12 - The Perfect Rocks

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SIGN    Twelve
[00:03] Mana
    It appears that Saiba Asahi's dish
[00:06] Mana
    is basty.
[00:21] Dad
    Mana's Gifting.
[00:22] Asahi
    And I'm the one who's going to take
[00:24] Asahi
    the first seat in the next
    generation of the culinary world!
[00:33] Mana
    What's this dish?
[00:35] Soma
    I call it Odorless Fried Rice.
[00:37] Mana
    I keep getting dragged further
    in with every bite I take...
[00:42] Mana
    Into the storm this boy
    is trying to get through.
[00:46] Soma
    Dig... in...
[00:46] Mana
    Actually, what created the storm...
[00:51] Mana
    is this boy's magic!
[00:55] Girls
    Eek!
[00:57] Guys
    It reached all the way over here!
[01:00] Megu
    She had the same reaction. Then...
[01:02] Taku
    Who's the victor?
[01:04] Erina
    Is it Saiba Asahi or...
[01:10] Rantabi
    No way!
[01:16] Hisa
    The Gifting wave...
[01:17] Alice
    It's rippling!
[01:19] Dad
    No.
[01:20] Dad
    This phenomenon is no ordinary Gifting.
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Second Plate
SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    The Fourth Plate
SIGN    The Fifth Plate
SIGN    The Perfect Rocks
[03:02] Alice
    What do you mean it's no
    ordinary Gifting, Uncle Azami?
[03:07] Dad
    The Gifting wave sends a wave of deliciousness
    to others, causing them to disrobe.
[03:13] Dad
    But what's happening now isn't disrobing.
[03:15] Dad
    It's the Bursting, which rips
    their clothes to shreds.
SIGN    Bursting
[03:18] Gin
    This somehow surpasses the Gifting
    that transmits the Disrobing.
SIGN    Disrobing
SIGN    Bursting
[03:22] Gin
    Is this actually an evolved form of the
    Gifting that transmits the Bursting?!
[03:26] Dad
    This is truly something that only the
    God Tongue could have achieved...
SIGN    God
[03:30] Dad
    The Divine Gifting!
SIGN    Bursting
    Gifting
[03:38] Sarge
    What?!
[03:44] Hisa
    So it's the Gifting and the
    Bursting at the same time?
[03:46] Hisa
    That must mean it was better than Saiba Asahi's!
[03:48] Alice
    Yes! Aunt Mana must've found the dish delicious!
[03:53] Erina
    Yukihira-kun's dish...
[03:55] Asahi
    How? That's impossible!
[03:59] Asahi
    There's no chef who's a match
    for my Crossed Knives!
[04:03] Asahi
    There can't be!
[04:05] Asahi
    There's no way you could've made a
    dish more delicious than my basty!
[04:08] Mana
    I'm sure that if Yukihira Soma's
    dish wasn't as delicious as it was,
[04:12] Mana
    you would've had no problem winning.
[04:16] Mana
    It's true that Saiba Asahi's
    basty was also quite exquisite.
[04:20] Mana
    I could taste the techniques of countless
    chefs woven together in that dish.
[04:25] Mana
    But once you remove that shell...
[04:28] Mana
    It's empty.
[04:30] Mana
    Your personal flavor is nowhere to be found.
[04:33] Mana
    I'm sure you must've realized that
    somewhere within your heart.
[04:37] Mana
    To avoid the fact that you have no
    part of yourself to offer to your dishes,
[04:42] Mana
    you continued to steal the knives of others.
[04:46] Mana
    On the other hand, Yukihira Soma
    made it known that his flavor
[04:51] Mana
    was a result of what he learned
    from everyone he's encountered.
[04:56] Mana
    Now, it is time for the deliberations.
[04:59] Mana
    Bookmen, announce your results.
[05:02] Soma
    You kept bragging about how
    you'd surpassed Joichiro,
[05:07] Soma
    but the image of my dad that I've
    been chasing ever since I was a kid
[05:11] Soma
    was way stronger than you could ever be.
