1 - What We Want to Protect

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SIGN    One
[00:03] Soma
    So, yeah...
SIGN    Team Shokugeki, One Month Ago
[00:05] Soma
    We're basically fighting the current Elite
    Ten to reclaim control of the Elite Ten.
[00:10] Soma
    We're doing this Team Shokugeki
    thing where we fight in teams.
[00:15] Soma
    The reason I called is, I was wondering
    if you'd join up with us rebels.
SIGN    Isshiki-senpai
    Cell
[00:20] Isshiki
    Yup. I'm actually already in Hokkaido
    because I planned on doing just that.
[00:23] Soma
    Huh?
[00:23] Isshiki
    I was already in cahoots with
    Joichiro-san and Chef Dojima.
[00:27] Isshiki
    Looks like the plan to lure
    out Director Azami worked.
[00:32] Guy
    Took you long enough to contact me!
[00:34] Guy
    I heard everything from Isshiki.
[00:36] Guy
    You can't start a party without Kuga Terunori!
[00:39] Guy
    I owe you.
[00:41] Guy
    I'll get right to work on visualizing
    the overthrow of the Elite Ten.
[00:46] Soma
    Thanks, Mimasaka! I'll be counting on you.
[00:49] Soma
    Did I let him borrow something?
[00:51] Tado
    This is great, Soma-kun! Now we have
    seven people for the Team Shokugeki!
[00:55] Soma
    Yup. Might as well get our
    last guy to agree, too.
[00:59] Erina
    Yes, he would be a powerful ally.
[01:03] Erina
    But this might prove to be a difficult mission.
[01:06] Erina
    Because...
[01:07] Soma
    Hello? Megishima-senpai?
[01:09] Erina
    Would you listen to me?!
[01:11] Negi
    I decline.
[01:12] Soma
    Seriously?
SIGN    Totsuki
[01:17] Nar
    Totsuki Teahouse Culinary Academy.
[01:19] Nar
    A storm has just touched
    down upon this academy.
[01:23] Nar
    The eight rebels, including Soma and
    his friends, had challenged Director Azami's
[01:29] Nar
    Elite Ten to a Team Shokugeki
    on Rebun Island.
[01:34] Nar
    The first bout ended with the
    rebels winning all three matches.
[01:45] Soma
    Glad you enjoyed it!
[01:47] Nar
    But the Shokugeki will continue until
    all of the enemies have been defeated.
[01:52] Nar
    The road to total victory is
    still long and treacherous.
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Fourth Plate
[03:29] Alice
    For the upcoming second bout,
[03:31] Alice
    we should use the best we have!
SIGN    What We Want to Protect
[03:31] [SONG] Sign
    We need to go one-on-one
    with our absolute best only!!
[03:34] Glasses
    No, we should consider saving
    some of our best for last...
[03:38] Alice
    Ugh! You just don't get it!
[03:39] Alice
    This is basic battle strategy!
[03:39] Haya
    What the heck kind of equations are those?
[03:41] Kuro
    Hayama, there's no sense in
    trying to talk to her.
[03:41] Glasses
    But we might lose three
    upperclassmen at once...
[03:45] Erina
    Yukihira-kun...
[03:46] Tado
    Soma-kun's still in the bathroom.
[03:48] Erina
    Wha—
[03:50] Erina
    For crying out loud...
[03:51] Isami
    I wonder which of the Elite Ten
     will show up next.
[03:54] Niku
    The enemy should be panicking
    after that first bout.
[03:58] Niku
    I wouldn't be surprised if Tsukasa Eishi
     or Kobayashi Rindo showed up next!
[04:01] Ryoko
    The first and second seats?
[04:03] Yuki
    What are we going to do, Erinacchi?!
[04:06] Erina
    Well... With Team Shokugeki rules,
[04:09] Erina
    a strategy like the sacrificial
    captain that's used in kendo
[04:11] Erina
    doesn't work at all.
[04:13] Pink
    Even if we're able to get a
    decent amount of victories,
[04:16] Pink
    if the enemy still has the
    top members of the Elite Ten,
[04:18] Pink
    there's still a possibility they
    could turn things completely around.
