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The Best Episodes of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5

Every episode of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5!

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Young chef Soma enters the prestigious Totsuki Culinary Academy, where he must emerge victorious in over-the-top cooking battles or face expulsion.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 1 - Final Exams
    7.6/10(130 votes)

    #1 - Final Exams

    S5:E1

    The season is summer! Soma and his friends have been through first semester of the second year and are now facing the final exams. The test is to run a "Beach House" on a beach packed with tourists and achieve sales of 3 million yen in 3 days! Soma and others of the Elite Ten felt confident, only until they found out about the downside of this exam… The restaurant prepared for them was almost nothing but an abandoned house! Will Soma and the others be able to pass the final exam?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 2 - The BLUE Preliminaries
    7.4/10(121 votes)

    #2 - The BLUE Preliminaries

    S5:E2

    A world cooking competition "THE BLUE" was announced to be held. Three slots were available for Totsuki Culinary Institute. With that seat on the line, a "Blue Prequel" will be held that is open to all students in the academy! All were welcome to participate, so many students were positive to apply. Who will be the top 3 winners chosen by the 99 judges? A battle royale between chefs on the theme “Soup Dishes” is about to begin…!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 3 - Noir
    7.3/10(118 votes)

    #3 - Noir

    S5:E3

    The new lecturer Suzuki challenges Soma on a battle...! Though not a formal battle, Suzuki will be betting on his own “secret” and Soma his “kitchen knife” respectively. The theme was “Items made of ingredients found in the cooking lab’s refrigerator”. While Soma serves a pork cutlet based on his techniques from Yukihira's, Suzuki made an unexpected move... After the match, Soma learns a shocking fact from Suzuki.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 4 - The Last Supper
    8.1/10(110 votes)

    #4 - The Last Supper

    S5:E4

    The first day of the BLUE has arrived. There are many young talented chefs at the venue, including the Les Cuisiniers Noirs led by Asahi. The culinary competition begins and Soma, Megumi, Takumi and Erina head to the designated venue. The first challenge given to soma is “the Last Supper”!? How will he tackle this task!?

    Director:Nana Fujiwara
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 5 - Convenience Store Brawl
    7.9/10(107 votes)

    #5 - Convenience Store Brawl

    S5:E5

    Having completed the first challenge, Soma heads off to the second venue. There, he encounters someone unexpected. The second challenge begins and its theme is to “cook something worth over $100, with items sold in the convenience store”! Soma is confident with the theme, however, every dish he presents are rejected by the judges! What could be the reason!?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 6 - A Midsummer Christmas
    7.5/10(107 votes)

    #6 - A Midsummer Christmas

    S5:E6

    When Soma arrives at the gate of the third challenge, the organizer of BLUE who is also the top of WGO, tells them that she has no expectations for the normal chefs like him. The underground chefs are to show their culinary skills in order to prove how powerful they really are. One of the chosen chefs takes out a cookery tool which turns out to be a chaisaw!? Soma and others witness unusual yet undeniable skills of the underground chefs. Are there any ways to counter them!?

    Director:Kim Seung-deok
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 7 - Crossed Knives
    7.6/10(109 votes)

    #7 - Crossed Knives

    S5:E7

    Soma is to face off one of the underground chefs, Sarge and the theme of the challenge is Christmas cake. Will Soma’s cake and its hidden gimmick good enough to counter Sarge’s mouthwatering “Cluster Bomb Cake”? Who will be the winner!? Meanwhile, Tsukasa’s first battle begins. He is up against Asahi Saiba! The battle of the ex-1st of the Totsuki Academy and leader of the underground chefs begin!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 8 - The Missing Half of the Moon
    6.9/10(113 votes)

    #8 - The Missing Half of the Moon

    S5:E8

    Takumi versus Don Calma, member the underground chefs begin! The theme of the battle is to create amuse-bouche in team. However, Isami who supposed to help Takumi doesn’t show up at the venue. It turns out that he has been kidnapped by Don Calma’s cronies. With Takumi’s back on the wall, Soma unexpectedly appears!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 9 - The God Tongue's Despair
    7.2/10(110 votes)

    #9 - The God Tongue's Despair

    S5:E9

    Soma realizes that Erina is facing much harsher tasks than the others. They head to see the organizer of the event to protest. Instead, however, they discover astonishing truth! In the second round of the final selection, Megumi is to face Asahi and Takumi is up against Erina! Must-win battles begin!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 10 - Surpassing Dad
    7.9/10(117 votes)

    #10 - Surpassing Dad

    S5:E10

    Soma steadily wins his way up and will be facing Asahi in the next battle! Erina’s concern towards her mother makes her think perhaps it would be best for everyone if Asahi won the competition. The secret of the people with the “God’s tongue” is the reason for her doubt. In the meantime, Joichiro returns to Japan and reveals to Dojima how he met Soma’s mother and came to be involved with Asahi.

    Director:Nana Fujiwara
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 11 - The Taste of Failure
    8.6/10(143 votes)

    #11 - The Taste of Failure

    S5:E11

    Soma and Asahi’s battle begin! The theme of the battle is to cook a dish that has elements of the 5 cuisine of the world. The battle situation seems to be in favor of Asahi, who completed his dish first using his cross-knives technique. However, the dish Soma prepared was a “diner food”!? Will his dish match a plate that has been recognized by the “God’s Tongue”?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 12 - The Perfect Rocks
    8.3/10(114 votes)

    #12 - The Perfect Rocks

    S5:E12

    Like Asashi’s dish, Soma’s dish triggers Mana’s “Gifting” ability within the venue. Who will win and move forward!? Soma and Asahi’s battle finally ends! In the meantime, Azami Nakiri visits Mana. Azami and Mana’s past is revealed for the first time…

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma Season 5 Episode 13 - Food Wars
    8.4/10(170 votes)

    #13 - Food Wars

    S5:E13

    The BLUE reaches its climax with Soma and Erina’s final battle. However, Erina is too worked up over her mission to save Mana. Soma decides to cook a dish for Erina instead! What will become of their battle!?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 5 Ratings Summary

"Final Exams" is the best rated episode of "Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma" season 5. It scored 7.6/10 based on 130 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 4/11/2020. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The BLUE Preliminaries".