SIGN    Yukihira Soma Saiba Asahi
[05:23] Ran
    The winner is Yukihira Soma!
[05:26] Soma
    Glad you liked it!
[05:27] Polar
    He did it!
[05:29] Megu
    Soma-kun!
[05:31] Taku
    You truly are a remarkable guy.
[05:33] Hisa
    Yukihira!
[05:35] Alice
    Not bad.
[05:46] Asahi
    Well, I guess that's been decided.
[05:48] Asahi
    You win, Yukihira.
[05:51] Asahi
    Give this back to Joichiro for me.
[05:54] Asahi
    Since I couldn't make it to the top of
    the BLUE, I'm unworthy of this knife.
[06:00] Soma
    I don't want it.
[06:02] Soma
    You won it from my dad
    fair and square, didn't you?
[06:05] Soma
    Then you have every right to hold on to it.
[06:09] Soma
    More importantly, why the heck did you
    want to make Nakiri your bride so badly?
[06:16] (Flashback) Asahi
    Hey, Joichiro. How do I become a good chef?
[06:20] (Flashback) Jo
    Huh? Well...
[06:23] (Flashback) Jo
    I've been wandering around the world
    since I left this school called Totsuki.
[06:29] (Flashback) Jo
    And my passion for cooking
    had dwindled a bit.
[06:33] (Flashback) Jo
    That's when I met my wife.
[06:36] (Flashback) Jo
    She's such an oddball.
[06:38] (Flashback) Jo
    She sucks at cooking, but she just
    insists on standing in the kitchen.
[06:41] (Flashback) Asahi
    Huh...
[06:43] (Flashback) Jo
    Watching her made me
[06:44] (Flashback) Jo
    feel like an idiot for brooding
    over something like this.
[06:47] (Flashback) Asahi
    So you were able to like
    cooking again because of her?
[06:51] (Flashback) Jo
    That's right. So, Asahi...
[06:54] (Flashback) Jo
    The key to becoming a good chef is to
[06:56] (Flashback) Jo
    find someone you feel like you can
    offer all of your cooking to.
[07:04] Asahi
    Why Princess Erina? Why else?
[07:07] Asahi
    I want to become stronger,
    and she has the God Tongue—
[07:10] Soma
    Really?
[07:11] Soma
    To me, it looked like you were
    looking for something else.
[07:19] Asahi
    What are you talking about?
[07:23] Dad
    It's strange... Saiba Asahi...
[07:26] Dad
    I sense something in him that
    I don't sense in anyone else.
[07:31] Asahi
    The reason I wanted to become stronger is...
[07:47] Jo
    I'm sure you'll find what
    you're looking for someday.
[07:52] Jo
    And Asahi...
[07:54] Jo
    No matter what anyone says,
    I'm your dad when it comes to cooking.
[08:01] Asahi
    What are you talking about?
[08:04] Asahi
    My own flavor...
[08:06] Asahi
    My own... cooking, huh?
[08:08] Sarge
    Asahi-sama!
[08:11] Asahi
    So I'm quitting Noir.
[08:14] Asahi
    I was trying to act like the big,
     bad boss, and look where it got me.
[08:17] Asahi
    You guys can do whatever you want.
[08:19] Sarge
    Then we'll go with you! We'll follow
    you to the ends of the earth!
[08:23] Asahi
    You're so weird. Nothing good is gonna
    come out of following me around.
[08:27] Sarge
    Asahi-sama!
[08:30] Kuga
    It's too bad those jokers put a black mark
    on your perfect record, Tsukassan.
[08:36] Tsuka
    Actually, I'm grateful.
[08:39] Tsuka
    They taught me what I was lacking.
[08:42] Tsuka
    If they're true chefs,
[08:44] Tsuka
    they'll use this defeat as motivation
    and strive for new heights.
[08:50] Tsuka
    I need to work harder myself.
[08:55] Kuga
    I'm seriously no match for you, Tsukassan.
[08:58] Buns
    Yukihira!
