“ | You will all make a mark on history here! | ” |
—Senzaemon Nakiri, regarding the Totsuki Autumn Election |
The Dragon Lies Down and Ascends the Skies (龍は臥し、空へ昇る Ryu wa fushi, Sora e Noboru) is the twentieth episode of the first season of the Shokugeki no Soma anime and is the twentieth episode overall.
Synopsis
The preliminaries for the Tōtsuki Autumn Election has begun in Blocks A and B of the Celestial Arena.
Plot
While looking at the paper placed on the wall saying "Curry Dish", Sōma notices Megumi not being in a mood as he asks her. After seeing Akira's curries, she's feeling down. There's a month until the elections, but Megumi is still panicking about making a dish that would stand up to Akira. Sōma then tells her at his family's diner when he looked at his father working, he still has much to learn, but Jōichirō still has made him come up with new menus, making Sōma nervous as he was only in sixth grade and having Megumi terrified. However, letting that get to Sōma will not get him to come up with anything. If Sōma can't admit defeat in his family's diner or the cooking contest, then he keeps pushing on, leaving Megumi amazed. While the spices are important, Sōma thinks it's not the only thing. With only six weeks before the elections, the rest of the Polar Star Dormitory residents are doing their daily routine.
Megumi, Ryōko, and Yūki check the varieties of spices from a book to use for curry. Also, Ryōko points out that some spices cancel each other. The choice of which spices to use is too much for Megumi, causing her to faint as Yūki shouts her name in devastation. As for the others, Shun is practicing making curry, Zenji is studying while Daigo and Shōji leave his room, and Sōma is doing spice mixtures. In Don RS, Kanichi is happy that Ikumi got selected for the preliminaries. He'll be cheering for Ikumi to use her high-quality meat to be in the main tournament, so they can gain club funds and benefits, and attract members to secure Don RS' future. However, Ikumi clarifies that it's not just serving good meat because she has to figure out the combination of spices for the right meat to choose. Kanichi is brought to tears of joy as he's going to hug Ikumi, but she prevents him. Takumi is going to return to Italy, and Isami walks with him to the bus as he chooses to stay in Japan. When Takumi encourages him to try to beat him, Isami reminds him not to cry if he wins like he always does in a card game. However, Takumi retorts that was when they were in elementary school. Before Takumi enters the bus, Isami asks if he has his passport and can go to the plane on his own, but Takumi tells him to stop before leaving as Isami wishes him a safe trip.
During the night in Hōjōrō, Miyoko is cooking. Remembering a year ago when hearing the sous chef opposing her for succeeding her father as a head chef due to her gender, he'll torment Miyoko until she leaves. However, Miyoko has surprised the kitchen staff by cooking on pars with the sous chef, and they remark that she bested him. Miyoko has marked her words to the sous chef that she'll join the kitchen after graduating from Tōtsuki. Having enough of being belittled, she will win the elections, and then take the first seat of the Elite Ten. The next day in the Polar Star Dormitory, the residents go home, but Sōma stays with Satoshi and Fumio, wishing Megumi luck with three weeks until the preliminaries. Elsewhere, Nao is practicing her cooking to win against Hisako, giving Hisako chills who is with Erina in the kitchen while practicing as well. Erina is concerned about it, but Hisako says it's nothing. Unbeknownst to the girls, Alice and Ryō are watching them.
Megumi returns to her hometown, and she is greeted by the fishermen and her mother who picks her up. In Shōkeien Ryokan, Megumi is in the kitchen cooking with the staff. When her mother says she got better than before, Megumi confirms that she always makes mistakes, and Sōma is there to help her. However, remembering her encounter with Miyoko, Megumi realizes that she always gets helped, but has to fight on her own in the preliminaries. As days go by, Takumi is in Italy, Alice and Ryō are practicing making curry, Ikumi is choosing which meat to use for curry, Hisako is still practicing while Erina is reading, and Sōma makes numerous attempts to make curry dishes all night. In the morning, Satoshi enters the kitchen and sees Sōma with spice mixtures. When Satoshi looks at the latest spice mix Sōma made, he is impressed. However, Sōma finally collapses as he sleeps, so Satoshi leaves and turns off the lights. In the Shiomi Seminar, Jun questions Akira for staying up all night, and he replies that he's making a spice mix as a secret weapon. Jun tells him not to stay all night because he'll get sick. However, Akira reminds her of passing out on the floor and says how heavy she is, getting Jun frustrated and saying she hopes that he'll lose as she leaves. But Akira vows not to lose, proving that both of them are an unbeatable team. At the end of summer, the students who are selected for the Autumn Elections arrive at the event hall.
Inside the event hall. Sōma is reunited with Megumi. Also, Yūki, Ryōko, Shun, and Zenji appear as well. Sōma sees Ikumi and hopes that both of them will make it through Group A, making her blush and claim they're enemies before running away. Alice and Ryō approach to Sōma, and she is disappointed for not being in the same group as him while her companion is. Suddenly, Akira appears and smells the spice from Sōma's fingers before walking away. Takumi calls out for Sōma, claiming to be his true rival. But Sōma questions who the guy is next to Takumi, and he answers that it's Isami. With everyone shocked, Sōma doesn't believe it, but Takumi explains that Isami always loses weight every year when the summer heat gets to him, which still shocks Sōma. Isami explains he'll come back to his old self when fall and winter come. Takumi wants to finish his sentence, but unfortunately, the lights are turned off. When Urara appears on stage for an announcement to make, Sōma tells Takumi for his sentence to wait. Urara introduces Senzaemon who will make an opening speech. He calls the event hall the "Hall of Heaven and Moon" and only the Elite Ten can challenge each other there. Traditionally, the victors who won the first seat will have their portraits displayed as the predecessors are shown. Sōma is surprised to see Gin Kojirō's portraits. Senzaemon continues that the event hall is where the main tournament will be held. To Zenji and Shun's understanding, only students who pass the preliminaries will stand on the stage to fight. Finally, Senzaemon tells the 92nd Generation students that they will make history, and they will meet again. When Sōma asks Takumi what he wants to talk about, he leaves it behind. Urara explains the rules of the preliminaries are that the students have three hours to make a curry dish, and only eight of the sixty candidates may enter the main tournament, meaning only four from each group. The preliminaries will begin at 8 o'clock, so the students go to which group they're placed in. Before Sōma goes, Takumi tells him that they'll meet again in the event hall for the main tournament.
