Chapter Summaries

The World Government conquered the Food Wars World’s island nation and demanded that every country surrender, prompting the nations to submit. At a meeting with World Government officials, the WGO president proposed a World Shokugeki, and Senzaemon Nakiri called on Azami Nakiri and Asahi Nakiri to take part.

• The Astral Legion Third Army invaded and occupied the island nation, which Vice Admiral Carl designated the Fourth Special Region under military administration.
• The Otherworld Strategy Committee gave the Food Wars World’s nations three days to surrender or face war, and the United Nations leaders chose to surrender.
• The WGO president proposed a five-chef team battle and requested protections for culinary traditions, restoration of the island nation’s status, and wishes for the winning chefs.
• Minister Vester Barney agreed to the first request, said the second was open to discussion, and said the third could be considered.
• Senzaemon Nakiri urged Azami Nakiri and Asahi Nakiri to participate, and both showed interest in facing chefs from other worlds.

The Food Wars World and the World Government arranged a World Shokugeki for April 15 at Tokyo Dome, with five top chefs from the Rising Sun Flag Country chosen to compete. Senzaemon Nakiri brought them to WGO headquarters to receive legendary cooking utensils, and the chapter ended as the elevator doors opened on their destination.

• The two sides set the World Shokugeki for April 15 at Tokyo Dome and began preparing for the unprecedented match.
• WGO selected Erina Nakiri, Soma Yukihira, Asahi Nakiri, Joichiro Saiba, and Azami Nakiri to represent the Rising Sun Flag Country.
• Senzaemon Nakiri led the five chefs to WGO headquarters, where Soma Yukihira eagerly looked around while Erina Nakiri questioned why they had come.
• Senzaemon Nakiri explained that they had come to receive special utensils approved for the match and told them WGO had recovered eight legendary cooking utensils forged by Xiu Li.
• The elevator descended beneath WGO headquarters, and the five chefs watched in anticipation as its doors began to open.

Mana Nakiri introduced the legendary cooking utensils in the WGO's Treasure Vault, including their powers and the Jade Dragon Pots' legend of granting immortality. As the chefs began testing whether the utensils would recognize them, Joichiro Saiba touched the Eternal Spirit Knife and triggered a burst of golden light.

• Mana Nakiri led Erina Nakiri, Soma Yukihira, Joichiro Saiba, Azami Nakiri, Asahi Nakiri, and Senzaemon Nakiri into the Treasure Vault to test the legendary cooking utensils.
• Mana Nakiri explained the powers of five utensils, including the Eternal Spirit Knife, Dragon-Turning Pot, Garuda Blade, Devil Saint Bronze Vessel, Greedy Wolf Pot, and Spirit Vault.
• Mana Nakiri revealed that the Jade Dragon Pots had never recognized a chef, but were said to let their wielder use every utensil and make a dish that could grant immortality to whoever ate it.
• Erina Nakiri dismissed the immortality legend, while Soma Yukihira and Asahi Nakiri speculated about the utensils' effects and origins.
• Joichiro Saiba volunteered to test the Eternal Spirit Knife, and golden light burst across the hall when he gripped its handle.

Esdeath returned to Noah and reunited with Historia, bringing her a blind Soulseer Mizutsune named Bubble and new armor. After learning about the newly arrived Empress Teresa and her Claymore Angels, Esdeath looked forward to testing their strength.

• Gate Giant Oimo opened a gateway for Esdeath’s ship, and Kukulkan told her that Historia had arrived while Teresa had not yet returned.
• Esdeath flew to Historia’s palace with Akame, Kurome, Tsunade, and her Ice Storm Knights, whose Fatalis armor and weapons had upgraded their equipment.
• Esdeath gave Historia a blind Soulseer Mizutsune, and Historia calmed it and named it Bubble.
• Esdeath also gave Historia skirt armor made from the Mizutsune’s shed materials.
• Historia told Esdeath that Teresa came from Claymore World, had become an Angel, and led Claymore Warriors who had also become Angels.
• Esdeath learned that Imu was training and eagerly anticipated meeting Teresa and her Claymore Angels.

