Somei Saito

Character("Sōmei Saito (斎さい藤とう 綜そう明めい, Saitō Sōmei?) is a 90th Generation student Tōtsuki Academy Alumnus, the previous Fourth Seat of the Elite Ten Council, and formerly serves as one of the Senior Officers of Central. Originally introduced as the Fifth Seat, he helped in ousting Senzaemon Nakiri in favor of Azami Nakiri for the position of Tōtsuki Culinary Academy Director, thus being promoted one seat higher. He then serves as one of the major antagonists of the series for the Central storyline.") Status("Alive") Birthday("February 11th") Age("17 (Debut)") Gender("Male") Blood Type("B") Height("186 cm") Weight("79 kg") Family("Unnamed mother") CivilStatus("Your boyfriend") Food Forte("Sushi") Generation("90th") Occupation("High School Student") Affiliation("Tōtsuki Culinary Academy. Elite Ten Council: Fifth Seat > Fourth Seat. Central") Appearance("Sōmei is the second tallest among the current Elite Ten Council. His hair is styled like a mohawk, with his crest being black, while the rest is gray. He has a horizontal scar starting and ending over both his cheeks and runs over the bridge of his nose. He also typically appears with his eyes closed in both casual and formal moments. He wears a standard Totsuki uniform, but slings the coat over his shoulders like a cape and does not wear the standard tie. He has large earrings and carries a Maguro bōchō blade, a Japanese knife specialized for cutting large fish, named Isanakiri. It is revealed that he is quite muscular and wears bandages across his stomach.") Personality("Sōmei lives by the code of bushido, and the way of the samurai, and incorporates it in his mannerisms and sometimes speech, even genuinely acting like an actual samurai in some random situations. Due to this, he is one of the least antagonistic of the Central's Elite Ten and he values honor above else. Despite being one of the top and highly skilled students in Totsuki, Sōmei sees little about rankings and what matters in the end is skills. As such, he never underestimates his opponent, even if they're first-years, and he is not above praising them, when they show their true skills. Even when defeated, he gives them praise and wishes them good luck in their future battles. But while his code of honor and sense of chivalry allows him to be honorable, some of it can be seen as arrogance on his part, such as letting his opponent use his knife to make it equal, implying his opponent has some flaws to them compared to him. Conversely, he seems to have a low tolerance for Momo's childish moments. Sōmei's ideal is that "the strong must protect the weak" which stems from his past, with his mother being prejudiced by misogynistic sushi chefs, and he took it himself to protect similar chefs who are being victimized. Sōmei defies the old ideals of sushi chefs, even if it means becoming their enemy, which is all for the sake of his ideals. Sōmei sees himself as a lone samurai from the masses, carrying his one blade, polishing it to its limit, all so he could not lose.") Cooking Style("Best Sushi Chef Sōmei being referred to as the best sushi chef of his generation Sushi - Sōmei specialized in crafting sushi and is best known for this art of cooking in the academy, earning him the Fourth Seat in the Elite Ten Council. Experienced with sushi ever since a young age, Sōmei stands out as the best sushi chef of his generation. To further highlights his skill, he defeated various established and adult sushi chefs as a young middle school.") Cooking Skills("Expert Butcher - Sōmei possesses enough physical strength to effortlessly lift Isanakiri and precisely fillet a large tuna into sashimi. Seafood - As fish is an integral part of making sushi, Sōmei also have a wide range of knowledge regarding sea ingredients. His capability to utilize every part of fish into perfection is highlighted on his seafood dishes. Expertise in Ingredient Usage - Sōmei's mastery of sushi gives him an extensive and powerful ability to highlight his star ingredients through flavor enhancers such as butter, garlic, orange juice and lemon juice.") Cooking Tools("Isanakiri - A maguro bochi, literally translated to Tuna Cutter, is a long and highly specialized knife that is used to fillet tuna and other kind of ocean fishes. Sōmei, being a sushi chef, utilized this knife specifically for such cooking method.") Dishes(" Ten Pieces of Tuna Ruby Orbs Sushi Ten Pieces of Tuna Ruby Orbs Sushi Ten Pieces of Tuna Ruby Orbs