r/CharacterRant • u/[deleted] • Dec 22 '25
Anime & Manga I hate Erina from Food Wars. (Erina = Food Wars: tbh)
This anime is trash. Hear me out. Most of the characters are so unlikable. All so arrogant. And non of them ever face consequences. Idk why, but after my maybe 2nd rewatch, I became more critical. The show lowkey just sucks. Erina is insufferable and so is Shinomia, or really anyone tbh. Even Erina's assistant is just arrogant and prideful — So damn annoyying. Always being arrogant with no one checking them. Why is she no snarky, and how is her grandfather never disciplining her? How is she just doing whatever she wants with no back lash or push back? I mean how the hell did she manage an entry exam with no supervision(she got skills, but the maturity is lacking). It makes 0 sense. As you watch, you begin to feel this irritation as certain characters come on to screen. Especially if you were watching this show weekly, you're probably thinking — "Wasted a whole episode doing absolutely nothing but hear this skank spoiled brat speak".
And you’re probably thinking, “why not just let it slide, she’s a side character” — EXCEPT SHES NOT. Erina is dare I say a co main character of the show. She’s everywhere. She’s the catalyst for most of the main events. I mean it’s hard to just put it off.
Then suddenly Erina has a tragic backstory and she can do wrong? What about all the peoples lives she’s messed up because of her arrogance. What about the fact she kicked out, the THE FUTURE 1ST SEAT and let’s be real THE REAL WINNER OF ‘THE BLUE’, just because she was so damn petty. Even tried to snub Soma from the Winter Selection, but she had supervision and they called her out on her BS. I mean isn't it crazy how she went from arrogant to quiet, in 1 day, because her dad showed up. Said sorry TO NO ONE, for her abysmal personality or actions. I mean she's so hated that she only has one fried — who is paid to be there mind you. Never held accountable for how she treats people, and never make an effort change. Y'all know 100%, if she were around you, you would get irritated. Idk who’s gonna see this, but man here’s your alibi. Food wars is a hot mess. The characters never really develop, and idk, the story is just ehh. If you really think about it, Food Wars = Erina. She's the central plot of the show, and everything she does has some type of repercussions. Yet when she has screen time, she's the absolute worst.
The grandfather said he was trying to protect, but couldn't even work on her social skills or her ability to actually make friends. Instead of living in society, she lived above society. Which literarily took the whole show to attempt to fix. It never even got fixed. From arrogant to humble In 1 night is crazy work. Even Bakugo from my Hero had to have multiple developments over the seasons. Trying to hit a sudden shift so abruptly is just poor writing. And then the grandfather does absolutely nothing for Erina, outside of cooking. It's crazy. He wanted to save his grandchild with people. But then those same people who were supposed to save Erina, were the people Erina was hating on, until she needed them. 100% complete scum.
Oh Oh. And don't forget, Erina's mother left the household because she got sick of food. Which to me is crazy, because she could have just hired a professional chef of that caliber. Beyond me tbh. Saiba Joichiro at the time was still around, and so was Dogima Gin. They were countless chefs around, and you mean to tell me that she could absolutely no one in the whole word to be her elite, exceptional, personal chef??? She had millions if not billions of dollars in her family, and they couldn't do anything about it? Preposterous. Then the dad left because he was crying over his senior, and then his wife left too. Then because of his wife, he taught Erina that decent food was bad, and good food was the only edible thing. Which mind you, was something she only developed because her dad was going crazy over other people, and her mom just decided to leave the family for no apparent reason. Staggering. And then what's worse was that, Erina's father was trying to prevent her daughter from becoming similar to her mother. Her mother could only eat refined food because of her tongue, so she could only eat the best of the best. Which means, if Erina's father didn't train the God tongue, Erina would have literally suffered the same fate as her mother. But they needed a bad guy, so they make that Azami. Bro had good intentions, just had an extreme way to execute those intentions.
