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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma S3E1 — Challenging the Ten
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma•Season 3•Episode 1

Challenging the Ten

7.7/10 · 227 votesOct 4, 201724 min

Ranked #22 of 24 in Season 3•−0.5 vs season avg

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Soma finds out that Totsuki has a school festival that happens at the end of autumn called the Moon Festival. Soma is told by the 8th seat of the Elite Ten, Kuga, that if he’s able to beat him in any dish there, he’ll accept

Written byShogo Yasukawa
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Cast14

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

Soma Yukihira

Ai Kayano

Ai Kayano

Ryoko Sakaki

Maaya Uchida

Maaya Uchida

Yuki Yoshino

Chinatsu Akasaki

Chinatsu Akasaki

Alice Nakiri

Risa Taneda

Risa Taneda

Erina Nakiri (voice)

Minami Takahashi

Minami Takahashi

Tadokoro Megumi

Kengo Kawanishi

Kengo Kawanishi

Shoji Sato

Asami Seto

Asami Seto

Houjou Miyoko

Saori Onishi

Saori Onishi

Arato Hisako

Junichi Yanagita

Junichi Yanagita

Daigo Aoki (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Hayama Akira

Taishi Murata

Taishi Murata

Ibusaki Shun

Crew12

M

Masakazu Yamazaki

Supervising Animation Director

K

Kyota Washikita

Key Animation

R

Ryousuke Tanigawa

Animation Director

A

Akane Hirota

Key Animation

A

Asuka Shimizu

Key Animation

R

Ryousuke Tanigawa

Key Animation

M

Mitsutoshi Sato

Storyboard Artist

E

Eri Sano

Key Animation

S

Satomi Kitahara

Key Animation

T

Tomomi Kakutani

Key Animation

S

Shogo Yasukawa

Writer

K

Kazumi Ono

Animation Director

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Episode Summary

"Challenging the Ten" is episode 1 of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma season 3. It scored 7.7/10 from 227 votes, ranking #22 of 24 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Written by Shogo Yasukawa, it aired on October 4, 2017.

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