Having to come up with new characters for each new story arc also meant that author Yuto Tsukuda was hard pressed for ideas. No doubt this problem was made even worse by the series’ length. Over the six years of serialization, many fans simply became bored by the repetitive structure of the series that reused the same type of stories over and over, only with new sets of characters. This might make the series sound cool in concept, but in reality, the cooking duel structure of the series has always proved more of a bane than a boon.Įssentially, every single story arc of the manga functions as a tournament arc, with author Tsukuda introducing lots of new characters, new settings, and setting up new stakes to underpin each new set of cooking duels. The manga transforms the art of cooking into a battle manga, as characters go head to head in the titular ‘cooking duels’ to make for a unique concept that has always stood out in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump. But over the years, Food Wars! (Shokugeki no Soma) has ended up alienating and frustrating a large portion of that following, meaning that it won’t exactly be leaving behind a spotless legacy once it comes to an end.įor those not in the know, Food Wars! follows protagonist Soma as he enrolls in an elite culinary academy to follow in his father’s footsteps. Earlier this week, the news of Food Wars‘ ending was announced in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump.Īfter about six years of publication at the hands of writer Yuto Tsukuda, illustrator Shun Saeki, and culinary consultant Yuki Morisaki, the series has garnered a significant following.
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