Esdeath and Teresa agreed to postpone their duel until Imu’s supervised Empress Ranking Tournament on July 1st, while Tsunade was ordered to return to Sea Star and serve at the Medical Academy. In Tokyo’s Food Wars World, Sea Star’s chefs arrived to challenge Soma Yukihira and the local chefs in a World Shokugeki.

• Esdeath challenged Teresa to a fight, and Teresa agreed if Imu permitted it.
• Imu allowed the Empresses to fight only with Mu’s permission and supervision, set a two-hour limit, and announced an annual Empress Ranking Tournament beginning July 1st.
• Esdeath and Teresa chose to settle their contest in the tournament, while their guards faced off against one another.
• Imu told Tsunade to return to Sea Star and prepare to work at the Medical Academy, and Tsunade obediently accepted.
• Zeff, Streusen, Jessica, Ramsay, and Thatch arrived in Tokyo with the Sea Star Chefs Association team to compete against Food Wars World’s chefs.
• Imu doubted the Sea Star team could beat the chefs led by Soma Yukihira, but looked forward to tasting their cuisine and seeing whether its effects were truly supernatural.

The World Shokugeki began before a packed Tokyo Dome, with Anne introducing the judges and announcing that the contest would be broadcast across the World Government’s many worlds. The audience’s attention settled on Charlotte Linlin and the strange cloud Zeus as they awaited the match.

• Anne welcomed the crowd and explained that the shokugeki could determine whether the country regained its name and autonomy.
• Anne announced that tens of billions of viewers across the World Government’s worlds would watch the contest live.
• Soma Yukihira and Joichiro Saiba discussed the opportunities the World Government had brought, while Azami Nakiri formed ambitions to rise in the Sea Star Chefs Association and serve the Celestial Dragons.
• Erina Nakiri looked toward her mother, Mana Nakiri, and welcomed the prospect of tasting ingredients from other worlds.
• Anne introduced the seven judges, including four World Government representatives and Charlotte Linlin, who eagerly called for the contest to begin.
• The audience focused on Zeus, the small white cloud floating beside Charlotte Linlin.

The World Shokugeki began with the seven judges swearing to judge fairly, though Charlotte Linlin sensed a force behind the oath that could influence their minds. The first round’s teams were chosen for an appetizer contest, and both sides began selecting ingredients.

• Charlotte Linlin arrived without Prometheus and Chione because Zephyr refused to let them miss school.
• An introduced the seven judges, including Charlotte Linlin, Gordon, Mana Nakiri, and Prime Minister Tagawa Shiei.
• The judges swore to judge only the dishes, and Charlotte Linlin detected a strange force trying to influence her mind and will.
• An announced the first round’s appetizer theme and introduced both teams; Erina Nakiri and Jessica were chosen as head chefs.
• Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri faced Jessica, Streusen, and Ramsay, then both teams began choosing ingredients for the thirty-minute round.

Erina Nakiri’s team avoided unfamiliar Otherworld ingredients while Joichiro Saiba and Soma Yukihira marveled at them and resolved to join the Chefs’ Association. The first round of the World Shokugeki began, with Erina choosing seafood dishes and Streusen revealing how his Eat-Eat Fruit let him create ingredients from wood.

• Asahi Nakiri and Azami Nakiri passed up unfamiliar Otherworld ingredients to respect Erina Nakiri’s decision not to use them.
• Joichiro Saiba and Soma Yukihira explored the meat section, admired its Otherworld ingredients, and decided they wanted to study at Sea Star.
• The contestants returned to the kitchen, and Executive An started the first round of the World Shokugeki.
• Erina Nakiri prepared pike fish balls, salmon, and Saint Jacques scallops, while Azami Nakiri and Asahi Nakiri helped with the ingredients.
• Executive An learned that Jessica was rendering water dragon abdominal fat and Ramsay was preparing Sand Dragon milt.
• Streusen cut wooden blocks into chips that transformed into Lanternfish Dragon livers, demonstrating his Eat-Eat Fruit’s ability to recreate food he had tasted.

