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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

TV anime2015–2020

5 seasons86 episodes

Original: mangaYuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki

Choose the season you finished to find where to continue in the Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma manga and which book edition matches that point.

Soma Yukihira enters the elite Totsuki Culinary Academy, where cooking duels put his skills and place at the school to the test.

Book language
EditionVIZ Media

Season 1

Medium confidence

24 episodesApr 2015 – Sep 2015

Anime ends at
Ep 24

After Season 1, continue the original manga from Volume 8. Begin at the start of the volume to allow for overlap with the anime.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 8

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2 side entriesOVARecapno effect on where to continue
  1. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma OVAOVA2 episodesMay 2016 – Jul 2016This companion OVA has no independent post-anime reading point. Use the matching TV season’s original manga route.
  2. Food Wars! Episode 14.5 RecapRecap1 episodeJul 2015This companion recap has no independent post-anime reading point. Use the matching TV season’s original manga route.

Season 2

Medium confidence

13 episodesJul 2016 – Sep 2016

Anime ends at
Ep 13

After Season 2, continue the original manga from Volume 14. The companion Elite Ten OVA covers an extra chapter, but does not change the recommended volume.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 14

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1 side entryOVAno effect on where to continue
  1. Food Wars! The Second Plate OVAOVA2 episodesMay 2017 – Jul 2017This companion OVA has no independent post-anime reading point. Use the matching TV season’s original manga route.

Season 3 · Part 1

Low confidence

12 episodesOct 2017 – Dec 2017

Anime ends at
Ep 12

After the first half of Season 3, Volume 20 of the original manga is a conservative place to resume. Start at the beginning of the volume because the anime rearranges scenes and some content will overlap.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 20

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1 side entryOVAno effect on where to continue
  1. Food Wars! The Third Plate: Erina at Polar Star DormitoryOVA1 episodeMay 2018This companion OVA has no independent post-anime reading point. Use the matching TV season’s original manga route.

Season 3 · Part 2

Medium confidence

12 episodesApr 2018 – Jun 2018

Anime ends at
Ep 12

After Season 3’s Totsuki Train Arc, continue the original manga from Volume 26. Start at the beginning of the volume to allow for overlap.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 26

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Season 4

Medium confidence

12 episodesOct 2019 – Dec 2019

Anime ends at
Ep 12

After Season 4, read the original manga from Volume 31. This also lets you read the Hot Springs Investigation story that the anime greatly condenses before continuing toward the BLUE tournament.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 31

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Season 5

Medium confidence

13 episodesApr 2020 – Sep 2020

Anime ends at
Ep 13

Season 5 reaches the ending of the completed original manga; there is no later main-series volume. Volume 36 includes the three Le Dessert epilogue chapters. For fuller versions of the condensed late story, reread Volumes 31–36.

All volumes

VIZ MediaThe English edition is at Vol. 36.

Before you read

The 4 side entries listed here have no separate reading start in the main work. Follow the reading route of the season each is grouped with; their individual notes explain the connection.

Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma OVA (OVA) · Food Wars! The Second Plate OVA (OVA) · Food Wars! The Third Plate: Erina at Polar Star Dormitory (OVA) · Food Wars! Episode 14.5 Recap (Recap)

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