[09:00] Ryoko
    Good job out there.
[09:02] Soma
    Thanks.
[09:03] Taku
    I'm sure Yukihira might've been in
    trouble if my mezzaluna had been stolen.
[09:08] Niku
    You were awesome! You really
    showed those Crossed Knives!
[09:11] Megu
    And the Bookmaster
    acknowledged your dish, too.
[09:16] Soma
    Yup!
[09:17] Mana
    Don't get the wrong idea, Yukihira Soma.
[09:20] Mana
    It's true that your dish was in
    the realm of deliciousness.
[09:26] Mana
    But it still doesn't reach the
    dimension I'm yearning for.
[09:30] Soma
    Huh... Even though it earned a combo
    of the Gifting and the Bursting?
[09:35] Soma
    You sure are greedy.
[09:36] Mana
    Don't get ahead of yourself.
[09:38] Mana
    There's no way this one dish could have
    surpassed what I've endured all these years.
[09:45] Mana
    Show me an even more
    delicious dish in the finals.
[09:51] Ryoko
    That's right! The finals!
[09:53] Buns
    Yeah! Erinacchi and Yukihira
    are fighting next!
[09:56] Guy
    That's insane! It's gonna be a battle
    between two Totsuki students!
[09:59] Guy
    I don't even know who to cheer for!
[10:01] Alice
    Congratulations, Yukihira-kun!
[10:04] Hisa
    Well done, Yukihira.
[10:07] Soma
    Thanks, thanks.
[10:08] Soma
    Hey, Nakiri, good luck tomorrow.
[10:11] Soma
    Let's have a good ma—
[10:17] Hisa
    Erina-sama?
[10:18] Megumi
    Nakiri-san?
[10:32] Dad
    Pardon me.
[10:34] Mana
    It's been a while, Azami.
[10:37] Dad
    Mana...
[10:38] Mana
    Why the long face?
[10:41] Mana
    About six months ago, you were bragging
    about being the director of Totsuki.
[10:48] Mana
    I'm sure you were just tormenting
    everyone who was in your way.
[10:53] Mana
    I can see it now.
[10:55] Dad
    Well, you left without saying a word and
    suddenly became the Bookmaster of the WGO.
[11:00] Dad
    That's quite high and mighty of you.
    And you still don't know when to shut up, I see.
[11:05] Mana
    Shut up, Doom and Gloom!
[11:07] Dad
    Can it! Your eyebrows are weird!
[11:11] Mana
    This reminds me of when we first met.
[11:15] Dad
    It does.
[11:16] Mana
    You were basically nothing more
    than an empty shell back then.
[11:21] Dad
    I was completely empty after Saiba-senpai left.
[11:26] Dad
    I did jobs in and out of the country
    as part of the Elite Ten,
[11:30] Dad
    but there was no life left in my cooking.
[11:33] Dad
    But then...
[11:34] (Flashback) Mana
    Who made this dish?
[11:37] (Flashback) Dad
    It was me.
[11:38] (Flashback) Mana
    This tastes like a pack of
    mountain gorillas that forgot
[11:42] (Flashback) Mana
    how to drum from the despair of
    their hot springs being lukewarm.
[11:46] (Flashback) Dad
    Pardon?
[11:47] (Flashback) Mana
    What an absolutely awful dish.
[11:49] (Flashback) Mana
    There's no passion in it at all.
SIGN    Awful
SIGN    Awful
SIGN    Awful
SIGN    Awful
SIGN    Awful
SIGN    Awful
[11:52] (Flashback) Dad
    Are you calling my dish awful?
[11:55] (Flashback) Mana
    You must be feeling some anger or resentment.
[11:59] (Flashback) Mana
    Then figure out how to turn those
    feelings into something delicious.
[12:03] (Flashback) Mana
    That is how a Totsuki chef should be.
[12:06] (Flashback) Dad
    I'll make you take back those words.
[12:10] (Flashback) Mana
    Honestly, how gloomy can someone be?
[12:13] (Flashback) Dad
    That woman never knows when to shut up.
