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A gpt-3 extension of some dialog in food wars S2E10 1/ Everyone wants to believe that if you lose to someone talented, well, it can't be helped. That's how people keep a lid on their hearts, because the want to preserve their pride, or sense of self-worth, or whatever.

2/ But Soma doesn't have that lid, he has the strength to go headfirst after the things he's not good at. That's an unbelievable strength I never had.

3/ Soma's food has a "spark" to it. But rather than it being a result of a genius-like ability, it's simply thinking things through, of countless trial and error. That's something anyone can do, but the fact is, they don't.

4/ They think "How could he win? I can't think of a way. It's just hopeless. I mean, of course it's the genius who will win"

5/ Why do they look down on Soma? Because if they acknowledged him, they'd be acknowledging that they themselves don't work very hard. That they don't have any drive, or the fighting spirit of a warrior. That they just live passively.

6/ In the end, they think that "If I can't be a genius, at least I don't want to lose to someone like him." And people respect Soma's food not because of his talent, but rather because he lives by pushing himself every day.