Chapter Summaries

After Curacao recovered her memories of Rum, Seiya used Noah's Ark to locate the Black Organization's second-in-command and decided to confront him. Seiya and Curacao arrived at Rum's sushi restaurant, where Seiya tried to clear the other customers out before meeting him.

• Curacao warned Seiya against risking himself to confront the powerful Black Organization, but he insisted he wanted to strike back for himself as well as for her.
• Curacao recalled Rum's disguised appearance and sketched his face, and Noah's Ark identified him as Kanenori Wakita, a sushi chef at Iroha in Beika Town.
• Seiya and Curacao arrived at Iroha, where Seiya's bodyguard offered the owner tens of millions of yen to reserve the restaurant.
• The customers refused to leave, so Seiya apologized and offered to compensate them ten times their bill and give Second World players a special gift pack.
• The customers recognized Seiya Suzuki, whose reputation and public fame made them more receptive to his request.

Seiya arranged to meet Rum at Iroha Sushi Restaurant after identifying him as the sushi chef Kanenori Wakita. He offered to help Rum become the Black Organization's boss, but Rum refused and professed loyalty to Renya Karasuma.

• Seiya compensated the sushi restaurant's customers and asked the owner to arrange a private room and summon Kanenori Wakita.
• Rum realized Seiya had identified him and sent the organization a message requesting powerful assistance.
• Seiya addressed Kanenori Wakita as Rum and said he had been looking for him.
• Rum asked whether Seiya had come for revenge, and Seiya instead offered to help him become the organization's boss.
• Rum considered the offer but rejected it, saying he had no intention of betraying the organization or Renya Karasuma.

Seiya forced Rum to reveal Renya Karasuma’s name, contact details, and a way to reach him, then took over the call and introduced himself. Renya recognized Seiya as a powerful figure with a major force behind him and asked him to state his purpose.

• Rum warned Seiya that the organization’s global reach made it dangerous to become its enemy, but Seiya demanded information about its BOSS in exchange for making peace.
• Rum revealed that the BOSS was named Renya Karasuma, gave Seiya the keypad melody “Seven Children,” and admitted he could contact him directly.
• Curacao held a knife to Rum’s neck and rejected his appeal, saying she now served only Seiya.
• Rum called Renya Karasuma, but Seiya took the phone and introduced himself as Red Star Erguotou, or Seiya Suzuki.
• Renya recognized Seiya from reports of the aquarium incident and concluded that he had access to technology and resources backed by a powerful organization.

Seiya negotiated with Renya Karasuma, securing protection for himself and Curacao while the Black Organization turned on Rum. Curacao helped Rum escape Gin’s ambush, leaving Gin furious at Seiya for interfering.

• Seiya offered Renya Karasuma access to illness-curing and life-extending technology in exchange for the Black Organization leaving him and the Suzuki Corporation alone.
• Renya ordered the organization not to make enemies of Seiya or the Suzuki Corporation, and Rum’s squad surrounded him after Seiya left with Curacao.
• Renya told Rum that he had to die for knowing too many secrets and for ordering Curacao’s execution.
• Rum threw flour at Gin and the others and tried to escape, while Curacao knocked Vodka and Kir’s pistols away and helped him flee.
• Gin confronted Seiya, who said he had asked Rum to make sushi and did not want Rum’s death to create trouble with the detectives.

Seiya let Rum escape, then covered up the fight at Iroha Sushi Restaurant and returned to the Mental Domain after handling his affairs. There, he encountered the other Seiyas, who had divided themselves into groups based on their worlds and traits.

• Seiya told Gin, Vodka, and Kir to continue hunting for Rum, while Curacao's actions helped Rum escape and repay his debt to her.
• Seiya lied to the owner of Iroha Sushi Restaurant about the fight, and Curacao accepted a sushi voucher for seven people.
• Seiya postponed giving the Black Organization's BOSS the technology he had traded for and considered whether the Seiyas might eventually develop life-extending medicine.
• After resolving the Organization's lingering threat and his company affairs, Seiya entered a deep sleep and arrived in the Mental Domain.
• The Seiyas discussed their groups, including the Shota Group, Alien Group, High-Risk Group, Tech Group, and Welfare Group, and envied H-Anime Seiya's carefree romantic life.

