Chapter Summaries

Seiya accepted Gin Dojima’s Shokugeki against Shinomiya after Gin offered him information about the Jade Dragon Pot, one of the Legendary Cookware. The stakes expanded when Seiya also offered information about the Greedy Wolf Pot if he lost, leaving the onlookers stunned by the value of the clues.

• Fuyumi Mizuhara and the others grew angry at Seiya’s dismissive remarks about Totsuki, but Gin Dojima stopped them.
• Gin Dojima offered to reveal the whereabouts of a piece of Legendary Cookware if Seiya won his Shokugeki against Shinomiya.
• Gin Dojima explained the history of the eight Legendary Cookware, and Seiya recognized that his family already possessed the Greedy Wolf Pot.
• Seiya confirmed that Gin Dojima’s clue concerned the Jade Dragon Pot, not the Greedy Wolf Pot.
• Seiya accepted the Shokugeki and offered Gin Dojima information about the Greedy Wolf Pot if he lost.
• The students and Elite Ten graduates were stunned that the Shokugeki’s stakes involved clues to the Legendary Cookware.

Seiya and Shinomiya Kojiro began a high-stakes Shokugeki themed around vegetables, with information about the Legendary Cooking Utensils at stake. Gin Dojima moved the match to a private kitchen, where Erina reluctantly joined the judges, and the chapter left the rivals choosing rare ingredients for their dishes.

• Gin Dojima moved Seiya and Shinomiya Kojiro's Shokugeki to a private kitchen and limited the audience to a small group of graduates and students.
• Erina rushed to stop the match, but Gin Dojima rejected her request and told her to stay as a judge or leave; Erina reluctantly stayed and glared at Seiya.
• Gin Dojima set vegetables as the main ingredient and made Totsuki Resort's ingredients available to both contestants.
• Shinomiya Kojiro chose cabbage from Vegetable Paradise and Hunger Bird breast meat, while Seiya chose Giant Cabbage and a Five-Tailed Heron.

Seiya prepared Boiled Cabbage in Clear Soup for his Shokugeki against Shinomiya Kojiro, astonishing the Totsuki graduates with his knife skills and crystal-clear, intensely flavorful stock. Erina tasted the dish and froze as its flavors burst across her palate.

• Seiya used Fierce Bull Azure Dragon Cut to split open the Giant Cabbage and expose its heart, stunning Gin Dojima and the other graduates.
• Seiya prepared the Five-Tailed Heron and other ingredients, then clarified the stock until it was clear while preserving its rich flavor.
• Shinomiya finished his Chou Farci with Hunger Bird breast meat, mushrooms, asparagus, foie gras, and mousse, earning unanimous praise from the graduates.
• Seiya poured his clear stock over the Giant Cabbage heart and presented Boiled Cabbage in Clear Soup as a pinnacle dish of Sichuan cuisine.
• Erina tasted the soup and cabbage heart, then froze as the heron's umami and the cabbage's sweetness blended across her palate.

Seiya’s Boiled Cabbage in Clear Soup impressed the judges with its medicinal herbs and warming effect, while Shinomiya Kojiro’s Chou Farci was faulted for neglecting the customer’s feelings. The votes made Seiya’s victory clear, and Shinomiya began to understand why he had lost.

• Erina and the other judges tasted Seiya’s soup and saw an illusion of a Phoenix landing on a paulownia tree.
• Gin Dojima and Erina identified Chinese medicinal herbs as the secret behind the soup’s warmth.
• Gin Dojima voted for Seiya and told Shinomiya Kojiro that his cooking had failed to consider the customer’s feelings.
• Hinako Inui asked Seiya for more soup and urged Shinomiya to taste it so he could understand Dojima’s judgment.
• Erina also voted for Seiya, while Fuyumi Mizuhara and Donato Gotoda abstained, leaving Seiya’s victory beyond doubt.
• Shinomiya tasted the soup, sensed its medicinal flavor, and realized that he had been cooking for himself rather than for his customers.

Seiya defeated Shinomiya Kojiro in their Shokugeki, ending his expulsion threat and prompting Gin Dojima to reveal that the Jade Dragon Pot was held by the Midnight Cooks. After learning that Azami Nakiri was also pursuing it, Seiya decided to remain at Totsuki so its resources could help him track down the group.

• Shinomiya Kojiro conceded defeat to Seiya and apologized to him and Gin Dojima for the losses caused by the Shokugeki.
• Gin Dojima congratulated Seiya, recognized that his skills surpassed the current Elite Ten Council, and suggested he join it, but Seiya refused.
• Gin Dojima told Seiya that one of the paired Jade Dragon Pots was held by the Midnight Cooks, a powerful group of Dark Cooking World chefs.
• Gin Dojima revealed that Azami Nakiri was also targeting the Jade Dragon Pot and promised to share information about the Midnight Cooks.
• Seiya decided not to withdraw from Totsuki, reasoning that its resources could help him locate the Midnight Cooks.

