Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara

The second season of Shokugeki no Souma is very similar to its first season. The story is a direct continuation and the art and voice acting are the same.

The story in the second season is mostly the continuation of the autumn elections followed by a few episodes about another interesting challenge. The pacting feels slightly slower and there is lots of attention for the cooking battles and the preparations leading up to them. Overall it manages to stay interesting quite well.

The characters are mostly the same as in the first season with one notable addition named Subaru Mimasaka. His cooking style is quite ... unrealstic but if the molecular gastronomy from the first season was acceptable then his cooking should be fine too. All in all it's nice to see the different personalities clash in cooking battles.

The art, voice acting and music are all the same as in the first season and are all pretty good.

Overall this is definitely worth watching if you liked the first season of the anime. It continues the story and gives plenty of fun cooking battles to watch.

"Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara" fires up the stove for more cooking showdowns. It's a feast of epic battles, but if you're hoping for a side dish of friendship feels, this season might leave you a bit hungry. It's like they dialed up the heat on competitions but forgot to add the secret sauce of deeper themes. 😕 However, the endgame spices things up when Yukihira faces the need for speed – something every real cook can relate to when the kitchen's on fire. ⏱️🔥

The story's a bit of a familiar recipe - cooking battles galore - but hey, if you're a fan of ... this shonen culinary drama, it might still hit the spot for you. The intense competition serves up the thrill and excitement many viewers crave. 🍲💥

As for the art, it's as delicious as ever. The food looks so good, you could almost taste it! And those battles in the kitchen? They're served up with all the sizzle and spice you'd expect. 🎨😋

The characters, well, they're kind of like top-notch chefs focused on their culinary skills. But they might lack a bit of that extra flavor. You won't find a ton of personal growth or depth in this season’s menu. 🧑‍🍳📉

When it comes to reactions, they handle the heat of the kitchen battles like pros. But, you might miss the emotional punch that makes a dish truly stand out. 😕🍽️

If you're a hardcore fan of culinary spectacles and high-stakes cooking clashes, "Ni no Sara" could be your main course. But for those craving a more balanced mix of story elements or deeper character arcs, it might feel a bit like a dish missing its final seasoning. 🌟🍽️

So much hype for such an overrated series that can't get proper development. I see how it is nowadays with people's liking (Not that my liking is any good, it's just a saying). Such mediocre and predictable storyline with many "serious" encounters that won't ever happen in real life.

Story. 5
- As for the story, i don't understand what's the point. From a realistic point of view, none of this could ever happen, from the fanservice that makes no sense to those serious glances.
There's no real story, it's just the main character trying to be a thug and one of the best chefs, by being ... slow. Everything is the same as previous seasons with the fact that first season had a more creative storytelling. At this point everything is about food battles with no real meaning and a bunch of almost if not nude scenes, resulting in 0 progress done, like what happened with that first half? Nothing?. Even those TV cooking shows have a better growth.

Art. 3
The art was horrible from a certain distance (Season 2 was worse, trust me). The animation was poorly done but at least you could get the idea of what was going on, i'll give props on that. Only on close shots you could see a certain progress compared to bigger shots with a lot of people or just a few.
Faces were the worst on trying to mimic feelings, i fully understand they wanted to give a proper sensation of them, but they are too exagerated that they were not funny but rather unpleasant. On the other side, i find it funny that Souma never changes his uniform, not for cooking, not for being in the house, not for anything. While everyone else respects the rules on that.

Sound. 5
I haven't been enjoying the OP and ED as much i would like, but it doesn't matter. The music is put on good placed and properly decreased the volume if someone was talking, but there is too much music in the show, of a 21 min. episode, at least 17 minutes have music in it. I don't really like that, i feel like they are trying to get me excited when i shouldn't be.

Character. 4
There was no real progress from season 2 for the main characters, but rather there's a bit of development for support characters. Some of them have changed, some don't even appear anymore, and some of them is like they didn't even care to give them a proper development, you get to see everything.

Enjoyment. 5

Overall: 4
This is just an overrated show that didn't deserve my attention, but still got it. It's far from being the worst i've seen but it's certaintly bad and extremely predictable. The ending was a cliffhanger, with again, predictable decisions. The idea of adding a bad guy that would get the support of superior people is not new and not enjoyable. The series just keeps going down and down for me, nothing i can do though.