main round one: team aldini takumi/yukihira souma

[intricacies]

TITLE: 陰陽 (Yin-Yang)
SERIES: Food Wars: Shokugeki no Soma
SHIP: Aldini Takumi/Yukihira Souma
RATING: G
CHARACTERS: Aldini Takumi, Aldini Takumi's Father (unnamed, only mentioned), Yukihira Souma, Yukihira Jouichirou (mentioned)
SIDE PAIRINGS: N/A
MAJOR TAGS: Character Death (very brief reference), Eating (references), Spoilers (manga)
ADDITIONAL TAGS: Angst (slight)
SUMMARY: Sometimes opposing forces are a push for improvement, as Souma and Takumi learn from each other.
WORK COUNT: 953 words & 15 images
SCRIPT: Script || Image List
NOTES:

1. THE ENTRY IS BEST VIEWED ON A COMPUTER. IT WILL NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY OTHERWISE. It has been tested on Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari; they all work fine. It will work on mobile to an extent, but alignment will be ruined and you will not be able to click out of the pop-up boxes.
2. PLEASE HOVER OVER ALL THE IMAGES. The images you will need to click on have a special hover function (which is disabled on non-clickable images).
3. POP-UP BOXES CAN BE CLOSED BY CLICKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOXES. That should make the box fade out.

• STATIC VERSION IS HERE: SOUMA & TAKUMI. For those who cannot or do not want to access a computer.
• There is no actual death happening in our entry. It's just a reference to Souma's late mom.
• Credits go to favicon.cc for the favicon, Ian Lunn for the hover code, and neonbikethemes for the pop-up codes. Everything else has been originally coded by Team SouTaku.
• Thank you for looking at our entry!

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"From a young age, I understood the idea of balanced flavor - the reason you put ketchup on a hamburger. I was that kid who wouldn't eat something if there was something missing. I never really understood it until I began cooking professionally, balancing acids, sweets, spicy flavors and fat."

— Michael Mina

Comments

[winterstuck]

the presentation is super nice and the art, they both look so cool and the food is so?? good??? like????? *___*

the snippets told from both points of view is really interesting to compare and contrast, they really balance each other out, knowing their own strengths and weaknesses, and improving from learning from the other

[intricacies]

Thank you from my team!! The artists are also appreciative of you pointing out their food!! :> We're super glad you enjoyed our entry; thank you so much again for looking! <3

[adamantine]

This is really neat! Even though I don't know anything about the series I could immediately see the differences in the two characters even just from the images on the shelf (then the text helped me see how they can learn and grow from each other!).

[intricacies]

Thank you so much from the team! We were worried about it reaching people who didn't know Shokugeki, so this comment came as a relief.

[alder_knight]

This was really cool and original!

[intricacies]

From Team SouTaku, thanks so much!

[dynamite]

What the heck, the art is so gorgeous, I LOVE THE STYLE SO MUCH!! it's painted beautifully, and it's very... elegant?? it complements the writing and the experience really well in that way. I love the layout, and clicking through bringing up each idea and the flipside of it -- it's a really great study in contrast, and not necessarily a negative, but a true path toward growth. WHAT GOOD RIVALS THEY ARE, AND WHAT A GREAT WAY TO SHOW IT!! Thank you for a lovely entry, team soutaku!! <3

[intricacies]

THANKS FROM THE WHOLE TEAM, ESPECIALLY OUR ARTISTS, LIN!! Rivalries aren't always antagonistic relationships, as they often promote growth in both characters ; v ; Thank you so much for looking and commenting!

[chiharu]

THE ART IS SO LOVELY AND I LOVE HOW YOUR TEAM JUXTAPOSED THE INGREDIENTS~ I need to pick up where I left off on Food Wars :'')

[intricacies]

SORRY FOR THE WEIRD NOTIF I WAS TRYING TO REPLY TO THIS COMMENT AND GOT THE POP-UP

Anyway, thank you for your comment! I'll relay it to the team and please do continue Shokugeki!!

[clearlykero]

man ive already gushed about how much i adore this in private but i need to leave a comment too because i just!!! soutaku isn't my main ship in shokugeki but i LOVE them and their dynamic nonetheless. and i'm so glad you chose to center it on food bc of course, it's shokugeki-- but you could have gone so many ways, so it's!! i feel nostalgic (???) when i look at the shelves, and it's also so intimate seeing someone's ingredients and what they mean. the whole thing just has this feeling, of being close to one's heart, and ;;; crying...

the formatting is also super easy to read/navigate which i really appreciate! you guys got the theme down perfectly and just, it's so great. everything is so great. GREAT. I CANT SAY IT ENOUGH

[intricacies]

Oh my goodness!! Thank you so much for this sweet comment; I'll relay it to the team!! *__*

We are so glad we hit the theme and that you appreciated the format that we presented it in. ;; We were a little worried about people not knowing Shokugeki, so we chose to present these boys through food and I'm so so happy to hear that it worked out for the best!

[underscored]

I really loved this a lot, despite not knowing the characters-- it's so great ;; Thank you!!

[intricacies]

Thanks from the team for looking and commenting despite not knowing the fandom! o/

[karahashi]

Oh man oh man this entry is so awesome!! The whole concept of it is amazing - I love the interactive nature of it. The title is perfect, too, and it works so well with the quote - it was super clear what you were going for.

The art is so beautiful! I love the blue highlights in Takumi's hair and the gentle shading. His fingers are so long and elegant *o* And Souma's stance contrasts nicely with Takumi's - they both look so strong and confident intheir own way. I really like the shape of Takumi's legs and his knees *o* The shading is so niceee especially with the warmer tint of the shadows ahh and even the cupboards have personality <3 Takumi's kitchen sjdhnfalgjk EVERYTHING GLISTENS and it's gorgeous.

I really like how each ingredient links into the short segment, and the common format throughout. It's really nice and it makes the piece look so coherent. The writing is lovely in how it seems to get to the heart of what's there - it showcases the mutual respect and the competitive flair in their relationship.

And I love how although the themes are the same across the two characters, the way they're laid out and presented is different enough that it feels fresh each time? You know you're approaching the same topic from two different perspectives, but like the title implies they don't just mirror one another - they work with and around each other to form a complete picture. Their individual personalities come out really well!!

[intricacies]

Thank you so much!! Your comments are always so kind; I'll definitely let the team know you left this! <3 The title was actually a filler, but we ran out of time trying to come up with other ones so it's great to see that it really got through to people.

I'm so glad that what we were aiming for went through ;; I feared that the formatting would make the mirroring too distant between the characters, but it looks like you picked it up just fine, which is a relief. \ o /

The SouTaku artists say thank you for the compliments!! And the writers also thank you. ; v ;