Science Seiya visited the Mental Domain and compared his situation with the other Seiyas before a newcomer arrived. Food Wars! Seiya emerged in a chef's uniform, believed he was dreaming, and was surrounded by the group.

• Science Seiya shared strength and memories with the other Seiyas, then complained that his world's slow timeline would keep him a child.
• Naruto Seiya teased Science Seiya about remaining an elementary school student, and the Seiyas argued over their chances of bathing with pretty girls.
• A white door appeared, and veteran Seiyas recognized it as the entrance of a newcomer.
• Food Wars! Seiya stepped out in a chef's uniform and wondered whether tasting Soma Yukihira's dark cuisine had put him into a coma.
• Food Wars! Seiya saw other versions of himself and creatures like Kuriboh, Snowballmon, and Eevee, and concluded he was still dreaming.

Food Wars! Seiya learned that his family descended from the Dark Cooking World and inherited the memories and power of the other Seiyas. He discovered his mother had returned to Huaxia to handle a dangerous matter, leaving him to run their restaurant and master his family’s legacy.

• Food Wars! Seiya resisted the other Seiyas until Naruto Seiya touched his head and triggered a transfer of their memories and power.
• Food Wars! Seiya learned that his mother had disappeared months earlier, leaving a letter, a cookbook, knives, and money for the restaurant.
• Food Wars! Seiya read that his mother had returned to Huaxia because of trouble in the Dark Cooking World and had left him a test to keep the restaurant from failing.
• Food Wars! Seiya discovered that his ancestors had served Seven Star Knife - Rene and that his mother’s lineage descended from Azure Dragon Xiang En.
• Food Wars! Seiya learned that the knives and ancient books his mother left behind included the Seven Star Knife and inherited Dark Cooking techniques.

After reading his mother’s letter about their family’s culinary legacies, Seiya discovered that powers shared from his other-world counterparts let him perform the Seven Star Swift Cut Knife Dance. He closed the restaurant for a week to train, leaving Kurase and Soma wondering why it remained shut.

• Seiya read that his mother had entrusted him with the secret techniques of Seven Star Knife Rene and Azure Dragon Xiang En to preserve their family inheritances.
• Seiya returned to his kitchen and successfully sliced a Red Sea Bream into sashimi using the Seven Star Swift Cut Knife Dance.
• Seiya realized that the abilities and skills of his other-world counterparts had improved his eyesight, knife work, strength, and heat control.
• Seiya closed the Wenren Restaurant for a week so he could train and adjust to his newly gained powers.
• Kurase found the restaurant closed again and asked Soma Yukihira if he knew what had happened to Seiya.

Seiya's family restaurant struggled after his mother, Kiyoei Wenren, returned to her hometown, and Soma and Joichiro Yukihira worried that Seiya would ruin its reputation. Seiya refused their offer to work at Yukihira Restaurant and entered special training, promising to surpass Soma when he reopened.

• After Kiyoei Wenren left, Seiya's cooking failed to satisfy customers, and business at Wenren Restaurant declined.
• Soma worried that Seiya's long closure would drive away the restaurant's remaining regulars.
• Soma and Joichiro offered Seiya a chance to close Wenren Restaurant temporarily and work and train at Yukihira Restaurant.
• Seiya refused the offer and announced that he would undergo special training, restore Wenren Restaurant's reputation, and defeat Soma.
• Soma dismissed Seiya's boast because he believed the gap between their cooking skills was far too large to overcome in a week.

Seiya reopened Wenren Restaurant and served Soma Yukihira and Kurase his Seafood Fried Rice, eager to prove how much his cooking had improved. Soma and Kurase were stunned by the dish, and Kurase reacted with intense embarrassment after tasting it.

• Seiya raised the shutter at Wenren Restaurant and invited Soma Yukihira and Kurase to be his first customers after reopening.
• Soma Yukihira ordered Seafood Fried Rice, and Kurase chose the same dish after remembering Joichiro Yukihira's version.
• Seiya prepared the rice with precise knife work and used flames beneath the wok to cook it.
• Soma Yukihira and Kurase tasted Seiya's Seafood Fried Rice and froze in disbelief at its flavor.
• Kurase flushed and apologized to Seiya after her intense reaction to the dish.