[04:20] Erina
    Correct. So with the top members,
    we need to try to win, no matter what.
[04:27] Negi
    I'll go on whenever you need me.
[04:30] Tado
    But you just finished the
    first bout, Megishima-senpai.
[04:33] Tado
    That'd be two in a row.
[04:35] Negi
    That's fine.
[04:36] Negi
    That's not enough to burn me out.
[04:41] Erina
    I don't want to stop this momentum
    we have from winning the first bout.
[04:44] Erina
    The next three we should send in are...
[04:48] Glasses
    Let me go next!
[04:50] Glasses
    I'll destroy Yukihira Soma!
[04:54] Guy
    Calm down, Eizan. We don't know if
    Yukihira will be in the next bout.
[04:59] Rido
    You sure do get worked up when
    it comes to Yukihira Soma, Eizan.
[05:04] Guy
    Regardless, we won't decide what's
    going to happen in the second bout
[05:07] Guy
    until Tsukasa comes back.
[05:09] Kuga
    Tsukassan, you are going
    to fight, aren't you?
[05:12] Kuga
    In the second bout.
[05:15] Tsuka
    And what if I tell you I am?
[05:16] Kuga
    Oh, come on! Don't answer a question
    with a question, you meanie!
[05:20] Kuga
    Don't leave Terunori-kun
    hanging like that!
[05:24] Kuga
    Fight me in the next Shokugeki.
SIGN    Team Shokugeki
[05:32] Girl
    All right!
SIGN    Team Shokugeki
[05:34] Girl
    Now that our one-hour break is over,
    the second bout is finally about to begin!
SIGN    Team Shokugeki
[05:39] Girl
    I wonder what the next battle will bring!
[05:43] Azami
    I hope you'll at least be
    entertaining this time.
SIGN    Histoire Anne Charme
[05:47] Girl
    The three judges will continue to
    be the three Bookmen from the WGO!
[05:52] Girl
    Wait, is Anne-san drunk?
[05:54] Ryoko
    I-I wonder how that happened...
[05:56] Alice
    We're back in a cage again?
[05:59] Haya
    Well, what'd you expect?
    We've been expelled.
[06:02] Alice
    I'll sue their asses later!
[06:03] Kuro
    Hayama, there's no point
    in talking to her.
[06:06] Girl
    First up, we have our next three
    contestants from the loathsome rebels!
[06:11] Kua
    Oh, heya!
[06:13] Ryoko
    You can do it!
[06:14] Niku
    You guys need to win again!
[06:15] Girl
    Go! Stalker Gorilla!
[06:17] Girl
    And here are our three contestants
    from the Elite Ten!
[06:20] Kuga
    Get your asses out here!
[06:22] Girl
    Unbelievable! We have the first,
    second, and fourth seats!
[06:27] Girl
    They're so intense!
[06:29] Girl
    These are the matchups as determined
    by the cards prior to the match.
SIGN    2nd Bout
    
    1st Match
    Tsukasa Eishi vs. Kuga Terunori
    
    2nd Match
    Kobayashi Rindo vs. Megishima Tosuke
    
    3rd Match
    Saito Somei vs. Mimasaka Subaru
[06:34] Rindo
    Yo, Megishima. Let's have a good match!
SIGN    Rebel
    Megishima Tosuke
SIGN    Totsuki Elite Ten, 2nd Seat
    Kobayashi Rindo
[06:37] Megi
    Yeah.
[06:38] Mima
    My name is Saito Somei.
SIGN    Rebel
    Mimasaka Subaru
SIGN    Totsuki Elite Ten, 4th Seat
    Saito Somei
[06:40] Mima
    I walk down the culinary path. If you
    stand in my way, I shall cut you down!
[06:47] Somei
    You're rather amusing. Very well.
[06:49] Somei
    I request a match with you.
SIGN    Rebel
    Kuga Terunori
SIGN    Totsuki Elite Ten, 1st Seat
    Tsukasa Eishi
[06:50] Tsuka
    Hey, Kuga. Looks like you got your wish.
[06:54] Guy
    Kuga-senpai is up against Tsukasa Eishi?
