Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma (2015–…): Season 1, Episode 21 - The Unknown Known - full transcript

What?

He's sleeping?

And so skillfully, on a chair like that.

That's it!

Now!

This aroma...

Hey, look!

Check out his pot!

That's rice!

He's boiled vegetables
and spices with the rice!

That pot of yours...

You've added a paste of apples,
bananas, and carrots.

That will give the rice a thickness,

making it into a kind of risotto.

Well, Hayama, very well done.

You're right!

You've got a great nose.

No, there's another hidden element.

The aromatic spices
he's used aren't that unique,

so what's making this aroma so complex?

Well, the truth is, I was experimenting
with this until this morning.

I was concentrating on the aroma
and kinda fell asleep!

What a shocker!

Nothing fazes you, does it?

Well, just keep watching.

Now's when my dish really comes together.

COOKING IN PROGRESS

B VENUE

THAT WHICH IS KNOWN YET UNKNOWN

B VENUE

Man, the flunkout
looks like she's barely trying.

I swear, she pisses me off.

You don't belong here, you hick!

Huh?

What'd you bastards just say?

Why don't you try sayin' that again?

That's enough.

Just let 'em be.

But Fumio-san...

They were talking so friggin' loud
that Tadokoro could hear!

Just cheer those two on
as much as you can.

Okay.

Understood.

Tadokoro, Yoshino, good luck!

Yeah!

Good luck!

Well, this takes care of the prep work.

Now I have to get to work on that.

Do you know what kind of person
is the biggest burden in the kitchen?

It's the fool who doesn't
watch her surroundings!

Hojo-san, I'm very sorry!

I'll be more careful.

Hojo-san finally added her spice!

Now that it's got a strong aroma,

she's adding it to the egg
and stir-fried rice!

Look! He's amazing too!

He cut that pasta in the blink of an eye!

Such technique!

To think he could take a mezzaluna,
which is used to dice ingredients,

and slice noodles so perfectly!

Check out his brother there behind him.
What kind of dough is that?

I can't take my eyes off either of them!

Tadokoro's holding her own, though.

Yup, let's see some awesome technique!

Uh, what?

Tadokoro...

GOOD LUCK...

Megumi Tadokoro...

After the rumors I heard
about your food battle with Shinomiya,

I thought you had what it took to go up
against a man, but I overestimated you.

You look pretty feeble to me.

Look at that!

She's using monkfish?

You're gonna prepare that?

What does that girl think she's doing?

Tsurushigiri, isn't it?

Yes, I know that.

The skin of the monkfish is covered
with a gelatinous substance...

TSURUSHIGIRI

...and it's hard to prepare
on a cutting board.

She's using the traditional
method to break it down.

Still...

Because it's hangin' in mid-air
without a stable surface,

it takes a special skill
to be able to cut it properly.

For her to choose such a tough fish
to prepare at a major event like this...

Order up!

Up till now, I've done nothing,
but rely on Soma-kun,

who always stays positive
in any challenge.

Now, Soma-kun is nowhere close,

but I know he's fighting too!

I don't know if I can do
this properly on my own, but...

Soma-kun, please,
give me some of your bravery!

I learned that a long time ago back home.

It's a technique
to get rid of nervousness.

Still, the drawback
is you can't do it on your own.

Okay!

I'm sorry.

SHOKEIEN
9 YEARS EARLIER

Our suspended-cut monkfish is a specialty,

and I'd like to keep it up
for the customers, but...

my body just can't handle it anymore.

Don't force yourself.

You've worked so hard for so long.

It's more show than anything.
Let's do away with it.

What'd you say?

You want me to teach ya tsurushigiri?

The hell you talkin' bout?

There's no way a woman,
a kid, could do it!

Pl-- Please!

I want to help my family!

Please!

Please!

Please!

Fine.

You promise not to do
any whinin' about it, I'll teach ya.

