Now the humour was great like it made me laugh, but I found there was room for improvement regards to the storyline and the humour itself. It's always every time a person tastes such delicious food from Yukihira, they turns this from cooking style anime to a kind of Hentai style anime where people tend to take off their clothes. It personally made me very bored in that way, I mean that's pretty unrealistic. I mean who would you honestly see a person having their clothes off just because they tasted such yummy food? That's right, absouletely no one, why the hell can't the writers think of something better rather then turn this into a hidden porno?! Aside from the cons, I thought the food was mouth watering and the character Yukihira was a pretty likeable character on this! He definately would beat Gordan Ramsay and Jamie Oliver if he had the chance haha!This isn't my favourite nor the best anime I've seen but I'll give it a 7/10 for Yukihiri plus the delicious food I would love to try from Japan! ^^

I was originally mislead by this anime, due to the fact it starts off in an oddball way that suggests it's going to be more akin to a comedy, fantasy adventure that focuses on cooking. They had some interesting early characters that seemed more like enemies from One Piece more than anything else. That quickly changed within the second or third episode and the anime basically devolved into a cooking drama with some bits of comedy here and there. At first I was disappointed with the direction the anime looked like it was moving in, but then that changed.While the anime wasn't what I expected it to be from the first episode, it still seemed pretty good, the writing seemed decent and more importantly, the plot moved quickly.Unfortunately, every season after that just continues to go down hill. It's more like a dramedie by season four, but it's not really written funny, the series just relies on a lot of overused anime tropes and funny faces more so than anything else. The fan services has continued to get worse and worse with every episode. At first it started off with once in awhile and it has now gotten to the point, someone's clothes aret eploding off their bodies from eating some noodles or something every single episode. This just feels lazy, like they can't even rely on their own writing to keep the viewer's attention and instead has to rely on sex.I had high hopes for this anime, but by season four it just falls flat on it's face.

As a regular mainstream anime viewer, I would never have thought that a cooking anime could be so satisfying.The show does a great job of displaying the cooking world through a competitive lens. The characters (main, major, and minor) are all developed wonderfully -- you'll fall in love with many if not all of them! The plot(s) and setting are structured very well. Ended up watching the entire first season in 3 days. The main character, Soma, pursues his dream of surpassing his father as a cook. We are introduced to new characters and opponents with their own dreams, as well. The animation is at a top quality, the music/soundtrack is of high caliber, and the pacing and progression is completely on point. If they make a season two (going off of the manga) it will be just as great as Season 1, so it is a series that will not decline in overall quality as more seasons are released.Highly, highly recommend.

Protagonist Soma Yukihira works in his father's restaurant and hopes one day to surpass his father's culinary skills. He also believes that one day he will take over running the restaurant but when his father takes a job overseas and closes the restaurant he finds himself at the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy; a chefs' school where only the very best graduate and failing even one test will lead to instant expulsion! On his first day there he proclaims that not only does he expect to graduate he expects to be the top student! This doesn't make him too popular with many of the other students but as the series progresses he passes test after test as well as challenges with rivals; during this time he also helps others and even risks his place at the school to support those he believes are being treated badly. By the end of the final episode he is popular but still far from graduating.This series was rather fun; Soma was an enjoyable if somewhat arrogant protagonist and the supporting cast were entertaining too. The food is almost as much a star of the show as the characters and we are left in no doubt when the judges enjoy a particular dish… their reactions are almost literally 'food porn' as they are shown in a state that borders on sexual ecstasy! This doesn't do too far though; it is just an excuse for some moderate fan service. The various competitions are surprisingly exciting and it is always interesting to see what exotic dish each of the protagonists will come up with as they combine cooking styles from many sources. Strangely we never see the students actually being taught anything and they seem to do well in their challenges because of knowledge they brought with them rather than anything taught to them… this doesn't really matter though as it serves the drama to have each person have their own special ideas. Given that the series ends before his graduation it is quite possible that there will be further series; I certainly hope there are as it was rather fun.These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.