# 17 - The Umami Tightrope
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***SIGN*** The Third Plate
***SIGN*** Seventeen
**[00:03] Hayama**
You will lose a third time, too—
**[00:05] Hayama**
An even worse defeat than before.
**[00:11] S**
Hey, Hayama.
**[00:12] S**
You look kind of glum for someone who
managed to win a seat in the Elite Ten.
**[00:17] S**
You even got in bed with Central
**[00:20] S**
to get what you wanted in the Elite Ten.
**[00:22] S**
You should at least look
like you're having fun.
**[00:24] Hayama**
I didn't join Central to have fun.
**[00:27] Hayama**
I joined Central...
**[00:30] Hayama**
...for Jun.
**[00:33] S**
What do you mean by that—
**[00:34] Hayama**
That's none of your business.
**[00:36] Hayama**
Stop bothering me.
**[00:39] Hayama**
This match is only a checkpoint for me.
***SIGN*** Food Wars
***SIGN*** The Third Plate
***SIGN*** Totsuki Train Arc
***SIGN*** Baths
***SIGN*** Men
***SIGN*** The Umami Tightrope
**[02:15] Kuga**
Hey, Yukihira-chin!
**[02:17] Kuga**
Why'd you come back with
your tail between your legs?
**[02:19] Kuga**
That was your chance to
challenge him to a Shokugeki!
**[02:21] Kuga**
It's so easy!
**[02:23] Kuga**
"Let's do a Shokugeki at this exam!"
**[02:25] Kuga**
That's all you had to say!
**[02:26] Kuga**
You wanna crush Hayama, don't you?
**[02:29] S**
Well, sure, but...
**[02:33] S**
Hm?
**[02:37] D**
Hm?
**[02:38] S**
Dojima-senpai...
**[02:39] D**
What's wrong, Yukihira?
**[02:41] D**
You look like something's on your mind.
**[02:46] D**
How the Shiomi Research Group was shut down?
**[02:49] S**
Yeah.
**[02:50] S**
Do you know how it happened, Dojima-senpai?
**[02:52] S**
Did Hayama not challenge Central to a
Shokugeki for the research group's survival?
**[02:57] Kuga**
What's any of this got to
do with you, Yukihira-chin?
**[03:01] Kuga**
Who cares about a loser who's become
the Azami administration's lap dog?
**[03:06] S**
Well, I just have a hard time imagining
someone like Hayama taking orders
**[03:10] S**
from an enemy without a reason.
**[03:12] D**
As you'd guessed, that wasn't his plan.
**[03:16] D**
At least, not at first.
**[03:22] (Flashback) Jun**
Hayama-kun!
***SIGN*** Shiomi Research Group
Creative Curry Laboratory
**[03:25] (Flashback) Jun**
We did it!
**[03:26] (Flashback) Jun**
A lot of corporate reps just came over
**[03:28] (Flashback) Jun**
and said they'll increase the budget
for our joint projects—all of them!
**[03:32] (Flashback) H**
Huh.
**[03:33] (Flashback) H**
Well, that's no surprise given
all your accomplishments.
**[03:37] (Flashback) H**
You may not look it, but you
used to be in the Elite Ten.
**[03:39] (Flashback) Jun**
What's that supposed to mean?!
***SIGN*** Shiomi Research Group
Creative Curry Laboratory
**[03:41] (Flashback) Jun**
Hey, are you listening
to me, Hayama-kun? Hey!
**[03:44] H**
* I guess we'll be neck deep*
* in research again...*
**[03:47] (Flashback) H**
What do you mean, you want to
terminate the business partnership?
***SIGN*** Big Curry Products Business Development Division
**[03:50] Corp**
*We do apologize for the inconvenience.*
**[03:52] Corp**
* The details will be*
* specified in the letter.*
**[03:53] (Flashback) H**
Hey, wait...
