Takes a lot of fucking stupid to ruin a script you were handed on a platter. But boy did these tards have that in spades.
Wanting to catch up on my weeb backlog this weekend, I opted for a Shokugeki no Souma marathon.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/perfection-perfected-291x420.png?resize=291%2C420)
The options presented to me were HorribleSubs, a couple Crunchyrip dupes, and… FFF. Recovering from my daily hangover, I went with FFF. After all, how could a group even more bland and stale than a saltine cracker possibly manage to mire me in a migraine worse than that cheap whiskey already did?
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FFF-Shokugeki-no-Souma-S3-09-1080p1A9FCCDA.mkv_snapshot_13.52_2018.04.21_22.11.50-640x360.jpg?resize=610%2C343)
Yes, the patron saints of settling for less settled into a dumpster for this run.
FFF: cheaper than ipecac, but I wouldn’t recommend either.
Avoiding any more script samples (I’d rather not deal with the shit re-writes they had), let’s look at the visuals. FFF’s kara is at least tolerably unimpressive, but that’s kind of their brand.
The translation? Well, it’s an original TL.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FFF-Shokugeki-no-Souma-S3-11-1080pBE0D72E6.mkv_snapshot_23.24_2018.04.22_11.59.33-640x360.jpg?resize=610%2C343)
To the surprise of no one, FFF’s typesetting is shit too.
And their encoding is strictly worse than HorribleSubs’s automated rip. Then again, encoding’s never been something FFF’s been good at.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/HorribleSubs-Shokugeki-no-Soma-S3-04-1080p.mkv_snapshot_07.00_2018.04.22_10.50.39-640x360.png?resize=610%2C343)
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FFF-Shokugeki-no-Souma-S3-04-1080p9955294C.mkv_snapshot_06.59_2018.04.22_10.49.34-640x360.png?resize=610%2C343)
Cherry on the shit sundae, it took FFF a full five months to release their latest episode. How much effort do you imagine that took?
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/FFF-vs-Crunchyroll.png?resize=640%2C380)
tl;dr: If you’re gonna archive this series, just stick with HorribleSubs. Advice as timely as FFF is, I’m sure.
Time for a Digestif
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.crymore.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bestboyfightme-420x420.jpg?resize=420%2C420)
You can ask me what’s the point of this post when there’s about a hundred more interesting things than FFF I could’ve written instead. And yeah, I guess there really isn’t much of one. Have a good Sunday.
This is pretty fucking depressing, especially considering how much time I spent QCing* the first season.
*In reality editing in all but name, because barely anything was changed in the edited script. Admittedly I spent so much time and energy on that that I ended up missing some pretty basic errors ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Also, for the record: you tagged S1 as Shokugeki no Soma (no “u”)… not that anyone else cares.
RIP. You should QC for me when I write about S4. :)
Damn, this is what fansubbing has come to? Shit sucks.
I actually liked FFF for Ika Musume, but I guess those days are long gone now.