The Endless Wilderness is the 1st chapter of Shokugeki no Soma.
Plot Summary
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Mayumi eats Sōma's failed dish
![]() Sōma accepts the challenge |
The next day, as Sōma returns from middle school to Restaurant Yukihira, he notices the kitchen supplies in his restaurant have been sabotaged, presumably, by Yaeko and her assistants. Just then, Yaeko pops by again, telling and threatening Sōma to cook her a meat dish, bringing up his previous promise to shut down if he can't provide. She stops laughing when Sōma accepts, despite having no meat resources as her men destroyed all of it.

Roast Pork, Just Kidding!
A few moments later, to everyone's surprise, Sōma cooks up his dish, Roast Pork, Just Kidding, a relatively meaty dish out of nowhere. As Yaeko's assistants question Sōma's methods, Sōma replies that he used thick bacon slices and potatoes he brought for the following day's breakfast. However, Yaeko, unimpressed, adamantly decides to vacate the restaurant despite Sōma's efforts. Sōma then tells her to try the dish before judging the restaurant worth, in which she does.

Sōma emerges victorious
Just as Yaeko takes a bite, she falls for the dish's aroma and taste. Sōma then explains that he learned this dish from a failure in the past. However, Yaeko still refused to qualify the dish as a meat dish but finds herself unable to want to take another bite but Sōma takes the dish away from her. He knows that she had already fallen for the dish, before telling her to never come back again, in order for her to continue eating the dish. She refuses as he goes to dispose of the dish, in which Yaeko stops him from doing so.
Yaeko then accepts his request as Sōma returns the dish and she finishes her meal along with her assistants. As the latter finished the dish, they comically collapse on the floor in defeat, as Sōma walks away victoriously.

Sōma arrives at Tōtsuki
The following day, as Sōma enters the school grounds, he was left shocked at the school's enormous stature. Just as Sōma reaches the school entrance, Jōichirō tells Sōma that he has already begun cooking in New York through the phone. Jōichirō then tells Sōma that he will never surpass him unless he manages to survive there, irritating Sōma, and thus ending the conversation moments later.
Meanwhile, inside Tōtsuki Academy, an unknown female character appears and belittles a group of student's dish, claiming that it was terrible...
Characters in Order of Appearance
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- Sōma Yukihira (Debut)
- Jōichirō Yukihira (Debut)
- Mayumi Kurase (Debut)
- Aki Koganei (Debut)
- Yaeko Minegasaki (Debut)
- McFly (Debut)
- Erina Nakiri (Debut)
Featured Dishes
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- Sōma Yukihira's Grilled Squid Tentacles Dressed in Peanut Butter
- Jōichirō Yukihira's Dried Sardines Garnished with Strawberry Jam
- Sōma Yukihira's Roast Pork, Just Kidding
Featured Cooking Duels
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Trivia
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- The scene where the head priest rips off his garments in this chapter has been cut off from the VOMIC edition of Shokugeki no Soma.