[12:15] (Flashback) Dad
    And her eyebrows are weird.
[12:18] Dad
    I wanted to defeat her with my flavor.
[12:20] Dad
    That's all that was on my mind back then.
SIGN    Horrible
SIGN    Horrible
SIGN    Horrible
SIGN    Horrible
SIGN    Horrible
SIGN    Horrible
[12:35] (Flashback) Mana
    Not bad.
[12:37] (Flashback) Mana
    You've definitely gotten better.
[12:39] Dad
    You helped me regain my passion for cooking.
[12:45] Dad
    With you, I could go anywhere
    on the gourmet horizon.
[12:50] Dad
    At least, that's what I thought.
[12:56] Dad
    But...
[12:57] (Flashback) Erina
    Not enough depth of flavor.
[12:59] (Flashback) Lady
    Oh, dear... Maybe I'm not good enough.
[13:02] (Flashback) Dad
    It looks like Erina also has the God Tongue!
[13:05] (Flashback) Mana
    Two generations in a row?
[13:08] (Flashback) Mana
    Erina must endure this suffering, too?
[13:12] Dad
    The God Tongue is destined to
    suffer and waste away to nothing.
[13:16] Dad
    But your progression was too fast
    for me to keep supporting you.
[13:22] Jo
    I guess you had your hands full, too.
[13:25] Dad
    Saiba-senpai...
[13:27] Dad
    And Senzaemon-dono...
    You were here the whole time?
[13:29] Jo
    Well, you started reminiscing,
    so interrupting would've been awkward.
[13:35] Mana
    There was something I wanted to find out.
[13:38] Mana
    That's why I asked for my father's
    assistance to discuss things a bit prior.
[13:42] Mana
    This does involve you somewhat, too.
[13:45] Dad
    What?
[13:46] Jo
    I always had a feeling that he was like you.
[13:51] Jo
    That might also be why I felt
    like I had to take care of him.
[13:55] Dad
    What are you talking about?
[13:57] Mana
    The possessor of the God
    Tongue is able to learn about
[14:00] Mana
    what the chef who created
    the dish is feeling inside.
[14:02] Mana
    There are even times when I can
    visualize their mental state.
[14:07] Mana
    The first dish I ever tasted from you
    was empty, lacking any passion.
[14:13] Mana
    And the dish I tasted earlier
    had the exact same taste.
[14:18] Mana
    I wouldn't have even
    thought a stranger made it.
[14:22] Mana
    I'm talking about Saiba Asahi's dish.
SIGN    m 223 79 l 191 280 461 329 478 135
SIGN    Finals
    Nakiri Erina
    vs
    Yukihira Soma
[14:26] Niku
    I guess...
SIGN    Finals
    Nakiri Erina
    vs
    Yukihira Soma
[14:27] Niku
    Erina-sama and Yukihira really
    are fighting tomorrow.
[14:31] Megu
    Yeah.
[14:32] Megu
    Usually, they'd be much more enthusiastic
    about facing off with each other, but...
[14:39] Megu
    I wonder if Nakiri-san is okay.
[14:44] Erina
    A dish that can't be found
    anywhere else in the world.
[14:47] Erina
    Even with my mother's God Tongue,
    this world of flavor is still unknown.
[14:54] Erina
    In order to leap over this
    impossible hurdle...
[14:57] Erina
    If I could just leave everything
    to Saiba Asahi's Crossed Knives...
[15:01] Erina
    I did consider that.
[15:02] Erina
    But...
[15:03] Erina
    Yukihira-kun managed to surpass
    the Crossed Knives.
SIGN    Yukihira Soma Saiba Asahi
[15:07] Erina
    Then am I going to leave everything to him next?
[15:11] Erina
    No! I have to be the one who wins this!
[15:15] Erina
    I need to create a dish that will
    satisfy my mother with my own hands.
[15:20] (Flashback) Erina
    Um, Mother...
[15:22] (Flashback) Erina
    Grandfather has deemed this dish delicious.