**[03:55] Corp**
* We do apologize. Please consider*
* the contract null and void.*
**[03:58] Corp**
*We understand it's a major inconvenience,*
**[04:00] Corp**
* but we are withdrawing our*
* sponsorship effective immediately.*
**[04:03] (Flashback) H**
Why?!
**[04:04] (Flashback) H**
Tell us why!
**[04:05] (Flashback) Azami**
Because all autonomous groups in
Totsuki Academy will be disbanded.
**[04:11] (Flashback) Azami**
Central will be the only
public face of Totsuki.
**[04:18] (Flashback) Azami**
Welcome, Hayama Akira-kun.
**[04:20] (Flashback) Azami**
Your culinary sensitivities are
**[04:21] (Flashback) Azami**
worthy of inclusion in the world
of true gourmet food I envision.
**[04:24] (Flashback) Azami**
I want you to join Central.
**[04:26] (Flashback) Azami**
I'll give you an entire laboratory
facility for your personal use.
**[04:30] (Flashback) Azami**
That is, if you'll accept the
disbanding of the research group
**[04:34] (Flashback) Azami**
and swear fealty to me.
**[04:35] (Flashback) H**
This is stupid, old man.
**[04:38] (Flashback) H**
I'll never let you shut down
Shiomi Research Group—
**[04:40] (Flashback) Azami**
That research group has no
future as long as I'm here.
***SIGN*** Data Oct-Nov '12
**[04:43] (Flashback) Azami**
Neither do these, in fact.
**[04:46] (Flashback) H**
Give them back!
**[04:47] (Flashback) H**
You have no right to them!
**[04:49] (Flashback) H**
That's our—the research group's—research data!
**[04:53] (Flashback) Azami**
This is where we begin negotiations.
**[04:57] (Flashback) Azami**
If you'll do as I say,
**[04:59] (Flashback) Azami**
I'll allow you to add Professor Shiomi
to your research facility.
**[05:03] (Flashback) Azami**
You can choose to engage
in a Shokugeki for the
**[05:05] (Flashback) Azami**
continued existence of your research group,
**[05:07] (Flashback) Azami**
but even if you win, your corporate
partnerships are long gone.
**[05:10] (Flashback) Azami**
Professor Shiomi's activities will
most likely be restricted, too.
**[05:21] (Flashback) Azami**
In the coming days, there will be a battle
royale to fill the vacant Elite Ten seats.
**[05:26] (Flashback) Azami**
I do hope to see you there.
**[05:28] D**
Hayama participated in the battle
royale and became the ninth seat.
**[05:34] D**
That is all I've heard.
**[05:37] D**
It's likely that forcing Hayama Akira to
**[05:39] D**
become an ally was Nakiri Azami's
objective from the very start.
**[05:43] Kuga**
Azami's such a bastard!
**[05:45] Kuga**
Unbelievable!
**[05:46] Kuga**
Seriously?! I feel really
bad for Hayama-chin!
**[05:51] D**
Hayama must defeat you in
order to reach his goal.
**[05:56] S**
I see.
**[05:57] S**
So that's why he said it's a checkpoint.
**[06:02] Kuga**
Hey, Yukihira-chin?
**[06:05] S**
Hayama!
**[06:08] S**
Hayama!
**[06:09] S**
Hayama!
**[06:11] S**
Hayama!
**[06:12] S**
Hayama!
**[06:14] S**
Hayama!
**[06:21] S**
Hayama, I heard what burden you're carrying.
**[06:25] S**
If you can beat me in the advancement exam,
**[06:27] S**
you can keep on doing what you want to do.
**[06:30] S**
So this match is just a
checkpoint for that, right?
**[06:34] H**
Sounds about right.
**[06:39] S**
You should really stop underestimating me.
**[06:44] S**
I'm here to redeem myself.
**[06:46] S**
I don't care what the actual reasons are—
**[06:48] S**
I'm really looking forward
to facing you for real.
**[06:51] S**
Don't you dare be distracted by anything
but what you'll be cooking, got it?!
**[06:55] H**
Huh?
**[06:56] H**
Any match needs a goal.
