8 - The Alchemist

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SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    Eight
[00:04] Eizan
    I have assembled a force of fifty men.
[00:07] Eizan
    Within the hour, I will receive a
    report that the eviction is complete.
[00:12] Eizan
    So, yeah. Your precious friends
    are in real trouble right now.
[00:17] Eizan
    Are you feeling disappointed?
[00:18] Eizan
    Your precious dorm is
    getting shut down, right?
[00:21] Eizan
    It's all pointless, you see.
[00:22] Eizan
    It doesn't matter if you
    win or lose this Shokugeki.
[00:26] Eizan
    Do you still want to go through this?
[00:30] Men
    Let's go!
[00:32] Men
    Begin the eviction!
[00:41] M
    No... I don't want this.
[00:43] M
    I don't want to lose our dorm. No way!
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    The Alchemist
[02:23] Takumi
    Eizan Etsuya...
[02:26] Takumi
    What a coward!
[02:27] Ikumi
    Yukihira!
SIGN    Shokugeki
[02:29] S
    Uh, Eizan-senpai?
[02:31] S
    If I win this Shokugeki,
[02:35] S
    you'll also cancel the eviction
    from Polar Star Dormitory, right?
[02:38] Eizan
    Huh?
[02:40] Rindo
    Well, yeah.
[02:42] S
    Then I'm fine.
[02:44] S
    I'm going to focus on my cooking.
[02:47] Rindo
    Huh.
[02:48] Rindo
    So what are you making?
[02:50] S
    I'm going with gyoza.
[02:52] Rindo
    Gyoza...
[02:53] Judges
    Heh. Gyoza, eh?
[02:55] Judges
    Doing a comfort food take
    on a gourmet ingredient?
[02:59] Judges
    I suppose that is rather innovative.
[03:01] Judges
    Indeed.
[03:02] Rindo
    You know that if you mess up,
[03:03] Rindo
    you'll destroy the refined aftertaste
    of the Satsuma chicken, right?
[03:07] S
    Well, just watch.
[03:08] Eizan
    Stop loitering around, Rindo—
[03:11] Rindo
    What's that?
[03:12] Eizan
    -senpai.
[03:14] S
    After preparing the chicken, let the meat
    rest without coming in contact with air.
[03:18] S
    Meanwhile, mince garlic chives,
    cabbage, and shiitake mushrooms!
[03:22] S
    Don't forget the ginger and garlic!
[03:24] S
    For the seasoning, combine soy sauce,
    black pepper, and oyster sauce.
[03:29] Eizan
    Why should we bother watching you?
[03:32] Eizan
    Hey, Yukihira.
[03:34] Eizan
    Let's stop the posturing for a second.
[03:36] Eizan
    We all know who's going to win.
[03:38] Eizan
    You won't have a home to go back to, either.
[03:40] Eizan
    This is the outcome after you decided to
    be a hero and challenged me to a Shokugeki!
[03:44] Eizan
    Admit it!
[03:45] Eizan
    You've lost all motivation
    to cook, haven't you?!
[03:48] Rindo
    Well, Yukihira?
[03:52] Eizan
    Yeah? Are you done with the eviction?
[03:55] Mob
    N-No!
[03:56] Mob
    Um, well...
[03:57] Eizan
    Huh?
[03:58] Yuki
    Fire!
SIGN    Polar Star Dormitory
[04:00] Mob
    They're fighting back hardcore!
[04:06] M
    I can't let Polar Star Dormitory
    get shut down.
[04:09] (Flashback) M
    Never!
[04:11] (Flashback) Fumio
    I knew you kids would say that.
[04:14] (Flashback) M
    Fumio-san!
[04:18] (Flashback) Hisako
    Matron, what are these?
[04:20] (Flashback) Fumio
    Relics from the Polar Star
    Dormitory's golden age!
[04:24] (Flashback) Fumio
    Back then, we were on such a roll that
    there was a lot of resentment toward us.
