Shokugeki no soma manga 261
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In his first class, Soma is paired with Megumi Tadokoro, a shy girl who ranked at the bottom of her class and is on academic probation. At the school's entrance ceremony, Soma appears as the sole transfer student representative and declares he will aspire to be the top student in his class, angering his classmates, and shocking Erina. However, because Soma is a commoner, she fails him anyway.
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While other candidates flee because of Erina's reputation of being the nation's top food critic, Soma cooks a furikake dish that Erina discovers she really enjoys. Erina Nakiri, the valedictorian of Totsuki's junior high and a member of Totsuki's Council of Ten Masters, presides over the transfer student entrance exam and has candidates cook an egg dish that would satisfy her. Later, Joichiro closes the restaurant to go on a worldwide cooking tour, and has Soma enroll in Totsuki Saryo Culinary Institute, an elite cooking academy. Soma improvizes a near-meat dish that overwhelms her in taste.
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She challenges Soma to cook for her a meat dish, but she has the place vandalized and the meat spoiled. A woman tries to persuade Soma to sell their property so her clients can build a high rise.
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