#SouMegu

[foodwarsflavorpunch]

I was thinking about Soma and Megumi recently:

A great thing about their friendship is that he lets her cry and is witness to almost all the times she does so. He doesn't ever tell her to stop crying (like he does to Alice after she loses) nor does Soma mock her for crying (ep 11 he laughs briefly at a possible future outcome, not the crying itself).

And Soma even lets Megumi have her moments (however long she needs) and sometimes not interrupting her overwhelmed states (like his hand on her shoulder after she beat kojiro). He doesn't get mad at her either or call her mean nicknames. I like this from Soma's perspective.

But I also like that Megumi cries the most around him.

I think she feels the most comfortable being around Soma, ultimately showing her vulnerabilities to him (not doing well in school up til now).

And how easily Megumi even cries happy tears around Soma too, such as when she's proud of him or them both having a nice time together! And even when she doesn't let her happy tears fall, is special too!

[gyroshrike]

Drew this for a friend. I've been wanting to draw these two forever.

[do-you-ship-it-polls]

Do you ship it?

reason: They both support each other from the start

[clarythericebot]

I know I don't really owe anyone an explanation, but. Anyone who's ever followed my fic "wherever you go, I won't be far to follow", the thing is, I wrote the entire story down. I did it by hand, as I usually do. I really really liked the ending.

And then I lost it. The notebook. I couldn't find it one day, and I was mad at myself because I should have typed it up, and just thinking about it now kinda makes me feel awful. I was feeling it particularly today. Most fics I've stopped, I've generally lost interest in, but not that one. It was just...lost. and it crushes me a little

Still love Soma and Megumi tho

[starlightoath]

Ships That I will Kill on my Hill for

Nuts and Dolts!

Ruby and Penny are just so cute together and just so full of affection for each other. Like this ship is so sweet. In canon the fact that it's Tragic does not negate the fact that even Neo(who considered Ruby her Archenemy) saw them together and Shipped them. *That's how much chemistry they had.

Wonder Woman and Etta Candy.

Etta's the closest to Diana and Hestia's Hearth their relationship is super emotionally intimate. And their chemistry!Etta's always been the most awesome of Diana's main supporting cast. And like look Diana's Bi, Etta's a lesbian, they're literally two steps away from being an adorable couple on par with Hippolyta and her wife! Why *aren't* more of y'all shipping this! DC!!! Give me my WonderCandy canon!

SouMegu

Now with Shokugeki no Souma people Say SouRina is Endgame and that's simply not true. It wasn't confirmed. Y'all SouMegu is where it's at in terms of Intimate development. Likes for real Megumi got pushed forward and started growing on her own thanks to Souma giving her a push and Souma reliably contacts Megumi, relies on her for important things, and deeds her *all* of his cooking first when they're in the same country. I will remain resolute on this Ship!

Peter Parker x MJ

Peter and Mary Jane are perfect for each other. Like literally the only thing that broke them up were outside forces like Mephisto and Time dilation where M.J was stuck with another dude for 20 years with nothing else to do. Like both separations could have been handled *so* much better. But *no* divorces age the characters. They're in their thirties y'all. The Divorce would have been amicable had it been allowed! And the reconciliation would have been Amazing! I maintain that while Peter and M.J are perfect for each other, they're so good because they're pulled in different directions.

Wanda and Vision.

I liked this couple. They were sweet and started a family. That was real. Their love was real. They powered through discrimination together. They were just really cute together and should totally give romance another try once Viv is independent. They're both in a good headspace to reconnect romantically. I mean Wanda already considers Viv Vision her daughter. I'm just saying that she Should become her Step-Mom

[wyvernseeker]

You can just feel the positivity and trust between these two.

Chapter 25: Resemblances

[llilli64]

Tagged by @pupuseriazag . Gracias de nuevo :D

Rules:Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

Fave ships: Soumegu (shokugeki no souma) Rhysha (borderlands) Jolymes (jjba). I have a lot of ships but those have a special place in my heart

Favorite color: Lavender

Song stuck in my head: Nowhere kid by Des Rocs and La más draga intro - versión bélicona (pido perdón por eso)

Favourite food: Cochinita pibil

Last song listened to: INFATUATION by IDKHOW

Last TV show/Movie: South Park and Treasure planet

Spicy/Sweet/Savory?: Mm, all? 😅 Too much of the same can bore me, so is good have some variety

Currently reading: Some webtoon comics. My favorite at the moment is Nevermore, really recommend it

Last thing I googled: Bombón bianchi chocomenta

Tagging (no pressure) : @calamardo-guapo @shibearu @esoteric-fisherman @i-lurk-at-night @annalyticall @deadlysentence @hoshizorei

[onlyhitsuzen]

Would anyone be interested in art of my OC's?

yeah who am I kidding nobody browses this blog anyway other than to listen to my unhinged SouMegu takes. But anyway!! Will be turning this into my art blog if/when I get down to it.

