Update! Here's my full review: http://www.bookishrealmreviews.com/2016/08/food-wars-shokugeki-no-soma-vol-8-10-by.html

I love that we know are moving into the quarter finals of the tournament and Soma's partner is super interesting!! I do think I'm ready for a different story arc, but it was a good addition to the series. Hopefully by the time I finish volume 10 I can do a full series review.