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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma S3E12 — Those Who Strive for the Top
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Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma•Season 3•Episode 12

Those Who Strive for the Top

8.6/10 · 206 votesDec 20, 201724 min

Ranked #3 of 24 in Season 3•+0.4 vs season avg

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Soma battles with the First Seat of the Totsuki Elite Ten, Tsukasa. If Soma loses, he has to join Central and Tsukasa wagers seat in the Elite Ten. Their topic is French cuisine using venison. However, Soma pulls out an unlikely ingredient and a bizarre

Directed byMitsutoshi Sato, Shinpei Nagai, Hikaru Tanaka
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

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Mitsutoshi Sato

Director

K

Kim Jung-nam

Key Animation

T

Tomoko Shimizu

Key Animation

M

Masakazu Yamazaki

Animation Director

Y

Yumi Nakayama

Animation Director

K

Kazumi Ono

Animation Director

Y

Yukako Tsuzuki

Animation Director

M

Mitsutoshi Sato

Storyboard Artist

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Takato Fukuyama

Key Animation

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Megumi Nagayama

Key Animation

S

Shintaro Tsubota

Key Animation

K

Kazuma Kikuchi

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"Those Who Strive for the Top" is episode 12 of Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma season 3. It scored 8.6/10 from 206 votes, ranking #3 of 24 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Mitsutoshi Sato, Shinpei Nagai, Hikaru Tanaka and written by Shogo Yasukawa, it aired on December 20, 2017.

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