

Four months after the Régiment de Cuisine, Soma cut his hair short with a similar hairstyle from his initial appearance.

After the Stagiaire event, Soma's bangs grew in length, now reaching just below his cheeks and has more volume overall. He has spiky dark-red hair with short bangs. It is shown that Sōma has had this scar as far back as elementary school.

Sōma is a young teenage boy with yellow eyes and a vertical scar on his left eyebrow.

Sometimes I feel like having a romance subplot in a show that was so clearly not about romance is wasted potential. Sōma and Erina definitely had more than a competitive spark between both of them, and it’s basically a done deal. And, surprise surprise, Erina seems to like him back too! After that, it’s your usual fade-to-black ending, leaving it up to interpretation by the audience, but it’s clear. While it isn’t apparent who Sōma Yukihira, the titular protagonist of the show, ends up with, we do see him admit that he likes his on-and-off rival, Erina Nakiri, in the epilogue. Like, who was even focusing on that when you had the Special Smoked Curry on screen? But clearly, fans care about the fate of Sōma’s heart. This is why I never understood why Food Wars!: Shokugeki No Soma had an entire romance subplot. I’m sure some anime is good, but when those anime have gorgeous food shots? That’s a personal indulgence. Like, my entire repertoire of cooking comes from whatever food was shown in a Studio Ghibli movie. Okay, so I cannot be the only person who drools over food in anime.