In Hall A, Senzaemon starts the preliminaries, and Sōma, Ryōko, Shun, Zenji, Ikumi, Akira, and the other contestants begin cooking while Erina is watching. Etsuya welcomes a woman named Natsume Sendawara as one of the judges after talking to her to come, which surprises the spectators. However, she questions him about the students managing to entertain her, much to Etsuya's chagrin as he mutters about getting paid. When Natsume questions what he said, Etsuya tells her to enjoy the Autumn Election. The spectators see Etsuya being amazing for bringing Natsume, and they assume that Hall B will have her twin sister, Orie, as one of the judges, much to their correction as Orie is already there. She flirts with Satoshi and asks him to join her company, but he reminds Orie that he's a student. Yet she reassures him that he'll never go hungry while the other judges, Osaji Kita and Shindo Andō, are hearing, but Satoshi tells Orie to enjoy the dishes prepared by the contestants. Orie sees Takumi making fond from beef shank and chicken bones, but doesn't find it new. When Shingo reminds her about Takumi's brother, Isami, putting tomatoes in the pot, Orie knows the younger twin has experience with tomatoes being a staple in Italian cuisine. Suddenly, when Orie smells the fragrance of the spice being sautéed in duck fat, it turns out to be Yūki who's making it. Yuki then smiles as Daigo, Shōji, and Fumio are cheering for her.
Osaji witnesses Hisako putting the spices in the pot of water instead of having them sauteed. The spectators are surprised to see Alice with a quick freeze machine and centrifuge. As for Nao, her roux is black, much to the spectators' horror. When Miyoko cuts the pineapple, she receives cheers from several guys, much to Urara's anger. Shindo notices Miyoko as the heir of Hōjōrō since many spices are used in Chinese cuisine and in curry, and the rest of the judges are impressed by her. Orie has decided to have the students who got her interested, which surprises Osaji and Shindo. However, Megumi is excluded because Orie believes she has no potential while observing her dropping a bowl of spice mixture, but Satoshi disagrees. Back in Hall A, Ikumi uses hua jiao while Jun and Roland are watching, and Kanichi is cheering for her. Checking how everyone is doing, Ikumi sees Ryō wearing his red bandana and swiftly cutting the lobster, much to Ikumi's surprise. While observing, the judges deem Zenji dull who's using udon. Ikumi witnesses Ryōko using a black substance. Jun and Roland see Akira using the head of a whitefish while talking about Fish Head Curry that originated in Singapore, and he’s pairing it with naan instead of rice. Jun is amazed as she figures out what Akira is doing, and he makes the fragrance strong as it flows through the air for the spectators and judges to smell. Suddenly, when Shun releases the fragrance of smoke, it catches the attention of Shigenoshin Kōda and Makito Minatozaka when they smell it. Impressed, Natsume asks Etsuya who he picks, and he mentions someone's abilities, referring to Sōma. To everyone's shock, Sōma is asleep.
Features
Characters
- Polar Star Dormitory residents
- Megumi Tadokoro
- Sōma Yukihira
- Fumio Daimidō (Non-speaking cameo)
- Yūki Yoshino
- Ryōko Sakaki
- Shun Ibusaki (Non-speaking cameo)
- Daigo Aoki
- Shōji Satō
- Zenji Marui (Non-speaking cameo)
- Akira Hayama
- Jōichirō Yukihira (Pictured)
- Elite Ten Council
- Don RS members
- Takumi Aldini
- Isami Aldini
- Miyoko Hōjō
- Tōtsuki Academy Alumni
- Kojirō Shinomiya (Pictured)
- Gin Dōjima (Pictured)
- Jun Shiomi
- Fuyumi Mizuhara (Non-speaking cameo)
- Hinako Inui (Non-speaking cameo)
- Hisako Arato
- Nao Sadatsuka
- Alice Nakiri
- Ryō Kurokiba
- Urara Kawashima
- Senzaemon Nakiri
- Block A judges (Debut)
- Block B judges (Debut)
- Roland Chapelle
- Megumi’s mother
Featured Dishes
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Featured Cooking Duels
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Locations
- Tōtsuki Culinary Academy
- Polar Star Dormitory
- Don RS
- Shiomi Seminar
- Celestial Arena (Debut)
- Italy
- Trattoria Aldini (Flashback)
- Megumi’s hometown
- Tadokoro family inn
Trivia
General Trivia
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Manga and Anime Differences
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Errors
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v - e - t | Episodes |
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Introduction Arc | 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 |
Training Camp Arc | 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 |
Tōtsuki Autumn Election Arc | 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 |
Stagiaire Arc | 35 • 36 • 37 |
Moon Banquet Festival Arc | 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 |
Central Arc | 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 |
Promotion Exams Arc | 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 |
Beach Exam Arc | 74 |
BLUE Arc | 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 |
OVA | OVA 1 • OVA 2 • OVA 3 • OVA 4 • OVA 5 |