Yuto Tsukuda Books in Order

Soma Yukihira hopes to surpass his father's cooking at their family restaurant. When his father sends him to an elite culinary school, Soma must prove his skills among demanding teachers, competitive classmates, and an influential student who doubts him.

Soma leaves home and moves into Polaris Dormitory, where an exacting supervisor and eccentric students challenge his expectations. Before he has settled into school life, he becomes involved in a shokugeki, one of Totsuki's competitive cooking duels.

Soma and his fellow students attend a demanding cooking camp where poor performance means immediate expulsion. Their anxiety increases when the instructors are revealed, leaving the Polaris residents facing chefs whose judgments could end their training at Totsuki.

The threat of Megumi's expulsion prompts Soma to challenge graduate chef Shinomiya to a cooking duel. Gin Dojima imposes an unexpected condition, forcing the pair to reconsider how they will compete against a far more experienced opponent.

Totsuki's cooking camp requires students to create dishes suitable for a luxury resort's breakfast menu. While his friends put their training into practice, Soma makes a crucial mistake and must recover before the assignment's remaining time runs out.

Students selected for Totsuki's annual Fall Classic begin preparing for a prestigious culinary competition. As the entrants train to distinguish themselves from their rivals, a special visitor arrives at Polaris Dormitory, bringing another development into Soma's school life.

The Fall Classic's preliminary round requires competitors to impress distinguished judges with curry dishes. Soma and his rivals bring their individual skills to the challenge, knowing that only eight students will qualify for the tournament's main event.

The Fall Classic preliminaries approach their conclusion as Soma tries to create a curry that can rival Akira Hayama's mastery of fragrance. The volume also includes a bonus story following a character's adventures during her summer vacation.

The Fall Classic's main tournament opens with a bento challenge between Soma and Alice Nakiri. Her sophisticated approach impresses the judges, while Soma develops an unconventional boxed lunch as the competitors prepare for the next round of cooking battles.

Takumi Aldini faces Subaru Mimasaka in the Fall Classic's final quarterfinal match, hoping to earn another opportunity to challenge Soma. His opponent's confidence and approach to cooking create an unexpected problem as their competitive encounter gets underway.

Soma confronts Subaru Mimasaka's ability to reproduce opponents' dishes in the Fall Classic's first semifinal. Putting his future as a chef at stake, he seeks a response that demonstrates what cooking means beyond copying techniques simply to win.

The Fall Classic moves toward an unusual three competitor final featuring Soma, Hayama, and Kurokiba. Given an autumn fish as their central ingredient and limited preparation time, the finalists must devise dishes that distinguish their skills from one another.

Three finalists compete for the Fall Classic title as Totsuki's students approach the tournament's decisive judgment. The competition is followed by another demanding assignment, sending Soma and his classmates into unfamiliar situations that test their commitment to becoming chefs.

Soma's next professional placement takes him to Shinomiya's newly opened Tokyo restaurant. Working under the former Totsuki first seat, he must adapt to an unfamiliar kitchen system and exacting standards while searching for ways to improve his own cooking.

Soma meets Totsuki's Council of Ten and challenges its members to cooking duels, only to be dismissed. News of the approaching school festival gives him another opportunity to devise a plan that might attract an elite student's attention.

On the Autumn Moon Festival's third day, Soma struggles to recover from his stall's early losses. Hoping to surpass Restaurant Kuga's profits, he introduces a new mapo tofu recipe and tests his ability to compete with an elite student.

Azami Nakiri's arrival as Totsuki's dean transforms the school and places Erina under her father's control. Alice helps her escape, bringing them to Polaris Dormitory, where Soma and his friends face the challenge of sheltering her from his influence.

Soma's duel to protect Polaris Dormitory reaches its decisive stage, despite judges who favor his opponent. As he draws on everything the dorm has taught him, Central begins suppressing students and organizations that resist its control of Totsuki.

Ryo Kurokiba represents Alice's threatened society in a cooking duel against Central's Kusunoki. With salmon as their theme ingredient, both chefs stake their pride on the result, while tensions surrounding Dean Nakiri's administration continue to trouble Alice.