[06:58] Guy
    This is going to be one hell of a match!
[07:02] Guy
    Let us find out what we'll
    be cooking from the lottery.
[07:06] Guy
    You can go ahead and draw, rebels.
[07:09] Rindo
    I wanna draw it!
[07:10] Rindo
    I wanna play that lottery!
[07:11] Rindo
    Let me do it!
[07:12] Soma
    That much?
[07:15] Saito
    Sorry about this, Megishima.
[07:16] Megi
    Nah, don't worry about it, Saito.
[07:20] Saito
    We were both fellow members of
    the Elite Ten just the other day.
[07:23] Saito
    To think that now we're enemies
    facing off in a Shokugeki.
[07:27] Megi
    Well, chefs can have many virtues.
[07:32] Megi
    This isn't that surprising.
[07:34] Saito
    Even then, you had always
    walked down your own path,
[07:38] Saito
    so it was surprising that you ended
    up lending a hand to those juniors.
[07:42] Megi
    Yeah, you're not the only one surprised.
SIGN    Cayenne Pepper
[07:48] Girl
    The ingredient from the second
    card is cayenne pepper!
SIGN    Tuna
[07:52] Girl
    And the third card is tuna!
[07:55] Girl
    As for the first card...
    It's green tea!
SIGN    Green Tea (Tea Leaves)
[07:59] Glasses
    Green tea?
[08:00] Girl
    How, though? Are they going to
    compete to make the best tea?
[08:03] Ryoko
    No... I believe they're supposed to make a dish
[08:05] Ryoko
    that best utilizes the scent
    and taste of tea leaves.
[08:07] Alice
    This would be pretty easy to
    imagine with Kinokuni Nene,
SIGN    Elite Ten Sixth Seat
[08:09] Alice
    since she specializes in Japanese cuisine.
[08:12] Niku
    It's hard to imagine how it'd be used with
[08:14] Niku
    Kuga-san's Sichuan dishes or
    Tsukasa Eishi's French cuisine...
[08:19] ---
    Indeed.
[08:20] Girl
    All right, let the preparations begin!
[08:27] Megu
    A dish using green tea?
[08:30] Kuga
    All right. Guess I'll get things started.
[08:37] Buns
    Kuga-senpai is in action!
[08:39] Glasses
    He's already got an idea
    despite the difficult topic?
[08:42] Guy
    Good going, Former Eighth Seat!
[08:44] Tsukasa
    I'd expect nothing less from you, Kuga.
[08:47] Tsukasa
    Chinese cuisine demands a variety
[08:49] Tsukasa
    of cooking methods,
    which makes a chef rather flexible.
[08:52] Tsukasa
    It's a waste to not have you
    in the Elite Ten anymore.
[08:58] Kuga
    Give that crap a rest, Tsukassan!
[09:01] Kuga
    Like you ever cared about anyone!
[09:06] (Flashback) Kuga
    Fight me in the next Shokugeki.
[09:10] (Flashback) Tsuka
    Could you give me some time to think about it?
[09:14] (Flashback) Tsuka
    I'll go discuss it with everyone else.
[09:18] (Flashback) Tsuka
    Well, see you later.
[09:26] (Flashback) Soma
    Whoa!
[09:27] (Flashback) Soma
    Here you go!
[09:28] (Flashback) Kuga
    Thanks!
[09:30] (Flashback) Kuga
    Yukihira-chin?!
[09:32] (Flashback) soma
    If you're nervous,
[09:33] (Flashback) soma
    want me to use the Yukihira-style
    relaxation technique on you?
[09:37] (Flashback) Soma
    Put your hands together!
    Just like this!
[09:39] (Flashback) Kuga
    Uh, just so you know...
[09:42] (Flashback) Kuga
    This battle with Tsukassan...
    I'm definitely going to...
[09:50] Soma
    I'm counting on you, Kuga-senpai.
[09:54] Tsuka
    Right. I should start concentrating, too.
[09:58] Tsuka
    Now... breathe life into my dish.
[10:02] Megi
    Huh... Cayenne pepper, eh?