[04:28] (Flashback) Fumio
    Other students would
    frequently storm the place.
[04:33] (Flashback) Yuki
    I had no idea.
[04:34] (Flashback) E
    B-But even if we stand our ground,
[04:37] (Flashback) E
    the outcome will be the same.
[04:39] (Flashback) M
    True.
[04:40] (Flashback) M
    But Soma-kun's fighting for
    all of us all by himself,
[04:44] (Flashback) M
    so at least...
[04:46] (Flashback) Marui
    At least we want to hold on until
    Yukihira finishes his match.
[04:49] (Flashback) Ryoko
    Until then, we have to protect this dorm.
[04:51] (Flashback) Ibu
    We can't let Yukihira be the
    only one fighting for the dorm.
[04:55] (Flashback) Yuki
    For Polar Star! Fight!
[04:58] (Flashback) All
    Yeah!
[05:08] Eizan
    Why are all of you so stubborn?!
[05:11] S
    Eizan-senpai...
[05:13] S
    You seem to really like manipulating things,
[05:19] S
    but if there's something you wanna say to me,
[05:21] S
    can you do it with your cooking?
[05:24] Eizan
    Fine.
[05:25] Eizan
    I get it, Yukihira.
[05:27] Eizan
    I guess if I want to break you,
     I have to cook.
[05:31] Judges
    Oh!
[05:32] Judges
    We can taste Eizan-dono's serious cooking!
[05:36] Judges
    It was worth letting this farce play out!
[05:39] Eizan
    Fine, I've settled on a dish.
[05:42] Eizan
    I'll serve a masterpiece that neither
    over nor under uses
[05:45] Eizan
    the Satsuma chicken's flavors.
[05:47] Eizan
    You try my dish, too, Yukihira.
[05:50] Eizan
    That'll let you at least realize
    a little how far apart we are.
[05:55] Rindo
    Based on the ingredients and
    seasonings Eizan's chosen,
[05:58] Rindo
    he's probably going to make that dish.
[06:03] Judges
    He put the entire bird into the pot!
[06:05] Judges
    How bold!
[06:08] Eizan
    I'm going to leave this untouched
    for about half an hour.
[06:11] Eizan
    I'll take advantage of the residual
    heat to slowly cook the chicken through.
[06:16] Eizan
    This process allows me preserve
    the Satsuma chicken's softness
[06:21] Eizan
    to create an exquisite and tender mouthfeel.
[06:25] Ikumi
    His expertise in gauging
    doneness is put to the test
[06:27] Ikumi
    given that he's using a whole bird.
[06:30] Isami
    While the chicken's cooking,
[06:32] Isami
    he's sautéeing the skin
    to slowly render the fat.
[06:34] Takumi
    Yeah.
[06:35] Takumi
    In addition, he's using the
    light yet rich-tasting fat to
[06:38] Takumi
    sauté garlic, ginger, and raw rice!
[06:44] Eizan
    What are you staring at, Yukihira?
[06:46] S
    Oh, well, I mean...
[06:48] S
    I was just thinking, you can cook after all.
[06:53] Rindo
    Yukihira, you're the best.
[06:56] Rindo
    Well, I get where you're coming from.
[06:58] Rindo
    Eizan basically looks like
    a mobster with brains.
[07:02] Rindo
    He may not look it,
     but he's pretty good, you know?
[07:06] Rindo
    If he hadn't gotten neck-deep in consulting,
[07:08] Rindo
    several of the current Elite Ten
     may have lost their seats to him.
[07:16] (Flashback) Kage
    First, please tell us why you took
    the entrance exam for this academy,
SIGN    Totsuki Academy Junior High Division
     Entrance Exam
     Interview Location
[07:20] (Flashback) Kage
    Eizan Etsuya-kun.
[07:22] (Flashback) Eizan
    Because I want to make money.
[07:25] Kage
    Eizan's total profits from his
    consulting gig in his very first year
[07:28] Kage
    surpassed the combined total of the
    tuition fees for all students that year.