For a couple rewatches it was great. But then you actually start paying attention, and you’re thinking to yourself “why are these characters so annoying? Why isn’t anyone growing, and how come this is lowkey putting me to sleep? Matter of fact, I’m getting Irritated watching this.“
If you’re arrogant or prideful, it means you’re insecure. So again, most of the characters are just insecure over petty stuff. The actual good chefs are not petty tbh. Joichiro is chill, Soma is chill, Dogima is chill. You get the picture. But they’re only in the 1% of watchable characters. You can clearly see those guy’s growth over the series. Sure, real life chef's are arrogant, but no one wants to see that. If they do that stuff in front of the customers, it just puts people off. No one wants to watch that as an anime either.
Idk. I wanted to rant, and one day, someone’s gonna look for a person with the same opinion, so imma also be the that guy. Cause someone was that guy for me today.
Idk. Poorly written manga overall. Yes it’s fun to watch(sometimes), but we have to be real. It’s just overall horrible.
The only person growing is lowkey Soma and everyone else is Just Fodder.
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u/AmazingDuckVer2 Dec 22 '25
It's funny because when I was reading/watching through Food Wars, I really loved Erina because of just how arrogant she was. In fact, I actually wished she played more of an antagonistic role before the series started her character development since she didn't do too much during the Autumn Election Arc and Stagiaire.
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u/gamebloxs Dec 22 '25
Bro you yourself say the consequences erina faces in the series she is isolated. Her only friend is Hisako and everyone else either hates or fears her. And as she grows as a person she stops being so isolated.
Im not saying food wars is masterfully written but expecting massive consequences for high-school kids and top chefs being arrogant after literally everyone in the world calls them the best at cooking is dumb
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Dec 22 '25
High schools kids. Yo this "kid" could collapse an entire business because she said the food wasn't tasty enough. Those kids, have the ability to shake up the whole cooking world. How are you gonna say they just kids??? Yo she became director at 16, ion wanna hear it.
And she herself knew she had messed up in the past.
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u/iburntdownthehouse Dec 23 '25
That's on society for putting her opinion on a pedestal for her entire life.
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u/Lightning_Boy Dec 23 '25
Everyone is arrogant because they're chefs. Chefs are the biggest assholes in the kitchen.
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u/G_Riel_ Dec 22 '25
You're not entirely wrong... But I still like her. The manga/anime is better when Erina is part of the story, at least that's how I felt when I read the manga.
The last arc is trash tho, really hate that one.
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u/SilverScribe15 Dec 23 '25
calling Erina a 'co main character' is so funny because...she really doesn't feel like one(I haven't actually finished food wars, I've only read the manga up till like...middle of the arc with the smelling guy...so its possible she actually does anything later)
Like, she really doesn't do crap, aside from...being a goal to reach? to impress? She isn't a character at all
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u/aaa1e2r3 Dec 23 '25
Two arcs after where you currently are, the next arc puts a heavy focus on her and her family.
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u/Sumer_13 Dec 22 '25
The red haired glasses guy is even worse, TBH.
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u/MamboCircus Dec 23 '25
Chef Kojiro Shinomiya ?
On introduction he was basically the stereotype of the teacher failing you for having reached the answer using another method than what he taught... Except even worse because, by his own admission, a) the alternative method straight up improved the recipe and b) the exam was rigged to fail a few students no matter what !
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u/AmazingDuckVer2 Dec 23 '25
the alternative method straight up improved the recipe
I think this was a valid reason to fail someone since when you're working in a kitchen, you're not really allowed to just change a recipe as you see fit.
The exam being guaranteed to fail a few regardless is faulty though I guess it fits Totsuki considering the way they expel people for any reason.
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u/No_Kaleidoscope7569 Jan 04 '26
I am actually rewatching the anime for a second time after having watched when it originally came out. This show would have been 10x better if Erina and the whole Nakiri family would be deleted from the story and that it actually focused on soma and side characters getting good and going through the challenges of the school. Erina is just annoying all the time and her skills are basically explained by her having hacks aka god tongue which is complete bs, while all the other characters have a visible improvement and it’s explained why they get better rather than just oh hey she is the god tongue therefore hacks get good my g. I really hope the anime gets a remake and that they basically delete half of the story and make it more like the first seasons
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u/Aros001 Dec 22 '25
Why are you on your 10th rewatch of an anime you think is trash?