**[06:59] H**
You have no idea what's going on, anyway—
**[07:00] S**
Wasn't the research group important to you?
**[07:03] S**
And you couldn't even fight to save it.
**[07:07] S**
The hell I'm gonna lose to
a pathetic loser like that!
**[07:10] H**
Yukihira!
**[07:12] H**
Fine.
**[07:13] H**
If you're that eager to suffer defeat...
**[07:16] H**
I'll hand it to you on a silver platter.
**[07:22] Kuga**
Yukihira-chin, you might
get expelled for this.
**[07:26] Kuga**
Do you understand that?
***SIGN*** Day of Stage Three Exam
**[07:30] S**
* So your stage three exam also*
* involves facing the Elite Ten?*
**[07:32] Alice**
Yes, both Ryo-kun and I are heading over now.
**[07:37] Alice**
Who would've thought that
Hayama-kun would turn against us
**[07:40] Alice**
after we worked hard at the
Moon Festival together?!
**[07:45] Alice**
Has he forgotten the mindset we developed
in the White Coat Trio team I led?
**[07:50] Alice**
*He's got a lecture coming!*
**[07:52] S**
Oh, you do that.
**[07:54] S**
Oh, if you have a message
for me, I can tell him.
**[07:57] Alice**
*No, that's not necessary.*
**[08:00] Alice**
We'll *all* pass stage three and
meet up at the next exam location.
**[08:05] Alice**
Then we can *all* complain to Hayama-kun.
**[08:09] S**
Right, we *all* will.
**[08:13] S**
Good luck!
**[08:14] S**
All right!
**[08:16] S**
Everyone else's fired up, too.
**[08:18] S**
I've gotta keep up!
**[08:20] Kuga**
Yukihira-chin, you understand this, right?
**[08:23] Kuga**
You're all up against the Elite Ten.
**[08:25] Kuga**
It's impossible for all the rebels
to make it through this round.
**[08:31] Kuga**
A normal person would think that, at least.
**[08:36] S**
Well, that's up to them.
**[08:40] S**
I can only work on my upcoming match.
***SIGN*** Green Room Tadokoro Megumi Takumi Aldini
**[08:45] Takumi**
Everyone else is about to
start their exams, too.
**[08:49] M**
Yeah.
**[08:50] Rindo**
Hey, now isn't the time to be
worrying about anyone else!
**[08:54] Rindo**
After all, I'm the one you'll be facing!
**[09:01] Rindo**
Well, let's get cooking!
**[09:09] E**
*Everyone...*
**[09:20] E**
*I can only have faith*
**[09:23] E**
* in the abilities of the*
* chefs I've come to trust.*
**[09:35] D**
I trust you're both ready.
**[09:38] D**
Let me introduce the judges to you.
**[09:40] BS**
Stare...
**[09:41] S**
Huh?
**[09:43] Sh**
Hey, Berta. The other one's
better looking, isn't he?
**[09:46] B**
Yes, he is, Cilla.
**[09:48] Sh**
But maybe I don't really like
men who are too good looking.
**[09:52] Sh**
This unsophisticated-looking guy
might be more reliable.
**[09:55] B**
You just don't get it, Cilla!
**[09:57] B**
Guys like him can be more passionate!
**[10:01] Sh**
Really?
**[10:02] Sh**
Then I'll cheer him on, too!
**[10:05] B**
Yup, yup.
**[10:06] BS**
So, good luck, handsome!
**[10:09] S**
Wow, I feel like I've already
lost before we even got started.
**[10:12] Kuga**
Hey, Dojima-senpai.
**[10:15] Kuga**
Where's the impartiality here?!
**[10:17] Kuga**
And they're both just kids!
**[10:18] Kuga**
How can they be judges?
**[10:21] Sh**
I hate rude people!
**[10:23] B**
What's your complaint, shorty?
**[10:25] Kuga**
Who you calling "shorty"?!
**[10:27] D**
Allow me to introduce them.
