Honestly said ... it felt too rushed. The first season had built up Alice as this (seemingly) invincible cooking genius. And now Soma beats her in a single episode with a ... not that impressive dish. I´m not a bento expert, but from what I´ve seen in anime, I´d vastly prefer Alice´s bento, where I can pick and eat everything with a single bite, hasslefree. Whereas Soma´s bento requires hashi and has a soup and sauce, both of which I´d be too scared to carry around in my bag the whole day. The only real argument given against Alice was "if the topic had been sushi, you´d have made the exact same thing", but how does that refute her bento´s validity?

Ma, ma, let´s see how this goes. Although I do not understand why it´s only 13 episodes. Are we almost caught up to the manga?