Sushi- Ten pieces of aesthetically simplistic miniature sushi prepared by Sōmei in the 3rd Bout of Rebels vs. Central Régiment de Cuisine.This sushi consists of different parts of tuna prepared in different methods, forming together aesthetically simplistic miniature sushi. The sushi is described as beautiful as glittering jewels. Brushing the medium-grade fatty tuna (Chūtoro) over with Nikiri makes the umami flavor bursting out, which then combines with another kind of umami from the marinated lean tuna (Akami). The fat meat from around the collar bone (Kamatoro) is balanced with refreshing vinegar rice. The dish overall perfectly draws out and capitalizes on the deliciousness of each type of tuna. What's more, the special vinegar used in the rice results in more mellow richness, maintaining a soft, fluffy finish. Also, thanks to the scoring method, the moment a person bites into a piece, the tuna topping will melt and mix with the sushi rice, resulting in an overflowing sensation of delicious tuna flavor. JewelButterSeafoodBowl Jewel Butter Seafood Bowl Jewel Butter Seafood Bowl - A dish made by Sōmei, in the 1st Card of the 3rd Bout of the Rebels Vs. Central Regiment de Cuisine. This Japanese and French dish consists of short-grain rice flavored with orange and lemon juice. Using a salmon steak which is covered with meunière sauce, he skillfully slow roasts it with butter and wheat flour. He also sautes squid liver and innards along with butter, garlic, soy sauce and meunière sauce. The salmon roe was pickled in soy sauce, pomegranate seeds and tonburi seeds, all served in a large bowl.") History("Young Somei taking over their restaurant Young Sōmei taking over their sushi restaurant Sōmei came from a family that runs a small but successful sushi restaurant, named Saito Sushi, which has its fair share of regulars despite its size. The head chef of the restaurant is his mother, and Sōmei helped her as her assistant and delivery boy. Through the hard work of his mother, Sōmei was able to enroll in the middle school division of Tōtsuki Culinary Academy as a part of the 90th Generation. Sōmei's mother gained an internship in a famous sushi restaurant, Shigarami Sushi, thus their store has been closed for a while but instead of receiving any form of knowledge, she suffers discrimination instead. Rather than handling fish, she was tasked with household work, which resulted in her collapsing. Somei dominates the sushi tournaments Sōmei dominates the sushi tournaments Sōmei, at the age of fifteen, then decided to take over the restaurant himself and became its new head chef. Due to his young age, he received mockery and insults saying that a middle schooler being a head sushi chef is against tradition. Those hecklers are also from the same restaurants that worked his mother to exhaustion. Sōmei then revealed his skills, which immediately made those chefs shut up. Sōmei has been warned that by going against Shigarami, he made the entire sushi world his enemy, which he welcomed with a smile. Sōmei will then join various sushi competitions where he defeated all of them with ease and eventually reached the top of the sushi world. Somei was approached by Azami Sōmei was approached by Azami regarding his plans At some point in his days as a third year student, Sōmei was approached by Azami Nakiri who presented him with his grand evolution. As Azami's goals allow equal opportunity to anyone, Sōmei sees no reason to refuse and eventually joins him, even making sure that he will defeat anyone who tries to defy him. As a third year student, Sōmei completed the Tōtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp and Stagiaire events in his first year and all subsequent events afterwards. He would eventually attain the Fifth Seat of the Elite Ten Council. Before his debut, he alongside other members of the Elite Ten gathered and selected the participants of the 43rd Annual Tōtsuki Autumn Election.") Plot(" Central Storyline Moon Banquet Festival Arc Sōmei, along with Momo, at the Autumn Leaf Viewing Sōmei , along with Momo, at the Autumn Leaf Viewing As a member of the Elite Ten, Sōmei and the other Elite Ten Members attended the Autumn Leaf Viewing ceremony, so the first year students who participated in the 43rd Annual Autumn Election Main Tournament could formally meet them. Sōmei remained silent throughout the event and left shortly after to prepare for the Moon Banquet Festival.