[10:04] Rin
    Come on, now! Do you really
    have time to hesitate?
[10:07] Rin
    Let's do this, Megishima!
[10:10] Buns
    Wh-What is that? Is that actually food?
[10:13] Pink
    No way!
[10:13] Niku
    It's still alive, even!
[10:16] Niku
    An alligator?!
[10:17] Rin
    Don't make him eat you!
[10:20] Glasses
    Alligator meat?
[10:22] Glasses
    She's not possibly thinking about
    using that at a Shokugeki, is she?
[10:26] Long
    That must mean she's pretty confident.
[10:28] Girl
    Of course she is, you stupid rebels!
[10:31] Girl
    Rindo-senpai is a kind of chef
    you rarely see, even at Totsuki!
[10:34] Girl
    She's a true master of rare ingredients!
[10:37] [SONG] Sign
    Rare Ingredients
[10:37] Soma
    Rare ingredients?
[10:39] Rin
    Uh-oh. He got away.
[10:41] Girl
    Stay away!
[10:44] Rin
    Come on, don't do that.
[10:48] Rin
    Megishima!
[10:51] Rin
    I had a lot of fun when we
    were both in the Elite Ten,
[10:55] Rin
    but now that we're enemies,
[10:57] Rin
    I'm going to crush you
    without a second thought!
[10:59] Megi
    Sure. I plan on doing the same.
[11:02] Megi
    Come at me with everything
    you've got, Kobayashi!
[11:06] Rin
    Now then, little guy, I'm going to have
    to thank you for offering up your life.
[11:15] Rin
    Good. You've got some excellent meat on you.
[11:19] Megi
    She managed to kill it and
    drain its blood in an instant?
[11:21] Niku
    How was she able to butcher it so fast?!
[11:23] Kuro
    Scaling, skinning, trimming,
    and butchering...
[11:27] Alice
    She used the optimal blade
    and technique for each part.
[11:33] Haya
    She's got excellent skills.
[11:34] Tsuka
    The amazing thing about Rindo
    isn't just her knife technique.
[11:39] Tsuka
    Her overwhelming knowledge
    of techniques in butchering
[11:41] Tsuka
    and dressing meat, as well
    as her endless curiosity
[11:43] Tsuka
    when it comes to new flavors...
[11:45] Tsuka
    All that basically pushed Rindo all
    the way up to the second seat.
[11:50] Sato
    Rindo-senpai is an expert when
    it comes to rare ingredients,
[11:54] Sato
    and has three faces.
[11:56] Sato
    An epicure who flies all around the
    globe in order to satisfy her tastes.
[12:01] Sato
    A field researcher who systematically
    studies unknown ingredients
[12:04] Sato
    in their native habitats.
[12:06] Sato
    And a daring barbarian who
    cuts down any ingredient
[12:08] Sato
    she can catch and devours it wildly.
[12:12] Soma
    A rare ingredients master, huh?
[12:15] Soma
    I wanna team up with her
    and Sadatsuka one day!
[12:20] Rin
    Bring it!
[12:23] Niku
    Is that char siu pork?
[12:25] Buns
    Then the dish Megishima-senpai's
    trying to make is...
[12:28] Long
    Ramen?
[12:29] Megu
    If Rindo-senpai is the rare ingredients master,
[12:32] Megu
    Megishima-senpai is a ramen master!
SIGN    Totsuki Elite Ten Former Third Seat
SIGN    Ramen Master
    Megishima Tosuke
[12:37] Megi
    What I'm about to make is African ramen!
SIGN    African Ramen
[12:39] All
    African ramen?
[12:42] Megu
    The heck is that?
[12:43] Soma
    Does Africa even have ramen?
[12:45] Taku
    No idea.
[12:46] Rin
    I see. You always go all-out, Megishima.
[12:50] Rin
    You always said you had no
    interest in competitions.
[12:56] Rin
    So what made you side with Yukihira Soma?
[13:02] Megi
    I was struck by his passion...
[13:05] Megi
    Yukihira Soma's, that is.
SIGN    Approximately 1 Month Ago • Asahikawa, Hokkaido
[13:09] (Flashback) Guy
    What those guys from Totsuki Academy's
    Central are doing is awful!