Jessica, Ramsay, and Streusen astonished the Food Wars judges by preparing thirteen portions in ten minutes, while Erina Nakiri's team continued cooking. Five portions were secretly delivered to Noah, where Imu and his companions began tasting Jessica's dish.

• An explained that Streusen wielded the Eat-Eat Fruit, and Erina Nakiri considered how the Eternal Spirit Knife could restore seafood to counter its power.
• Jessica and Ramsay cooked with astonishing speed, and their team completed thirteen portions of two dishes in ten minutes.
• Jessica stored eight portions in a spatial ring, while a masked CP0 agent took the remaining five portions and the team cleaned its kitchen.
• Jessica refused to let the judges taste her dishes early, while Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri continued preparing their own food.
• The CP0 agent carried the five portions through a Small Star Gate to Noah, where Imu, Historia, Esdeath, Teresa, and Stussy were served.
• Imu began tasting Jessica's Pan-Fried Lamprey Dragon Liver in Water Dragon Oil with Sand Dragon Milt Sauce.

At the Tokyo Dome, the judges tasted Jessica, Streusen, and Ramsay’s plain-looking dragon-seafood dish and were swept into vivid ocean-inspired impressions. The judges then received Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri’s brilliantly glowing dish, and Im prepared to taste it.

• Im found Jessica, Streusen, and Ramsay’s dish delicious but ordinary, while Teresa was overwhelmed by its flavor.
• Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri finished their dish and sent portions to the judges and opposing chefs.
• The judges tasted the plain-looking dragon-seafood dish, and Erina Nakiri and Mana Nakiri experienced powerful ocean illusions through their God's Tongues.
• Joichiro Saiba and Soma Yukihira identified the dish as seafood and noted that its distinctive ocean flavor came largely from Water Seven sea salt.
• Mana Nakiri, Chairman Gordon, and Prime Minister Tagawa praised the dish with greater excitement than the World Government judges.
• Anne introduced Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri’s glowing dish, and Im sensed three harmonious spiritual intentions before tasting it.

Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri won the first round of the World Shokugeki by a four-to-three vote. Teresa judged Jessica’s side’s dish tastier and more unique, leaving Imu curious about what Soma Yukihira would cook next.

• Erina Nakiri, Azami Nakiri, and Asahi Nakiri’s dish dazzled the judges, while Jessica, Streusen, and Ramsay’s dish was praised but was judged to lack the chefs’ spirit.
• Mana Nakiri and Chairman Gordon chose Jessica’s side’s dish, while Molotov and Hobson chose Erina Nakiri’s side’s dish.
• Tagawa Shiei and Vester voted for Jessica’s side, and Charlotte Linlin chose Erina Nakiri’s side, giving Erina’s team a four-to-three victory.
• Imu asked Teresa which dish she preferred, and Teresa chose Jessica’s side’s dish for its taste and uniqueness.
• Imu accepted Teresa’s assessment and wondered whether Soma Yukihira could make an even more impressive dish in the next round.

Azami Nakiri and Joichiro Saiba prepared a thirteen-serving softshell turtle soup using the Dragon-Turning Pot and Spirit Vault, finishing far ahead of Thatch's team. Azami presented his Five-Colored Dragon Pearl Softshell Turtle Soup to the judges, whose dishes were revealed in a burst of azure light and frost.

• Ann announced soup as the second-round theme and introduced Azami Nakiri and Thatch as the head chefs.
• Azami chose Joichiro Saiba as his only assistant, while Thatch teamed up with Streusen and Jessica.
• Azami and Joichiro used ingredients from Thatch's world, including Water Seven sea salt and miraculous cantaloupes and bell peppers.
• Joichiro used the Dragon-Turning Pot to steam thirteen bowls of softshell turtle soup in seconds, and Azami stored them in the Spirit Vault while they prepared the remaining ingredients.
• Azami presented his Five-Colored Dragon Pearl Softshell Turtle Soup to the judges, and azure radiance and white frost poured from the dishes.

