Chapter Summaries

Shirou helped Soma pass the transfer student entrance exam, then fought a Worm that had impersonated Arato Hisako. After defeating it, he gave Kagami special bullets to use against powerful enemies.

• Shirou corrected Erina Nakiri’s criticism of Soma’s cooking, and he overruled her to pass Soma.
• A second Arato Hisako arrived, revealed herself as a cricket Worm, and attacked the first Hisako.
• Shuichi Tadokoro, Yuzuki Misaki, and Kagami fired at the Worm while Shirou sent Erina, Soma, and Hisako away.
• Shirou transformed with the PunchHopper Zecter, disabled the Worm’s Clockup, and destroyed it.
• Shirou praised Kagami’s courage and gave him Freeze Bullets, Explosive Bullets, and Infinite Bullets.

Emiya Shirou began at Totsuki, where he gave Erina Nakiri a repulsion brooch and intimidated the students with a threatening introduction. After class, Arato Hisako revealed that Erina wanted to put Shirou’s cooking and fighting skills to work.

• Erina Nakiri visited Shirou to thank him for saving her, and Arato Hisako admitted that Erina wanted him as a bodyguard; Shirou gave Erina a repulsion brooch instead.
• Shirou threw a kitchen knife past Soma Yukihira after Soma angered the audience, then introduced himself by joking about his mercenary past and sniper fire.
• Shirou discovered that Goemon Sougen, his former teacher from the Kandata household, was teaching his class, where Shirou and Erina received the only A grades.
• Arato Hisako told Shirou that Erina had summoned him to her office and planned to put his abilities to use.

Erina Nakiri forced Shirou into a Shokugeki over the Donburi Research Society, with the loser bound by the terms they agreed on. As rumors spread, Shirou hunted Worms in Tokyo overnight, and Satoshi Isshiki warned him about Erina’s strength.

• Erina Nakiri asked Shirou to challenge the Donburi Research Society and proposed a Shokugeki that would make him her lackey if he lost.
• Shirou agreed to the Shokugeki on the condition that Erina stop bothering him if she lost, and the officials verified the match with noodles as its theme.
• News of the match spread through Totsuki, where most students expected Erina to win.
• Shirou wore a skull mask and black armor to hunt Worms in Tokyo, creating a new urban legend.
• Satoshi Isshiki came to Shirou’s door and warned him that Erina was strong.

Shirou faced Erina Nakiri in a Shokugeki over noodles, drawing hostility from the crowd before demonstrating an unusual dough-making technique. As Erina prepared her broth with ordinary noodles, Shirou began pulling noodles from his egg-and-flour dough in a way that stunned the venue.

• Erina Nakiri and Shirou entered their Shokugeki, where the crowd cheered Erina and insulted Shirou until his killing intent silenced them.
• Rei Kawashima announced noodles as the theme, and Shirou mixed flour and eggs with a chopstick using his White Cobra Twisting Training technique.
• Soma Yukihira and the other students discussed asking Shirou to teach them his kneading method, while Senzaemon Nakiri watched with interest.
• Shirou punched the dough repeatedly to develop its gluten as Erina prepared her broth using ordinary Totsuki noodles.
• Erina and the spectators were left speechless as Shirou began pulling noodles from his unusual egg-based dough.

Shirou served his Magic Ramen against Erina Nakiri’s seafood udon and impressed the judges with impossibly elastic noodles filled with rich soup. Senzaemon Nakiri and Riku Kagami devoured the dish, and Shirou explained how his technique made it.

• Erina Nakiri served seafood udon, and Senzaemon Nakiri praised its vivid ocean flavor as his clothes burst.
• Shirou identified Erina Nakiri’s ingredients and served the judges his Magic Ramen, featuring hair-thin noodles in clear broth.
• Senzaemon Nakiri and Riku Kagami discovered that the noodles contained thick soup and ate eagerly.
• Senzaemon Nakiri examined the noodles, and Shirou explained that lye water and powerful, repeated punches gave them their elasticity.
• Shirou invited Senzaemon Nakiri and Riku Kagami to begin their judgment.

After losing a cooking contest to Emiya Shirou, Erina Nakiri questioned him about their shared God Tongue. Shirou left to fight Worms as Punch Hopper, where he encountered Ichimaru Gin.