Soma challenges Council of Ten leader Eishi Tsukasa, risking a place in Central if he loses. His inventive approach to French cuisine faces Tsukasa's refined technique, while the first-year students learn that another major school challenge awaits them.

Totsuki's first-year students travel to Hokkaido for advancement exams that will determine whether they progress at school. Azami targets Soma and his friends as opponents of his administration, forcing them to overcome unfair obstacles as well as culinary challenges.

The advancement exams require Soma to defeat Akira Hayama, now serving on Central's Council of Ten. Troubled by his rival's allegiance but eager for another contest, Soma prepares to confront the chef who previously outperformed him at the Fall Classic.

Azami's administration requires each resistance student to defeat a Council of Ten member to pass the advancement exams. Meanwhile, the connection between Azami's ambitions and Soma's father, Joichiro, brings family history into the struggle over Totsuki's future.

Soma, Takumi, and Megumi challenge Central to a team cooking battle on Rebun Island to reverse their classmates' expulsions. Gin Dojima and Joichiro train them in cooperation, preparing the first-year students to face Totsuki's most accomplished chefs.

The resistance begins its team cooking battle with Soma, Isshiki, and Megishima carrying their expelled classmates' hopes. Soma draws soba as his theme ingredient, putting him against Nene Kinokuni on the very specialty that gives her an advantage.

With the team cooking competition moving into its second bout, Central prepares a response that will defend the Council of Ten's reputation. The resistance considers its next lineup, while Kuga's wish to face Tsukasa again adds a personal complication.

The second bout's six chefs complete their dishes at the same moment, leaving the judges to compare ambitious culinary creations. As Central and the resistance await the outcome, Soma and the other first-year students prepare for their next involvement.

Eizan crafts a dish intended to undermine Takumi's flavors during the team battle's third bout. Takumi prepares his own response, while Soma and Megumi continue their separate contests, each seeking a result that will strengthen the resistance's position.

Erina enters the team cooking battle against confectionery specialist Momo Akanegakubo, facing the challenge of answering her opponent's carefully crafted sweetness. Meanwhile, Isshiki and Takumi compete against Tsukasa and Rindo, the Council of Ten's two highest ranked members.

The team cooking battle reaches its final bout, pairing Soma and Erina against Tsukasa and Rindo. Their dishes will determine the resistance's fate, while the contest also brings Erina's culinary beliefs into direct conflict with her father Azami's vision.

Totsuki begins a new chapter after the struggle over its administration, with a reorganized Council of Ten and Soma's classmates entering their second year. Their calmer school life proves brief, as fresh trouble begins to disturb the culinary institute.

Soma and Erina investigate illegal cooking duels and the mysterious Saiba, who has brought underworld chefs to Japan. Before Soma can uncover the answers, newly arrived Totsuki professor Suzuki challenges him to another contest that complicates the investigation.

Soma enters the Blue tournament, where leading young chefs compete against cooks from the culinary underworld for the first time. Hoping to face Asahi Saiba again, he must first navigate the competition's opening challenge and its unfamiliar demands.

The Blue tournament's increasingly harsh trials eliminate many traditional chefs, while Soma, Takumi, and Megumi continue advancing. Their next opponents come from the culinary underworld, confronting them with unusual abilities whose workings and advantages have remained concealed until now.

Soma pursues a rematch with Asahi Saiba as the Blue tournament continues, facing skilled underworld cooks along the way. In another bracket, Erina receives a suspiciously demanding schedule, raising questions about the intentions behind the competition's arrangements.

The Blue tournament reaches its final stages as Soma faces Asahi in a contest to invent a dish that Book Master Mana has never encountered. Their culinary confrontation also places Mana's strained relationship with her daughter Erina in focus.

Teenage movie enthusiast Hajime is possessed by the ghost of screenwriter Tenmaku, who writes a script through his body. Pressured to turn it into a film, Hajime must attempt a creative role he has never imagined taking.

Tenmaku’s ghost has written a new screenplay, and Hajime is trying to bring it to the screen. With his school’s movie club as crew and a professional actress starring, making The Shore may be the spirit’s only chance to move on.