post-canon souma x erina headcanons
(because there is absolutely no way they arenât AT LEAST dating by that point. heck if tsukuda hadnât said he planned for them to be married, I wouldâve thought they had been since I donât see either of them changing their last names)
he calls her first out of absolutely anyone he knows when he comes back home and from erinaâs dialogue theyâve had this practice for quite a while, literally an ldr right there folks
it seems the usual thing is that erina arrives earlier than him to yukihira and that she waits inside for him so that means sheâs the one who usually opens up the diner; thatâs right it looks like sheâs even been given keys to yukihiraâs! if that doesnât scream domesticity, I donât know what does
the familiarity between erina and grandfather; the way he calls her erina-chan or how he leaves it to her to tell âthe boysâ where heâll be, and just how he speaks to her as if already seeing her as a granddaughter-in-law
that whole reunion! so soft, after both their inner monologues, and just for them alone. the âiâm homeâ on soumaâs part and the âwelcome homeâ on erinaâs part and how erina is probably always the first to welcome him home since he calls her first and âhomeâ for them doesnât just mean âjapanâ but coming home to âyukihiraâsâ and even better coming home to âherâ waiting at the place he calls home. THE DOMESTICITY I CANNOT. THEY ARE LITERALLY HUSBAND AND WIFE MATERIAL.
THE PARALLELS. erina as saiba and souma as tamako.Â
itâs actually soumaâs inner monologue that convinces me. what his dad and asahi said has already been on his mind for a while and in this chapter itâs already solidified into an absolute certainty, the âforeverâ is what clinches it to me. heâs been dedicating his cooking to erina all this time after all. it seemed to me that itâs in this chapter that he came to a resolution that itâs forever, no-takebacks between them. wouldnât surprise me that when erina finally says âdeliciousâ, heâll just propose there on the spot. headcanon that thatâs why he wants there to be a lot of witnesses when he didnât before because he could propose at any time. wouldnât even be surprised if after this chapter he really did propose with all their friends surrounding them because of how he âswearsâ that thisâll finally be the dish to make her say âdeliciousâ (at this point delicious has become code for âI doâ between them not kidding)
HEADCANONS (since Tsukuda said the rest was free to our imagination, and anyway he confirmed their romantic feelings towards each other already, so many possibilities and I hope the anime builds on it)
when souma came back from his first tour abroad, they were already about to graduate as third years; it was erinaâs teary, frustrated face, as if ready to smack him (and she does) when she sees him again that puts everything into place for him
but he still doesnât say anything
since he already missed a lot of his requirements and the graduation exam he was granted a special exam by the headmistress herself, beat her in a shokugeki in order to graduate; that high-stakes confrontation was just like them; I think he did eventually beat her in that shokugeki or in a shokugeki because at present it seems their challenges donât consist of shokugekis but him just feeding her and he did eventually take over yukihiraâs, that would have probably been enough to satisfy jouchirouâs conditionÂ
she still doesnât say itâs delicious. not because she doesnât want to, but because there seems to be something stopping her. itâs ok, heâll wait for her to be ready.
so she becomes dean full-time and he becomes owner of yukihiraâs but she invites him to teach at tootsuki often; he has this habit of his, pre-asahi, of when he was bugging her to eat his dishes but sheâd have her hands full with paperwork so he just feeds her. just like that (you know what Iâm talking about that blessed volume 36 inner cover). soumaâs just like âsay ahhh nakiriâ and erinaâs just â?!?!?!â but itâs more troublesome fending him off and fighting off her blush so she just. gives in to it. so it wasnât that uncommon to see the dean being handfed with chopsticks by yukihira-sensei to make sure she eats (so hisako totally approves) while making sure this is finally the day she says âdeliciousâ, while she multitasks with paperwork in her office. and that just fuels rumors among the student body and even their friends donâ know what the heck they are?? itâs just their something and they donât really say anything about it, not like they need words when they have food and thatâs enough of a language for them. and erina is still oblivious.Â
as repayment for teaching at tootsuki, souma invites erina to help out at yukihiraâs and cheekily tells her she has to wear the uniform and that heâs the boss this time around. erina just scoffs. and thatâs how soumaâs grandfather finds them, cooking together at yukihiraâs, and with how souma grows to look more like jouchirou everyday and erinaâs short hair, itâs like heâs seeing a young jouichirou and tamako all over again. heâs a bit teary and more than a bit glad to be introduced to erina-chan.