[07:33] Kage
    He has leveraged Totsuki's connections and
    has done more than 500 consultations!
[07:38] Kage
    The consultations span a wide
    variety of topics and requests,
[07:40] Kage
    for all of which his performance
    exceeded perfection.
[07:43] Kage
    Such a feat would be impossible unless
[07:46] Kage
    he possesses an intuitive
    and exhaustive understanding
[07:48] Kage
    of innumerable cuisines and flavors!
[07:50] Kage
    The decision to admit him within the
    Elite Ten's ranks was unanimous.
[07:53] Kage
    That's how irrefutable his financial
    contributions were to the academy.
[07:57] Kage
    Indeed, he is The Alchemist.
SIGN    The Alchemist
[07:59] Kage
    He is worthy of that title!
[08:07] Isami
    He's taking the raw jasmine rice he sautéed
    as the broth was coming together...
[08:11] Takumi
    ...and cooking it in the clear broth that's
    full of the chicken's refined umami.
[08:17] Eizan
    This is unforgivable as a businessman,
[08:19] Eizan
    but I'm going to disregard
    cost and profit today.
[08:22] Eizan
    Strategy is everything in cooking!
[08:24] Eizan
    You have no chance of winning!
[08:25] Eizan
    Yet you challenged me to a
    Shokugeki with no game plan!
[08:28] Eizan
    Regret that and leave Totsuki!
[08:31] S
    Well, sure. I don't have anything
    you might call a strategy,
[08:35] S
    but I didn't challenge you without
    a chance at winning, you know?
[08:38] Eizan
    Oh?
[08:39] S
    There's something I wanted to
    show you in this Shokugeki.
[08:43] S
    So please keep that in mind,
    judges, and hang on to your hats!
[08:48] S
    There!
[08:50] Rindo
    The gyoza...
[08:51] Eizan
    They are different from ordinary gyoza!
[08:53] Ikumi
    He's not using the usual wheat-based wrapper.
[08:55] Ikumi
    Instead, he's using the wings
    themselves as a "wrapper"?
[08:59] Rindo
    I see.
[09:01] Rindo
    He's removed the large and
    small bones from the wing
[09:03] Rindo
    and stuffed the space left behind with filling.
[09:05] Rindo
    They are Satsuma chicken wing gyoza.
[09:08] S
    Bingo!
[09:11] Rindo
    They smell great.
[09:13] S
    The stuffing consists of ground pork,
    garlic chives, cabbage, and shiitake mushroom.
[09:16] S
    It also has coarsely-minced fatty pork.
[09:18] Rindo
    Quick, quick!
[09:20] Rindo
    Finish cooking!
[09:21] S
    Huh? Are you going to have
    some, too, Rindo-senpai?
[09:24] S
    Well, I made extra, so
    I guess it's all right.
[09:26] Judges
    This is pointless.
[09:28] Judges
    Hey, you don't need to make any for us.
[09:31] Judges
    We don't need to taste something...
[09:34] Judges
    ...that's firmly in...
[09:36] Judges
    ...B-grade gourmet territory.
[09:37] S
    Who are those judges, anyway?
[09:39] Rindo
    They're all business partners with Eizan.
[09:42] Rindo
    They're well-connected in the industry,
[09:44] Rindo
    and have ties to Central as well.
[09:46] Rindo
    I think they have a
     good eye for judging dishes.
[09:49] S
    Huh.
[09:51] S
    This dish was pretty popular with
    my family's store's customers, though.
[09:55] Judge
    Kobayashi Rindo!
[09:57] Judge
    You're a member of Central!
[10:00] Judge
    I question whether you should be spending
    so much time on a dish of this caliber.
[10:04] Rindo
    My philosophy is to
     taste first and think later.
[10:09] Judge
    Hmph!
[10:10] Judge
    It's unbelievable that fatty
    pork was used in the stuffing.