[6] He was shown later on to have ranked sixth in overall sales for the uptown area.[7] After the conclusion of the Moon Banquet Festival, Totsuki received a shift in leadership as Senzaemon Nakiri was replaced by Azami Nakiri as the new headmaster of the academy. Sōmei and five of the other Elite Ten Council members voted in favor for the move.[8] Central Arc Sōmei and the rest of Elite begun the Survivor's Surge Sōmei and the rest of Elite begun the Survivor's Surge After Eizan's defeat by Soma in a Shokugeki, Sōmei watched as Soma challenged the Elite Ten Council during the live broadcast.[9] Sōmei later reappeared at the gathering of Central Soldiers where him and Azami's "handpicked" students will be participating in Survivor's Purge.[10] While Sōmei was not seen taking part in the Survivor's Purge, it is likely that he competed in some of the Shokugeki's, contributing to the purge of numerous research groups. At some point before the Promotion Exams, Central held an Elite Ten Battle Royal to fill in the three empty seats in the council. Sōmei is silent throughout the Elite Ten's meeting, quite opposite of his colleagues that are all noisy. Promotion Exams Arc Sōmei learned that a Regimental Shokugeki is happening Sōmei learned that a Regimental Shokugeki is happening Sōmei, along with the rest of Central's members, was brought to Hokkaido to deal with the last of the rebels. Sōmei also literally dragged Momo along to the plane because of her fear of flying. As part of his duties in Central, Sōmei came to Hokkaido to deal with the last remaining Rebels during the Promotion Exams. In the third bout, Sōmei was paired against Hisako Arato, and his victory resulted in Hisako's expulsion.[13] Sōmei putting expelled student's handbook in Momo's stuffed doll Sōmei putting expelled student's handbook in Momo's stuffed doll Sōmei's group then got a call from Eishi which he revealed to them that a Regimental Shokugeki. Sōmei is amused at the the turn of events, but he considered it as a good opportunity to get rid of the Rebels. Few days later, Sōmei and the Elite Ten accompany Azami in his negotiation against the rebels, and Sōmei is mostly silent at the duration of the discussion. He begun to speak later as he explained the essence of the Totsuki student booklets. Sōmei then proceed to collect the student booklets and put them all inside Momo's stuffed doll, making Momo sob. Central Elite Ten Sōmei and the rest of Elite Ten at Regimental Shokugeki At the specifically-built Regiment de Cuisine Arena, Sōmei and the seven other Elite Ten members appears as the representative of Central facing the eight chefs representing the Rebels, but Sōmei decided not to take part in the First and Second Bout as he remain only on the sideline. Witnessing Julio Shiratsu's defeat at his match against Satoshi Isshiki, Sōmei commented on Satoshi not holding back to save his juniors, he also commend on the former 7th Seat's resolve. The last match then ended with Shōko Kaburagi losing against Tōsuke Megishima. Sōmei reacted to the situation of losing their three chefs at the First Bout and hoped that it won't happen again or they'll suffer at the Third Bout. Sōmei begun cooking Sōmei begun cooking In the second round, Sōmei is selected as one of the three chefs to face the Rebels, his opponent is the first-year Subaru Mimasaka whom he finds amusing, As the lottery for theme starts, Sōmei shares a conversation with the former Third Seat, Tōsuke Megishima, Sōmei talks to him about their past where they are still both members of the Elite Ten but now are facing each other as opponents, Sōmei also speaks up his shock at learning that Tosuke joins the Rebel Alliance. After the draw, the theme is for Sōmei and Subaru was revealed to be tuna. Subaru copied Somei Sōmei's cooking procedure was successfully copied by Subaru Sōmei began cooking by carrying a bringing the large tuna to his kitchen, unsheathing his Maguro bōchō while commenting on Subaru's misfortune of pulling a tuna against him, the best sushi chef of his generation. He then quickly fillet the large tuna impressing the crowd due to his power and technique. After that, he noticed that his opponent was also done with his filleting, at the same time as he is. Sōmei continued his cooking and pick a small knife remove the fat on Kamatoro and brushing Chūtoro with Nikiri Reduction. After finishing, Sōmei and the crowd are stunned at Subaru completely mimicking the process without falling behind which