Totsuki Resort Hotel: Totsuki Rikyu
If you cannot finish serving our guests dinner within the next 60 minutes,
you will be expelled on the spot.
Mito Ikumi 12 Servings Left
Yoshino Yuki 18 Servings Left
Sakaki Ryoko 17 Servings Left
I'm not done yet!
Not done!
Takumi Aldini 2 Servings Left
Isami Aldini 5 Servings Left
Ibusaki Shun 15 Servings Left
Fifty's nothing to sneeze at.
Marui Zenji 22 Servings Left
Fifty...
Here you go!
Finally, girl!
Wow, it's delicious!
I could eat this all day!
Phew. I'm glad they're eating a lot.
It's not oily at all!
It's not dried out, either!
Great! Delicious!
I want seconds and thirds!
All right!
Tadokoro Megumi 30 Servings Left
I'm going to try even harder!
The Heavenly Recette
Oops, sorry.
Y... Yukihira Soma!
You all right, Nakiri?
Did you twist your ankle or anything?!
Don't touch me!
I can get up without your help.
What a mistake!
I'd let my guard down because I didn't think anyone'd be here.
To be seen like this by him, of all people...!
I hope he didn't hear me.
So, you seem to be in a really good mood, humming and all.
Humming? Who?
I have no idea what you're talking about!
He heard me!
Well, I can see why you'd be in a good mood.
We're at a hot spring,
and we're staying a few nights.
I brought stuff like cards and flower cards for no reason, too.
I'm not in a good mood!
I'm not like you.
I'd been told this is supposed to be a camp straight out of hell,
but I just find it a boring, pointless excursion.
Still, getting to see when you'll get expelled
may prove to be of some entertainment.
Yeah, right.
You were prancing down that hallway.
Erina-sama!
I'm sorry I took so long.
It was more work than I'd thought.
Y-Yukihira Soma!
What are you doing here?!
Oh, I pushed Nakiri down on the floor.
On the Floor
Oh, no...
What?!
Don't make it sound like something it wasn't!
But it was.
I made you go all "boing" and stuff.
Boing?!
Th-That's not true, Hisako!
God! Just go somewhere else already!
Fine, fine.
Bathy bath, plungy plunge.
Um, is everything really okay?
Yes.
Go take your bath.
Okay.
Oh, I managed to borrow them from the front desk!
Cards!
I would never play something so frivolous!
Er, what?
But Erina-sama, earlier...
Say, Hisako.
Do you think they'd have cards here?
What?
Cards. Playing cards.
Cards? You want to play cards?
We can play together, can't we?
You're... right.
I'll try asking the front desk.
Isn't that what you said?
I did not!
Um, is something wrong?
Nothing's wrong!
Man, what's with her?
Baths Male
I still don't get what her deal is.
Oh, well.
I'm gonna take my sweet time taking a bath.
First one in, here I come!
Dojima Gin Totsuki Resort Head Chef and Company Director
Ooooooooooooooooo
Er...
Oh?
The first one's here already?
Sorry, stretching in the bath is part of my daily routine.
That was when Soma thought...
He's freakin' scary!
...an uncharacteristic thought for him.
But it was just for an instant!
Man, I was all revved up thinking I'd be the first one in.
I'm so disappointed!
Sorry about that.
You are the first student in,
so you'll have to take that as a win.
I have to say,
given last year and this year,
the Academy has some very good students in the pipeline.
Last year?
The task of preparing 50 servings
has been simultaneously assigned at multiple locations.
It's obvious who completed that task the fastest.
Every year, I try to finish my bath and leave before students show up.
But last year, there was a student who finished and showed up early, too.
Oh?
He's now the seventh seat in the Elite Ten.
It's someone I know!
He seemed promising, as well.
Huh. That sounds like Isshiki-senpai, all right.
Hm?
Wait, so she finished up even earlier than me?
Speed isn't everything,
but it's clear that there is skill involved.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Oh, Hisako.
Actually...
I brought stuff like cards and flower cards for no reason, too.
I don't need them, after all.
Okay.
Nakiri Erina,
granddaughter of the Academy's director.
The God Tongue...
She's had access to the Academy's main lecturers since infancy.
So-so.
Only the most refined baby food touched her lips.
When she tasted several varieties of salt blindfolded as a child...
