Alice Nakiri

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**Alice Nakiri** is a character from the *Shokugeki no Soma* anime and manga.

Erina's half-Danish cousin, Alice is a first-year high school student at Totsuki, with her specialty being able to create very elaborate dishes, both beautiful and complex, using molecular gastronomy techniques.

In the AWA fics, Alice is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Alice has short silver hair with a longer left bang that initially reaches the bottom of her chin. By the time of the Autumn Election Main Tournament, her left bang has lengthened, reaching the top of her collar. She also has fair skin, large breasts, and plentiful buttocks like her cousin Erina. Her red eyes are drawn a little differently from the other girl characters', having much more pronounced irises. Whenever Alice is making fun of someone, her eyes take on a more cartoonish shape. Overall, Alice almost entirely inherited all her beautiful physical traits from her mother.

Unlike most of her fellow classmates, who wear a standard Tōtsuki uniform jacket, Alice wears a cream-colored Tōtsuki uniform vest instead. Her cooking uniform is a short-sleeved chef's uniform with red cuffs and collar.

## **Personality**

As a member of the prestigious Nakiri Family, Alice holds herself with high regard due to her pedigree. Though not as conceited as Erina, Alice does like to illustrate the difference in abilities between herself and her rivals. As an expert in the field of molecular gastronomy, Alice highly values not only the culinary aspect of cooking but the artisan aspects as well. To Alice, to be a successful chef in the modern world, a chef must exercise both of these traits to the highest potential. As such, her cooking reflects this, showing the true artistry and beauty behind the ingredients that makes up her dishes.

Unlike her cousin though, Alice is much more friendly and cheery. She even will talk to her rivals casually, sometimes merely to poke fun at them, something she inherited from her mother. She also tends to pout when she does not get her way. She is also a modern girl, eager to talk about love and gossip, even with the incredibly socially dense Erina. She is also very cunning, able to manipulate Erina using reverse psychology to keep her at a local public pool despite the latter's initial disgust at the location. She's a bossy person, usually ordering Ryō to do nearly everything for her, and taking complete charge of Shiomi's Seminar at the Moon Banquet Festival, much to Akira's displeasure.

In spite of her smug and jovial demeanor, Alice is quite irascible when people disagree with her. She tends to overreact when she is unhappy, and is prone to throwing childish tantrums when things don't go her way. However, most of these are temporary and she will quickly return to normal in a few minutes.

## **Cooking Style**

* **Molecular Gastronomy** - Alice specializes in molecular gastronomy, the culinary branch of science that investigates physical and chemical changes that occur during the cooking process. This cooking style also focuses on the three pillars of artistic, social, and technical aspects to form this style of cooking, making more of a scientific cooking style. Alice is well equipped thanks to her Nakiri family ties, having some of the latest equipment. Her skill in this field shone from a young age as she was recognized at the age of 9 as one of the top molecular gastronomy experts in the world.

## **Trivia**

* The name **Alice** means "of the nobility/of nobility" or "noble" in English.
* Alice ranked 7th in the first popularity poll with 445 votes. She ranked 6th in the second popularity poll with 1900 votes.
* *Alice* is a common French, English, Portuguese, and Italian name derived from the Old French name *Aalis*, meaning "of nobility" - reflecting that she is a member of the prestigious Nakiri Family. *Nakiri* uses the kanji for "to mow down" (*Na*) and "to cut" (*Kiri*).
* Her father's research facility in Northern Europe is likely based on the Nordic Food Labs in Copenhagen, Denmark.