am i the only person that actually liked the tournament? yes i know it was pretty boring and the rulings were arbitrary...

but the change they brought to the table were needed for the plot to continue... since the start of the anime, soma was at first the only underdog... then the anime started to bring more and more underdogs, and more and more geniuses without giving them any personal goal except for wanting "to be the very best that no one ever was"...

while we saw the graduated top 10's being all friends, all we had for this year was that they are all rivals... by the very end we had 3 underdogs competing with each other, atleast we now have the start of a friendship between the top trio and a new goal for the main character, he finally grown up a little when he talked to his father...

now this new arc is better than the last one because its about the real hardships about being a chef rather than who makes the better dish, my only problem would be that its short as fuck :\... the good thing is now i want to read the manga to keep up!