Don't you dare say it's hard work
or you wanna take a break.

I'll throw ya right out!

All wrong! That ain't how it's done!

Quit makin' me repeat myself!

You ready to throw in the towel?

Go on, just quit.

MIKURA LOCAL WHOLESALE FISH MARKET

Now can we...

keep it going?

Incredible!

Megumi!

Tsurushigiri!

Sh-- She friggin' broke it down!

A whole monkfish, all by herself!

What on Earth
does that girl intend to make?

You get it now?

That's Tadokoro's true skill!

You two, go cheer on Ryoko and them too!

Gotcha!

Leave it to us!

Yes, that's the spirit.

You've got the respect of me,
Fumio Daimido.

After all, you're a member of Kyokusei.

All right! I've got some tricks of my own!

We'll soon be out of time!

Everyone, please get your dishes ready!

Five!

Four!

Three!

Two!

One!

TIME OVER

That's it!

A little longer...

Just a little longer!

Hisako Arato, soon the moment will come

where I beat you,
and Erina-sama will notice me!

CACKLE, CACKLE

B BLOCK
JUDGING IN PROGRESS

Become hideous!

B BLOCK VENUE

Now then, it's time for judgment to begin!

Your guide will be me, Urara Kawashima!

URARA KAWASHIMA
FIRST-YEAR, HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

Cutesy!

Your cuteness is unmatched, Urara-chan!

Hmph!

We have five judges,

each of whom can award 20 points!

In other words, food will be judged on
a scale, with 100 being a perfect score.

Only the four top-scoring contestants
will move on to the finals.

Just four?

Now for the first contestant!

Judges, if you please!

Well, well...

This is delicious!

OSAJI KITA
ORGANIZER, KITA GASTRONOMY CLUB

Osaji Kita...

Organizer of the Kita Gastronomy Club,

which only the most elite of the
cultural and business worlds can join!

The power of money brings all the
world's delicacies to that man's table.

Over there is Shingo Ando.

SHINGO ANDO
LITERARY GOURMAND

He's an author and essayist
that holds sway over all culinary culture.

Lord knows how many restaurants he's
shut down with a single stroke of his pen.

This dish uses achari murgh,

a dish representative
of northern India, as a base.

The fragrance of the chat masala
is used to increase the acidity profile,

and is just splendid.

What's more, the meat was
prepared chicken tikka style...

ORIE SENDAWARA, HEAD JUDGE,
B BLOCK PRELIM, COO, HAUBI FOODS

...rather than as a chicken marsala.

Having been deboned,
it's tender enough to eat with a spoon.

It's a well thought-out dish,

one that's considerate of the eater.

That's a student
of Tohtsuki for you all right!

TAKUMI ISHIWATARI
FIRST-YEAR, HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION

Thank you very much.

And now the score, please!

The maximum score
is twenty points, not ten, right?

But they praised him so much!

My cooking only gets 33 points?

What's that supposed to--

Who the hell do you think we are?

Every day, we go up against chefs with a
lot more tricks up their sleeve than you!

This was well done,
but it's still on the level of a student.

If you had received even fifty points,
that would have been generous.

I see.

The Sendawara sisters
aren't the only sharks in the tank.

All five of them have spent years
indulging in the finest of cuisines.

They have a completely different standard
when it comes to taste.

28 points!

31 points!

6 points!

No way...

All those dishes were really well done!

No one's even reached forty points.

The string of harsh reviews continues!

Now then, our next dish is...

Th-- That reeks!

What is that stench?

Eat up...

It's Nao Sadatsuka's special...

pitch-black Laksa curry!

It smells like sewer water!

It's Hell on Earth!

Hell has arrived on Earth!

I can't imagine something like this at
a venue meant to celebrate fine cuisine!

It's a scene from Hell itself!

I thought this might happen.

I thought this might happen.

I'm glad I came prepared
with this gas mask.

Laksa...