**[10:29] D**
They are Cilla and Berta, geniuses
whose knowledge of brain physiology
***SIGN*** Nakiri International Research Staff
Cilla & Berta
**[10:33] D**
and culinary sensitivity led them to
be recruited by Nakiri Leonora-dono.
**[10:38] D**
Their ability to judge
dishes is unquestionable.
**[10:41] D**
The chair of the judging panel
**[10:43] D**
is the founder of Totsuki International,
the academy's research institute.
**[10:48] B**
Oh, Nassan.
**[10:49] Sh**
Good morning, Nassan!
**[10:51] S**
"Nassan"?
**[10:52] D**
He's delegated most of the institute's
day-to-day operations to his wife, Leonora,
**[10:57] D**
to focus his efforts on
negotiating external contracts.
**[11:00] D**
He is Nakiri Soue-dono.
***SIGN*** Founder, Nakiri International
Nakiri Soue
**[11:03] S**
Oh, I see, the "Na" in Nassan is from Nakiri.
***SIGN*** Senzaemon
***SIGN*** Leonora
***SIGN*** Soue
***SIGN*** Azami
***SIGN*** Alice
***SIGN*** Erina
**[11:06] S**
So he's Leonora-san's husband,
Nakiri Alice's dad,
**[11:10] S**
Nakiri Erina's uncle,
**[11:11] S**
and the former director's son!
**[11:14] D**
Thank you for coming all
the way here, Soue-dono.
**[11:17] Soei**
It's been a while, Dojima Gin.
**[11:19] Soei**
I trust you've been well?
**[11:21] S**
Wow, he's really uptight.
**[11:23] Kuga**
But wait, he's a relative
of Nakiri Azami's, isn't he?
**[11:27] Kuga**
How can we trust him?!
**[11:28] Soei**
Do not underestimate me, Kuga Terunori.
**[11:30] Soei**
As a judge, I swear I will
exercise absolute impartiality.
**[11:33] Soei**
Even if this were a match involving
my own daughter, Alice,
**[11:36] Soei**
I would be fair in my judgment.
**[11:38] Soei**
Why?
**[11:40] Soei**
Because even should she be defeated,
**[11:42] Soei**
Alice is the most adorable
thing in the entire world.
**[11:44] Soei**
Oh, but Leonora is the most adorable
thing in the entire world, too.
**[11:48] Soei**
Their charm is the sole mystery I can
never solve, even in a lifetime of research.
**[11:55] S**
It turns out he's a doting
father and husband, I guess.
**[11:57] Soei**
So...
**[11:58] Soei**
Hayama Akira. Yukihira Soma.
**[12:01] Soei**
Look.
**[12:02] Soei**
Here is the bear meat
that is the topic today.
**[12:08] Chinese RS**
What a thick layer of fat!
**[12:10] Soei**
The bear was caught by a first-rate hunter.
**[12:13] Soei**
The carcass was butchered and drained
of blood with flawless expertise.
**[12:16] Soei**
You will face each other using this meat.
**[12:19] S**
Got it.
**[12:20] S**
Hayama, let's do a taste
comparison of each other's food,
**[12:23] S**
just like we did in the prelims.
**[12:24] H**
I have no idea what you're
planning to prepare,
**[12:27] H**
but there's nothing to
compare between us anymore.
**[12:29] H**
We are worlds apart.
**[12:31] D**
It's time.
**[12:33] D**
Let the cooking begin!
**[12:38] Chinese RS**
What part is Hayama going to use?
**[12:40] Chinese RS**
Looks like loin.
**[12:42] Chinese RS**
He's chopped the meat into large chunks,
**[12:44] Chinese RS**
and is coating them with a puree
of garlic, ginger, and onion.
**[12:48] Chinese RS**
He's going to tenderize the
meat with that marinade.
**[12:51] Chinese RS**
Meanwhile, he's making batter
from eggs and starch...
**[12:55] Chinese RS**
And oil?
**[12:57] D**
He's going to fry it.
**[12:59] H**
Fried chicken is a dish with a long history,
born in the American south.