Seiya’s Seafood Fried Rice impressed Kurase, Soma Yukihira, and Joichiro Yukihira, who judged it better than their own versions. Seiya accepted the praise but knew his victory over Joichiro came partly because Joichiro had made a casual dish tailored to Soma.

• Kurase devoured Seiya’s Seafood Fried Rice, while Soma Yukihira doubted Seiya could have improved so much in a week.
• Soma Yukihira tasted Seiya’s fried rice again and identified its careful heat control, cilantro, and ginger, then Seiya explained that chicken broth added its savory flavor.
• Joichiro Yukihira arrived, tasted the dish, and said it surpassed both his and Soma’s fried rice.
• Soma Yukihira reacted bitterly to Seiya’s success after losing to his father 488 times, while Seiya recognized that his win over Joichiro was partly due to circumstance.

Soma Yukihira struggled to accept losing to Seiya’s Seafood Fried Rice and worked through the night to improve his own. Joichiro Yukihira left a letter urging Soma to consider Totsuki Culinary Academy, but Soma resolved to defeat Seiya before going.

• Soma Yukihira made Kurase taste his Seafood Fried Rice, but she honestly told him Seiya’s was still better.
• Seiya and Joichiro Yukihira stopped Soma from making Kurase taste more fried rice, and Soma challenged Seiya to settle things the next day.
• Joichiro Yukihira watched Soma work late into the night, then wrote letters to Soma and Senzoemon Nakiri and quietly left Yukihira Restaurant.
• Soma Yukihira found Joichiro’s letter the next morning, learned that Joichiro had left to work as a Head Chef, and read his recommendation of Totsuki Culinary Academy.
• Soma Yukihira decided he would first defeat Seiya before pursuing his ambitions at Totsuki.

Soma asked Seiya to join him in taking Totsuki Culinary Academy’s Entrance Exam, and Seiya weighed the school’s benefits against his identity as an inheritor of the Dark Cooking World. As Soma pressed for an answer, Seiya’s expression turned ugly and he remained silent.

• Soma and Seiya headed to the morning market to restock their restaurants after the previous night’s cooking competition.
• Soma asked Seiya about Totsuki Culinary Academy, and Seiya explained its prestige, brutal selection system, and low graduation rate.
• Soma invited Seiya to attend Totsuki with him, and Seiya considered the chance to broaden his culinary knowledge.
• Seiya hesitated because he wondered whether an inheritor of the Dark Cooking World belonged at a school he viewed as part of the righteous side.
• Soma demanded a clear answer, but Seiya ignored him and looked extremely troubled.

Seiya and Soma Yukihira confronted Minezaki when she arrived with construction workers to acquire their restaurants’ land. Soma accepted her challenge to cook a dish that satisfied her, while Seiya demanded equal stakes and got Minezaki to agree to pay his meal at the price she had offered for his family’s restaurant if he won.

• Seiya hurried Soma Yukihira back to their restaurants after warning that someone might take their homes.
• Minezaki arrived with a construction crew and renewed her offer to buy the land.
• Soma rejected Minezaki’s offer and accepted her challenge to keep the restaurant open by serving a dish she liked.
• Seiya refused Minezaki’s unequal challenge and pointed out that his family’s Wenren Restaurant was only temporarily closed.
• Seiya proposed that Minezaki pay for his food at her offered purchase price if he won, and she agreed.

Minezaki challenged Seiya and Soma Yukihira to make a juicy, meat-flavored dish after secretly buying up and ruining the meat in both restaurants. Soma Yukihira found an idea and hurried to cook, while Seiya faced the wager with his restaurant nearly out of funds.

• Minezaki challenged Seiya and Soma Yukihira to serve a delicious, juicy meat-flavored dish, betting against Seiya that his restaurant would close if he failed.
• Seiya and Soma Yukihira discovered that Minezaki had arranged for all their meat ingredients to be bought up or destroyed.
• Minezaki denied responsibility and insisted that the restaurants fulfill her order or shut down.
• Soma Yukihira spotted the bacon meant for breakfast and rushed into the kitchen with a confident plan.
• Minezaki worried that Seiya might also find a way to meet her demand, since losing their wager would force her to pay a large fee herself.
• Seiya considered that his mother's remaining funds had nearly run out after the restaurant's losses, leaving him short of money to buy ingredients.