[13:14] (Flashback) Guy
    They ordered us to make dishes
    exactly as they tell us to and
[13:17] (Flashback) Guy
    are even pressuring our ingredient suppliers.
[13:21] (Flashback) Guy 3
    There are plenty of places
[13:22] (Flashback) Guy 3
    that are about to close because
    they just can't keep up!
SIGN    Totsuki Academy Forms Partnership
     with Hokkaido Restaurants
SIGN    Bold Decision? Or Coercion?
SIGN    Nihon Rizai Shimbun
[13:27] (Flashback) Megi
    All right, I get what you guys are saying.
[13:29] (Flashback) Megi
    I'll use my connections and try to
    secure some distributors for you guys.
[13:35] (Flashback) Megi
    I'll protect everyone's ramen.
[13:38] (Flashback) Guys
    Thank you very much, Young Master!
[13:42] (Flashback) Guy
    Who the hell are you guys?!
    You from Totsuki Academy?
[13:48] (Flashback) Soma
    Oh, hey, Megishima-senpai!
    How's it going?
[13:51] (Flashback) Megu
    H-Hello.
[13:54] (Flashback) Megu
    Isshiki-senpai said you might be nearby.
[13:59] (Flashback) Soma
    So at this point, we thought
    we should show up in person
[14:02] (Flashback) Soma
    to try to convince you.
[14:03] (Flashback) Megi
    It doesn't matter how many
    times you try to talk to me.
[14:05] (Flashback) Megi
    I have no intention of getting
    involved with this Shokugeki.
[14:08] (Flashback) Soma
    Oh, I guess Nakiri mentioned that, too.
[14:11] (Flashback) Erina
    Megishima-san is a man of
    excellent character who's called
[14:14] (Flashback) Erina
    "Young Master" by most of Japan's ramen shops.
[14:17] (Flashback) Erina
    Because he believes in peace so much,
[14:19] (Flashback) Erina
    he's also known as "The Chef
    That Hates Shokugeki."
[14:22] (Flashback) Megu
    The Chef That Hates Shokugeki?
[14:24] (Flashback) Soma
    You were removed from the Third Seat
    of the Elite Ten, weren't you?
[14:29] (Flashback) Soma
    You can take your seat back
    if we defeat Central.
[14:34] (Flashback) Megi
    I hate competing,
    and ever since I entered Totsuki,
[14:37] (Flashback) Megi
    everyone bugs me about competitions.
[14:38] (Flashback) Megi
    It's all about winning or losing!
[14:40] (Flashback) Soma
    Why the heck did you even enroll, then?
[14:42] (Flashback) Megi
    Because I heard it was the
    best culinary school in Japan.
[14:46] (Flashback) Megi
    Yet I kept getting challenged
    to a Shokugeki every day.
[14:48] (Flashback) Megi
    They were so damn persistent,
    I ended up taking them all on,
SIGN    Congratulations on Getting the Third Seat of the Elite Ten
[14:51] (Flashback) Megi
    and I somehow ended up with the third seat.
[14:55] Soma
    Holy crap...
[14:56] (Flashback) Megi
    But I'm sick of all that now!
[14:58] (Flashback) Megi
    If there has to be a win-or-lose
     situation with cooking,
[15:00] (Flashback) Megi
    let it just be who can please
    their customers more.
[15:05] (Flashback) Megi
    I don't want to use my ramen
    as a tool for quarreling.
[15:08] (Flashback) Megu
    Um, I understand what you're saying, Senpai.
[15:12] (Flashback) Megu
    But all my friends are about to be expelled.
[15:15] (Flashback) Megu
    I want to protect everyone! That's why I...
[15:18] (Flashback) Megi
    I also just want to protect.
    The current ramen culture, that is.
[15:23] (Flashback) Megi
    Sorry, but I'm not going to be helping you.
[15:25] (Flashback) Megi
    I've already got my hands full.
[15:28] (Flashback) Guy
    It sucks, but you should give it up.
[15:30] (Flashback) Guy
    The young master doesn't change
    his mind after making a decision.
