Anime Aura: "The last issue of Weekly Shonen Jump for the year is out with a new series called Shokugeki no Souma. This only a last issue in name, and we will be seeing another one next week even though it’s numbered #1 for 2013. A good issue with very eventful chapters, befitting Weekly Shonen Jump’s final issue for 2012." (Beelzebub, Bleach, Hungry Joker, Kuroko no Basuke, Manga, Naruto, Nisekoi, One Piece, Shinmai Fukei Kiruko-san, Shonen Jump)