Hello and welcome to the second week of the Summer of Steven event. First up is Restaurant Wars. Steven wants something a little different from the usual Fry Bits he gets at the Fry Man Fries restaurant, so Peedee discovers some breaded cheese sticks and serves it to Steven. Kofi, the owner of the Pizza restaurant next door, discovers the sticks which came from the Fry Man shop and two restaurants declare war on one another.
The war got so insane that much of the Boardwalk area of Beach City is in ruins, sort of, With people downed by the huge amount of fries and pizzas all over the place. Steven asks for some fries at Fry Man's store, only to learn there were no fries at all and are serving Pizza instead. Steven's reaction to it resembles the Abridged Code Geass skit where Suzaku was looking for clothing at a soup store.
Steven then goes to the Pizza shop for Pizza, but is stopped by Koffi who demands he must sign papers and be branded to pledge his loyalty. What immediately popped in my head was "YOU'RE BRANDING YOUR OWN CUSTOMERS?! WHAT THE FRAK?!"
In an attempt to end the war, Steven proposed Ronaldo and Kiki to have a fake love relationship Romeo & Juliet-style. Ronaldo protests as he claims to have a girlfriend, but is persuaded to do so anyway. Ronaldo and Kiki do their thing and declare their love for one another in public. Kofi and Mr. Fryman were about to end their war seeing this until Ronaldo's girlfriend ACTUALLY shows up. Down the drain it goes for Ronaldo.
In another attempt to end the war, Steven invites Kofi and Mr. Fryman to the temple, which was turned into a makeshift restaurant. Steven and the Crystal Gems then serve fries and pizza bagels, and in the anime-style fashion, the two rivals were shocked at the flavors of the dishes and pleads Steven to close the restaurant in return to end the war for good.
Restuarant Wars is a stand-alone episode that has no ties to any story arcs. However, this is one of the funniest episodes I've seen in the show, and it's what the show actually needs - comedy. Yes, the show is loved for its characters and emotional plotlines, but the show could use more humor like this as it makes it more entertaining. The whole episode is one wacky situation into another and I haven't laughed this hard since the Uncle Grandpa crossover.
The crew of Steven Universe are well known to be huge Anime fans and this episode is inspired greatly by another Anime series - Food Wars or Shokugeki no Soma. Unlike the Beach City Drift episode, which parodies Initial D, Restaurant Wars does so much better with their Food Wars parody. It also has a few easter eggs thrown in for observant viewers, such as the cameo appearance of Ian Jones-Quartey. All in all, great start for the second week of Summer of Steven, and I'm looking forward to the next episode.
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