[15:36] (Flashback) Soma
    Then how about this?
[15:38] (Flashback) Soma
    If you participate in this Team Shokugeki,
[15:40] (Flashback) Soma
    I'll take the First Seat of the Elite Ten
[15:43] (Flashback) Soma
    and give the ramen business
    some special treatment!
SIGN    First Seat
[15:46] (Flashback) Soma
    How does that sound?
[15:49] (Flashback) Megu
    W-W-W-Wait, Soma-kun! Everything you
    just said is pretty impossible!
[15:52] (Flashback) Soma
    You think so?
[15:53] (Flashback) Megi
    Get lost! I hate competing, but I
    hate guys who are all talk even more.
[16:00] (Flashback) Soma
    But that would mean you'd have to see
    what I can do first-hand, right?
[16:06] (Flashback) Soma
    If I'm able to make ramen better than
    you, wouldn't it prove that my desire
[16:12] (Flashback) Soma
    to protect my friends wasn't all talk?
[16:16] (Flashback) Megi
    You think you can beat me in making ramen?
[16:20] (Flashback) Megi
    That's exactly what I mean by "all talk"!
[16:23] (Flashback) Megi
    Listen up! This isn't even a competition!
[16:27] (Flashback) Megi
    Time to teach one of my juniors a lesson.
[16:28] (Flashback) Megi
    Follow me to the kitchen.
[16:39] (Flashback) Soma
    I'll be knocking heads with you!
[16:44] (Flashback) Soma
    There! Ramen's up!
[16:46] (Flashback) Megi
    I'm also finished.
[16:48] (Flashback) Soma
    Tadokoro, you're gonna be tasting them.
[16:50] (Flashback) Megu
    Huh?!
[17:03] (Flashback) Megu
    It's so amazing!
[17:07] (Flashback) Megi
    You're not bad.
[17:09] (Flashback) Megi
    But the difference in our
    skills is crystal clear!
[17:11] (Flashback) Megi
    You never stood a chance
    against me with ramen.
[17:14] (Flashback) Soma
    You can't judge the extent of
    my skills after just one match.
[17:18] (Flashback) Soma
    I'm going to make you fight
    me until I say I give up!
[17:35] (Flashback) Megu
    Soma-kun!
[17:39] (Flashback) Soma
    Dig in!
[17:53] (Flashback) Soma
    I'm not done yet!
[17:54] (Flashback) Guy
    That kid's still not giving up?
[17:57] (Flashback) Guy
    He can't beat the young master
    with stopgap skills like that!
[18:00] (Flashback) Megi
    Hasn't it been long enough?
[18:02] (Flashback) Megi
    Why do you refuse to give up?
[18:05] (Flashback) Megi
    I realize you want to help your friends,
[18:07] (Flashback) Megi
    but no matter how hard you try,
[18:09] (Flashback) Megi
    there's no way your skills
    can overpower mine.
[18:11] (Flashback) Soma
    I want every dish to be free.
[18:15] (Flashback) Soma
    And the Azami administration is trying
    to create the exact opposite of that!
[18:19] (Flashback) Soma
    Tonkatsu, yakitori, curry, and hot pot...
[18:22] (Flashback) Soma
    I want to eat all kinds of
    dishes from all kinds of chefs
[18:25] (Flashback) Soma
    and go head-to-head with them!
[18:26] (Flashback) Soma
    I want to protect that kind of environment!
[18:30] (Flashback) Soma
    That's why... I want one more ma...
[18:34] (Flashback) Megu
    S-S-S-Soma-kun?!
[18:36] (Flashback) Guy
    He's asleep. That must've
     taken everything out of him.
[18:40] (Flashback) Megi
    Looks like it's victory by default.
[18:42] (Flashback) Megu
    No!
[18:43] (Flashback) Megi
    He didn't say that he gave up.
[18:45] (Flashback) Megu
    Huh?
[18:46] (Flashback) Megi
    But I'm going to forfeit this match.
[18:49] (Flashback) Megi
    Which means Yukihira wins by default.
[18:52] (Flashback) Megi
    I lose.
[18:53] (Flashback) Megu
    You mean...