The Totsuki students gathered for the residential training’s final assessment, while Erina resolved to beat Seiya through the remaining challenges after learning he had defeated Shinomiya Kojiro. Gin Dojima announced an egg-dish buffet assessment, giving Erina confidence that she could win.

• Students debated whether Seiya had won his Shokugeki with Shinomiya Kojiro, and Erina told them to focus on surviving the remaining assessments.
• Erina recalled that she had earned A ratings in the first three assessments while Seiya had received a D from Shinomiya’s class, and decided she could beat him by scoring higher in the remaining rounds.
• Alice Nakiri confronted Erina and taunted her about declaring war on Seiya, prompting the cousins to trade insults.
• Gin Dojima announced that students had to sell egg dishes in a buffet, with anyone who failed to sell enough portions facing elimination.
• Erina embraced the egg-dish assessment and vowed to prove to Seiya and Soma Yukihira that she would win.

Seiya, Erina, Soma Yukihira, and the other first-years competed in a buffet-style final exam that required two hundred inventive servings in two hours. Erina drew the biggest crowd with her Eggs Benedict, while Seiya’s Three-Egg Shumai and Soma Yukihira’s Omelet Soufflé attracted less attention.

• Soma Yukihira and Erina argued over whether their restaurant experience and dishes suited the high-end buffet exam, and Erina questioned Seiya’s and Soma’s ability to impress the guests.
• Soma Yukihara left to test his dish, while Seiya’s competitive spirit stirred and he went to prepare his ingredients.
• At six the next morning, hundreds of guests arrived, and Gin Dojima announced that students had to serve two hundred portions of an original dish within two hours.
• Takumi, Megumi Tadokoro, Nikumi, and Alice drew attention with their inventive egg dishes, while Erina’s station attracted the longest line for her Eggs Benedict.
• Erina compared the crowds at her station with those at Seiya’s and Soma Yukihara’s; Soma’s Omelet Soufflé looked ordinary to guests, and Seiya had made Three-Egg Shumai.

During Totsuki’s assessment, Seiya sold Three-Egg Shumai and accepted that Erina’s Eggs Benedict had a presentation advantage, even though he believed his dish tasted better. His standing rose further when prominent culinary figures recognized him, leaving the onlookers wondering about his connections.

• Seiya prepared Three-Egg Shumai from chicken eggs, duck eggs, crab roe, and a little flour, and he had already sold enough portions to pass.
• Seiya acknowledged that Erina’s Eggs Benedict attracted customers with its appearance, while Soma Yukihira began drawing a crowd with flashy cooking.
• Yusaburo recognized Seiya as a Gourmet Hunter and was astonished to learn he also attended Totsuki.
• Yusaburo tasted Seiya’s shumai, praised its flavor above Erina’s dish, and drew the attention of nearby guests.
• Tsukimi Mitsuru, chairman of the Gourmet Merchants Guild, greeted Seiya eagerly, astonishing the culinary figures who witnessed it.

At Totsuki Resort, Seiya’s Three-Egg Shumai drew influential food-industry guests after Yusaburo and Tsukimi Mitsuru competed to promote it. The chapter ended with the guests summoning more people to Seiya’s station after realizing his dish was exceptionally delicious.

• Tsukimi Mitsuru approached Seiya and called over Gourmet Merchants Guild employees, while Yusaburo gathered Koma Family employees and relatives to try Seiya’s shumai.
• Yusaburo offered Koshimaru Group employees raises for eating extra servings, and Tsukimi promised promotions and raises to guild employees who ate even more.
• Seiya stopped the contest and limited everyone to one serving, prompting Yusaburo and Tsukimi to apologize and leave with their groups.
• Influential food-industry figures sampled Seiya’s shumai and concluded it was among the best dishes at the venue.
• The food-industry figures began inviting more friends and acquaintances to Seiya’s cooking station.

Seiya won the final buffet assessment by a wide margin after Yusaburo and Tsukimi Mitsuru drew a huge crowd to his Three-Egg Shumai station. Erina accepted her defeat, and the residential training ended with more than three hundred students expelled and a banquet for those who passed.

• After influential guests praised Seiya's Three-Egg Shumai, a line of customers more than a hundred meters long formed at his station.
• Seiya's score surged, leaving Takumi, Alice, and Soma Yukihira behind, while Megumi Tadokoro, Nikumi, and Ryoko celebrated his success.
• Gin Dojima announced Seiya as the overwhelming first-place winner, with Erina in second place.
• Erina accepted the loss, told Seiya she would beat him next time, and left with Sekiko.
• Totsuki's residential training ended after more than three hundred of the more than eight hundred students were expelled, and the school held a banquet for those who passed.