Subaru later explain as his new technique, Perfect Trace: Flash. Sōmei offered his Maguro bōchō to Subaru Sōmei offered his Maguro bōchō to Subaru Sōmei was impressed at Subaru's copying techniques but he also considers his imitation lacking as he never called himself using sessha, though his third year colleagues call him out on this and revealed that he indeed refer to it periodically. Sōmei returned to his filleting the tuna using his Maguro bōchō in one swing, cleaned it, return it to its sheath and give it Subaru for him to use. Because Sōmei sees Subaru's Maguro bōchō inferior compared to his own, named Isanakiri, it will not totally copy his cooking at all. In addition, it will violate his bushido code to ensure fairness in battle, Subaru gratefully accepted the blade and fillet his tuna using Sōmei 's blade. After that, Sōmei ordered Subaru to follow his lead using his Perfect Trace: Flash. Sōmei ordered Subaru to follow him Sōmei ordered Subaru to follow him Later on, Sōmei finished his cooking first and served his dish, Ten Pieces of Tuna Ruby Orbs Sushi With Gunkan Maki. As Sōmei presents his dish, Subaru also finished his own version of the dish. This enrages the MC, Urara Kawashima, but Subaru served her his sushi and managed to prove that his dish is just as delicious as an Elite Ten's food. At this time, the other chefs from both sides finished their dish resulting in tasting six dishes all at once.[26] The judges tasted the Rebels' dishes first and was immensely dumbfounded. However, as Sōmei and his teammates presented their dishes, the result is in an astonishing victory for them, defeating all three chefs from the opposing side.[27] Sōmei sympathizes with his defeated opponent Sōmei sympathizes with his defeated opponent Sōmei's opponent didn't take his defeat well and complain to the judges, asking them how he got defeated when his trace is perfect. Sōmei himself explains the reason that Subaru lost is because he made too many cuts on his sushi resulting in change of flavor. In addition, Sōmei told Subaru to not to blame himself for his lost as the gap in experience is just too much for Subaru right now.[28] Somei's opinion on Perfect Trace Sōmei admitted that his battle against Subaru is like facing his own shadow After the deliberation, Sōmei and his teammates who participated in the Second Bout found themselves extremely exhausted, Sōmei even compared his battle against Subaru as dueling against himself. Sōmei then asked Eishi if he will participate in the Third Bout which Eishi responded with no, and seeing Rindo who's also tired after his bout against Tosuke. Sōmei had no choice, but to participate in the next bout one more time. Third Round - First Bout Sōmei faces Soma Yukihira for the Third Round Before the day is over, the match up between between Central and Rebels has been decided immediately, with Sōmei's opponent being the first year, Sōma Yukihira. In preparation for his upcoming match, Sōmei performed cold-water ablution to hone his senses. The following day, Sōmei, along with Momo Akanegakubo and Etsuya Eizan, entered the stage and faced the trio of first years in the Third Bout.[32] The theme for Sōmei and Soma's match was revealed to be butter.[33] Sōmei then begin on preparing his dish, which is a sashimi rice bowl, Soma commented on this as he revealed that he will be making a dish with centered rice as well, calling it a coincidence.[34] Soma faces the Fourth Seat Sōmei and Soma begun fighting Sōmei then started cutting oranges, juiced it, and placed it into a small bottle. And at the same time with his opponent, Sōmei and Soma both throw their butter at the frying pan causing an intense aroma in the arena. While the audience thinks that both are going all out now, Sōmei considered the opposite as he believed that Sōma isn't showing his best. This, of course, fascinates the Fourth Seat of the Elite Ten.[35] Later on in the battle, Sōmei took noticed the Rebel's teamwork.[36] Soma and Somei throwing their butter at the pan Sōmei and Soma throwing their butter in the frying pan simultaneously After witnessing Eizan provoking his opponent, Takumi, Sōmei found himself amused at Eizan's tactics, but he believed that it didn't affect his opponent and instead, it made him more fired up.[37] And seeing Takumi's victory later on against Eizan, Sōmei was truly impressed at the first-year showing his tenacity and determination at the battlefield.