Seiya entered the kitchen to prepare a meat-flavored dish for his wager with Minezaki, while Soma Yukihira served her his crispy roasted meat. Minezaki devoured Soma’s dish and learned that its tender center was mashed potatoes wrapped in thick-cut bacon, as Seiya’s own dish remained unfinished.

• Seiya decided to make a meat-flavored dish from the soybeans he had bought and stopped Minezaki from entering the kitchen.
• Soma Yukihira served Minezaki his crispy roasted meat, and she was amazed by its flavor.
• Soma Yukihira took the dish away after Minezaki’s first bite and asked her to acknowledge that it met her requirements.
• Minezaki admitted the dish was delicious, ate more, and asked how Soma had made it without other meat ingredients.
• Soma Yukihira revealed that only the crisp outer layer was thick-cut bacon and the center was mashed potatoes.

Minezaki questioned whether Soma Yukihira’s potato-based Crispy Roasted Meat truly counted as a meat dish, then judged Seiya’s Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef before tasting it. Seiya finished the cold-looking dish with flaming baijiu, and Minezaki reached for a bite despite realizing the consequences could be irreversible.

• Soma Yukihira explained how mashed potatoes, mushrooms, onions, and Thick-cut Bacon created a meat-like dish, and Minezaki admitted it was delicious before challenging whether it counted as meat.
• Seiya brought out Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef and argued that a meat-flavored dish did not have to be made from meat.
• Minezaki praised Seiya’s plating but criticized the dish as cold and soulless, while worrying about the consequences of losing to him.
• Seiya poured high-proof baijiu over the dish and lit it, heating the beef and releasing a rich aroma.
• Seiya offered Minezaki chopsticks, and she reached for the dish even though she feared tasting it would lead to an irreversible situation.

Seiya defeated Soma Yukihira again with Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef, impressing Minezaki despite her earlier rejection of his restaurant. After Seiya explained that the dish was made from soybeans, Minezaki left without securing the land for her company’s resort plans.

• Minezaki tasted Seiya’s dish and became so absorbed in it that she ate the entire plate.
• Soma Yukihira sampled the dish and realized Seiya’s beef-like cooking was made from something other than meat.
• Seiya explained that he simmered soybeans in beef-bone stock, crushed them, seasoned them with soy sauce, and deep-fried them.
• Minezaki admitted she still wanted to develop a resort in the area and offered Seiya a good price or a new restaurant location.
• Seiya and Soma Yukihira refused Minezaki’s request, and she left in a daze.

Seiya’s Wenren Restaurant became a neighborhood sensation as his cooking improved, surpassing Soma Yukihira’s restaurant in business and drawing Soma into repeated challenges. After Seiya closed for the evening, a weary young woman asked for the Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef she had waited so long to eat.

• Seiya’s cooking improved rapidly after Wenren Restaurant reopened, and its customer traffic grew each day.
• Young women flocked to Seiya’s restaurant, and their fanservice drew more customers until the restaurant’s business surpassed Yukihira Restaurant’s.
• Soma Yukihira repeatedly challenged Seiya to Shokugeki duels, but Seiya grew tired of his persistence and shortened the restaurant’s hours to rest.
• Seiya began closing the restaurant at six in the evening, then found a young woman crouched outside and heard her ask for the Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef.

Minezaki told Seiya that her company had fired her and forced her to pay for a failed project, leaving her destitute. After she came to Wenren Restaurant hoping to eat Seiya’s Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef one last time, Seiya served her a gentler custom dish instead.

• Seiya saw Minezaki looking haggard and learned that she had lost her job and savings after her company made her pay compensation for the failed project.
• Minezaki entered Wenren Restaurant and asked Seiya to make her Scallion-Exploded Vegetarian Beef again.
• Seiya brought Minezaki a bowl of Preserved Egg and Lean Pork Congee, explaining that a lighter meal would suit her better.
• Minezaki broke down in tears when she realized Seiya had not served the dish she requested.