Seiya considered Gin Dojima’s recommendation that he enter Totsuki’s Autumn Elections while reflecting on Shinomiya Kojiro’s improved cooking. At Tokyo Airport, Seichiro Yukihira ran into Kiyoei Wenren, who was returning to Japan and worried that her son Seiya had ruined their restaurant.

• Seiya tasted Gin Dojima’s and Shinomiya Kojiro’s dishes and recognized how difficult it would be to defeat them with his current skills.
• Gin Dojima praised Seiya’s potential and recommended that he enter the Autumn Elections, but Seiya said he needed time to think.
• Seichiro Yukihira arrived at Tokyo Airport and saw Kiyoei Wenren berating a young man who had tried to hit on her.
• Kiyoei Wenren recognized Seichiro and asked whether he knew how her son Seiya was managing their restaurant while she had been away.
• Kiyoei Wenren suspected Seiya had stopped answering her calls because the restaurant was failing, though she mainly worried that he might have no food to eat.

Kiyoei Wenren learned from Seichiro Yukihira that Seiya had secretly become an exceptional cook and saved Wenren Restaurant from bankruptcy. Shocked by the news, she rushed home and caused a stir among the restaurant’s staff, who mistook her for one of Seiya’s romantic partners.

• Kiyoei Wenren asked Seichiro Yukihira whether the Yukihiras had helped Seiya keep Wenren Restaurant open.
• Seichiro Yukihira revealed that Seiya had hidden his abilities and had made Seafood Fried Rice better than Soma Yukihira’s.
• Kiyoei Wenren hurried back to Wenren Restaurant, and Seichiro Yukihira followed her.
• Kiyoei Wenren entered the expanded restaurant and knocked aside two servers who tried to stop her.
• A regular customer told a server that Kiyoei Wenren was the owner’s wife, leaving the staff confused about her relationship to Seiya and Minezaki.

Kiyoei Wenren returned home and learned from Minezaki how much Seiya’s cooking had improved, then tested his identity and watched him demonstrate his skills. She accepted that he was her son but grew angry that he had hidden his talent, and her worry about her hometown surfaced when Seiya asked about her trip.

• Minezaki welcomed Kiyoei Wenren and explained what had happened while she was away, leaving out Seiya’s secret trips to the Gourmet World.
• Seiya returned home and answered Kiyoei Wenren’s questions about her birthday, original surname, and his childhood to prove he was her son.
• Kiyoei Wenren struck Seiya before he could reveal private details, then accepted his identity and accused him of hiding his abilities.
• Kiyoei Wenren made Seiya demonstrate his cooking, and she was astonished by his mastery of the Seven Star Knife and several techniques.
• Seiya tried to change the subject by asking about Kiyoei Wenren’s trip home, but she became more worried.

Kiyoei Wenren told Seiya how the Bright Cooking World and Dark Cooking World had taken the family’s Greedy Wolf Pot after defeating her in Shokugeki. Seiya proposed challenging them again with the Jade Dragon Pot as the stake, and Kiyoei Wenren became eager to try.

• Kiyoei Wenren explained that the Greedy Wolf Pot had been passed down through the Wenren Family from Seven Star Knife - Rene and that she lost it in Shokugeki against representatives of both cooking worlds.
• Seiya became furious over the loss and asked whether the people who defeated Kiyoei Wenren were strong.
• Kiyoei Wenren said the opponents had used rare ingredients and that she might have won if she had been prepared.
• Seiya showed Kiyoei Wenren a bag of high-grade rare ingredients that Minezaki had brought from a locked freezer.
• Kiyoei Wenren said they needed a stake comparable to the Greedy Wolf Pot to challenge the opponents again, so Seiya suggested the Jade Dragon Pot.
• Seiya told Kiyoei Wenren what Gin Dojima had said about the Jade Dragon Pot, and she eagerly considered staking it.

After Minezaki moved into Seiya’s room, the Seiyas shared memories in the Mental Domain, where Eevee Seiya lamented that he still could not become human. Seiya recounted how eating a fragment of Anistar City’s Sundial gave him the power to evolve into any of Eevee’s eight forms and devolve back, though he remained an Eevee.

