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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma

TV anime2015–20205 seasons86 episodesOriginal: mangaYuto Tsukuda, Shun Saeki

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

After Season 4, continue with Vol. 31

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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 1 anime poster

Season 1

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24 episodesApr 2015 – Sep 2015

Anime ends at
Ep 24Original: Vol. 8

The anime’s continuation point is Vol. 8 of the original. This is the book that contains it.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 8

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2 side entriesOVARecapreading notes
  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.
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Season 2

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13 episodesJul 2016 – Sep 2016

Anime ends at
Ep 13Original: Vol. 14

The Elite Ten OVA adapts manga Chapter 119.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 14

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1 side entryOVAreading notes
  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.
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 3 · Part 1 anime poster

Season 3 · Part 1

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12 episodesOct 2017 – Dec 2017

Anime ends at
Ep 12

Part 1’s finale combines Chapters 164–166 with material from Chapters 149–151.

Provisional start: Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 20

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1 side entryOVAreading notes
  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.
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 3 · Part 2 anime poster

Season 3 · Part 2

Medium confidence

12 episodesApr 2018 – Jun 2018

Anime ends at
Ep 12Original: Vol. 25

The anime’s continuation point is Vol. 26 of the original. This is the book that contains it.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 26

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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 4 anime poster

Season 4

Medium confidence

12 episodesOct 2019 – Dec 2019

Anime ends at
Ep 12Original: Vol. 31

The Hot Springs Investigation arc, Chapters 264–276, is heavily condensed into Season 4’s end credits.

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 31

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All 6 books from Vol. 31 to Vol. 36
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Season 5

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.

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Original · Manga

Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

食戟のソーマ

Yuto Tsukuda, Shun SaekiShueishaCompleted36 volumes

  • JapaneseShueisha36 volumesApr 2013 – Oct 2019
  • EnglishVIZ Media36 volumesAug 2014 – Jun 2020
  • FrenchDelcourt/Tonkam36 volumesSep 2014 – Sep 2020
  • SpanishPanini Manga España36 volumesSep 2016 – Jun 2022

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Suggested reading (English · VIZ Media): Season 1 ends at Ep 24. Continue with Vol. 8.

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