• Emiya Shirou defeated Erina Nakiri in a unanimous cooking contest, impressing Riku Kagami.
• Erina Nakiri asked Shirou what he thought of the God Tongue, and he told her it was only useful if she chose to make use of it.
• Shirou left the venue, transformed into Punch Hopper, and joined ZECT’s Ant Troopers fighting Worms.
• Shirou defeated a spider-type Worm with Rider Punch and attacked an ant-type Worm, but an unknown strike cut it in half.
• Shirou recognized the silver-haired Shinigami captain as Ichimaru Gin.

Shirou recruited Ichimaru Gin by promising to send him back to the Soul Society and showed him Laputa, a huge aerial fortress being built around a Dark Portal. Back at Polaris Dorm, Shirou was teased for challenging Erina Nakiri to a Shokugeki and was pushed into the kitchen to make ramen for everyone.

• Shirou offered Ichimaru Gin a chance to return to the Soul Society, showed him the Hogyoku, and recruited him as an ally.
• Shirou brought Ichimaru Gin to Laputa, a fortress under construction in the stratosphere with eighteen hundred magic cannons and a planned Dark Portal.
• Ichimaru Gin complained about the cold at Laputa, and Shirou activated a heating array while keeping his Frozen Throne frozen.
• Shirou used his Anywhere Door to return to Polaris Dorm, where the residents scolded him for challenging Erina Nakiri to a Shokugeki.
• The Polaris Dorm residents pushed Shirou into the kitchen to make them ramen, and Shirou called his cooking simple home cooking.

Shirou took Tiamat for a walk, where she stopped a knife-wielding thief and Shirou ran into Kagami. At the station, a young man tried to claim the Kabuto Zecter, but a man in white took it and transformed into Kabuto.

• Shirou took Tiamat out for a walk instead of helping Yukihira Soma and Megumi Tadokoro at the shopping street.
• A masked thief held a switchblade to Tiamat's neck, and she knocked him down with a punch after Shirou told her to hold back.
• Kagami thanked Shirou for stopping the thief and recognized him, but Shirou denied knowing him and left with Tiamat.
• At the station, Shirou saw a young man facing Worms and wearing a ZECT belt as a red Kabuto Zecter flew toward him.
• A man in white caught the Kabuto Zecter, ignored the young man's protests, and transformed into Kabuto.

Tendou Souji transformed into Kabuto’s Rider Form and defeated the Worms, while Shirou stunned him and Riku Kagami with a distant rebar shot. Kagami hid evidence of Shirou’s abilities and learned that Drake’s Zecter had been released to find a Rider, though the unfinished Beetle Zecters remained hidden.

• Tendou Souji used Kabuto’s Kunai Gun against the larvae, then Cast Off and activated Clockup to destroy the adult Worms.
• Shirou shot a Worm with a steel rebar from a distant rooftop, drawing Tendou’s attention before leaving with a blue-haired woman.
• Riku Kagami reviewed surveillance footage of Shirou’s shot, deleted it, and decided to shield him from Kishine’s attention.
• Koyama told Riku Kagami that Drake’s Zecter had been released to find a Rider, but the unfinished Bronze, Silver, and Gold Beetle Zecters had been hidden.

Shirou joined Totsuki’s residential training and discovered Tendo Souji was among the examiners. Paired with Erina Nakiri for a fish-themed cooking assessment, Shirou agreed to catch the ingredients while Erina handled the cooking.

• Shirou helped Grandma Fumio clean Polaris Dorm before the students departed for residential training.
• Shirou, Soma, Megumi, and the other students arrived at Totsuki Hotel and gathered in the auditorium for the training schedule.
• Tendo Souji recognized Shirou, while Zenji told the students about Tendo’s legendary record as a Totsuki graduate.
• The students were randomly assigned to cooking rooms, and Shirou found himself grouped with Erina Nakiri and Miyokura Akira.
• Tendo told Shirou’s group to catch their own fish and cook a dish that satisfied him before the morning ended.
• Erina asked Shirou to pair with her, and Shirou agreed to handle catching the fish while she took charge of the cooking.