**[13:05] H**
I'll serve you a version of the dish
that is appropriate for this venue.
**[13:11] Chinese RS**
"Fried chicken" made with bear meat...
**[13:13] Chinese RS**
So chicken-fried bear?
**[13:15] Chinese RS**
Hayama's going in for the kill.
**[13:18] Kuga**
* If he can concentrate the bear's*
* umami within the batter,*
**[13:22] Kuga**
* he'll create the ultimate dish*
* that'll knock your brains out.*
**[13:26] Kuga**
* But on the flip side, if he botches the*
* removal of gaminess from the meat,*
**[13:29] Kuga**
* all the unpleasant flavors will be*
* trapped within the batter.*
**[13:33] D**
*Will it be umami or smelliness that's left?*
**[13:36] D**
*It's big gamble!*
**[13:42] D**
*Hayama has no intention of playing defense...*
**[13:45] D**
* He intends to bring the*
* fight to close quarters!*
**[13:47] Soei**
It seems he has absolute confidence.
**[13:50] Soei**
He believes he can control every
single aspect of the ingredient.
**[13:54] Chinese RS**
Look!
**[13:55] Chinese RS**
Yukihira-dono's also
preparing breading and oil!
**[14:02] (Flashback) Kuga**
Even a smell that may be totally
fine when out in the open
**[14:06] (Flashback) Kuga**
can turn into an unpleasant
odor in a more confined space.
**[14:09] (Flashback) Hunter**
That does mean that if you can't take
advantage of the smell that remains,
**[14:12] (Flashback) Hunter**
it's because you're a bad chef.
**[14:15] S**
* I finally get it now, after listening*
* to Kuga-senpai and the hunter guy.*
**[14:18] S**
* I have to take full advantage*
* of the bear's flavors,*
**[14:21] S**
* even if I have to risk trapping*
* bad odors in the dish!*
**[14:23] S**
* If I don't, I'm never going to*
* stand a chance against Hayama.*
**[14:27] S**
*And this...*
**[14:30] S**
*...is my answer!*
**[14:31] Chinese RS**
So they both chose a fried dish in the end?!
**[14:35] D**
* One could say the gloves*
* are off on this fight.*
**[14:38] D**
* It'll be a fierce slugfest between*
* two boxers at close quarters!*
**[14:51] S**
*Combine different parts of the bear—*
**[14:53] S**
* loin, boned rib, round, and*
* fatty and lean meat—*
**[14:55] S**
*into ground meat.*
**[14:59] S**
*Season with schisandra, onion, and salt.*
**[15:02] S**
* One misstep and the umami*
* will turn into smelliness.*
**[15:05] S**
*Stay sharp.*
**[15:07] S**
*Keep dealing the best hand you can think of!*
**[15:14] D**
Yukihira's pouring bear broth into the meat!
**[15:18] D**
So he's adding even more of
the bear's essential flavors
**[15:20] D**
when the meat already has
a strong wild flavor.
**[15:24] D**
*You can't help but get drawn in...*
**[15:26] D**
*...by the two's tension.*
**[15:30] D**
*There's no way anyone can look away.*
**[15:32] D**
*What they're doing...*
**[15:35] D**
*...will easily lead to self-destruction*
**[15:37] D**
*with a single misstep!*
**[15:38] D**
*What a nerve-wracking tightrope walk!*
**[15:43] D**
*But...*
**[15:49] D**
* When it comes to a tightrope*
* of flavor and fragrance,*
**[15:51] D**
*Hayama Akira is the greater expert!*
**[15:55] Chinese RS**
There it is!
**[15:56] Chinese RS**
Hayama's original Cajun spice blend!
**[16:00] S**
*He must be making a sauce.*
**[16:03] H**
Yukihira, don't tell me you have the
time to lay eyes on anyone else.
**[16:06] H**
Don't worry.
**[16:08] H**
I'll make enough for you to try.
**[16:10] H**
You can do all the taste comparing you want.