[pep-rambles]

[wyvernseeker]

That's more of a reliable basis of a relationship than one based off competitiveness with one another. Just look at Joichiro and Tamako. While the latter wasn't much of a cook, it's clear the two could and would work together instead of against one another.

Trusting each other. Believing in each other’s cooking

[clarythericebot]

Soumegu AU idea

Premise: World-famous Chef Yukihira Soma meets star table tennis player, Tadokoro Megumi.

I'm feeling a little down today, so I decided to share one of my favorite fanfic ideas (that I probably won't be doing anytime soon, but makes me smile whenever I think about it)(it's been so long but these two still has me so soft).

Before I start with the idea, though, here's a brief, meta aside: I genuinely believe that Food Wars would've been a completely different story without Tadokoro Megumi in Totsuki. I think having this sweet, kind, talented friend really set Soma on his path on being both competitive and compassionate (to an extent). Considering how bloodthirsty Totsuki is and how driven Soma is to win, I believe the absence of Megumi would've led him to become positively ruthless.

Which is why, within this AU, neither of them ever attended Totsuki in an official student capacity. In case anyone wonders later why I simply didn't have Megumi be the one to not attend. (I do have another AU idea of what would've happened if Megumi had dropped out in middle school and Soma attended Totsuki without her, but that's another story.)

So without further ado:

The story takes place when Megumi is around 26 years old, which is nearing retirement age for table tennis players. It's a tense, transitory period in Megumi's life, wherein she has to choose whether to continue with the tennis world in a different capacity (basically what her coach, fellow athletes, sponsorships want her to do, and which she feels obligated to) or to completely start over with something else (sometimes, she wonders).

The wondering is accentuated when Megumi is around Isshiki Satoshi, a good friend of hers who actually did attend Totsuki Culinary School . They met when she was a shy rising star teenager trying to gain the patronage of prominent Japanese families; Isshiki Satoshi took a liking to her, declaring her an honorary kouhai, guaranteeing her his family's support, and taking her under his wing and into fun little mini foodie adventures whenever he randomly pops into her life. She appreciates it, though she sometimes gets flustered.

Isshiki, by the way, has no idea Megumi liked to cook. He just assumes she has great taste in food.

Legit opening scene probably take place in the last table tennis match of the season (this may be a good time to note I know nothing about table tennis). Megumi wins second place, and while she puts on a smile about it, she is utterly disappointed.

Isshiki whisks her away after the match to a sophisticated restaurant that has a breathtaking view of the Tokyo skyline. Megumi admits to him that she knows this is one of her last chances to win--and while she has won numerous world championships before, ending on a high note is crucial if she wants to work as a coach and be a commercial figure in Japanese table tennis (basically a former athlete who promotes sports equipment, energy drinks, etc.). Isshiki, amused, notes that being a commercial star didn't sound like something Megumi would aspire to. Megumi says it's the natural next step, if she wants to continue to be well-known and make the most of her career.

There is something that Megumi is not telling him--Isshiki can sense it. But for all he adores her, she's not really his kouhai; they've never had a chance to really get to know each other outside of these spontaneous meetings. So he cheers her up the only way he knows how: through food.

Megumi is surprised by the dish she gets. It is what she ordered--a seafood pasta--but its sauce is dark purple with an indiscernible scent. Isshiki says not to worry--he knows the chef. Megumi takes a bite midway to talking about her career concerns to Isshiki, and instantly forgets about them as she is lost in the taste.

Isshiki grins at her blissed-out reaction. He tells her she should compliment the chef, and while Megumi is still shy and soft-spoken, she agrees that this dish deserves it. Isshiki signals the waiter (head of the staff, actually, considering how important Isshiki is) and the waiter goes to them smiling. Waiter's face drops, however, when he spots Megumi's dish, and his face darkens even more when Isshiki says they want to meet the chef. "I'm so sorry, sir," the head waiter says. "I will fetch the troublesome rapscallion right away."

Megumi is alarmed at this sudden framing, but Isshiki finds the whole thing hilarious.

Head waiter comes out dragging a red-headed chef by the arm. Head waiter then proceeds to profusely apologize for the conduct of so-called Chef Yukihira Soma--what Tadokoro-san was eating is most definitely not part of the menu and should not be considered as part of their prestigious restaurant, that Yukihira has a habit of throwing in strange concoctions of his own making despite numerous reprimands, and that the chef would be fired on the spot. Yukihira Soma just rolls his eyes. Head waiter asks Tadokoro-san to say exactly what she thinks of his dish and to not hold back.