Shirou helped Erina Nakiri pass the river-fishing assessment by defeating a Leech-type Insectoid and catching fish, while Tendo Souji watched. At Polaris Dorm, the students then faced a punishing dinner assignment to prepare fifty steak bowls each for a group of athletes.

• Shirou suspected Erina Nakiri could not fish, then demonstrated his magical weapons before an Insectoid burst from the river.
• Shirou used his Chronois device and transformed into Punch Hopper to defeat the Leech-type Insectoid threatening them.
• Shirou stunned fish with his spear, caught two, and returned with Erina Nakiri to pass the assessment under Tendo Souji.
• Tendo Souji reflected on Shirou’s fighting skills and found him interesting before preparing to assess the next students.
• At Polaris Dorm, Sakamaki Taira ordered the exhausted students to make fifty steak bowls each for athletes within an hour, and Shirou took the task calmly.

Shirou completed his fifty-bowl cooking test with ease, then showed Gin Dojima his battlefield scar and demonstrated his fighting skill. Later, Ichimaru Gin reported that the Darkness Gate needed nine months to charge, and Shirou told him to bring over a Life Box for Laputa's central energy chamber.

• Shirou finished fifty steak rice bowls in ten minutes and was released from the test for the night.
• Gin Dojima asked about Shirou's chest scar, and Shirou explained that a powerful battlefield opponent had nearly killed him.
• Shirou evaded Gin Dojima's charge and tapped his neck, convincing Gin that Shirou had been a mercenary.
• Soma Yukihira entered the bathhouse, noticed Shirou's scar, and heard its explanation.
• Ichimaru Gin told Shirou that the Darkness Gate was complete but needed nine months to gather enough Arcane Energy.
• Shirou asked Ichimaru Gin to bring him a Life Box so it could be placed in Laputa's central energy chamber.

Shirou passed Shinomiya’s terrine assessment, but challenged Shinomiya after Megumi Tadokoro was expelled for adapting the recipe. The chapter ended with Shirou demanding a Shokugeki to force Shinomiya to reassess the students.

• Shirou, Soma Yukihira, and Megumi Tadokoro were assigned to Shinomiya’s lesson and told to make a nine-vegetable French terrine.
• Shirou quickly completed his terrine and passed, as did Soma, but Shinomiya expelled Megumi for changing the recipe.
• Shinomiya explained that Megumi’s use of White Wine Vinegar made the cauliflower’s sweetness shine, but said she had no right to alter his recipe.
• Shirou defended Megumi’s choice and challenged Shinomiya to a Shokugeki, offering to quit cooking if he lost and demanding a reassessment if he won.

Gin Dojima arranged an unofficial Shokugeki between Emiya Shirou and Kojiro Shinomiya after they argued over Shinomiya’s recipe and evaluation methods. That night, Shirou unveiled unusual equipment and rare ingredients, then began a spectacular dough-making technique that left the graduates doubting Shinomiya could win.

• Gin Dojima arranged the Shokugeki for that night, with five graduates serving as judges after Tendo Souji declined to participate.
• Shirou and Shinomiya set their terms: if Shirou lost, he would wash a hundred thousand plates, while Shinomiya would repeat his previous evaluation if he lost.
• Shirou kept Megumi Tadokoro and Yukihira Soma close so they would miss their dinner evaluations, and the students tied to Shinomiya’s wager came to watch the match.
• Shirou brought bamboo, dried goods, clay pots, and other unusual supplies, then began mixing flour and water into a spiraling mass of dough.
• Yukihira Soma and the graduate judges watched in amazement as Shirou’s technique made them suspect Shinomiya would lose.

Shirou comforted Tiamat as she grieved that her children had left her, promising to remain by her side. After Tiamat fell asleep at dawn, Shirou left a protective clone in a mark on her hand.

• Tiamat asked Shirou what she meant to him, and he called her his traveling companion.
• Tiamat told Shirou that she loved her children but felt lonely because they had left her.
• Shirou reassured Tiamat that her children would always love her and would eventually return, and promised to stay with her.
• Shirou cleared the sky above Laputa so sunlight could reach Tiamat as she fell asleep.
• Shirou placed a mark containing a protective clone on the back of Tiamat's hand.

Shirou and Shinomiya presented their dishes to the judges, and Shirou won their cooking showdown with his Four Gods Eight Treasures Seafood Soul-Pacifying Buns. The chapter ended with Shirou taking the vote five to zero.

