Shokugeki No Soma

Wasn't there a One Piece leak that people were calling plausible a while back because it managed to seem right-ish thanks to a combination of safe guesses and vague information until it was proven wrong by the series' twists? This kind of reminds me of that, a combination of vagueness and safe guesses.

Just stupid. Isshiki's tie and Megumi's loss are the only parts I specifically don't want to see, though.

To clarify, for a final match I want to see Souma/Erina vs Rindou/Tsukasa and to win specifically because their opponents have terrible cooperation due to Rindou being too reckless and Tsukasa being a control freak.

edited 18th Sep '17 5:26:49 PM by Arha

It's not like the same message can't be conveyed in those spoilers.

So I just had a thought:

What if Megumi did win, and Takumi tied with Eizan? Would that let the latter gain some credibility?

I mean, Souma only beat Eizan because the latter took too long to get serious, so if Takumi ties with him when he's going all out from the get go, it'd be a good sign of his skills.

...Then again, Eizan is only 8, and Momo is three isn't she, so he'd still look inferior to Megumi, but since they can't both win, a tie is probably the best solution.

Edit: Wait, Momo is 4. My bad.

edited 18th Sep '17 6:49:48 PM by HandsomeRob

No, Momo is 3 now. Eizan is 7. They each got moved up.

edited 18th Sep '17 6:54:27 PM by LSBK

Oh right. Forgot about the shuffle.

Well, if one of them, that being Takumi and Megumi could get a tie, which one would you guys choose for it?

Id rather Souma lost

edited 18th Sep '17 7:12:16 PM by OmegaRadiance

You may be asking for too much on that one unfortunately.

Asking too much would be for Rindou to show up during his match and suddenly bite into his throat to make him her vampire minion and sustain herself.

edited 18th Sep '17 8:28:18 PM by OmegaRadiance

She already did that to the Alligator.

The Alligator was the appetizer clearly.

At the risk of opening a can of worms, between the two I'd say Takumi could use the win more. For me, it kind of comes down to the way the narrative treats the two differently; Megumi is the underdog who is supposed to have all this untapped potential while Takumi has constantly been treated in universe as someone who should be a big deal for his year.

Preferably, I'd like to see them both win, but that's not going to happen.

Megumi's potential needs to actually pay off, though. If it doesn't happen now then it probably never will.

I agree, but I don't want to see Takumi lose and be even further mocked.

I'm not sure if he can afford a draw though.

I guess the question is, can Megumi afford to keep reaching for that potential, or can she take the hit and either lose or achieve a draw? I think she can, but I might be underselling things.

Thinking about it now, that a tie was even mentioned with this setting up and judges just makes me doubt it more.

If I had to pick one of them to lose, I suppose it would be Megumi, but maybe give her one judge going her way. That hardly ever happens.

edited 18th Sep '17 9:46:46 PM by LSBK

Megumi is more important to the overall plot, so her winning has way more weight to it than Takumi. I have nothing against the guy, but I'm still not particularly invested in him yet despite the series` insistence that I should be.

edited 19th Sep '17 3:55:15 AM by BlackYakuzu94

Eh, Takumi's up against Eizan, who's pretty much the Elite Ten's Butt-Monkey at this point. And again, Megumi has a win condition that doesn't have to involve her actually winning her match.

Ideally both of them would lose, because come on, but if one of them has to win, it should be Megumi.

You think Eizan should win, pfft.

If they lose, it'd be 4-3 for Central

The time they spent setting his rematch with Souma would be wasted if he lost to Takumi.

Assuming Eizan does lose, I'm pretty sure that would be the point. That he doesn't even get to have his rematch against Soma. Which, considering how Takumi never got to either, partially because of him, it might be the story trying to be poetic.

I still don't get why you all insists that Megumi is still more important, the story stopped acting as if she were awhile ago.

edited 19th Sep '17 8:03:10 AM by LSBK

I don't think Megumi is particularly important, I just like her better than Takumi.

Well, then if Megumi should win, than Takumi should be the one to tie. It's the best case scenario for him (even if he ties against a lower ranking member than Megumi, but since his beef with Eizan is personal as well, it works I think).

She still has an ongoing character arc though.

And so does he. If you like one more than the other I can't really say anything about that, but I don't think there's much pretense to be had about Megumi's role anymore.

At least she hasn't been reduced to the same position has those people in the dorm who might as well not have names.