Chapter Summaries

Shirou arrived at the Autumn Selection just before his withdrawal and began the saury cooking contest after returning from a fishing trip. He prepared his Type F Saury with an extraordinary blade technique and unveiled it to the judges in a burst of flame.

• Riku Kagami felt optimistic about ZECT's position after two belts were confiscated and Yaguruma attacked TheBee.
• Shirou missed the start of the third Autumn Selection match, and Gin Ichimaru told Yaguruma that he had gone fishing for saury.
• Shirou descended into Moon Heaven Hall on golden chains just as Satoshi Isshiki was about to declare him withdrawn.
• Shirou used the Frosty Flying Fish Slash to fillet every saury in a single strike, then wrapped the fish with mushrooms and other garnishes in foil.
• Shirou presented his Type F Saury to the judges and cut its top foil layer, releasing flames several meters into the air as Nakiri Senzaemon recognized the dish's fiery feature.

Emiya Shirou won the 92nd class's Autumn Selection after impressing the judges with his cooking. He left the other finalists eager to catch up with him and share his dish.

• Senzaemon Nakiri, Gin Dojima, and Leonora Nakiri tasted Shirou's fish and praised it, with Senzaemon's clothes exploding again.
• Ryo Kurokiba and Akira Hayama served their dishes, and Shirou teased them about serving first and losing.
• Senzaemon Nakiri named Emiya Shirou the champion of the 92nd class's Autumn Selection.
• Gin Dojima praised Shirou's talent, while Kurokiba and Hayama asked him to serve them his dish.
• Shirou told Kurokiba and Hayama how to open the pot safely, and they vowed to surpass each other and him.

Totsuki students Shirou and Alice began field training at BistrolaSalle, where they encountered Kagami and several familiar customers. Tendo Souji finally won the restaurant’s scratch-card discount after repeatedly ordering food to beat Daisuke Kazama’s luck.

• Koharu Kusakabe questioned Yumiko Takemiya about taking Totsuki students for field training, and Shirou introduced himself to Kagami before volunteering to wash dishes.
• Nishiki complained that Worms had been scarce, and Tendo Souji entered the restaurant to ask Koharu for the recommended dish.
• Daisuke Kazama arrived with Gen, tried to compliment Alice Nakiri, and asked to do her makeup before Tendo confronted him.
• Alice handed Tendo, Daisuke, and Gen scratch cards for a discount, and Gen and Daisuke won while Tendo lost.
• Tendo kept ordering more food to try again and finally scratched a winning card after filling the table with dishes.

Shirou guarded Kagami in the hospital and killed a Worm impersonating him, then joined the other Riders in preparing to attack a factory overrun by Worms. After Kandata Ken’s birthday banquet, the five Riders headed out to confront them while Alice Nakiri asked Shirou for culinary advice.

• Shirou learned that Kagami had been injured during the Gatack Zecter selection and went to the hospital, where he promised Yuzuki Misaki he would guard him.
• A Worm disguised as Kagami entered the intensive care unit, but Shirou killed it with Frostmourne before it could attack the unconscious Kagami.
• Shirou told Tendou he had stayed because Kagami was his friend, and Tendou passed Shirou and his mixed-blood partner’s field study.
• At Kandata Ken’s birthday banquet, Nishiki sang and Tiamat’s singing shattered the restaurant’s glass panes, while Shirou used magic to blunt its force.
• After the banquet, Shirou and the other four Riders set out to attack the Worm-infested factory, and Alice Nakiri asked Shirou for culinary advice.

Shirou and the other Riders entered the Worm-occupied factory, where Kagami risked his life to save Makoto. After the child was revealed as a Worm and Kagami was killed, the Gatack Zecter revived him and transformed him into Gatack, leaving him ready to pursue the remaining Worm.