souma was in for a surprise to find out asahi was erinaâs older brother, as if the nakiri family couldnât get weirder enough already. asahi does not give him an easy time AT ALL, always saying he was never going to hand over his precious baby sister to souma. souma just gets hit by dejavu and not a small amount of irritation. shokugeki battles are frequent. (asahi knows theyâre inevitable though, his younger sister and âyounger brotherâ, he just likes to tease and prolong it); the lines in the nakiri family are pretty clear-cut, anyone apart from asahi and azami (like father and son) wholeheartedly approve of souma for erina (not that either of them know it); mana: what has you so irritated? doesnât that boy remind you of yourself when you were wooing and already married to me? azami:âŚâŚâŚâŚâŚâŚ; mana apart from senzaemon is probably soumaâs biggest supporter in the nakiri family (even if he probably wouldnât take the nakiri name) since she witnessed his devotion to erina so early on; azami probably weighs being saiba-senpaiâs in-law versus having souma as a son-in-law. it is not an easy decision.Â
eventually wanderlust hits again and souma decides to travel to learn more and be a better chef. after all erina still hasnât said âdeliciousâÂ
for erinaâs part, sheâs sorely tempted to just finally say it, but apart from the fact that sheâs nakiri erina, sheâs also scared at what comes after, if finally saying âdeliciousâ would end this tenuous something between them. but at the same time, sheâs tempted to say it just to get him to stay. but sheâd never clip his wings like that especially when he was the one to give her a chance to break free from her birdcage (just as souma doesnât take her away from what makes her a nakiri and has only ever pushed her upwards even so early on when he made her headmistress in their first year; I STAN A HEALTHY, SUPPORTIVE, AND INDEPENDENT POWER COUPLE OK). and always, always, no matter how far or how long (only a few weeks at most, because souma probably canât last that long anymore) he always comes back home. to cook for her. to her. just like how saiba-sama always came back to tamako-san no matter where his travels took him and ANWAY WHY WAS SHE COMPARING THEIR SITUATION TO THAT OF HIS PARENTS?? erina is still in denial.Â
see, for his part, erina really is the best motivation because he canât go back to see her without an outstanding dish that will dazzle her and he canât not go back to her, so he puts his all to creating his recipes, the sooner to see her and make her finally say itâs delicious. itâs the same way erina puts her all to running the academy and make sure itâs not a disappointment to him when he comes back home.
the first time they say goodbye at the airport (because she wouldnât let him hear the end of it the last time he left with just a note, not without a little hurt), she tries to be stone-faced, after being conspicuously left alone by his family and their friends, and he just says âsee you nakiri, iâll miss youâ and goes off without even hearing her reply which is just as well since erina probably couldnât speak for how red she was. she swears sheâll kill him when he comes back for making her realize, because ah, now erina remembers a girlâs sleepover and love-talk and now she knows.
after numerous goodbyes at airports and âiâll miss youâs and ânext time for sureâs from souma, the day erina finally stutters back âi-iâll miss you tooâ is when souma asks to kiss her on the cheek (anything more would probably make her combust)
erina initiates their first kiss and soumaâs like oh so thatâs why they call it the âgod tongueâÂ
jouichiro and his grandfather give him a lot of grief about his relationship with erina since âcould he hurry it up I want erina-chan as my daughter/grandaughter -in-law and grandkids/great-grandkids already!â and soumaâs like âshe hasnât said itâs delicious yet pops!â and jouichirou is just dumbfounded at his kidâs stupidity and his grandfatherâs just exasperated âwhat is it with you yukihira men wooing your future wives by stuffing them silly?â the key to a womanâs heart is through her stomach after all.
after erina finally, FINALLY, says itâs delicious, soumaâs too nervous to even celebrate - the ring? the ring?? where did he put it? - erina stops him in his tracks because she says to him with a small smile and a twinkle in her eye - âhmphh I guess youâre no longer that plebian I first met, so how would you like to be promoted to my precious person? - souma recognizes it, of course he does, and of course sheâs beat him again. he canât help the blush on his face and doesnât know who laughs louder, his pops or him.Â
at the wedding, erina asks him what now since sheâs already said his food was delicious. soumaâs there grinning manically âwhat are you talking about? you think one measly delicious is enough after how many times youâve denied me? I swear Iâll make you say delicious a million times - no a hundred million times - for the rest of our lives.â and erina canât help but cry and smile and laugh through her tears. heâs always told her she was at her most beautiful laughing. there could have never been more perfect vows for them.
although I donât think either of them will change their family names as Iâd see them always support each other through their endeavors, I headcanon that after so much responsibility at such a young age erina would enjoy retiring at yukihiraâs and just savoring her warm family time, something sheâd desperately wish for when she was young and now has in abundance. sheâd still consult and run restaurants but would probably leave most of the leadership to alice in later years.
souma and erina have a son as cheeky as his father and as brilliant as his mother. they have cooking showdowns with erina as the judge, but unlike tamako, she almost always declares their son the winner; souma: unfair, you only pick him because heâs your son. erina: heâs your son too dear and of course since he has the best of both of us; they also have a younger daughter whoâs every much the tsundere erina is and as wild as tamako was (I DEMAND MY TWINTAILS SORINA DAUGHTER THANK YOU VERY MUCH); her brother probably dotes on her and they probably have the same relationship as soe and mana as well as asahi and erina. between the two of them, itâs their daughter that inherits the god tongue but she doesnât want to be a chef and thatâs perfectly ok with the whole family.
And thatâs a wrap.Â
Honestly, that was a better ending than I expected. For me, in terms of satisfying resolutions of shonen ships they rank up there with Ed and Winry, Kaneki and Touka, Medaka and Zenkichi. Itâs that softness and the promise of more to come, them knowing and us, the audience knowing their mutual feelings for each other, with the knowledge that they will eventually get married. I have the anime to look forward to at least and seeing all those moments animated. Â
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