Shodo Island, Kagawa Prefecture.
Noto Island, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Kuroshio City, Kochi Prefecture.
She correctly named each salt's origin, etc.
There are more stories than I can count about her God Tongue.
However, her ascendance as the youngest member of the Elite Ten
is founded on true talent.
If she continues on her current trajectory,
she will become the Academy's greatest masterpiece, a monster.
Well. Either way, she's still a diamond in the rough.
Totsuki is an otherworldly place,
where those with talent throng together and devour one another.
Its depths are unfathomable.
Sharpen your fangs, boy!
Yessir!
Yukihira!
I may have fallen behind you this time,
but it won't happen next time—
Ch-Chef Dojima?!
Ah, it seems I've overstayed my welcome.
I should get going.
At any event,
the camp is just beginning.
Be sure to take care of yourself physically.
Good luck.
Thanks, Dojima-senpai.
D-D-D...
Do you know who he is?!
Yeah, Dojima-senpai.
Yeah, but... wait, hang on a second!
How can you just casually shake hands with him like that, Yukihira?!
Hm?
Yukihira?
I've heard that name before...
Man, preparing 50 servings was exhausting.
I'm glad we all made it.
This is what the next four days will be like...
They didn't call it the camp from hell for nothing.
But once you soak in a hot bath,
you find the energy to give it another try!
You brought it along?
I thought I should let him see the world.
Phew.
Still...
Wh-What?
You're as audacious as ever...
Aren't you, Sakaki-dono?
Maybe the rice malt's working some magic.
I don't need you staring at my rack, too, Megumi.
Oh, look. It's seeing the world.
Aw, silly boy.
Well, then.
Let's get going!
Let's see this room that'd normally cost us 80,000 yen per night!
Yoshino Yuki Hair-down Version
Wow!
Yeah!
Why don't you try it out, too, Megumi?
It's so fancy, I feel like I'd jinx myself if I touched anything.
Fancy-schmancy!
Yuki, you're embarrassing yourself.
I know you're just happy, but...
U-Um...
Oh, Marui-kun.
Did you lose weight?
Did I?
Then why don't you hear what I have to say?
Let's call it a day
and get some rest for tomorrow.
We're here!
Let's play!
Why do you guys keep coming to my room?!
All right!
What should we do?
Daihinmin! 100 games!
Fine, it's on!
They lasted two minutes and fifteen seconds.
Guess they got hit by a wave of exhaustion.
Well, we can let them be till lights out time.
You're not sleepy, Megumi?
That's not like you.
You usually go to sleep early.
Yeah, it's weird.
I'm tired, but I'm wide awake.
Well, you've been super focused the whole day.
You're right.
But that's probably not the only reason...
I'm always so nervous in class.
I'm anxious the whole time, worrying about messing up.
But today, I managed to back Soma-kun up just fine.
Glad you liked it!
So... just a bit...
Just a tiny bit, I'm starting to feel confident.
And I'm kind of excited about that.
Um, so, it's because Soma-kun gave me good instructions,
and it's not that I did anything special...
That's not true.
I couldn't have made that dish if you hadn't gathered the right ingredients,
and you cooked everything just fine.
He's right.
You're totally capable of rising to the occasion.
Have more confidence, okay?
Sixteen cups!
Wow!
Whoa!
Ultra fast rotation!
Let me try, too!
Here it comes, here it comes!
Let me try!
I want to stay with them more.
I want to improve my cooking more.
I'm going to try my best.
You're expelled.
Camp Day 2 9:00 AM
Good morning.
I'm Shinomiya, an alumnus of the 79th graduating class.
Shinomiya Kojiro Chef at French restaurant SHINO'S
This task involves cooking a dish of my choosing.
You all have the recette, I hope?
Shit. It's Chef Shinomiya.
I heard he already expelled more than thirty students yesterday.
He assigned us a recipe he came up with, too.
Terrine of Nine Vegetables.
Though visually arresting with its nine vibrant vegetables,
each vegetable requires specific preparation and cooking times,
and none must overwhelm or underwhelm its counterparts.
It is a Herculean task to bring all the flavors together.
I chose the easiest of my recettes.
Would you prefer a more difficult challenge?
Damn him.
I want to punch him.
"Recettes"?
