Thread:AlexanderImAlsoGr8/@comment-44913534-20200926062248/@comment-38474342-20200926084028

SEG2195 wrote: He does not really show affection in manga or anime he treats her as he always has and in the anime, he is seen to be non-c9ncerned I would say mutual affection if they both acknowledged being in love with each other, but only one is mentioned to perceive this fact (Erina). I have nothing against Erina ( she is one of my fav characters, shes talented, smart, and cute what's not to like). I'm not just making things up I have read the manga, fanbook, and just watched the last episode yesterday and have been obsessively stalking social media, news, official webpages, interviews, anime con videos, and even fan pages and comment groups. I have supplemented every statement I made based on these sources and with evidence, again happy to provide list of links and references and even scans. And again I'm not just talking of the manga I'm also talking of the anime and fanbook have you looked at those and I'm not misrepresenting anything. It is hinted that Soma might consider Erina as the person to cook for but again unlike Erina who explicitly makes clear how she feels we don't see that from Soma there is no ' love' confession or acknowledgement ( e.g. I love her or I feel ... about and want to cook for HER forever)... he's musing theres no incling of 'I'm in love'. He does draw a blank in the anime, the episode where joichiro tells him to find someone to cook for he had a monologue where he was wondering who. Ita not a disregard he respects her and is growing closer to her but there is nothing remotely ' in love vibe coming from him' he thinks and treats her as he does everyone else as he always has He comments that she's beautiful when she smiles and claims that Erina belongs to him when arguing with Asahi. That is him showing affection. Affection and love are not the same thing. One is much more than the other.

Soma does not draw a blank in the manga. At the end of the manga it is firmly implied that he thinks the special someone is Erina. Your wording implied that he does not think Erina is that special someone when that isn't true.