Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

is a Japanese shōnen manga series. It was written by Yūto Tsukuda and illustrated by Shun Saeki. An anime based on this manga by J.C.Staff aired between April 3, 2015 and September 25, 2015. A second season named Food Wars! The Second Plate aired between July 2, 2016 and September 24, 2016. The third season was first broadcast in Japan on Tokyo MX from November 4, 2017 to June 25, 2018.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma
Shokugeki no Soma's logo
食戟のソーマ (<span title=" transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Shokugeki no Sōma)
Genre	Action, comedy, slice of life
Manga
Written by	Yūto Tsukuda
Illustrated by	Shun Saeki
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA / UK Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump Comics
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
English magazine	NA / UK Weekly Shonen Jump
Original run	November 26, 2012 – June 17, 2019
Volumes	36
Light novel
Shokugeki no Sōma: à la carte
Written by	Michiko Itō
Illustrated by	Shun Saeki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Imprint	Jump j-Books
Original run	February 4, 2014 – present
Volumes	4
Manga
Shokugeki no Sōma - L'étoile
Written by	Michiko Itō
Illustrated by	Taiki Asatoki
Published by	Shueisha
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shounen Jump +
Original run	March 3, 2015 – June 21, 2019
Volumes	8
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshitomo Yonetani
Written by	Shogo Yasukawa
Music by	Tatsuya Kato
Studio	J.C.Staff
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Sentai Filmworks UK Animatsu Entertainment
Original network	TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS, Animax
English network	NA Anime Network
Original run	April 3, 2015 – present
Episodes	61 + 5 OVA

It was number twelve on the 2014 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Top 20 Manga for Male Readers survey. It was number three in the Nationwide Bookstore Employees' Recommended Comics of 2014.

Plot

A boy named Soma Yukihira wants to become a full-time chef in his father Joichiro's family restaurant and cook even better than his father, but Joichiro gets a new job that requires him to travel around the world and closes his shop. Joichiro has Soma go to Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite culinary school where students engage in food competitions called shokugeki. He gets himself a spot at the school even though Erina Nakiri, the talented granddaughter of the school's dean, does not approve of him. Soma is assigned to Polaris Dormitory where he meets other students who want to be chefs, including Megumi Tadokoro. The story follows his adventures as he interacts with his peers and challenges Totsuki's students as well as others in shokugeki competitions. Learning that his father was not only a student of Totsuki, but also the second seat in the Council of Ten; Soma plans on becoming the best at the academy.