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How is it testing your patience if I may ask?
OH BOY. OOOOH FUCKING BOY. where do i begin.
so my Biggest beef with chap237 was the utter lack of emotional response from Takumi and the lack of focus on him, about him, even though this is uh. his first proper match/appearance since the fucking Autumn Elections. let that fucking sink in.
Firstly, his match was over way too fast. Like for god’s sake, even Hayama had ~3chaps during the Souma VS Hayama Central Arc for his background/motivation buildup. But for Takumi, we don’t get that. Sure, chap201 that showed us his frustrations and his time in the Staigaire, but we don’t see what came after !! We don’t see the baby steps he took to improve, the numerous hours he spent rebuilding himself, the emotional turmoil of having to prove himself or risk humiliating not only himself, but his brother and friends, or even get another glimpse into What makes this match so high staked apart from his pride !!
Once more, we’re left to interpret from words told that he suffered but we don’t fucking see it !!! AND U KNOW WHY THAT PISSES ME OFF? Because he’s supposed to be a deuteragonist alongside Erina and Megumi, yet the two girls have had more character development shown throughout the story than he has had !! He had like TWO chapters in Central Arc, three if im being generous, detailing his character growth but the girls have had ENTIRE FUCKING ARCS dedicated to their growth. What the absolute living shit is UP with this preferential treatment?? And don’t even get me started on how we never got to see Takumi training with Gin (THE FIRST SEAT OF HIS GENERATION), to further develop and validate Takumi’s character and skills respectively. Tsukada just let that fucking chance go, man.
AND IM NOT EVEN DONE. Even if I forgive the lack of character development explicitly shown (and I never fucking will), the near-completely cool response from Takumi about his win, was utter bullshit. Let me just casually remind yall why this win was so fucking important: 1) Takumi’s first onscreen win 2) It was against the one who badly humiliated his brother, trampled on his pride and basically invalidated his entire diner 3) Expulsions on the fucking line, yall. Yet Takumi was absolutely chill about his win? No tears of relief, no outburst of emotion, no momentary loss of control, no utter joy/relief ?? From this boy, who wears his heart on his sleeve and is so terribly emotional that most characters have literally commented on it ??
And I don’t expect much !!! Take for example Hayama’s unexpected hug to Jun during his AE arc win. The emotional validation of an unexpected and badly craved for win was so clearly felt and shown !! THAT’S ALL I ASK FOR. Some sort of show of emotion !! Like sure, Takumi and Isami’s highfive was sweet, but it lacked any emotional depth that Takumi would have felt for finally gaining that win against Eizan. That was no satisfactory reaction from Takumi, and that saddens me. Was that how little the match meant to him? Of course not, but clearly Tsukada seems to think so.
NEXT, Takumi is one of the characters who most likely, only has This One Match to shine. I honestly don’t expect him to be brought back for another round and win. Simply because Isshiki, Souma and Erina are def going to go for a round, and all three will most likely win. So clearly, someone from the rebels is gonna have to lose in order to put ~*cheap tension*~ into the series, and its probably gonna be Takumi. So the fact that not even two full chapters was spent developing his character and improvements in terms of cooking skill pisses me off. Most, if not all, of the match was solely focused on Eizan and how tricky he can be, even though this was supposed to be Takumi’s chance to shine, barely any focus was properly placed on him, and his hard work. If anything, it felt like another filler match Tsukada was way too eager to just rush by so we could get back to Megumi and Souma.
Also the whole pizza thing was kinda...disappointing. For something that was supposed to represent the brothers’ bond with each other, there wasn’t much of a focus on it and how well the two sides of the pizza blended together. In fact, the bond was mentioned in passing, almost as if Tsukada remembered it last minute and just threw a fucking line in there to remind yall that he hasn’t forgotten.
Another thought would be how the match is supposed to be about unity and teamwork, but uh. We don’t see that past the prepping stage and im just...sighs.
TL;DR: Takumi got royally fucked over again as a character, via 1) a cookie cutter reaction from Takumi towards his win 2) not having his emotional capacity fully expanded upon despite being shown as an emotional person (kinda like saying this person loves cats but then doesnt shed a tear when they see a mangled cat roadkill) 3) this match being skimmed over despite it being the Only Thing going for Takumi’s character for like ~150chaps.
BASICALLY Tsukada seems to Hate giving anyone but Souma or Megumi or Erina more screentime than absolutely necessary and i am a fuckin ocean of salt.
