slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Wtf 😭😭😭

What a disappointing ending to a great series. And the random incest implication. Plzzzz. I hate it here. And f youuu, you pusssy-wussy, no ballsy authors for not making any relationship progress between the characters. And seriously? Ryo is a butler? 😭 and Souma is such a 🚩🚩🚩 guy now—like father, like son I guess. But my God, this is so BAD. 
funny lighthearted fast-paced

That was a great ending to a series.
emotional hopeful informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

After two years, I am finally done with this series! Overall it was better than expected (with a couple meh volumes in between). I am very happy how close the anime stayed to the manga storyline. I wish the anime did an episode like this volume of manga where they do the "Where are they now" epilogue.

'Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 36' by Yuto Tsudkuda with art by Shun Saeki is about a young chef named Soma Yukihira and his quest to become an award winning chef.

The finals of the BLUE competition are here, and Yukihira is battling against Erina Nakiri. The winner of this competition wins it all. The dishes that Yukihira serves up consist of a fairly common dish and a challenge dish that has never been seen before. In both cases, he is belittled and underrated (even here after countless successes). After the final outcome, the book ends with a kind of epilogue.

I only just read the first book, which I really liked. My review of this is biased by the fact that I've not read the bulk of this series, but I did still really enjoy it. I like the running gag for what happens to people with tasting good and very bad food. The art is fun.

I received a review copy of this manga from Viz Media and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this manga.
slow-paced
adventurous funny informative reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

I must say I loved this entire series!

I have to say, this manga did become weaker the longer it went on. However, that did not stop me from wanting to see what new dish the characters would come up with next. If I were a better cook, I might try some that have been featured. Having the recipes in each volume was definitely my favorite part. I do like the way this series wrapped up, very glad with the “dessert” portion and seeing what all the characters were doing after that final match.