i think this was a necessary episode because this episode was supposed to be about his sudden realization about perfecting your skills and honing it to your own special edge
making food as the ultimate reflection of your individuality which was lacking in his latest dish
Who the f**k does soma think he is losing to f**king Akira why did this happen he is supposed to win now everyone is going to s**t on him again I was so mad watching when they started the flashback for hayama I knew he was going to win and also that lady with broken Japanese was so annoying but nikumi is best girl
or PERHAPS my intention was to envelop the thread in yet another level of irony by picking out only 1 of the 3 spelling mistakes in order to successfully bait an unsuspecting individual into asserting that i am the idiot which really backfires on the said forum user