Azami Nakiri and Joichiro Saiba presented Five-Colored Dragon Pearl Softshell Turtle Soup, whose magical appearance and delicious flavors stunned the judges. Mana Nakiri’s Transmission Pulse then burst the clothes of several officials, leaving the venue scrambling to respond while Imu wondered whether the dish’s world was Food Wars World’s past.

• Azami Nakiri and Joichiro Saiba served cold soup inside hollowed Hami melons, revealing colorful, bouncing spheres that dazzled the audience.
• Charlotte Linlin and the other judges ate the spheres and experienced their varied flavors, while Mana Nakiri became overwhelmed by the dish.
• Mana Nakiri’s Transmission Pulse burst her kimono and the jackets of President Gordon, Prime Minister Tagawa, Minister Hobson, and Minister Vester.
• An explained the Nakiri Family’s Clothes Burst and Transmission Pulse as staff brought clothes and prepared changing rooms for the officials.
• Charlotte Linlin said her Haki had protected herself and Minister Molotov, while Imu watched the incident and considered the dish’s possible connection to Food Wars World’s past.

After Joichiro Saiba and Azami Nakiri won the second round, Joichiro faced Ramsay in the seafood round, with Azami assisting him. Ramsay’s team explored how Breathing Techniques might help create glowing cuisine, and Ramsay demonstrated the precise blade work needed to prepare Dragon Salmon.

• Azami Nakiri and Joichiro Saiba defeated Thatch’s team seven to zero with the Five-Colored Dragon Pearl Softshell Turtle Soup.
• Executive An announced the seafood round, pairing Joichiro Saiba with Ramsay and naming Azami Nakiri as Joichiro’s sole assistant.
• Zeff told Ramsay and Thatch that Observation Haki had revealed chefs channeling spiritual force through their tools into ingredients, and he proposed using Wind Breathing to reproduce glowing cuisine.
• Ramsay assigned Zeff to develop a second dish that could glow, and Zeff agreed to test his idea during the shokugeki.
• Ramsay expertly filleted a Dragon Salmon with a blade of air and told Zeff and Thatch that chefs and swordsmen both made their living by the blade.

Joichiro Saiba and Azami Nakiri served their fiery Red Demon Shrimp seafood rice, which the judges eagerly devoured. Ramsay, Zeff, and Thatch then presented their Dragon Salmon dishes, sending Mana Nakiri and Erina Nakiri into vivid visions of Fish-Man Island as they tasted the sashimi and sushi.

• Joichiro Saiba finished cooking before Ramsay and served his Boiled Red Demon Shrimp Seafood Shura Rice made with ingredients from several worlds.
• Charlotte Linlin's Haki protected the judges' clothes as Mana Nakiri and the others tasted the spicy rice and reacted with delight.
• Ramsay introduced his Dragon Salmon Boat-Platter Sashimi and Aromatic Grilled Dragon Salmon Sushi, whose surface glimmered with a faint blue radiance.
• Mana Nakiri tasted the sashimi, experienced the Aqua Laguna tsunami, and briefly saw Fish-Man Island through the seafood soy sauce.
• Mana Nakiri tasted the sushi and became a mermaid in a vision of Fish-Man Island, while Erina Nakiri experienced a similar transformation.

Erina Nakiri judged the Dragon Salmon dishes slightly superior because their ingredients far outclassed the Red Demon Shrimp seafood rice, giving Team Ramsay, Zeff, and Thatch a 4–3 victory. Both teams lost head chefs for the next rounds, leaving the competition to continue with fewer of its strongest chefs.

• Azami Nakiri asked Erina Nakiri to decide who won, and she recalled the vivid illusions caused by both dishes.
• Erina Nakiri said the flavors were evenly matched but the Dragon Salmon's superior ingredients gave its sashimi and sushi a slight edge.
• Charlotte Linlin and the judges cast their votes, with the World Government judges splitting their votes two to two.
• Mana Nakiri, President Gordon, and Prime Minister Tagawa Shiei cast the decisive votes, giving the Dragon Salmon team a 4–3 victory.
• Jessica and Thatch became ineligible to serve as head chefs in later rounds, and Joichiro Saiba was also eliminated from that role.