[10:12] Judge
    It'd only serve to destroy the refined
    and delicate flavors of Satsuma chicken.
[10:16] Judge
    I can already tell before I even take a bite
[10:18] Judge
    that this is utter foolishness!
[10:20] Eizan
    Got it, Yukihira?
[10:22] Eizan
    That's the extent of your cooking skills.
[10:25] Eizan
    Go on, step back.
[10:27] Eizan
    Here's your reward for going
    along with this farce.
[10:30] Eizan
    Dig in.
SIGN    Hainanese Chicken Rice
[10:32] Judges
    Hainanese chicken rice!
[10:34] Judges
    Also known as khao man gai, Singapore
    chicken rice, and by many other names...
[10:38] Judges
    ...it is a staple dish in
    Southeast Asian cuisine!
[10:42] Eizan
    This is for you.
[10:46] S
    Thanks.
[10:51] Judges
    The delicate yet overwhelming umami!
[10:54] Judges
    The tenderness of perfectly cooked meat!
[10:57] Judges
    The lingering, exquisite flavors!
[11:02] Eizan
    This time, I have prepared
    three different sauces:
SIGN    Chili Sauce
[11:05] Eizan
    a chili sauce containing chicken broth,
SIGN    Ginger Sauce
[11:08] Eizan
    a ginger sauce containing chicken fat,
SIGN    Siew Dam
[11:11] Eizan
    and siew dam, a soy sauce variant
    essential to Thai cooking.
[11:16] S
    There's no question that they'd all
    pair well with the chicken, huh.
[11:21] Takumi
    He capitalized on the Satsuma chicken
     through his dish's design and seasoning.
[11:24] Takumi
    Eizan Etsuya's good taste in cooking
    is being expressed throughout this dish.
[11:28] Takumi
    Through his cooking,
[11:30] Takumi
    he has elevated the overall worth of an
    exceptional chicken to even greater heights!
[11:33] Takumi
    This is indeed an alchemy of flavor!
[11:35] Rindo
    Let's see.
[11:41] Rindo
    Well done.
[11:43] Rindo
    You're The Alchemist, all right.
[11:45] Judges
    Well, Yukihira Soma?
[11:48] Judges
    Your dish falls far short of Central!
[11:51] Judges
    Do you understand that now?!
[11:53] S
    Oh, but my dish isn't finished at all.
[11:58] S
    One final step is required
    to complete my gyoza.
[12:02] Eizan
    I'm sure your tricks are second rate, anyhow.
[12:05] Eizan
    It's obvious that we're as
    different as night and day!
[12:07] Judge
    Eizan-dono, this is clearly a waste of time.
[12:10] Judge
    Can we proceed with the vote?
[12:12] Eizan
    Yeah, go ahead!
[12:13] Eizan
    Just do it.
[12:14] Eizan
    This concludes the Shokugeki.
[12:17] Eizan
    It's done.
[12:17] S
    Don't be like that.
[12:19] S
    What's the harm?
[12:21] S
    Can't you at least try my dish, Eizan-senpai?
[12:24] S
    Oh?
[12:25] S
    Or...
[12:27] S
    are you scared?
[12:29] S
    By my cooking?
[12:34] Eizan
    What?
[12:35] S
    If you're not scared stiff,
     you wouldn't mind trying it, right?
[12:40] S
    It'd be pretty lame if you went
    home without tasting my dish
[12:42] S
    after everything I've said, yeah?
[12:45] Eizan
    Y-You...
[12:47] S
    Oh, guess you feel like tasting it now.
[12:50] S
    Glad to hear it!
[12:54] S
    Now, come closer!
[12:55] S
    Take a good look!
[12:56] S
    My gyoza's about to take on its final form!
[13:02] Ikumi
    What are you going to do, Yukihira?!
[13:04] Ikumi
    Even if they judge your dish,
[13:06] Ikumi
    they've been all bought out by Eizan!
