Food Wars! The Fifth Plate - Recommendations

• One Shot
• 2012

• Vol: 1
• 2015

• Vol: 4; Ch: 24
• 2011 - 2013

Introducing Minato, who just after entering university dropped out and became the board chairman of the cooking school her recently deceased grandmother left behind. The head of confectionary – Nakamura, explains to Minato the school’s current position. Heeding the advice of her childhood friend and current Chinese cuisine chef Ichika-kun, Minato inquires the popular Japanese cuisine chef, the handsome Akiyama, and the Italian cuisine chef – Maeda, to become lecturers at the school. The kind and gentlemanly Akiyama, the unfriendly and strict Maeda, the splendid, despite his cute exterior, Ichika, the cool and mysterious Nakamura….Together with the four handsome chefs, Minato is opening the cooking school. What will happen from here on…!?

• Vol: 10; Ch: 46
• 2004 - 2008

When Najika was a little girl, her parents died, and she nearly did as well until a boy saved her and gave her a flan so that she'd stop crying. Since then Najika has wanted to once more meet her ‘Flan Prince,' though all she has to go on is the silver spoon he left behind. Now a young lady, Najika is on her way to Tokyo to study at Seika Academy, the origin of the spoon and a prestigious cooking school. While there she'll hone her culinary skills, help transform a school eatery into something special and make new friends such as the brothers Daichi and Sora - but will she ever find her prince?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 16
• 2012 - 2013

Nanase Aoshi is a troublemaker at school, but who would have thought that he has a great talent in cooking? His goal is only one: to follow the footsteps of Chef Shibuya, a genius chef who trained him when he was a kid.

• Vol: 13; Ch: 53
• 2010 - 2014

Dogma, the Earl of Poor Eating comes to train high school student Satoru into the perfect chef. But what awaits Satoru at the end of his training is only death. His teacher is not an ordinary noble but a demon from hell who promises to eat his soul, spiced with a lifetime of cooking expertise. Will Satoru abandon his normal life to become the puppet of this demonic earl? How will he cope with his life's expiry tag?

• Vol: 19; Ch: 167
• 1986 - 1989

Genjirou Murata, the most renowned food critic in Japan and leader of the Ajiou Group, discovers a boy called Youichi Ajiyoshi (known to his friends as Mr Ajikko), whose innate cooking prowess creates the most heavenly of flavors. Convinced that he might have just found the heir to the company, Mr Murata decides to immerse Youichi fully into the world of professional chefs, a world where cooking is not just a skill, but a matter of pride, honor, and reputation; if you can't even cook spaghetti 'al dente' then you better get out of town! However, not everyone is so sure of a wildcard boy’s abilities, and there are more than enough challengers queuing up to halt Youichi's climb to the top. Is a young, untrained chef truly prepared for what it takes to prove himself the best in Japan?

• Vol: 7; Ch: 35
• 2017 - 2019

• Vol: 27; Ch: 251
• 1995 - 2000

Jan is a talented young chef at a top class restaurant in Tokyo called Gottancho. Jan is really arrogant and full of self-confidence regarding his cooking technique. He always challenges Kiriko -- a talented chef of Gottancho. Both Jan and Kiriko have entered a cooking competition. Who will win?

• Vol: 8; Ch: 47
• 2015 - 2019

The story is canon to the original storyline and features Kojirou Shinomiya as the main protagonist. The series focuses on both his life after he graduated from Totsuki Culinary Academy and the events after the Training Camp arc with Megumi and Souma.