i was hoping they'd do justice to tadokoro in the anime and give her a bit more focus and make her less subservient and homely but nah, just as annoying and downplayed as she is in the manga. basically the side characters are all an amalgamation of ideas that could be used for the cooking prop, they are hardly seen as humans or anything beyond their cooking skills. the only true characters are sōma and erina, and their relationship gets old real fast.
overall the anime lacks impact, doesn't try to fix anything from the manga and follows it to a 't' which is not all that bad if you're into some fun cooking trivia, which was the point of this anime for me.