[13:09] Eizan
    Fine. Show me, Yukihira!
[13:12] Eizan
    But that's the end of the line for you!
[13:14] Eizan
    Enjoy your last time cooking
     here at the academy!
[13:19] Eizan
    He had that Satsuma chicken stock
    going since before the match.
[13:23] Eizan
    What's in those two containers?
[13:25] S
    They're nice and warm now.
[13:27] S
    The skin's looking good, too.
[13:29] S
    Here's where I add moisture!
[13:37] Rindo
    Cheese?
[13:39] Isami
    Parmesan?
[13:40] Takumi
    I get it now.
[13:41] Takumi
    Yukihira's making "winged" gyoza.
[13:45] Takumi
    The "wings" are typically made
    using flour thinned with water,
[13:49] Takumi
    but Yukihira had the idea to
    make them with Parmesan cheese.
[13:56] Judges
    See?
[13:58] Judges
    The dish's really plunging into B-grade
    hodgepodge gourmet territory now.
[14:03] Judges
    Using fatty pork in the stuffing
    was already damaging enough,
[14:06] Judges
    but cheese only adds insult to injury.
[14:09] Judges
    You're just overwhelming the chicken's
    refined flavors with unnecessary extras!
[14:15] Judges
    It's the complete opposite of
    Eizan-dono's polished creation.
[14:19] Judges
    This was a waste of time, after all.
[14:22] Eizan
    What's with the chicken broth?
[14:24] Judge
    All right!
[14:25] Judge
    Let's finish the evaluations
    and end the Shokugeki.
[14:28] S
    Shh.
[14:34] S
    Here it comes.
[14:35] S
    The wings have finished crisping up.
[14:37] S
    Now!
[14:44] Eizan
    The broth.
[14:44] S
    Here's the final touch.
[14:47] S
    Make a thick sauce by adding arrowroot
    starch to the chicken broth,
[14:50] S
    and drizzle it over the gyoza as a finish!
[14:53] S
    Dig in, Eizan-senpai!
[15:00] Eizan
    This is stupid.
[15:01] Eizan
    What good does this sauce do?
[15:03] Eizan
    You just threw that in at the last minute.
[15:06] Eizan
    It's definite now.
[15:07] Eizan
    You're not needed at Totsuki.
[15:21] S
    Oh?
[15:23] S
    Is something wrong, Eizan-senpai?
[15:25] S
    Are you maybe thinking that
    my gyoza tastes good?
[15:29] Judges
    It can't be.
[15:30] Judges
    It's just B-grade gourmet food.
[15:32] Judges
    Impossible!
[15:33] S
    Oh, c'mon.
[15:34] S
    If you're gonna be that harsh,
[15:35] S
    maybe you should just try
    it so you know for sure?
[15:38] S
    Here, there you go.
[15:42] S
    Hey, Eizan-senpai.
[15:44] S
    You thought mine tasted good, right?
[15:48] S
    Don't you want it to be clear
    which dish tastes better?
[15:51] Judges
    This is ridiculous!
[15:53] Judges
    I told you!
[15:54] Judges
    There's no need to try your dish!
[15:56] Judges
    It's time to vote!
[15:58] Judges
    Um... Well...
[16:00] Judges
    Can't we at least have a bite
    before we cast our votes?
[16:04] Judges
    Huh?
[16:05] Judges
    I mean, the outcome is already decided, so...
[16:08] Judges
    What are you saying?
[16:11] Judges
    I'm not eating any of it.
[16:12] Judges
    Well, excuse me, but I'm having a bite.
[16:16] Judges
    Oh, then I will, too.
[16:26] S
    Here, thanks for waiting!
[16:28] Rindo
    Yeah! Here it comes!
[16:31] Rindo
    I'll try it, too!
[16:33] Judge
    Kobayashi Rindo!
[16:34] Rindo
    Well, even Eizan was acting
    like it was really good.
[16:38] Rindo
    How can I not eat after that?