**[16:13] B**
What is that smell?
**[16:14] B**
Is it something like cypress?
**[16:15] Sh**
It's a smell unique to conifers, Berta.
**[16:18] B**
You're right, Cilla.
**[16:20] B**
It's probably terpenes and phenols.
**[16:22] Sh**
They stimulate the cerebral
cortex and aid relaxation.
**[16:26] Kuga**
I thought so.
**[16:28] Kuga**
The core component of the fragrance
Hayama is trying to create
**[16:31] Kuga**
is the genièvre.
**[16:33] S**
Geni... èvre?
**[16:34] BSh**
Juniper berries.
**[16:36] Sh**
They're a spice that's been used
ever since ancient Egypt.
**[16:40] Sh**
Right, Berta?
**[16:41] B**
Yes, Cilla.
**[16:42] B**
It has the astringency of pine resin
**[16:44] B**
and a fragrant sweetness.
**[16:45] B**
Some spiciness, too.
**[16:47] H**
Thicken bear broth with flour and milk,
**[16:52] H**
then season the sauce once it is
fragrant and has deepened in color.
**[16:56] H**
Add the spices for fragrance, and then...
**[17:02] H**
You have a gravy that will
further enhance the fried bear.
**[17:06] Sh**
No way!
**[17:07] Sh**
This is impossibly complex and fragrant
compared to normal gravy!
**[17:12] B**
I want to taste just a tiny bit!
**[17:14] H**
You want to try it?
**[17:17] H**
Sure.
**[17:20] H**
Here.
**[17:24] Sh**
*What rich, wild bear flavor!*
**[17:26] Sh**
*But there is no smelliness!*
**[17:30] B**
* The juniper berry's spiciness*
* is spreading throughout my body!*
**[17:34] Sh**
*What a masculine, aggressive flavor!*
**[17:37] B**
* I'm being schooled by*
* this enthralling fragrance!*
**[17:40] BSh**
*Even we...*
**[17:41] BSh**
*are easily...*
**[17:45] BSh**
*domesticated!*
**[17:50] D**
What a terrifying chef.
**[17:52] D**
Who would've thought that the sauce
alone would be enough to subjugate them?
**[17:57] S**
All right, my sauce is done, too.
**[18:00] Chinese RS**
Oh!
**[18:00] Chinese RS**
Yukihira-dono's getting to
the frying process first.
**[18:06] S**
*How strange.*
**[18:08] S**
*Thinking back,*
**[18:10] S**
*I'm actually glad I lost that day.*
***SIGN*** Hayama Akira
**[18:14] S**
*Thank you, Hayama.*
**[18:17] S**
*If I hadn't lost to you,*
**[18:19] S**
*I wouldn't be the chef I am now.*
**[18:22] Kuga**
He's improved the hamburger
he tested earlier,
**[18:26] Kuga**
and added the breading
**[18:28] Kuga**
to further concentrate and
strengthen the bear's flavors.
**[18:30] Kuga**
It's a minced meat cutlet!
**[18:34] S**
Now, judges.
**[18:36] S**
Here's the best bear dish
I could come up with.
**[18:40] Sh**
Wow, Berta!
**[18:43] B**
Cilla!
**[18:44] B**
It's fried to perfection!
**[18:45] B**
The brilliance of the
essential fatty acids is
**[18:47] B**
making my visual optic nerves really happy!
**[18:49] S**
Hayama, I'll make yours
right before you try it.
**[18:53] S**
Just let me know when you
have a minute to spare, okay?
**[19:01] D**
Well, then. Soue-dono, Berta-dono,
Cilla-dono, please try the dish!
**[19:06] Chinese RS**
Can he win against Hayama Akira?
**[19:08] D**
* More importantly, did you win*
* your own wager, Yukihira Soma?*
**[19:13] D**
* How did you do on your tightrope walk*
* across not letting any flavors escape,*
**[19:16] D**
*while not permitting unpleasant odors?*
**[19:17] Sh**
I want to try it while
it's still piping hot...
