History Manga / FoodWars

** The Council of Ten Masters members themselves are a very distinct group, each one with a specific cooking style and forte -- from the 2nd Years: Isshiki as the PerpetualSmiler and TheFace of the Council of Ten Masters, Eizan as the cold and calculative strategist who specializes in marketing and consulting, Kuga is short and boisterous and leads the Chinese Cooking RS, and Nene as the AloofDarkHairedGirl. And then we have the 3rd Years: Soumei, the "samurai" with the CoolSword; Momo, who looks like a middle schooler and is socially awkward; Tosuke, TheBigGuy; Rindou, the girl with the CatSmile; and Eishi, handsome TheLeader with a fragile personality.

* BleachedUnderpants: Illustrator Shun Saeki was former ero-manga artist "tosh".[[note]]"tosh" is an abbreviated form of "toshi," the latter of which is a AlternateCharacterReading for "Shun."[[/note]] Amusingly, it's not the first of his illustrated works to get an AnimatedAdaptation -- that goes to one of his previous X-rated works, ''Harem Time''.

** During the first few chapters, Erina gently holds up Hisako's face while chiding her for being a "shameless hussy" (in regards to wanting Erina's food) and is full of lesbian overtones. However, this was dialed back immensely for every following appearance in favor of emphasizing that Hisako is her only friend.
** During Soma's welcoming party, Isshiki mentioned that people gathered only made up half of Polaris's population. Later chapter clearly showed that they are the only one there.

** [[http://funmanga.com/uploads/chapters/6624/4/p_00009.png This picture]] draw focus on a number of first-years with [[TheLawOfConservationOfDetail distinctive design]] as if they are all ChekhovsGunman. They are most likely early designs for recurring characters, from Right to Left:

** Subaru takes it in a repulsive direction. His cooking skill is top-notch, but he has absolutely no interest in actually making something people will enjoy. That'’s merely a side benefit to his actual goal, which is taking something someone is proud of, insulting it and then challenging them to a humiliation match. During the match, he then takes their specialty, studies it and improves it by enough to cause them to lose. It’s said that despite his excellent skills, there is not a restaurant in the world that would be willing to hire him.

* {{Ecchi}}: FoodPorn [[JustForPun has never been more accurate]]. Most of the "foodgasms" contain some form of sexual undertones, while others throw in some sort of fantastical element into the mix. For example, several incorporate some sort of wacky cosplay, while others actually resemble ''shounen'' battles. There are also "foodgasms" that are just plain funny, such as the [[ItMakesSenseInContext gorilla that suddenly appears in Erina's hot spring]] (meaning she didn't like it).

*** Erina is the prominent example which will be used as baseline for comparison. She was born with TheGift, was the heiress of the foremost "food nobles" clan, suffered TrainingFromHell from her dad and grew up to be similarly an Elitist stuck up who used their gift to get everything they wanted before CharacterDevelopment. Her good memories of befriending Alice and meeting Saiba were forgotten after her father's training.

** More precisely "Sorting Algorithm Of Challenge." For the most part, the kinds of challenges faced by Soma and the other main characters tend to gradually escalate in difficulty. Being at Totsuki doesn't just mean being a skilled chef but knowing how to manage a restaurant and keep up with the pressure in different situations. There are occasional curve-balls thrown, both in terms of stakes and challenge level: Soma and Megumi face a former first-seat alumni and famed chef fairly early in the series and [[spoiler: subsequently lose]]. Sometimes the challenge level isn't as high but the stakes for losing are still high, i.e. when facing other students in a Shokugeki.

* DistantEpilogue: The final chapter of ''Le Dessert'' takes place around seven years after everyone has gratuated from Tootsuki.

* ChasteHero: Though Takumi and Erina qualify, Yukihira takes the cake. He is completely unaware of Mayumi and Ikumi's love interest for him, not to mention to never notice, nor particularly care for the fanservice happening all around him, fanservice that happens to both male and female fans mind you, this makes one even wonder [[UsefulNotes/{{Asexuality}} if he is interested in anything at all]].

** This isn't the first time Creator/HisakoKanemoto nor Stephanie Wittels has voiced a member of an AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil, except in the last time, [[LightNovel/ChivalryOfAFailedKnight they played a clumsy student council president]]. Furthermore, this is yet another in the long list of blonde-haired female characters Kanemoto has voiced.