• Shirou used sourdough starter to rapidly leaven his dough, then cooked eight kinds of seafood in separate clay pots while weaving bamboo into a ship-shaped steamer.
• Shinomiya served French Stewed Cabbage Rolls filled with chicken breast, morels, asparagus, foie gras, and chicken mousse.
• Shirou presented Four Gods Eight Treasures Seafood Soul-Pacifying Buns, whose colors represented the Four Gods and whose fillings contained eight kinds of seafood.
• Gin Dojima identified the seafood fillings and praised Shirou's use of eight clay pots to cook each ingredient appropriately.
• The judges voted, and Shirou defeated Shinomiya five votes to zero.

After defeating Shinomiya, Shirou helped him remember why he had become a chef and explained that he stayed at Totsuki simply to find some fun. Outside the basement, Shirou rejected Kagami's invitation to join ZECT and challenged them to come after him.

• Shirou gave Megumi, Soma, and the other students baskets of his extravagant buns to share.
• Gin Dojima told Shinomiya that his cooking had stagnated, and Shirou urged him to remember where his passion for cooking began.
• Shinomiya recalled choosing French cuisine to make his mother smile, then admitted that Shirou had beaten him in both skill and spirit.
• Shinomiya asked why Shirou stayed at Totsuki, and Shirou said he had no interest in opening a restaurant and was there to find some fun.
• Kagami invited Shirou to join ZECT and warned that he would be in danger, but Shirou refused and dared ZECT to come after him.

Shirou continued hunting Worms while completing the final day of Totsuki’s residential training, then joined Tendou in destroying a hidden Worm spawning site. The training ended with the students celebrating, and Shirou returned to Polaris Dorm after the battle.

• Shirou hunted down a Worm disguised as a man before flying back to the Totsuki resort for the final day of training.
• Shirou completed the breakfast assessment by making exactly two hundred servings, despite Gin Dojima offering to exempt him from the remaining trials.
• Gin Dojima announced that the students who remained would enjoy dishes prepared by Totsuki graduates, and Shirou savored Tendou’s mackerel miso.
• Tendou led Shirou to a warehouse filled with Worm eggs, and the two transformed into Riders to destroy them.
• Shirou and Tendou fought off swarms of Worm larvae and destroyed the spawning site before Tendou rode away.
• Shirou returned to Polaris Dorm and told Soma Yukihira and the others that Tendou had asked him to do manual labor.

The students returned to Totsuki, where Alice Nakiri sat with Shirou and questioned him about beating Erina. At Polaris Dorm, they found Joichiro Yukihira cooking, and learned that he had once been Elite Ten member Joichiro Saiba and a Polaris Dorm student.

• Alice Nakiri sat beside Shirou on the bus and asked about his victory over Erina Nakiri.
• Shirou and Alice talked as the bus drove through Totsuki's dormitory district.
• Fumio and Satoshi Isshiki welcomed the Polaris Dorm students back and promised them a reward.
• Soma Yukihira arrived in the kitchen and instinctively began responding to his father, Joichiro Yukihira.
• Fumio explained that Joichiro had been known as Joichiro Saiba, a former Elite Ten member and Polaris Dorm student.
• Joichiro and Soma prepared a tableful of dishes while the other students learned that they were father and son.

Riku Kagami burned evidence linking Shirou to the Reaper and listened as Kishine proposed using a Worm as bait to recover Kabuto. During summer vacation, Shirou met Kabuto’s former user beneath a bridge and recruited him, leaving him with a new job and a warning about his future colleague Ichimaru Gin.

• Riku Kagami burned the document tracking Shirou’s nighttime movements to keep ZECT’s other leaders from learning the Reaper was human.
• Kishine visited Riku Kagami and proposed monitoring a Worm to lure out Kabuto or the Reaper and retrieve the Kabuto Zecter.
• Shirou sheltered from localized rain beneath a bridge and found Kabuto’s former user, who had been left homeless after losing Kabuto.
• Shirou revealed his identity as the Reaper and offered the man a job, and the man accepted for a bundle of cash.
• Shirou learned the man’s name was Nishiki Sawano and told him that Ichimaru Gin would be his colleague.