[38] The match between Momo Akanegakubo and Megumi Tadokoro resulted in Momo's victory, making the Third Bout's score even. Sōmei started arranging his dish and serve it to the judges.Sōmei's dish was the Jewel Butter Seafood Bowl, which appearance was powerful already to make the audience overwhelmed. As he moved towards the judges, Sōmei told Soma that he wanted to taste his dish as well. The judges then tasted the dish, and its deliciousness reveals itself as the judges can't find themselves stopping at eating it. This made the imprisoned rebels impressed as they thought that him being specialized in sushi cannot bring such a dish. Sōmei's dish left the judges cleaved in half Sōmei answered that being a sushi chef is actually the reason he can create it. By understanding the ingredients which always accompanied the fish, and he can create a brilliant dish as he truly understand to the handle the potential of the ingredient, butter.[41] His dish proved to be really impeccable that Sōma found himself in a really bad spot.[42] After his presentation, Sōmei was asked by Sōma on why he joined the Azami Administration which Sōmei answered swiftly; to protect his ideals. Sōma then answered him back that he's doing the same thing, and he'll present those ideals through his dish. Sōma presented his dish, with its powerful aroma easily surprising both the judges and Sōmei himself. Sōma dish left a very strong impact on the judges which made the Fourth Seat questioned where his strength was coming from. Somei asks Soma's source of strength Sōmei asks about the source of Soma's strength As the battle between him and Sōma continues, Sōmei found himself with his one sword being attacked by numerous weapons from all directions. This match made him remembered his conversation with Azami Nakiri where he said that if a samurai like him appears, he would like to test him, and that samurai appears to be Sōma Yukihira, whom he called as a true warrior despite having an opposite ideal than him. Being Sōma as the real warrior between them, Sōmei admits his loss. With his defeat, Sōmei was eliminated for the remainder of the Regiment de Cuisine. Following his defeat, Sōmei gained a newfound realization of his ideals, that while he uses one sword during his battles, it was polished not through by himself in reality, he still has many people who helped him throughout his life. Before leaving the arena, Sōmei gives Sōma the wish of luck against Eishi Tsukasa. In the waiting room, Sōmei felt refreshed despite his defeat, distressing Eizan. Sōmei just commented that Eizan's loss may have something to do with Sōma's own personality, he then decided to leave the rest of the match to Momo and others.[45] For the Round Four, Sōmei, alongside Eizan and Nene, watched the next three matches from the sideline.[46] During Eishi and Satoshi's match, Momo said that will win in absolute certainty which Sōmei retorted, saying that Momo was confident that she will win, only to lose. Sōmei then received various small smacks from the Third Seat, which he didn't seem to mind.[47] Somei took over the family restaurant Sōmei took over the family restaurant after graduating Sōmei, for the Final Round, also watched the final match between the Rebels and Elite Ten.[48] It seems that like the majority of the audience in the venue, Sōmei found Sōma's dish for appetizers quite a confusion.[49] But Sōma's declaration of the true purpose of his dish, being something that Erina should beat like in Shokugeki left Sōmei and others surprised in shock.[50] Eishi and Rindo having a positive feedback to Erina's main course gives Sōmei a smiling reaction.[51] Later, Erina's final addition to her dish makes Sōmei question on what is it.[52] Azami's Blessing then tool effect as a result of Erina's dish and Sōmei is one of the people that got disrobed.[53] The Regimental Shokugeki has ended and Sōmei watch it in silence.[54] When spring arrived, Sōmei Saitō graduated from Totsuki Academy. Epilogue After graduating, he went back to work at his family's sushi restaurant. His reappearance as head chef of the restaurant caused it to become very popular, to the point of being completely booked until the next year's spring.") Etymology("Sōmei (綜明) contains the kanji for "synthesize" (綜 Sō) and "bright" (明 Mei). Saitō (斎藤) is made up of the kanji for "Buddhist food" (斎 Sai) and "wisteria" (藤 Tō).") Trivia("Sōmei's kitchen knife, Isanakiri (いさなきり), means "whale cutter" in English. According to the Volume 23 Extras: his favorite sword stance is Hassou; his favorite movie is Uzumasa Limelight.")