After a beat of stammering, Megumi says, "I think it's the best thing I've ever eaten. That's all.")

Head waiter turns almost as purple as the pasta's sauce. Yukihira laughs, tosses off his apron, and seats himself at their table. Head waiter leaves without another world. Yukihira grins at Megumi and tells her, "That was the best way I ever got fired."

Megumi protests that they could talk to the head waiter, but Yukihira assures her he was on his way out anyway, and that this was far from the first time he left a job on terrible terms. Isshiki suggests they go someplace else for dessert.

In this wonderful confectionery space (probably one of the many branches of Momo's) Yukihira reveals that he and Isshiki also go way back. He never went to Totsuki (to Megumi's surprise)--but his dad thought it would be funny to have him intern at the Totsuki resort at the same time as the culinary school's students were having their training camp. That's where he met a bunch of students, including members of the Polar Star Dorm that introduced him to Isshiki.

There is a tense moment, when Soma stumbles over a name. Megumi doesn't know what it was, though she was sure it began with an Eri. She doesn't press, though.

Megumi asks instead why he didn't g to the official culinary school, considering that it's the absolute best in the world. Soma reveals that his dad thought it was too uppity, and preferred to train him one-on-one when Soma graduated high school. Soma turns the conversation back at her--she seemed to know an awful lot of Totsuki for someone who wasn't in the culinary world, and teases Isshiki for boasting too much about his alma mater. Megumi reveals shyly that she did once get an invitation to attend Totsuki, and seriously considered it. Both Soma and Isshiki are completely surprised. It's Soma's turn, then, to ask her why she didn't go.

But this is knocking on a door that Megumi had long since locked behind her. She looks down and said, "I had different priorities." Soma, grown up, is tactful enough not to ask any more questions.

He turns the subject instead to his original dish. He asked her if she meant what she said, that it was the best thing she's ever eaten, and she replies, "Of course." He smiles triumphantly. He'd been trying to get that peanutbutter squid recipe right for years.

With an evil glint, he asks if Megumi would like to try some of his other experimental dishes (apparently there are a number of small kitchens around the city that Soma can just walk in). Megumi, naive, says yes, and wonders why Isshiki is suddenly excusing himself. She find out as soon as she tries his spider-crunch-and-mint brownies.

He makes it up to her by giving her more refined dishes. And he appreciates that she tries to give him thorough feedback, though she's far too shy to offer him any suggestions. While walking her to her hotel, he asks her for her address so he can send her more dishes to taste test, and she reveals she'll be spending the next few months in her home town in the Tohoku region. Soma promises to be in touch.

There is a beat, in front of her hotel room, when Megumi realizes she doesn't want to lose his company. That spending the last few hours together was the most fun she's had for a very long time.

But that was silly. She practiced her dream sport every day.

She smiles and says good night, he says it back, they go on their separate ways, and the next day she's on a train to her small backwater town.

Which, by the way, isn't small and backwater anymore--after all, it's where star table tennis player Tadokoro Megumi lives. The place is rife of fan monuments dedicated to her, of posters and information detailing her childhood and her numerous victories. Tourists abound. Megumi smiles, assured once more that her choice had been worth it.

When she was younger, her town and her ryokan was struggling. She had a decision: use her unmistakable prowess in table tennis to gain prestige or attend bloodthirsty Totsuki with her hard-earned but tenuous talent. She chose the safer option.

Sometimes, though. She wonders.

[wyvernseeker]

Precisely. Both will compete against one another instead of compete together.

again and again

How do you, guys, actually imagine Soma and Erina’s partnership in the future, if they become a couple for example? They both are leaders so none of them would cede leading role to each other whether it is work or love life or whatever. Or you all just like that intensive shade of their relationship which is stepping on the edge between ecchi and kinky hentai?

Anyway, Erina is for passion, Megumi is for love, and I vote for love.

[foodwarsflavorpunch]

What I really love about Megumi and Soma’s relationship is that Megumi prays about Soma!

In episode 21 (season 1, episode 21) Megumi prays to God about how she wants to remain at Totsuki Academy and also for Soma to lend her strength! Which is awesome because she feels his presence and how he himself is working hard! And he continues to push Megumi to her fullest potential!

In episode 61 (season 4, episode 24) Megumi prays for Soma’s success! Well through out the series, she is a great cheerleader and support for him, but I really like this one instance because she literally prays for it!

I like these special moments for Megumi’s character! It helps show how much she cares for Soma! How she wishes the best for him while holding her good luck charm!

[tailsisfluffy]

Soma knows how to braid hair.