He's talking about recipes.
Oh.
Also...
...you are not allowed to form teams for this task.
I will have each of you prepare the dish.
You may not share information or help each other during this process.
You will each select ingredients from the piles at the back of the kitchen.
Lastly, a word of advice:
you would do better to think of everyone else as your enemies.
The time limit is three hours.
Now...
...begin.
Ow! Get out of my way!
Screw that! I'll kill you!
Outta the way!
Everyone's wild-eyed...
The tension's even worse than yesterday.
But I can't be scared.
I'm not going to let this get to me!
Okay!
All right!
Um...
This one!
I'm lagging behind everyone else,
but I just need a cauliflower now...
Not this one, this one, or this one!
The slight discoloration...
All the ones that are left are in early stages of oxidization!
If I just cook them as is,
the discoloration will become more pronounced,
and the terrine's appearance, a critical element of the dish, will suffer!
Wh-What should I do?
Soma-kun!
You may not share information or help each other during this process.
I can't.
I can't rely on Soma-kun all the time.
I have to figure this out on my own!
How can I preserve the cauliflower's color...?
I know!
Hey, that's not what the recette says, is it?
Huh?
Oh, right.
You two, over there.
I told you, didn't I?
You can't share information or help each other.
Did you miss what I said?
Th-That wasn't it just now!
He's right.
He just pointed out my small mistake...
That's what you call helping.
You failed.
Both of you are expelled.
Start over!
You're fired.
Good job.
P-Please!
I'll... I'll make it over!
Do you have any ingredients?
You have no ingredients.
No time.
If you still insist that you can remake the dish,
you're a greater magician than I can ever hope to become.
Fired.
Yukihira Soma.
Oh?
Pass.
Got it.
The Terrine of Nine Vegetables!
I'm almost out of time!
You're the last one.
T-Tadokoro Megumi.
Thank you for having me.
Tadokoro Megumi.
You're fired.
That concludes our session.
Those who passed should prepare for the afternoon—
E-Excuse me!
Why... Why was my dish unacceptable?
Ah.
You used wine vinegar when you boiled the cauliflower
that was no longer fresh, didn't you?
You maintained the cauliflower's pristine color by using vinegar,
which has a whitening effect.
Using vinegar in the seasoning also enhanced the cauliflower's sweetness.
The sweetness of the vegetables and the vinegar's mild acidity
are in perfect harmony.
Th-Then why?
Who said you could change the recette?
This dish is
intended to savor the harmony created by the sweetness of each vegetable.
Nowhere in the recette did it say to make use of acidity.
The dish you made is an entirely different beast.
Presenting a dish that does not align with the task
merits a fail as a matter of course.
I hope you found that to be a satisfactory answer.
I don't.
It was what you'd call an unavoidable accident!
There were ingredients that weren't fresh!
Besides, aren't we being treated as our senpais' employees during this time?
So managing the ingredients is your responsibility as our boss, Shinomiya-senpai.
Wouldn't that make this your fault as the chef?
You brat...
Who do you think you're talking to?!
You don't seem to get it, so let me explain this to you.
I added poor-quality cauliflowers on purpose
to limit the number of people who would pass!
Cauliflower is an ingredient that is easily oxidized,
Easily Oxidized
Easily Damaged
easily damaged,
Difficult to Prepare
and difficult to prepare!
Any idiot who lost their cool
and made a poor selection would fail.
That includes any slowpokes who fell behind and couldn't secure a better ingredient.
That's why Tadokoro tried to compensate for that
by being creative!
I am the chef here.
I'd never allow my underlings to make changes to my recette!
Listen up, underling.
If you refuse to back down,
I can fire you, too, on my authority as a chef.
What?!
Soma-kun, it's okay!
I'm fine!
You'll get expelled, too!
Okay?
So stop...
Huh?!
I don't care about that crap right now!
It's okay.
Don't... Don't worry about me, so...
Shinomiya-senpai, I'm sorry to bother you,
but I have one more thing.
Yes, Monsieur Yukihira?
Do you have another complaint?
No, it's more of a question than a complaint.
Does that Totsuki rule apply to alumni, too?
What are you talking about?
Shokugeki.
Shokugeki
If I beat you in a Shokugeki,
will you rescind Tadokoro's expulsion?
To Be Continued
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