[18:55] (Flashback) Megi
    I promise you that, at the Team Shokugeki,
[19:00] (Flashback) Megi
    I will give my all so that we can win.
[19:03] Megi
    I'm counting on you, Megishima-senpai.
[19:06] kuro
    He's putting garlic, onions, paprika,
[19:09] kuro
    and ripe tomatoes in the soup.
[19:11] Alice
    That's definitely going to bring
    out the flavor and acidity.
[19:15] Haya
    And that smell... It's chicken stock.
[19:19] Long
    The smell alone is making me squirm!
[19:21] Guy
    I just want to dump that stock onto
    some white rice and devour it!
[19:25] Niku
    Now he's dumping in the vegetables and
    drumettes, and stewing it even longer.
[19:28] Pink
    When all the flavors finish
    blending together and connect,
[19:31] Pink
    the soup will be complete.
[19:32] Erina
    His char siu pork is worth mentioning, too.
[19:34] Erina
    Megishima-san was using a special sauce.
[19:37] Soma
    Special sauce?
[19:38] Erina
    Garlic, soy sauce, sugar, sake, and the
    key ingredient to this entire dish...
[19:43] Erina
    Peanuts.
[19:44] All
    Peanuts?!
[19:46] Guy
    Wait, what's with all those cayenne peppers?!
[19:49] Blonde
    I know his theme was cayenne peppers, but...
[19:52] Pink
    That'll turn everything super red.
[19:53] Buns
    Is it even going to be edible?
[19:55] Erina
    Megishima-san is using peanuts to try
[19:57] Erina
    to bring out the deliciousness of the
    cayenne peppers to its very limit.
[20:04] Isa
    Rindo-senpai's getting pretty far, too.
[20:07] Taku
    Indeed.
[20:08] Taku
    She marinated the alligator meat,
     and now she's mixing the starch in.
[20:14] Rindo
    That smells great!
[20:16] Rindo
    This is the best moment, when the
    alligator meat is fried to a crisp!
[20:19] Rindo
    Though I'm not sure how much I like
[20:21] Rindo
    using a wok, since I feel like I'm
    intruding into Kuga's territory.
[20:26] Rindo
    All right.
[20:26] Rindo
    I'll let the alligator meat rest for a bit.
[20:29] Rindo
    Now, let's get the real party started.
[20:34] Guy
    It's not just Megishima-senpai!
[20:36] Glasses
    Rindo-senpai's doing it, too!
[20:37] Niku
    That's enough cayenne peppers
    to knock your socks off!
[20:41] Megi
    I knew it.
[20:42] Rind
    What are you laughing at, Megishima?
[20:45] megi
    Knowing your personality,
[20:46] megi
    I knew there was no way you'd make
    a refined cayenne pepper dish.
[20:50] Megi
    I figured you'd dump all of those
    in there without thinking twice.
[20:53] Megi
    So I knew I'd have to do something
    on par with that to keep up.
[20:58] Rind
    What the heck? You're acting
    like you know me or something.
[21:03] Rind
    I guess you do, though!
[21:07] Haya
    There's a very distinct aroma rising up.
[21:10] Alice
    The capsaicin that makes the peppers
    hot is filling up the air.
[21:13] Kuro
    I'm sweating just watching them.
[21:20] Guy
    Megishima-senpai!
[21:22] Buns
    He's also quietly grinding the peppers!
[21:23] Pink
    My eyes are burning!
[21:25] Isa
    They're both definitely going all-out.
[21:29] Taku
    That just means they're
    both extremely confident.
[21:32] Taku
    The confidence to take that
    colossal amount of spice energy
[21:34] Taku
    and turn it into deliciousness.
[21:44] Soma
    So this is basically a super
    heavyweight title match.
[21:47] Soma
    Who's going to push through?
    I can't take my eyes off of them!
[21:51] Nar
    It's power versus power
[21:53] Nar
    and technique versus technique
[21:55] Nar
    in this rough-and-tumble second bout!
[21:57] Nar
    Can the rebels emerge victorious?
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[23:35] Megu
    How am I ever supposed to
    get married after this?!