[15:26] (Flashback) Erina
    Would you like a taste, too?
[15:33] (Flashback) Mana
    It's a lovely dish, Erina.
[15:35] (Flashback) Mana
    Well done.
[15:37] Erina
    My mother complimented me often,
[15:40] Erina
    but she never said any of
    my dishes were delicious.
[15:45] Erina
    I cannot make my mother happy.
[15:50] Erina
    All I can do is make her sad.
[16:04] (Flashback) Erina
    It's disgusting!
[16:08] (Flashback) Soma
    Just you wait!
[16:09] (Flashback) Soma
    I'll make you say "delicious!"
[16:17] (Flashback) Soma
    Hey, Nakiri.
[16:19] (Flashback) Soma
    I managed to get this far.
[16:21] (Flashback) Soma
    Just one more step until I get
    to where I can face off with you
[16:25] (Flashback) Soma
    as the top first-year.
[16:28] (Flashback) Soma
    Today's the day I'll make
    you say "delicious!"
[16:32] (Flashback) Soma
    Here you go!
[16:34] (Flashback) Soma
    In order to beat Senpai,
[16:36] (Flashback) Soma
    we need to hit him with two specialties
    filled with everything we've got.
[16:40] (Flashback) Soma
    Our course has to be on that level.
[16:43] (Flashback) Soma
    Come at me,
[16:45] (Flashback) Soma
    and put everything you have
[16:48] (Flashback) Soma
    into your specialty!
[16:51] (Flashback) Erina
    I, Erina, will show you the
    true power of my God Tongue!
[16:58] (Flashback) Erina
    I'm sure my mother would be disappointed
[17:00] (Flashback) Erina
    if I, a fellow possessor of the
    God Tongue, won the tournament.
[17:05] (Flashback) Erina
    Because I don't have the hope that
    can save my mother from her despair.
SIGN    The Time for the BLUE Finals to Begin
[17:49] Gin
    The time has finally come.
[17:52] Gramps
    Yes. It will finally become
    clear after this match...
[17:55] Gramps
    The result of the plan I had
    envisioned for so long.
[17:58] Gin
    The Generation of Prodigies plan?
[18:01] Gramps
    Indeed.
[18:04] Mana
    I will be the judge for the finals.
[18:07] Mana
    The theme is... a dish the world has never seen.
[18:12] Mana
    Give it all you have.
[18:14] Mana
    Begin cooking!
[18:17] Soma
    Good grief. First, a dish
    using the Five Grand Cuisines,
[18:20] Soma
    and now, a dish the world has never seen.
[18:22] Soma
    Let's see... What should I mash together?
[18:25] Buns
    Yukihira's face...
[18:27] Ryoko
    He isn't going to try to make
    something gross, is he?
[18:29] Niku
    I wouldn't put it past him.
[18:32] Kuga
    Wow, she's fast.
[18:34] Guy
    She already knows what she's going to make?
[18:36] Guy
    Way to go, Director!
[18:38] Hisa
    Erina-sama?
[18:41] Taku
    Doesn't something seem wrong with her?
[18:43] Megu
    Yes.
[18:45] Megu
    It's like she has no idea where she's headed,
     but something's pushing her to cook.
[18:50] Gramps
    After Mana left the mansion,
    I came to this realization.
[18:54] Gramps
    That the tragedy that befell
    the prior God Tongues and Mana
[18:59] Grampss
    would eventually befall Erina, too.
[19:02] (Flashback) Gramps
    There must be some way.
[19:05] (Flashback) Gramps
    I cannot leave this world without saving
[19:07] (Flashback) Gramps
    either my daughter or my granddaughter.
[19:10] (Flashback) Gramps
    I cannot!
[19:12] (Flashback) Gramps
    I will not let Erina outside of Totsuki.
[19:16] (Flashback) Gramps
    I will enroll her in Totsuki from middle school.
[19:20] (Flashback) Guy
    What?