• Shirou and four other Riders entered the factory while Kagami arrived on his motorcycle to rescue Makoto.
• Kagami found Makoto and shielded him from four Worms until Shirou destroyed them and told Kagami to take the boy away.
• Shirou stayed behind to hunt the Worms, while Makoto revealed himself as a Worm and joined a tarantula-type Worm in attacking Kagami.
• Mishima Masato used a Rider Belt to revive Kagami, who pursued the Worms after waking.
• Kagami summoned the Gatack Zecter, transformed into Gatack, and destroyed the tarantula-type Worm with his shoulder cannons.

Nishiki, Yaguruma, and Kagami struggled against Reina Mamiya until Emiya Shirou arrived and overwhelmed her. Nogi Ryoji secretly rescued Reina, leaving the Riders to escape a factory Shirou was about to destroy.

• Reina Mamiya knocked Nishiki and Yaguruma aside, then fought all three Riders as Kagami joined them.
• Reina's armor and strength kept the Riders from gaining an advantage until Shirou arrived and attacked her with a bizarre series of moves.
• Shirou shattered much of Reina's shell and sent her flying, then prepared rune paper to blow up the factory and told the others to leave.
• Nogi Ryoji used a larva to switch the badly injured Reina out of the fight and admitted he had no confidence against Shirou.

Erina Nakiri was rescued from an Insect attack by Shirou, who warned her that the Insects were targeting people with green crystal fragments. The next day, Shirou and Kagami learned the crystals came from the Shibuya Meteorite, and Shirou urged Kagami to protect Koharu despite her distance from him.

• Shirou defeated an Insect pursuing Erina Nakiri, warned her she was a target because of her green crystal fragment, and told her to keep his brooch close.
• Kagami brought Shirou a green crystal linked to recent Insect attacks, and Shirou suggested it might not be from Earth.
• Shuichi Tadokoro called to confirm that the crystal was a fragment of the Shibuya Meteorite, leaving Kagami and Shirou wondering why the Insects targeted its holders.
• Shirou told Kagami to protect Koharu, who had been avoiding him since she recognized his Rider belt as resembling the belt worn by the boy she believed had killed her parents.
• Alice Nakiri joined Shirou and Kagami, and Shirou joked about Kagami's romantic troubles before becoming gloomy when he mentioned his own girlfriend.

Shirou helped Shinomiya and his staff finish preparing the new Tokyo branch, then made them a staff meal of hamburger steak. He recalled learning to cook the dish for Kiritsugu and remembered a girl with an enormous appetite.

• Shinomiya assigned Shirou the branch's carpentry, decorating, and miscellaneous work because the restaurant had little money for professional help.
• Shirou completed the remaining preparations in under an hour, impressing Shinomiya, Ryushi, Gao Wei, and Abel with his skill and strength.
• Shirou offered to make lunch, and Shinomiya insisted that he cook while the others discussed the menu.
• Shirou served hamburger steak and told Gao Wei that it was the first dish he had learned to make for Kiritsugu.
• Shirou recalled a girl who could eat five pots of rice in one meal without gaining weight.

Shirou discovered that a Worm had killed and impersonated a waiter, then rescued Shinomiya and destroyed the monster. With Ryushi unable to work after seeing the remains, Shinomiya assigned Shirou to help the understaffed kitchen during the restaurant’s seven-day soft opening.

• Ryushi found a pile of dismembered remains in the warehouse, and Shirou identified the victim as a waiter who had been dead for around ten hours.
• Shirou spotted the Worm impersonating the waiter and warned Shinomiya, but the Worm grabbed him and began copying his appearance.
• Shirou used explosive rounds and transformed into Kamen Rider to fight the Worm, defeating it after both fighters activated Clockup.
• Shirou offered to have his Metropolitan Police Department connections handle the death, while Shinomiya insisted on keeping the branch open.
• Shinomiya assigned Shirou to work in the kitchen for the seven-day soft opening, despite Abel’s objections, and pressed a cookbook on him.

Shirou helped Shinomiya’s restaurant through its opening preparations, impressing the staff with his knife skills and stamina while also helping Ryushi return to work. On the seventh day, the restaurant closed early for a final private booking, and Hinako Inui arrived just as Shinomiya welcomed the guests.