A dish from Southeast Asia that uses

a noodle with a unique,
"slippery" mouthfeel.

It would seem the darkness
of the broth here is from squid ink.

This powerful stench
that turns the nose...

Don't tell me...

It's kusaya.

I knew it!

Why the hell would you use
that in curry, you fool?

Kusaya...

A dish famous on the Izu Islands.

The same saltwater used to steep fish
for years or even decades,

a fermenting liquid known
as "kusaya broth,"

is used as a brine
for blueback fish such as sardines.

The fish are then left to dry in the sun.

It really stinks!

What's more, this is my own special blend
that uses flying fish and mahi-mahi.

This dish uses a kusaya broth
I've made oh-so carefully.

You get a zero!

I've eaten some strange things
in my time, but this--

M-- Miss Orie, you're trying it?

Merely to fulfill my responsibility
as a sponsor of this competition.

The harsh acidity mixed
with that foul, fishy odor...

It smells like an unwashed toilet!

I-- It's delicious?

But it stinks! It really stinks!

But it's so delicious!

Even though it stinks!

Wh-- What's going on?

She says it stinks,
but she keeps eating it!

The flavor reminds me of kapi,
a fermented shrimp paste.

By using ingredients
far stronger than those in kapi,

she creates a depth
of flavor comparable to laksa,

which uses fish stock as its base.

It all makes sense!

The seafood flavor spreads
across the tongue!

It's delicious!

The more you chew it, the more this
"stink" actually becomes a good thing!

She's used spices like lemongrass, as well
as coconut milk, to give it added flavor!

Having kusaya as the star ingredient

actually makes the curry
that much more delicious!

Nao Sadatsuka is an expert
in simmered dishes,

and she has a wealth
of knowledge regarding dried fish

and other dried goods
that can be hard to work with.

Her cooking room gives off a sinister air,

one that would send children
running away crying,

and sometimes the odor from it
causes a real commotion.

Hence her nickname...

THE BOILING WITCH

"The Boiling Witch"!

True aesthetics aren't found in food
that just tries to look appealing.

The essence of fine cuisine
is in the realm of the hideous.

Such creativity!

This is the first page
in a new book on curry!

It's nasty...

It stinks, and yet...

I can't stop myself!

I'm a slave to this stench!

Th-- There we have it!

84 points!

That's the first time
someone's cleared fifty points!

Sadatsuka friggin' did it!

She's in first place for now!

I'd like Erina-sama to partake
of this curry someday.

Well, while we're airing out the venue,
let's go ahead and continue.

Will the next student
please present his or her dish?

I've been waiting for this...

for the day to utterly defeat you
in front of everyone,

Hisako Arato.

This challenge has been recognized by

the Administrative Bureau
as an official Food War!

Neither of you have any objections
to the rules, correct?

2 YEARS EARLIER

NAO SADATSUKA

So we're clear, Arato-san?

If I win, you'll hand your role
as Erina-sama's assistant over to me.

Of course, Sadatsuka-san.

And if I win, from now on...

HISAKO ARATO
SECOND-YEAR, MIDDLE SCHOOL DIVISION

...you won't get
within 50 meters of Erina-sama!

Being at Erina-sama's side,

being subjected to her verbal abuse,
is my one constant dream!

Just thinking of the obscenities that
could come from that godlike tongue...

But this is a foregone
conclusion, isn't it?

I won our earlier Food War.

Yes...

It's true enough that since then,

I've had to regard Erina-sama's
divine countenance through binoculars,

and have had to settle
for sending her just 30 letters a day.

I should have made
that off-limits as well.

But if I beat you publicly
at this Fall Selection,

Erina-sama may well have
a change of heart.

I'm sure she'll let me be by her side.

STALKER PSYCHOLOGY

Erina-sama's assistant is next, huh?

I bet she'll put out an awesome dish!

Please.

The roux looks watery
and lacking in thickness.

