A fine entry focusing mostly on the side characters. But I'm here for Soma, and the book doesn't really catch fire until the last chapter sets up his next shokugeki. I'm worried that even Soma can't save this series from the dreadful storyline where the new dean is a ham-fisted villain. ( )

Azami's Central has begun it's systematic mop up of the small rebellion Soma incited. And up next is Kurokiba battling for the sake of Alice's Cutting-Edge Cooking Society. And so Alice can stick it to her Uncle Azami.

But something BIG comes at the end of this volume. I mean story altering BIG. And the only bit I'm going to give you is that my immediate reaction was "SOMA NO!" and the book said "SOMA YES!" And no matter how much I run the scenario through my head, the outcome is always a nightmare. ( )