Tōtsuki Tea Ceremony and Cooking Academy("Tōtsuki Tea Ceremony and Cooking Academy (遠月茶寮料理學園 Tōtsuki Saryō Ryōri Gakuen), or Tōtsuki Culinary Academy for short, is a famous culinary school located in Tokyo, Japan. Tōtsuki boasts the best and harshest culinary education in the world. Entrance into Tōtsuki is considered a great honor and an even greater opportunity for aspiring chefs; parents have even been known to beg officials to accept their children, even offering their life savings to have their child attend, though all offers are turned down. Students are only accepted after passing an entrance exam, requiring them to prepare a dish under a specific theme and pass the exam proctor's judgment. The academy accepts students starting from the middle school section. If they show acceptable merit in their school work, they will move on to the high school section. As a privately owned academy, the school board has the authority and the freedom to expel any student at any time, and may expel students if their work does not meet their expectations, though it is uncommon for a student to be expelled in middle school. The last opportunity for a student to enter the academy is right before the first semester of the first year of High School in spring, after which no new applicants for a class will be accepted. The high school section of Tōtsuki is much more rigorous and cutthroat, as the expulsion rate for inadequacy raises exponentially. Nearly every failing grade is almost guaranteed to result in immediate expulsion, and there are numerous mandatory class events that are designed to whittle down the number of students, leaving only the best of the best and eliminating any students without great potential. Every year, roughly 1,000 students start their first year of high school at Tōtsuki, and of that original 1,000, only about 100 will remain to advance to the second year, and less than 10 will be left to graduate by the end of their third year. Since less than 1% of the students usually manage to successfully complete all three years of culinary education at Tōtsuki and graduate, the Tōtsuki Academy Alumni are the most skilled and sought after chefs in the world. Many of them go on to become the owner and head chef of their own gourmet restaurant, or become a major authority in the culinary world, some of whom are world famous. Tōtsuki also has extra-curricular activities for students, such as the Newspaper Club, as well as numerous Research Societies (RS) whose members experiment with their dishes in an effort to improve their cooking. The most notable club in all of Tōtsuki is the Elite Ten Council, the Tōtsuki academy student council, made up of only the ten best young chefs in the entirety of Tōtsuki's student body, regardless of what grade they are in. Entry into the Elite Ten is highly coveted, but is extremely difficult to join. The members of the Elite Ten have a very high level of authority within the academy, even the teachers have to do as they say. The only person with greater authority is the principal/director.The last and most notable feature of the academy is their tradition of formal cooking duels, the Shokugeki. These are intense cooking battles between two parties, usually in the form of a single match of one vs. one. The Shokugeki are made to settle an issue, with the winner having all conditions they declared for their victory immediately met. The conditions and results of a Shokugeki are absolute. Events Shokugeki - A Shokugeki is a formal cooking duel held by the school. These are done to settle disagreements between students, where victory means that all conditions set are immediately carried out. Tōtsuki Friendship and Rapport Training Camp - The first class whittling event that all Tōtsuki first year students participate in during the spring. The event takes place at the Tōtsuki Resort. The Tōtsuki Academy Alumni are brought in to teach and supervise the event, and to help whittle down the students. Tōtsuki Autumn Election - The Tōtsuki Board selects 40 first year students while the Elite Ten Council selects 20 more to participate in this event. The students selected participate in a tournament-style election where the winner of the event has the opportunity to enter the Elite Ten Council at some point in the future. Stagiaire - Each of the first years spend a month at several culinary