Challenging the Elite Ten is the thirty-eighth episode of the Shokugeki no Soma anime. It is also the first episode of the first half of the third season's Totsuki Train Arc.
Plot Summary
Sōma Yukihira decides to participate in the Moon Banquet Festival and beat Terunori Kuga in sales, deeming it a chance to fulfill Terunori's condition before accepting a Shokugeki from the 1st years.
Characters in Order of Appearance
- Sōma Yukihira
- Megumi Tadokoro
- Ryō Kurokiba (flashback)
- Akira Hayama (flashback)
- Subaru Mimasaka (flashback)
- Takumi Aldini (flashback)
- Hisako Arato
- Alice Nakiri
- Etsuya Eizan (flashback)
- Terunori Kuga
- Satoshi Isshiki
- Nene Kinokuni (flashback)
- Sōmei Saitō (flashback)
- Momo Akanegakubo (flashback)
- Tōsuke Megishima (flashback)
- Rindō Kobayashi
- Eishi Tsukasa
- Erina Nakiri
- Jōichirō Yukihira (flashback)
- Miyoko Hōjō
- Kojirō Shinomiya (mentioned)
- Mitsuru Sōtsuda
- Yūki Yoshino
- Ryōko Sakaki
- Zenji Marui
- Shun Ibusaki
- Shōji Satō
- Daigo Aoki
- Kanichi Konishi
- Ikumi Mito
- Nao Sadatsuka
Featured Dishes
Manga and Anime Differences
- In the manga, Sōma Yukihira first learned about the Moon Banquet Festival in class. However, in the anime, he learned it from Megumi Tadokoro while going to school.
| v - e - t | Episodes |
|---|---|
| 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 |