• Minezaki moved into Seiya’s room after Kiyoei Wenren returned, leaving Seiya to sleep on the living room floor while the restaurant expansion was planned.
• The Seiyas shared Food Wars! Seiya’s memories, and Eevee Seiya envied the merged world and the other Seiyas’ progress toward human forms.
• A wild Mankey approached Seiya with flowers, and Seiya knocked it out with Iron Tail before warning off its Pokémon admirers.
• Seiya recalled that he had eaten a large fragment of Anistar City’s Sundial in hopes of becoming human, which instead activated his connection to the Mental Domain.
• Seiya gained the ability to evolve into any of Eevee’s eight forms and devolve back, but he still looked like an Eevee despite his formidable strength.

Seiya waited in Miare City for Ash, hoping to travel with the child of destiny, but he first intervened when a Trainer chased his little sister Eevee. After defeating the Trainer’s Braixen, Seiya attracted the attention of other Trainers, just as Ash arrived in the city and spotted the commotion.

• Seiya explained that he had come to Miare City to find Ash and use the journey to seek out the Pokémon World's mysteries.
• A red-haired Trainer chased Seiya’s little sister Eevee, who fled to Seiya and hid behind him.
• The red-haired Trainer ordered Braixen to attack Seiya with Flamethrower, but Seiya blocked it with Protect.
• Seiya knocked Braixen out with a single Shadow Ball, drawing the interest of nearby Trainers who wanted to catch him.
• Ash arrived in Miare City with Viola, saw the crowd gathered around the battle, and eagerly wondered whether he could join a one-on-one Pokémon battle.

Ash and Viola joined a crowd in Miare City that had gathered to catch Seiya, an exceptionally powerful Eevee who had defeated more than a dozen Trainers. Seiya defeated another challenger’s Steelix and stood victorious atop it, while the crowd watched in astonishment.

• Ash asked a Trainer why so many people had gathered, and he learned they were trying to catch a wild Eevee named Seiya.
• The Trainer explained that Seiya had defeated more than a dozen challengers, and everyone was limited to one attempt.
• Viola used her reporter credentials to push through the crowd with Ash and watch Seiya battle Steelix.
• Seiya dodged Steelix’s Rock Slide and Iron Tail with Quick Attack and Double Team, then countered with an Iron Tail of his own.
• Steelix’s Trainer ordered Harden, but Seiya knocked Steelix out and stood proudly atop it.

Ash took the next turn to battle Seiya’s Eevee, while Team Rocket met Eevee’s proud little sister in the crowd. The battle began with Pikachu’s Electro Ball colliding with Seiya’s Shadow Ball, and Seiya’s weakened attack continued toward Pikachu.

• After Extra Bro gave Ash his place in line, Ash entered the arena with Pikachu to challenge Seiya’s Eevee.
• Meowth translated Little Eevee’s warning that her brother would beat up anyone who tried to catch her.
• Little Eevee bit Jessie after Jessie and James claimed Seiya’s Eevee could not defeat Pikachu, and James helped free Jessie.
• Ash ordered Pikachu to attack with Electro Ball as the battle against Seiya began.
• Seiya countered with Shadow Ball, which overpowered Pikachu’s Electro Ball and flew through the smoke toward Pikachu.

Ash and Pikachu battled Seiya, but Seiya evolved into Leafeon and defeated Pikachu. The fight ended with Team Rocket exposed holding Little Eevee, while Ash had no Pokémon ready to stop them.

• Pikachu dodged Seiya's Shadow Ball, but Seiya's Swift struck him and left him injured.
• Pikachu fought back with Thunderbolt and charged with Volt Tackle as Ash urged him to press the attack.
• Seiya evolved into Leafeon and defeated Pikachu with Double-Edge, then recovered stamina with Sunny Day and Synthesis.
• James suggested that Little Eevee might be as strong as Seiya, and Jessie snatched her from his arms.
• Ash spotted Team Rocket holding Little Eevee, but Pikachu was too badly injured to fight.

Seiya rescued Little Eevee from Team Rocket by revealing that he could freely shift between evolved forms, sparking a citywide search for him. Meanwhile, Ash met Professor Sycamore to learn about Mega Evolution, then chased a rampaging Garchomp up Prism Tower and jumped after the falling Pikachu.

• Team Rocket escaped in their hot-air balloon with Little Eevee after Wobbuffet reflected Leafeon's Razor Leaf.
• Seiya transformed into Espeon, overturned Team Rocket's balloon with Confusion, and caught Little Eevee as she fell.
• Seiya changed into Jolteon and fled with Little Eevee, while the witnesses realized he could freely switch between evolved forms and began searching for him.
• Ash and Viola visited Professor Sycamore, who explained Mega Evolution and discussed Seiya's unusual abilities.
• Team Rocket used a collar to enslave Professor Sycamore's Garchomp, which rampaged through the streets of Miare City.
• Ash climbed Prism Tower to pursue Garchomp, then jumped after Pikachu as Pikachu fell from the tower.