Best Girl of Shokugeki no Souma

Imeon said:


That's her character. But you can't ignore the fact that it was her that motivated him to REALLY strive harder. Remember the opening ceremony? Soma swore to make Erina that he'll make her say one day that his food are delicious.

That made me think that the series will end once Erina says,

"It's delicious, Soma." *blushes*smile

RedHazard said:
Ryōko Sakaki

Okay, so I had to wiki her name, but she's the other girl in the dorm with long hair and big boobs.

Best Girl!

Jklmn said:

I don't discuss this and I'm not a Erina hater :-)...but to make their future relationship believable and more shareable (?) her character must get a nice development,that's all.

Imeon said:
We're going there dude.

TsukiCrasher said:

What does it said?

Reality618Runner said:
Okay, let me be honest, I don't really like Erina. For the bigger part of the series, she has been almost the most unpleasant and cliché character. It's quite frustrating that so many people instantly went ahead and jumped on the Sorina Ship! (The reasoning of a certain guy on the Internet was hilarious: "Tsundere girls always end up with main heroes.")

And up until the finale of the Moon Banquet Festival Arc, she remained the same stuck-up and insignificant character. No offence to her fans is intended. And then the author does the impossible: He makes Erina an innocent and fragile female character. I honestly love Azami. I guess I have a thing for men in trenchcoats and with black and white hair. Huh...

Anyway, am I the only one who thinks it was way too sudden? And the whole background for the Nakiri family was so interesting that I almost believed it was planned. Almost.

And now, if you ask me, out of all the girls and women ever presented in Shokugeki no Soma, I would say that Erina is behind the following characters:

1) Tadokoro Megumi.
Character development? Check. Interesting personality? Check. Awesome relationship with the main hero? Check! Honestly, I ship SouMegu much harder than Sorina. They are just more compatible if you ask me. And plus the moments these two share feel so much more natural and better than Sorina.

2) Hisako Arato.
No matter what you say but in my opinion the author has given Arato way mlre thoughts in terms of development than he gace to Erina. I really like how she was shown to always try to stay behind her employer/friend and how, after facing the defeat by Hayama, she did her best to overcome this flaw. And once again, I ship her with Soma more than Sorina.

3) Nakiri Alice.
Maybe I am just a sucker for Albini girls or maybe I just love this type of character.

4) Momo Akagenakubo and Kobayashi Rindo.
Boy, they haven't been here for long but I already prefer them over Erina. Especially Momo, she is just way too cute especially when fighting and showing her bad temper.

5) Sadatsuka Nao.
I ship her and Soma quite hard. Guess, I love the way their cooking styles could vring them together. You know, maiing nastylicious dishes together!

Mephisto62 said:


Of course , who else can compete against her ? :P

yuyyuka said:

Don't get me wrong, I like Erina (not as much as I love Megumi), but Erina getting 2nd place twice makes me wonder how this poll works

This poll was worldwide, which means even us, the oversea fans, could vote. It was done online, with your twitter account or another way (I did it with my twitter acc). I think you had multiple choices as well.

Of course, most who voted were Japanese than us, seeing how in this thread none knew we could vote as well.

If anything someone should question the popularity of Hishoko jumping out of nowhere in top 5 than why Erina is second again.

Anyways, for this poll I voted for Erina. She is my favourite girl in the story. I usually dislike tsundere types, but with Erina is working damn well. I like self-confident, helpful and prideful woman who know exactly where they stand and what they want, get their job done and have a line with serious and smug faces.

Second is Alice, because she is pretty great and I like her pouting faces a lot (both nakiris have great faces when you tease them). Hishoko is third favourite because how helpful and cute she can be.

With Megumi, I first thought she would be my favourite but for some reason, I just think of her as "fine" and nothing more. I like her character development although I would like for help to have more self confidence and stand her opinion.

Rayla said:
I will always be on Megumi's side, even if this ship fails harder than Onodera's...
I pray everyday that we get one where the tsundere doesn't win...

_LorDNiCo_ said:
It's obviously going to the tsundere. The tsunderes always win, don't they? Ex: Chitoge from Nisekoi, Emilia from Re:Zero, Kirino from Oreimo, and now Erina. I'm tired of this s**t.

_LorDNiCo_ said:
It's obviously going to the tsundere. The tsunderes always win, don't they? Ex: Chitoge from Nisekoi, Emilia from Re:Zero, Kirino from Oreimo, and now Erina. I'm tired of this s**t.

Azai-kun said:


Okay, let's name some anime that don't have a tsundere winning alright? Let's see hmm... oh yes:

1) Clannad (saddest anime ever gets a timid girl as the main heroine)
2) Absolute Duo (stoic heroine)
3) Danmachi (I recall many fandom screaming "HESTIA IS BESTIA"?? She's not a tsun btw.)
4) TWGOK (Chihiro, a bit of tsun but not that tsun, wins the endgame)
5) Little Busters (Rin, who is a timid loli who is a tomboy not tsun)
6) Mahouka (ONII-SAMAAAA!!!)
7) Mashiro-iro Symphony anime (Hate this shit cuz the dere dere heroine who barely has developments won, OH and look! the tsundere didn't win. :/ )
8) Noragami (Hiyori of course)
9) OreShura (Sadistic non-blonde girl)
10) Princess Lover (Another shit where the dere dere who barely do anything won)
11) Rakudai (Stella aint a tsun. She's just clumsy :p )
12) Robotic Notes (GENKI GIRL !!!)
13) Saenai Heroine (Everyone's favourite stoic Kato Megumi)
14) Sakurasou (Blonde but not tsun. Wins)
15) Naruto (Hinata. Need I say more?)
16) Working (Have 2 pairings. Both arent tsunderes)
17) Bakuman (Deredere main girl and it was so good)

Still wanna complain? Even if Tsunderes kept winning, the anime they're potrayed in might sometimes not be as good as something like Clannad or Bakuman. OreImo and Nisekoi weren't even that good and even I was against Kirino winning. Erina in Shokugeki no Souma is one of the rare tsunderes that actually been potrayed and developed better than most others hence making her shockingly popular despite her tsun tendencies. She deserves it. :3