Four-year-old Luffy watched a cooking competition with his family while Sanji announced that he wanted to become a chef. Luffy then asked to become an adventurer, but his family warned him that traveling to dangerous worlds could bring trouble to his father and grandfather, leaving him to think it over and plan to ask Ace for advice.

• Luffy celebrated a cooking competition victory until Rouge told him to sit down, while Sora reminded him that Food Wars World would come under the World Government’s jurisdiction.
• Sanji declared that he wanted to become a chef, and Ichiji and Niji mocked him until Luffy and Kujaku defended his choice and Sora made the brothers apologize.
• Rouge encouraged Sanji to gain experience in the cafeteria kitchen and later seek professional training from the Chefs’ Association on Spring Queen Island.
• Luffy suggested that he and Sanji adventure through other worlds together, and he asked Rouge to take him to Whiskey Peak Island so he could enter the Top 100 Tournament when he grew up.
• Reiju warned Luffy that adventuring could force Dragon, Garp, and Ace to rescue him, and Luffy decided to think about his future and ask Ace for advice.

Soma Yukihira chose Fire Dragon meat for the fourth World Shokugeki round and planned to grill it with help from his father, Joichiro Saiba. As Soma and Zeff’s teams cooked, their dishes took shape as a Fire Dragon and a Sea King, leaving the outcome eagerly awaited by the judges and spectators.

• Soma Yukihira and Zeff were selected as head chefs for the meat-themed fourth round, with Joichiro Saiba assisting Soma and Thatch and Jessica assisting Zeff.
• Soma Yukihira decided to counter the opposing side’s ingredient advantage by choosing unfamiliar Otherworld meat and using simple grilling to bring out its flavor.
• Soma Yukihira and Joichiro Saiba selected Rathian pork belly and relied on the Saiba bloodline’s versatility and adaptability to judge the heat as they cooked.
• Zeff’s team began preparing meat from a thousand-meter-class Sea King while Soma and Joichiro grilled Fire Dragon meat.
• The dishes’ aromas filled the venue, and the smoke above the two kitchens formed the apparitions of a Fire Dragon and a Sea King as the audience awaited the result.

Soma Yukihira defeated Zeff in a Shokugeki with his Fire Dragon Roast, giving his side a 7–0 victory. Afterward, Streusen beat Asahi Nakiri in the dessert round with a Rainbow Cream Glutinous Rice Cake made from Devil Fruit-created ingredients.

• Soma Yukihira served his Fire Dragon Roast, whose flavor and fiery effects stunned the judges and spectators.
• Zeff conceded defeat, and the judges rated his Sea King meat dish below Soma Yukihira's; Soma's side won 7–0.
• After a thirty-minute rest, the fifth Shokugeki began with Asahi Nakiri and Streusen as head chefs.
• Streusen used cream from Charlotte Opera, glutinous rice from Charlotte Katakuri, and candies from Perospero to make his Rainbow Cream Glutinous Rice Cake.
• Streusen's dessert surpassed Asahi Nakiri's Golden Fire Dragon Egg Tart, and Streusen won the round.

The Food Wars World team defeated the Sea Star Chefs Association 5–2, preventing their country from becoming the Fourth Special Region. After Minister Molotov confirmed the victory and offered the chefs wishes, Soma Yukihira secured the Eternal Spirit Knife and Garuda Blade, Azami Nakiri became a vice president, and Erina Nakiri arranged to establish a Totsuki campus on Sea Star.

• Streusen lost the sixth round to Soma Yukihira's Flame Rising Dragon Dumplings, and Soma's team won the seventh round with Yin-Yang Mapo Tofu.
• Minister Molotov congratulated the five winners and confirmed that the World Government would not designate their country as the Fourth Special Region.
• Soma Yukihira wished to carry the Eternal Spirit Knife and Garuda Blade, and Minister Molotov approved despite Zeff's displeasure.
• Azami Nakiri asked to become a vice president of the Sea Star Chefs Association, and Jessica gave up her position for him.
• Erina Nakiri wished to establish a Totsuki Culinary Academy campus on Sea Star, and Minister Molotov welcomed the plan.