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byOriginal release date [15]11"Chapter 1 – Le Collier de la reine"Louis LeterrierGeorge Kay8 January 2021 (2021-01-08)
Assane Diop plans the theft of an expensive diamond necklace, once owned by Marie-Antoinette, which his father Babakar had been accused of stealing from the wealthy Pellegrini family 25 years earlier. He enlists the help of a group of loan sharks, to whom he owes money. Under the alias "Paul Sernine", Assane attends an auction for the necklace, hosted by the Pellegrinis at the Louvre. He makes the winning bid, but the loan sharks, disguised as museum security guards, double-cross him and steal the necklace. However, their getaway goes awry and they are arrested, while Assane ends up in possession of the diamonds and walks free. Later
that night, while investigating the case, a police detective named Youssef Guédira notices that it bears a striking resemblance to the stories of Arsène Lupin, and then realizes that "Paul Sernine" is an anagram of Lupin's name. The day after the heist, Assane gives his son, Raoul, a copy of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar, gifted to him by Babakar, who died in prison by an apparent suicide shortly after being convicted for the original necklace theft. 22"Chapter 2 – L'Illusion"Louis LeterrierGeorge Kay and François Uzan8 January 2021 (2021-01-08) Assane's best friend, antiquarian Benjamin Férel, informs him that the queen's necklace was unlikely to ever have been deconstructed after being stolen as had been previously claimed by the Pellegrini family. Assane begins doubting that his father was responsible for the initial theft and confronts Juliette Pellegrini, who acknowledges that her family's story about the necklace's recovery was a lie concocted to drum up publicity, but affirms her belief in Babakar's guilt. Unsatisfied, Assane gets himself placed in jail so that he can speak to Étienne Comet, a man who worked at the prison library during his father's incarceration. A sickly Comet leads Assane to a copy of The Confessions of Arsène Lupin, with annotations from his father spelling out the phrase "I am innocent—framed by Anne Pellegrini".
Viz Media has
licensed the manga for North America and published the first volume on August 5, 2014, and the last on June 2, 2020. [1][14] Shueisha began to simulpublish the series in English on the website and app Manga Plus in January 2019. [15] An spin-off series, titled Shokugeki no Soma: L'étoile, ran in the
Shōnen Jump+ website and app from February 20, 2015, to June 21, 2019. The individual chapters have been compiled into eight tankōbon volumes. [16][17] A crossover story, titled Shokugeki no Sanji, was developed as a tribute to One Piece and has been published in Weekly Shōnen Jump since July 23, 2018. [18][19] Two light novels, written by Michiko Itō, were also released, titled ~à la carte~ in 2014 and ~Fratelli Aldini~ in 2015. [20][21] Anime[edit] Main article: List of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma episodes An anime adaptation was announced in October 2014 by Shueisha. [22] The anime was directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani at J. C. Staff with Shogo Yasukawa as the series scriptwriter and starred Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as the main character, Sōma Yukihira. [23] Crunchyroll began streaming the anime on April 3, 2015.
It's a show
that has proven to be a source of entertainment for those unconcerned with the finer details and who simply want to be amused for 20-minute intervals, as well as a comical mess for those who do see beyond the smoke and mirrors and enjoy dissecting silly shows for purposes of discussion. It's a show that takes itself dead serious while being oblivious to the fact that it's anything but. It's the Elfen Lied, the Mirai Nikki, the Akame Ga Kill, the [insert your own example here] of 2016. A show that could appeal to everyone, regardless of how they view their entertainment or how much thought they place into the pixelated images flooding their peripheral. It's the "M. Night Shyamalan" of animated works, a name big enough to fill in seats on
opening night, but consistently funny enough for critical thinkers to jump in knowing they'll experience something amusing, even if unintentional.
Everyone wins. The studio heads make their profit, the majority get to be entertained, and the critics get a new punching bag for their inner circles. The world needs titles like Re:Zero. Titles that everyone will see. Cynical cash grabs will always come and go, but if I'm given a choice in the matter, I at least want my price of admission to be a show that's still entertaining.