Isn't this more like a soup curry?

This meat is mutton, isn't it?

Though from the same animal,
it has a stronger smell than lamb,

but the spices should mask the odor.

Odor!

The effects of my cooking
still linger, don't they?

That, simply put, is my curse!

My curse upon you, Arato-san!

Well, I guess we'll try a bite.

This is...

Ando-sensei, what's wrong?

Ho--

"Ho"?

Wh-- What?

This from Ando-sensei,
the man who always mutters unintelligibly,

actin' like some kinda withered tree!

I don't know what's going on,
but now you're runnin' wild

like someone in a kung fu movie!

This unique aroma...

It's...

Angelica! Szechuan lovage!

Rehmannia root! Chinese peony!

This dish uses the four main ingredients

of Chinese herbal medicine as its base!

It's the Four Pillars of Herbalism!

When taken,

the Four Pillars
are said to have instantly

brought people
back from the brink of death!

I get it now!

She must have infused them
along with the spices!

Yes, that's her specialty.

Hisako Arato is the Expert
of Medicinal Cooking!

EXPERT OF MEDICINAL COOKING

It's based on Eastern medicine,

and is a kind of nourishing food infused

with natural drugs and herbs
used in Chinese medicine.

A fusion of food, medicine,
and pharmacology...

That is medicinal cooking!

Along with four natural drugs,

I included
an original medicinal spice mixture

I'd made from ginger,
star anise, and fennel.

I boiled those spices about an hour
to draw out their medicinal properties.

Then I added the vegetables and mutton

and let them simmer until moist
and the flavors had seeped in.

Shaoxing rice wine and coriander
helped to elevate the aroma profile.

Come to think of it,

curry and medicinal foods
have a lot in common.

Kyo-o is turmeric.

Dai-i-kyo is star anise.

And sho-i-kyo is fennel.

All these spices are essential in curry!

So she focused on that to blend curry
and medicinal cooking!

This is my brand of medicinal cooking:

a "Four-Pillar Mutton Curry"!

It's true! I feel it!

The energy from this medicinal food
is racin' through my body!

It's delicious!

The flavor of the mutton
is heightened by the spices,

and the vegetables have absorbed the roux,

becoming sweet and velvety smooth!

Thanks to the Four Pillars,

your body feels warmed
the second you take a bite!

Yes...

Medicinal food is said to aid the kidneys,

lending strength
and ridding the body of toxins.

It's the perfect balance
of flavor and aroma!

This was incredibly well done!

It ain't somethin' you'd expect
some student to make!

Eating this curry makes the last dish
look like nothin' but show!

I-- It can't be...

I thought my curry had made
slaves of all the judges!

This is for you.

Once you eat some, you'll understand...

The difference in level
between you and me, that is!

Patience...

Chaos...

That is the source of my cooking.

And yet, it's all being washed away.

I'm being cleansed!

Stop it!

NAO SADATSUKA (WHITE)
THE ARRIVAL

DONE

The Arato family has had a long
relationship with Chinese medicine.

I've incorporated
all that into my cooking,

so that I could help Erina-sama,

who has been forced into hardship
from such a young age.

That is the source
of my medicinal cooking.

In the palaces of ancient China,

emperors were assigned a
medical diet called "gastric health,"

which apparently
was the introduction of medicinal food.

To me, Erina-sama is my empress.

Nao Sadatsuka, your cooking
shows you think only of yourself.

You have no right to serve Erina-sama!

Get a clue.

And get up.

So then, Hisako Arato's score is...

92 points!

She cleared ninety points!

That's why Erina-sama chose her!

She easily beat Sadatsuka's score!

Big Sister Hisako!

SHIVER

Now this is a match to watch:
the battle of the brothers!

Big Brother...

I really want to beat you today.

I'll give you a shot, Little Brother.

The Aldini Brothers!

TO BE CONTINUED

Subtitle translation by:
Javier Lopez