• Shirou used seven ring-handled knives to prepare ingredients at remarkable speed, taking on a third of the kitchen’s work and all the assistant work.
• Abel and the other chefs learned that Shirou had been a mercenary for six years, while he continued working without tiring.
• Ryushi returned to the kitchen on the fifth day, and Shirou stuck a calming note to her forehead before Shinomiya put her back in his place.
• Shirou explained to Hinako Inui that he had helped with much of the restaurant’s carpentry and renovations because Shinomiya was short on funds.
• Shinomiya welcomed the final private booking guests, greeting their apparent leader with, “Good day, Madam.”

Shirou helped Shinomiya reconnect with his mother over dinner, then followed her safely back to her hotel. Meanwhile, Reina Mamiya failed to recruit Soma Nakiri, who fed on a junior employee and headed toward Totsuki to meet someone he called his tool.

• Shinomiya reunited with his mother, and Shirou and the others prepared a meal while Shinomiya took charge of the kitchen.
• Shinomiya asked Shirou to escort his mother to her hotel, and Shirou followed her taxi on his motorcycle and applied insect-repelling measures once she arrived.
• Reina Mamiya invited Soma Nakiri to join her plan, but Soma refused and insisted he would control humanity through cooking.
• Soma ate a junior employee and then set off toward Totsuki to see his “adorable tool.”

Erina Nakiri recruited Shirou for her Moon Harvest Festival mock restaurant, while Soma Yukihira asked Shirou to help improve a Mapo Tofu dish for his challenge against Kuga. Shirou made an intensely spicy Mapo Tofu ramen that knocked out the tasters one by one.

• Erina Nakiri asked Shirou to join her mock restaurant, and he signed the entry form.
• Soma Yukihira asked Shirou to taste his food so he could prepare for a Moon Harvest Festival challenge against Kuga, and Erina and Alice Nakiri joined the tasting.
• Soma served Mapo Tofu, and Erina told him its numbing spice and heat were too weak.
• Shirou borrowed the kitchen and made Mapo Tofu ramen with a lava-like appearance and extreme heat.
• Miyoko Hojo, Alice Nakiri, Ryo Kurokiba, Arato Hisako, and Soma Yukihira tasted Shirou's ramen and collapsed in succession.

During the Moon Harvest Festival, Shirou’s restaurant welcomed Kandata Ken, but Soma Nakiri arrived uninvited and threatened Erina. After Shirou drove him out, Ichimaru Gin brought a corpse also identified as Soma Nakiri, revealing that the man at the restaurant was a Worm.

• Shirou invited friends to Erina Nakiri’s restaurant, but Kandata Ken delayed his visit while eating at all 120 festival restaurants.
• Kandata Ken arrived in formalwear for his final meal, and Soma Nakiri entered without a reservation and insulted Erina’s cooking.
• Shirou threatened Soma Nakiri with the Purgatory Sword and forced him to leave the restaurant.
• Senzaemon Nakiri confronted Soma Nakiri outside and told him he was unwelcome.
• Ichimaru Gin arrived with a mutilated corpse also named Soma Nakiri, and Shirou identified the man outside as a Worm.

Soma Nakiri revealed that he was a Worm and attacked the guests, but Kandata Ken was defeated before Shirou transformed and overwhelmed the Worm. The fight ended with Worm Nakiri stumbling toward Erina Nakiri and revealing his obsession with her.

• Soma Nakiri exposed himself as a Worm, transformed into an ant-type Worm, and drove the wealthy guests to flee.
• Kandata Ken transformed into Sasword and fought Worm Nakiri, but was knocked out of transformation despite switching to Knight Form.
• Shirou transformed with the Ketaros Zecter, struck Worm Nakiri with overwhelming force, and pursued him in Clockup.
• After Shirou ended Clockup, Worm Nakiri staggered toward Erina Nakiri and called her a tool left to him by Senior Saiba.

Shirou helped Shinomiya’s restaurant through its opening week, impressing the kitchen staff with his speed and unusual knives. On the seventh day, the final private-party guests arrived, and Shinomiya greeted their first guest as the starting point of his cooking.