**[19:20] B**
...but what if it's really gamey inside?
**[19:24] Soei**
May I have a napkin?
**[19:26] Sh**
Nassan?!
**[19:27] B**
You'll go first?!
**[19:29] Soei**
Is this too impolite?
**[19:31] S**
Not at all!
**[19:32] S**
That's the best way to
eat a minced meat cutlet!
**[19:35] S**
Please take a big bite!
**[19:38] Soei**
I will.
**[19:42] Sh**
I'll try it, too!
**[19:43] B**
Me, too, then!
**[19:45] Sh**
So hot!
**[19:48] BSh**
Here we go!
**[19:57] BSh**
What is... this?
**[20:01] B**
It's delicious!
**[20:03] Sh**
* The sweet and strong meat juices*
* explode in your mouth—*
**[20:07] Sh**
*The umami is enough to rattle your brains!*
**[20:10] B**
* Sourness, bitterness, sweetness,*
* spiciness, and saltiness...*
**[20:14] B**
* The schisandra's various*
* flavors are converting*
**[20:16] B**
* the bear's gaminess into*
* umami in a balanced way.*
**[20:20] Sh**
* This is like getting slapped*
* by the richness of flavor!*
**[20:23] Soei**
This is a watershed between the two extremes
of flavor, the best and the worst.
**[20:26] Soei**
Not to mention, he has made a dangerous
gamble far beyond one's imagination.
**[20:31] Soei**
Yukihira Soma,
**[20:32] Soei**
you were fearless and generous with your
use of meat that lay close to the bone.
**[20:38] D**
*I see.*
**[20:40] D**
* The closer meat is to the bone,*
* the more gamey its flavor!*
**[20:43] D**
* This tendency is even more pronounced*
* in the meat of wild game!*
**[20:49] Kuga**
So Yukihira-chin threw the smelliest
parts of the bear into the cutlet.
**[20:55] Kuga**
He discerned the limit of
preventing smelliness
**[20:58] Kuga**
and easily stepped over the line normal
chefs would not be able to cross.
**[21:03] B**
Why did you take such a big risk?
**[21:04] S**
Well, smelliness has a powerful
potential to lead to umami.
**[21:10] S**
Of course you go all in!
**[21:13] S**
That's where the potential
for delicious taste lies.
**[21:18] Sh**
Hey, Berta.
**[21:19] Sh**
I thought he was unsophisticated...
**[21:22] B**
Yeah, I guess we thought wrong, Cilla.
**[21:25] BSh**
*A dangerous man who takes big risks to win...*
**[21:28] BSh**
*How wonderful!*
**[21:30] Soei**
*Yukihira Soma...*
**[21:31] Soei**
* He combined several different parts*
* of the bear into the ground meat.*
**[21:35] Soei**
* Doing so further emphasized the variance in*
* the strength of flavors within the cutlet*
**[21:40] Soei**
*and successfully created a umami gradient.*
**[21:44] Soei**
* That is how he created*
* such a complex richness.*
**[21:47] Soei**
* He crossed quite a tightrope*
* with this dish...*
**[21:51] Soei**
* The determination of a chef*
* to endure such risks—*
**[21:54] Soei**
*is bursting me open!*
**[21:57] D**
Oh, look!
**[21:59] ---**
He Who Inherits the Chest-Baring
**[22:01] ---**
seems to have acknowledged Yukihira's dish.
**[22:03] S**
Yeah!
**[22:07] Kuga**
I knew I believed in you.
**[22:09] S**
Oh, I wouldn't be so sure.
**[22:16] H**
Thank you for waiting.
**[22:18] H**
This is the ultimate bear dish.
**[22:25] Chinese RS**
What?!
**[22:26] Chinese RS**
What is this... brilliance?!
***SIGN*** Totsuki
***SIGN*** Food Wars
***SIGN*** The Third Plate
***SIGN*** Next Episode For Whom
**[24:06] M**
The train will be barreling into a blizzard!