locations, a week at each place, including restaurants, food suppliers, and cafeterias, working as interns at these locations. Students are required to make visible accomplishments at the locations they are assigned to or face expulsion. Autumn Leaf Viewing - A Tōtsuki Culinary Academy social event. The first year students mingle with and receive tutoring from the second and third year students. The most prominent first years, the ones who made it to the finals of the Autumn Election, are formally introduced to and receive tutoring from the current Elite Ten Council members. Moon Banquet Festival - The annual Tōtsuki Culinary Academy school festival. Students from all grades are invited to set up a booth to demonstrate their cooking to customers for a period of five days. The school is divided into three sections for the festival: the street level for snack food, the central level for restaurant foods, and the mountaintop for fancy foods. Promotion Exams - A series of tests given to the first year students and their final hurdle before advancing to the second year.Most of the school facilities have various workplaces as one for the practices for the students to cook the meals as a part of their homework, some of them are also served as the decoration of the academy. As a school, they naturally have classrooms and lecture halls, but they also possess several kitchens on the complex. Any student can use these kitchens, as long as they fill in an application and bring their own ingredients. Shokugeki Arena - This building is used solely for cooking duels, including most Shokugekis and the Autumn Elections. It is a large square performance facility that can house well over a thousand people in the stands with the cooking floor and judging area in the center of the stands. The Chandra's Room - A Shokugeki Arena specifically for the members of the Elite Ten Council to challenge each other. Near the ceiling the walls are lined with portraits of former Tōtsuki students who managed to earn the rank of first seat of the Ten. The ceiling opens up to bath the chefs in a purifying moonlight as the walk forward to present their dishes. Elite Ten Council Building - The Elite Ten Council uses this building to conduct their internal affairs evaluation. Each Elite Ten member has their own office to do their own private affairs as well. Shiomi Seminar - As a lecturer of her own seminar on spices, Jun was given a small annex building for her to research spices as well as teach her class. She cultures almost all known spices with her assistant, Akira Hayama. However, this seminar was abolished, as a result of Azami's new curriculum. Tōtsuki Library - Tōtsuki has a library filled with numerous academic and scientific books as well as cooking novels. It is the base for the Miyazato Seminar. Residences Polar Star Dormitory - The only on campus dormitory. It is home to the main protagonist of the story, Sōma Yukihira, and some of his friends. Nakiri Mansion - The mansion owned by the Nakiri family. It is home to all Nakiri relatives on campus and any of their assistants.The standard school uniform consists of a navy blue blazer that has white borders on its pockets and lapels, and a white-collared shirt that is generally worn underneath. The plaid short skirt worn by females are dark and light brown with white outlines, while the pants worn by males are navy blue. They wear a diagonally striated red violet and blue bow and tie, respectively. Finally, most of the students also wear black loafers with socks or tights. During the summer, students tend to wear the white-colored shirts without the blazer. The school is not too strict with the uniforms as some students wear their own undershirts such as Sōma Yukihira and Rindō Kobayashi. The majority of the students wear the same cooking uniforms, made up of a white chef shirt and pants, presumably for the sake of hygiene. As for gym uniforms, the students wear a loose white t-shirt with dark borders around their collar and the rim of their sleeves, as well as a tag bearing their surname across the chest. They also wear dark-colored gym shorts, for ease of movement, and sneakers. For both uniforms, there are no apparent difference between genders. Additionally, given the situation or class, there are some students who either wear distinct variants of their uniform or sport a completely different outfit, implying that Tōtsuki Academy is lenient with their uniform regulations.")