on-the-job training at the same restaurant.

Akira Hayama

Voice actor: Junichi Suwabe

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. She is a spice user with a superhuman sense of smell. In the "Autumn Selection" finals, she won the championship after an unusual three-person final. When she was a child, she met Shiomi Jun on the outskirts of the slums.

Ryo Kurokiba

Voice actor: Nobuhiko Okamoto

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. He is Alice's aide and is usually absent-minded, but when he puts a bandana on his head, his personality changes completely and becomes violent. He grew up in a fishing port and has a wealth of knowledge about seafood. He made it to the finals of the "Autumn Selection" tournament.

Takumi Aldini

Voice actor: Natsuki Hanae

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. He is an exchange student from Italy and transferred to the junior high school in his second year. Since he was young, he has helped out at his family's trattoria with his twin brother, Isami. He specializes in Italian cuisine prepared on-site, and considers Soma his rival. He is very popular with the girls, and has a fan club at the school.

Isami Aldini

Voice actor: Yuki Ono

A first-year student at Totsuki Saryo Culinary Academy. Takumi's younger twin brother, he has worked at the restaurant since he was young, and moved to Japan with his brother. He has a laid-back and easygoing personality, and sometimes has a tendency to tease his brother. When he gets tired in the summer, he loses weight and becomes like a different person, but his body returns to normal in the winter, which is a strange constitution.

Hisako Shinto

Voice actor: Saori Onishi

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. She has been serving Erina Nakiri as a secretary since she was a child, and is nicknamed "Secretary-ko." She worships Erina from the bottom of her heart and serves as her loyal right-hand man, and Erina also places her trust in Hisako.

Alice Nakiri

Voice actor: Chinatsu Akasaki

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. She is Erina Nakiri's cousin and is half Japanese and half Danish. At Nakiri International, she was researching the latest cooking techniques based on molecular gastronomy. She has a sociable personality and is quite talkative, but also has a slightly childish side.

Subaru Mimasaka

Voice actor: Hiroki Yasumoto

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. Despite his large physique, he excels at delicate tasks.

Mito Ikumi

Voice actor: Shizuka Ishigami

A first-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. She is a meat specialist who has only ever received an A in meat cooking classes. In contrast to her sexy appearance and wild behavior, she is extremely delicate when it comes to handling meat. She is sensitive about her nickname "Nikumi" and gets angry when anyone other than Soma calls her that.

Eiji Tsukasa

Voice actor: Akira Ishida

He is the first of the "Totsuki Ten".

Kobayashi Gentian

Voice actor: Itou Shizuka

He is the second of the "Totsuki Ten".

Megijima Fusuke

Voice actor: Unknown

He is third in the "Totsuki Ten".

Akanegakubo Momo

Voice actor: Rie Kugimiya

He is ranked 4th among the "Totsuki Ten".

Saito Somei

Voice actor: Katsuyuki Konishi

He is the fifth place in the "Totsuki Ten".

Kinokuni Nene

Voice actor: Kana Hanazawa

He is the sixth of the "Totsuki Ten".

Teruki Kuga

Voice actor: Kaji Yuki

He is the 8th seat of the "Totsuki Ten".

Eizan Ezuya

Voice actor: Tomokazu Sugita

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. He is the ninth seat on the Totsuki Ten Elite Council, and has been hostile towards Soma since the "Mozuya" incident. He has a talent for food consulting, and has been involved in numerous projects since middle school. His cooking skills are unknown, but...

Rentaro Kusunoki

Voice actor: Unknown

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A member of the Central Gourmet Agency, he hunts down remnants. He calls himself an elite chosen by Azami and is a very confident and proud person. He is good at cooking using cutting-edge technology.

Mare Yanai

Voice actor: Unknown

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A member of the Central Gourmet Agency, he hunts down the remnants. Although he has a light-hearted tone and makes condescending remarks, he sometimes speaks to Momo in a friendly manner.

Shigemichi Kumai

Voice actor: Unknown

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A member of the Central Gourmet Agency, he hunts down the remnants.

Small antiques

Voice actor: Unknown

A second-year student at Totsuki Culinary Academy. A member of the Central Gourmet Agency, he hunts down the remnants.