[19:22] (Flashback) Gramps
    If we can train Erina's skills
    to the fullest as a chef,
[19:25] (Flashback) Gramps
    we might be able to save her from
    being swallowed up in the storm.
[19:28] (Flashback) Soei
    But Father, it's always been custom to
    raise the Nakiri children outside of...
SIGN    Mana's Older Brother
    Nakiri Soei
[19:35] (Flashback) Gramps
    I don't give a shit about customs!
[19:37] (Flashback) Gramps
    I need you to gather the rocks that
    will help refine Erina's skills!
[19:43] (Flashback) Gramps
    The Generation of Prodigies!
[19:47] (Flashback) Gramps
    Professor Hayama...
[19:49] (Flashback) Gramps
    I heard that Shiomi-kun found a
    rather interesting boy overseas.
[19:54] (Flashback) Gramps
    Why don't we nurture this
    boy in Japan, at our school?
SIGN    Nakiri International
[19:59] (Flashback) Alice
    Father, please!
[20:01] (Flashback) Alice
    When we go back to Japan,
    I want to take Ryo-kun, too!
[20:04] (Flashback) Soei
    You mean the boy who works
    at the pub by the fishing pier?
[20:08] (Flashback) Soei
    To help my younger sister Mana,
    I will also assist my father with his plan.
[20:13] (Flashback) Alice
    Huh?
[20:14] Sign
    Tuscany, Italy
[20:15] (Flashback) Guy
    What?
[20:17] (Flashback) Guy
    You want Takumi and Isami to enroll
    in Totsuki Academy in Japan?
[20:20] (Flashback) Guy
    I mean, as their uncle, I do
    believe they're brilliant chefs.
[20:25] (Flashback) Mom
    Send Megumi to Totsuki Academy?
[20:29] (Flashback) Soei
    The daughter of the head of the Mito Group...
[20:31] (Flashback) Soei
    Excellent.
SIGN    Yukihira Diner
[20:39] (Flashback) Jo
    You just don't give up, do you?
[20:41] (Flashback) Jo
    All right, fine. I give.
[20:43] (Flashback) Jo
    But don't blame me if Soma ends up
[20:45] (Flashback) Jo
    flipping the table on your
    precious granddaughter.
[20:48] Gramps
    I was well aware that this was an arrogant
    plan that favored my own flesh and blood.
[20:53] Gramps
    But I didn't care what I had to sacrifice.
SIGN    Fail
[20:55] Gramps
    I would turn Erina into hope.
[20:58] Gramps
    How do you like that, my daughter?
    There is hope in cooking!
[21:02] Gramps
    I did all this to make you see that!
[21:06] Gramps
    I can truly sense your love for your
    daughter and granddaughter.
[21:09] Gramps
    I'm nothing more than a doting
    parent and grandfather.
[21:11] Gramps
    And in the end, all I did was set the stage.
[21:16] Erina
    I have to do this...
[21:18] Erina
    It has to be me... Me!
[21:20] Erina
    A dish the world has never seen before...
[21:23] Erina
    I am the director of Totsuki Academy.
    I am the God Tongue.
[21:28] Erina
    I have to be the one who makes it!
[21:31] Erina
    But what can I even do?
[21:33] Erina
    Mother told me herself
[21:36] Erina
    that she doesn't expect anything from me.
[21:38] Erina
    Even my future is set in stone.
[21:40] Erina
    I'm going to despair over
    cooking, just like my mother.
[21:45] Erina
    I can never truly be happy.
[21:47] Erina
    What am I supposed to do?
[21:59] Soma
    Well, this is pretty boring.
[22:03] Soma
    How the hell am I supposed
    to be happy when I win
[22:06] Soma
    if you look like that when you're cooking?
SIGN    Yukihira Diner
[22:09] Soma
    All right. I know what I'm making.
[22:12] Soma
    Just you wait, Nakiri Erina!
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Fifth Plate
SIGN    Food Wars
[23:35] Soma
    Next time... Food Wars.
[23:37] Erina
    The series finale!
[23:38] Soma
    Hey, don't say that before me!