• Shirou used seven ring-handled knives to prepare ingredients while handling a third of the kitchen’s work and all the prep duties.
• Ryushi returned to work on the fifth day, and Shirou stuck a calming note to her forehead before Shinomiya put her back in her usual role.
• Shirou explained to Hinako Inui that he had helped Shinomiya by doing much of the restaurant’s carpentry and decorating.
• The restaurant closed early on the seventh day, but Shinomiya reminded Shirou that one last private party was expected.
• Hinako Inui arrived with the final group of guests, and Shinomiya welcomed their first guest as the starting point of his cooking.

Shirou helped Shinomiya reconnect with his mother and escorted her safely back to her hotel. Meanwhile, Soma Nakiri rejected Reina Mamiya’s plan, ate a junior employee, and headed toward Totsuki to meet his “tool.”

• Shinomiya reunited with his mother, and Shirou joined the kitchen as Shinomiya prepared a meal for their guests.
• Shinomiya’s mother praised his cooking before leaving by taxi, and Shinomiya asked Shirou to escort her safely to the hotel.
• Shirou followed Shinomiya’s mother, checked the area for Insects, and left once she was safe at the hotel.
• Reina Mamiya tried to recruit Soma Nakiri, but Soma insisted that he would control humanity through cooking and Reina let him go.
• Soma lured a junior employee into a restroom, ate him, and then set off toward Totsuki to see his “tool.”

Erina Nakiri recruited Shirou for her Moon Harvest Festival mock restaurant, while Yukihira Soma asked him to help prepare for a cooking challenge against Kuga. After Erina explained how Mapo Tofu should balance numbing spice and heat, Shirou made an extreme Mapo Tofu ramen that knocked out everyone who tried it.

• Erina Nakiri asked Shirou to join her mock restaurant for the Moon Harvest Festival, and he signed up.
• Yukihira Soma asked Shirou to taste his cooking because he planned to challenge Kuga for his Elite Ten title.
• Erina, Hisako, Alice, Ryo, and Miyoko joined the tasting, where Erina criticized Soma's Mapo Tofu for lacking numbing spice and heat.
• Shirou borrowed the kitchen and made Mapo Tofu ramen with a lava-like broth and only a few noodles.
• Miyoko, Alice, Ryo, Hisako, and Soma each tried Shirou's ramen and collapsed from its intense heat.

During the Moon Harvest Festival, Shirou and Erina Nakiri’s restaurant was confronted by Soma Nakiri, who tried to enter without a reservation and intimidate Erina. The arrival of Ichimaru Gin with a dead man who shared Soma’s name exposed the intruder as a Worm.

• Shirou and Erina’s restaurant took first place on the festival’s opening day, while Soma Yukihira’s group came last.
• Kandata Ken arrived on the fifth day after eating at all 120 festival restaurants, then challenged Soma Nakiri for insulting Erina’s cooking.
• Soma Nakiri tried to take an unreserved seat, but Shirou threatened him with the Purgatory Sword and forced him to leave.
• Senzaemon Nakiri confronted Soma outside and told him he was unwelcome.
• Ichimaru Gin arrived with a sack containing the mangled corpse of another Soma Nakiri, and Shirou recognized the intruder as a Worm.

Soma Nakiri revealed himself as a Worm and fought Kandata Ken, defeating him even after Ken transformed into Sasword. Shirou then transformed into Ketaros and overpowered Worm Nakiri, who ended Clockup staggering toward Erina Nakiri and claiming her as a tool left by Saiba.

• Soma Nakiri admitted he was a Worm and said he had destroyed the cameras before transforming into an ant-type Worm.
• Kandata Ken transformed into Sasword and switched to Knight Form, but Worm Nakiri ambushed him with stingers and knocked him out of transformation.
• Shirou transformed into Ketaros, used his enhanced strength to slam Worm Nakiri into the ground, and fought him through Clockup.
• Shirou ended the super-speed battle, leaving Worm Nakiri staggering toward Erina Nakiri and speaking of her as Saiba's tool.