Central forces certain rules and regulations on the students and restricts their freedom of expression while cooking. They also attempt to sabotage certain students attempts at passing their final exams. It's true that Souma and his friends have always been underdogs, but this just seems like overkill. Constantly having bad things happen to the main cast because practically the entire cooking world is against them isn't entertaining-- it's honestly cruel, and isn't really fun to watch.
It's also incredibly boring to see anime scenes directly cut and paste from the manga, with no movement or action being implemented to actually make use of the animation medium. There are SO many still shots and camera pans while characters just stand there and talk. Why animate Shokugeki no Souma if you're just going to keep everything still and listless, and not give any sort of dynamic to what happens in the manga panels?
All said and done, there isn't anything technically wrong with cour 2 of season 3. The art, sound, and characters are all fine. However, because of the jarring shift in plot and setting, as well as the lack of novelty in the animated adaptation itself, my enjoyment of this show has definitely gone down from previous seasons.
EDIT: I use a new rating scale now. This was previously 7/10.
Overall: 5/10