[16:48] Rindo
    Hey, this is good, Yukihira Soma!
[16:51] Judges
    How?!
[16:52] Judges
    How could his slapdash cooking have enhanced
    the chicken's flavors to this degree?!
[16:57] S
    The answer to that question
    lies in the sauce.
[16:59] S
    I've added soy sauce, sake,
    vinegar, sugar, sesame oil,
[17:04] S
    and a secret ingredient to the chicken broth.
[17:07] Eizan
    A secret ingredient?!
[17:11] S
    It's ketchup.
[17:12] S
    I made a special sweet-sour sauce with
    ketchup as the secret ingredient.
[17:17] Eizan
    Ketchup...
[17:18] Ikumi
    It's the sweet-sour sauce used in
    dishes like sweet-and-sour pork
[17:20] Ikumi
    and crab omelet with rice.
[17:21] Ikumi
    It's a great way to offset the
    oiliness of Chinese cuisine!
[17:26] Takumi
    The added acidity from the ketchup
[17:29] Takumi
    allowed him to highlight the juiciness and
    richness of fatty pork and Parmesan cheese,
[17:33] Takumi
    while heightening the elegant
    aftertaste of the chicken!
[17:36] Isami
    Tomatoes are basically umami
    bombs full of glutamic acid.
[17:41] Isami
    It pairs well with Parmesan cheese, too.
[17:45] Takumi
    There's also synergy with the
    umami components in the chicken
[17:48] Takumi
    and the shiitake mushrooms.
[17:50] Judges
    It may have looked like a hodgepodge
    of ideas in a B-grade gourmet dish,
[17:54] Judges
    as far from refinement
    as one might imagine...
[17:56] Judges
    And yet!
[17:56] Judges
    Once you take a bite,
[17:58] Judges
    it is an unimaginably perfect
    combination of flavors!
[18:01] Judges
    How does one even conceive of such a thing?
[18:03] S
    Oh, it wasn't just me who
    thought this up, you see.
[18:08] S
    I came up with the idea to add
    tomatoes to a dish like this
[18:11] S
    with other Polar Star Dorm students.
[18:17] Hisako
    Don't worry, Erina-sama!
[18:19] Hisako
    I will not allow them to touch you!
[18:23] E
    Hisako...
[18:24] Hisako
    Yes?
[18:25] Erina
    The people at this dorm... are quite strange.
[18:29] Hisako
    "Strange"?
[18:33] (Flashback) Yuki
    Erina-cchi!
[18:35] (Flashback) Sato
    It's comeback time!
[18:37] (Flashback) E
    You never seem to get tired of this.
[18:40] (Flashback) Sato
    You told us off a lot yesterday, too!
[18:42] (Flashback) Yuki
    I'm gonna make you say my
    dish is good today for sure!
[18:46] (Flashback) E
    So you followed my advice
    and changed the recipe?
[18:50] (Flashback) E
    Very well.
[18:51] (Flashback) E
    You are letting me stay here, after all.
[18:53] (Flashback) E
    I'll taste your creations again today—
[18:56] (Flashback) E
    It's totally different from
    what I said you should do!
[18:59] (Flashback) Yuki
    Huh? Well, yeah.
[19:00] (Flashback) E
    I told you!
[19:01] (Flashback) E
    Galantines are meant to be served cold!
[19:04] (Flashback) E
    Because it's served warm,
[19:05] (Flashback) E
    it lacks firmness.
[19:07] (Flashback) E
    Besides, you were supposed to capitalize
    on using sauce made from porcini mushrooms,
[19:10] (Flashback) E
    but you instead used strong
    gorgonzola cheese in your sauce!
[19:14] (Flashback) E
    It will certainly be even
    worse than yesterday's—
[19:17] E
    What?!
[19:18] E
    It can't be...
[19:19] E
    It's still very rough around the edges,
[19:21] E
    but having strong flavors go head-to-head
[19:24] E
    actually enhanced each flavor!