Senzaemon Nakiri

Voice actor: Ginga Banjō

He is the head of Totsuki Academy and Erina's grandfather. He is the epitome of gourmet food who dominates the Japanese culinary industry and is known as the Demon King of Food.

Kojiro Shinomiya

Voice actor: Yuichi Nakamura

He is an alumnus of Totsuki Gakuen and the owner and chef of the French restaurant "SHINO's" in Paris. He is the first Japanese person to receive the "Order of the Plus Paul", an award given to chefs who have contributed greatly to the development of French cuisine.

Dojima Gin

Voice actor: Takehito Koyasu

He is an alumnus who graduated at the top of his class at Totsuki Gakuen, and serves as the executive chef and board member of Totsuki Resort, overseeing all of the cooking at the resort. His daily routine is to maintain his body while bathing.

Joichiro Kohei

Voice actor: Rikiya Koyama

He runs a downtown diner called "Yukihira," but suddenly closed the restaurant and now travels around the world cooking.

Nakiri thistle

Voice actor: Hayami Shou

He is Erina's biological father and an alumnus of Totsuki Academy. He was expelled from Totsuki many years ago, but it seems he is plotting something...? Erina fears him very much.

staff

The following staff members are involved in the production of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc.

original work

Yuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki

cooperation

Yuki Morisaki (Serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump)

director

Yoshitomo Yonetani

Series Composition

Yasukawa Shogo

Character Design

Tomoyuki Shimotani

assistant director

Sato Mitsutoshi

Sub-design

Komori Atsushi

Art Director

Bizen Koichiro

Color design

Yukiko Ito

Director of Photography

Yutaka Kurosawa

edit

Yuji Kondo (REAL-T)

Sound Director

Aketagawa Jin

music

Tatsuya Kato

Animation Production

JCSTAFF

subtitle

The subtitles for each episode are as follows:

• Episode 13: Promotion Exam
• Episode 14: The Totsuki Train Leaves
• Episode 15: The Female Knight Stands Up
• Episode 16: Revenge Match
• Episode 17: The delicious tightrope walk
• Episode 18: For Whom
• Episode 19: Declaration of War
• Episode 20: Erina's Training
• Episode 21: The Wilderness Explorer
• Episode 22: To the Battlefield
• Episode 23: Carrying the Life of Polar Star Dormitory
• Episode 24: The Reason for Being Strong

Related Titles

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc is connected to the following related works.

• Food Wars!
• Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma Second Plate
• Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate
• Food Wars: God's Plate
• Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma: The Great Plate

Theme songs and music

The opening and ending themes are as follows:

Opening Theme

• Period: 13-24
• Title: Symbol
• Lyricist: PON
• Composer: PON
• Sung by: Luck Life

Ending Theme

• Period: 13-24
• Title: Atria
• Lyricist: takao
• Composer: Narukaze
• Sung by: Fo'xTails

Evaluation and Impressions

"Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: San no Sara - Totsuki Ressha-hen" is a fascinating work with a storyline centered around cooking battles and unique characters. In particular, the depiction of Soma's growth and the bonds he forms with his friends deeply moves viewers. In addition, the depiction of the food is very realistic, making it a visually enjoyable piece.

This series features many tense scenes, such as the Totsuki Academy promotion exam and the confrontation with the Central Gourmet Agency. In particular, viewers can sympathize with Soma's growth as he searches for his own cooking style. In addition, characters such as Erina, Isshiki, and Takumi also make the most of their individual personalities, adding excitement to the story.

The animation by JCSTAFF is of high quality, with detailed illustrations of the cooking scenes and the characters' expressions. The music was also composed by Tatsuya Kato, and the background music matches the story and adds excitement to the story.

Recommendation

"Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: San no Sara - Totsuki Ressha-hen" is recommended not only for people who like cooking, but also for those who like youth stories and battles. In particular, it is a must-see for those who like works that depict the growth of the protagonist and the bonds with friends. In addition, the depiction of the food is realistic and beautiful, so it is also a great visual pleasure.

To enjoy this series, it is recommended that you also check out the original manga and the previous anime series to gain a deeper understanding of the story. Furthermore, by watching related works, you will be able to enjoy the world of Totsuki Academy even more.

"Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma: The Third Plate - Totsuki Train Arc" is a wonderful work that inspires and excites viewers through its culinary battles and story of growth. I hope many people will watch it.