His mother sometimes played with his dad's hair and Soma thought it was cool how she could make it look like ropes. His mom taught him until he could make a decent basic braid. It became a forgotten skill until he got to Totsuki because no one around him wore them.

He started to braid hair again because of Megumi. One day, she was extremely nervous to the point where she could not make her hair right and Soma could tell that her braids "looked different" and Megumi told him the reason why. He then reached for them and started to fix them, much to her amazement.

Soma starts touching her hair more often after that. He has a habit of especially doing it on car and airplane rides where he has to sit for long periods of time, experimenting with styles and sizes. He never tangles her hair though. Their friends are still in disbelief that he knows how to do it and how neat the different braids are. Sometimes Megumi even goes to him to fix her hair for events.

[wyvernseeker]

Honestly, this is why I believe these two make a good couple. Almost the same reasons I love SouMegu (partially sorry, SouRina fans).

My top 10 EiRin moments - part 1

Hey there! Have you heard about my endless love for this top 2 elite ten cinnamon rolls? Well, today I’m presenting you my TOP 10 EIRIN MOMENTS IN ANIME. Yes, these can be just regular or friendship moments, welp, it’s my top. I’ll try to explain how each moment opens up a new side of their relationship (in my opinion of course). I’m sorry if I understood some moments wrong and if you have another explanation for them, it’s just how I see it.

10 “In the E10 office”

Starting with the moment which made me “How cute, they are together alone in this cabinet talking talks and making jokes!”. Yeah, it’s definitely a boring cliche to ship someone just because they spend time together but I love soft relationship and this moment falls for my definition of “soft”. What are they doing together when we don’t see them on screen? Sharing secrets and ideas, gossiping, making jokes, watching YouTube videos😂 These average things make me really really soft. Talking about the moment, THE STARE they gave to each other is..great! It’s like they don’t need words to understand each other and I can believe that considering how close friends they are!

9 “Be more positive, Tsukasa!”

This actually refers to their friendship as a whole. Tsukasa who is extremely unconfident in himself has a girl on his side that will always stand for him and cheer him up. Yes, she does it in her fiery manner but she genuinely cares for him, behind those slaps, shouts and jokes there is a sincere desire to help and I think that it’s endearing!

8 “I think Rindou is going to be mad at me again..”

Continuing the previous topic, i must mention Tsukasa’s responses to all these “Rindou’s caring”. In this moment I can see that he actually listens to her, respect her opinion and honestly trying his best not to let her down. He is thinking about her and her advices at the moment of his “depression/anxiety mode” and probably saying to himself “what would Rindou say if she saw me like this?”. This chaos that Rindou brings to Eishi’s perfect world doesn’t go unnoticed. The balance they have is something each of them need: Tsukasa is improving ( here you could say that he’s perfect just how he is. I agree, im talking from my point of view. Several years ago I was such an anxious person I couldn’t even talk to cashiers in the market. And I almost fainted when was performing on stage. But I met a great friend who was constantly pushing me and making fun of my drawbacks (with good intentions). And it all worked, now I’m much more confident and I feel great about it and genuinely grateful for her😌)and Rindou has someone to poor out her feelings to (10th place) and to calm her down at some point.

7 “Expositions”

Can we now talk about that both Eishi and Rindou introduced “the cooking characteristic” of each other? With Rindou, the way she is exited about taking characters to Eishi’s restaurant is adorable, she looks so proud talking about him and seeing Soma and Megumi being astonished by Tsukasa’s dishes. She did it cuz she was interested in Soma and probably wanted to show with whom he’s willing to compete, but the way she does it…(proud girlfriend ehehehe). Eishi’s turn: (thanks to the seiyuu) he sounds like “oh, you think that knives technique is what makes her unique..well..how foolish you are!!!”😂😂😂 but for real, he says it in such laid-back manner and his words “not only this makes her so wonderful” is beating me in the heart (proud boyfriend yes😂)

6 “Final bout”

What can I say about this…GUYS LOOK SO EPIC DASHING AROUND THE “KITCHEN” AND COOKING TOGETHER! It was already said in the anime but their unit, the harmony in their duet, the synchronicity, the way they feel each other….These geniuses create a perfect duo, a destructive force blasting and destroying everything on its way. It only adds to the understanding of how strong their bond is. And it’s not just because they are both great chefs, Nono, working in a team requires practice, knowledge and trust in your partner, this cooking scene demonstrate their long experience in cooking together (imagining them spending evenings in the kitchen experimenting with new recipes together makes me soooo soft💕)

[they-callme-ami]

Just remembered Souma named his restaurant at the Moon Banquet Festival after Megumi, calling it "Restaurant Tadokoro".

I will never get over them not being cannon.