[19:26] (Flashback) Yuki
    Hey, hey.
[19:27] (Flashback) Yuki
    How is it?
[19:29] (Flashback) S
    The pork fat flavor's coming
    through too strongly now.
[19:32] (Flashback) S
    It's making the taste too over-the-top.
[19:34] (Flashback) M
    But you kind of want to keep the richness.
[19:37] (Flashback) Yuki
    Hey, hey, Erina-cchi.
[19:38] (Flashback) E
    Wait!
[19:39] (Flashback) E
    This combination can't work!
[19:39] (Flashback) Yuki
    Hey, hey.
[19:41] (Flashback) E
    Using pork and chicken together like this?
[19:41] (Flashback) Yuki
    Hey, c'mon.
[19:43] (Flashback) E
    You can't just keep adding flavors together!
[19:46] (Flashback) E
    You have to think about how to
    subtract flavors, as well.
[19:47] (Flashback) S
    Wait, how about adding more acidity?
[19:50] (Flashback) E
    Listen to me!
[19:51] (Flashback) S
    Yeah!
[19:53] (Flashback) S
    An acidity that'd keep the
    chicken's umami and the pork's richness
[19:55] (Flashback) S
    while negating the oiliness.
[19:58] (Flashback) Aoki
    Hmm...
[19:59] (Flashback) M
    Acidity, hmm.
[20:01] (Flashback) Aoki
    Maybe that?
[20:03] (Flashback) S
    Yeah! That!
[20:04] (Flashback) Aoki
    All right!
[20:05] (Flashback) Aoki
    Let's go pick some from the farm!
[20:07] (Flashback) Yuki
    Off to the Polar Star farm!
[20:08] (Flashback) E
    H-Hey!
[20:09] (Flashback) E
    I said, listen to me!
[20:13] E
    I've done taste testing
    more times than I can count,
[20:17] E
    but hardly anyone ever
    disregarded my recommendations
[20:21] E
    because my sense of taste
    is absolute and infallible.
[20:26] E
    But here at Polar Star Dormitory,
[20:28] E
    the chaotic clash of random ideas
[20:31] E
    creates surprising solutions.
[20:34] S
    Central, was it?
[20:36] S
    From where you stand,
[20:38] S
    I bet we don't seem to be worth
    a proper evaluation or anything.
[20:42] S
    But in this dish, our day-to-day lives
    at the dorm are hanging in the balance.
[20:45] S
    The days we spent butting heads
    with each other at the dorm,
[20:48] S
    which you're now trying to shut down!
[20:52] S
    Hey, mister, you in the middle.
[20:54] S
    I'll crush your boring way of thinking
    that there's only one correct way to cook.
[21:01] S
    Try it.
[21:02] S
    It'll blow away your fossilized brain.
[21:10] Eizan
    Hey...
[21:21] S
    C'mon, please reconsider.
[21:24] S
    This dish you'd made up your minds about
    being worthless isn't so bad, is it?
[21:29] Eizan
    Yukihira!
SIGN    Yukihira Soma
SIGN    Eizan Etsuya
[21:44] S
    Thank you for eating!
SIGN    Yukihira Soma
SIGN    Eizan Etsuya
[23:17] S
    So Polar Star Dorm won't
    get shut down, right?
[23:25] S
    Are you watching this, folks at Central?
[23:30] S
    Okay, so if you try to mess with
    my friends or people I know,
[23:34] S
    you're gonna pay.
[23:36] S
    We might be lowbies to you or whatever,
[23:40] S
    but we're not gonna take it lying down.
[23:43] S
    If you wanna fight, I'll accept the challenge
[23:45] S
    and come at you all with everything I've got!
[23:47] S
    That'll be the case even if
    it's someone on the Elite Ten.
SIGN    Totsuki
SIGN    Food Wars
SIGN    The Third Plate
SIGN    Next Episode: Hunting the Survivors
[24:07] M
    I hope you savor the next episode!