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Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Light Novel) #1
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 1
Mukouda Tsuyoshi was nothing special in modern Japan, so when he was summoned to a world of swordplay and sorcery, he thought he was ready for the adventure of a lifetime. Too bad the kingdom that summoned him only got him by mistake! Not only was he not one of the three summoned heroes, but his stats were laughable compared to theirs. On top of that, there's something really sketchy about this kingdom... "Ah, these people are the kind to try and use the Hero," he realized, and immediately left to make his own way in this other world.
The only thing Mukouda can rely on is his unique skill: the "Online Supermarket," a skill that allows him to buy modern goods in a fantasy world. It's useless for combat, but if he plays his cards right, he could lead a comfortable life, maybe? At least, that's what Mukouda thinks, but it turns out modern food bought with this skill has some absurd effects! What happens when Mukouda introduces ridiculously tasty modern cooking to a fantasy world like this? He gets some ridiculous repeat customers begging for more...!
The only thing Mukouda can rely on is his unique skill: the "Online Supermarket," a skill that allows him to buy modern goods in a fantasy world. It's useless for combat, but if he plays his cards right, he could lead a comfortable life, maybe? At least, that's what Mukouda thinks, but it turns out modern food bought with this skill has some absurd effects! What happens when Mukouda introduces ridiculously tasty modern cooking to a fantasy world like this? He gets some ridiculous repeat customers begging for more...!
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First published November 25, 2016
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May 14, 2019
Another fledgling entry in the "isekai cooking" genre, unfortunately this series kinda really doesn't work as well as it should.
The main character here is suffers from too much passivity or in other words, too "beta", resulting in a pretty boring loop where he is trying to do something, chickens out at the last minute but gets forced by his familiar to actually do it. While I can certainly understand the MC's reservation the first one or two times, it's actually pretty aggravating after the 3rd time or so and this entire book is practically filled with it....
The cooking segments are also quite a flop, as the author spends a mere half page or thereabouts to describe the cooking followed by 2-3 pages of the MC's familiar(s) going about how delicious the meal is and how it's boosting their stats etc etc.
Honestly, the lack of plot direction and one-dimensionality of the characters makes this book quite a drag, so I don't think this is really worth the read for the long run.
The main character here is suffers from too much passivity or in other words, too "beta", resulting in a pretty boring loop where he is trying to do something, chickens out at the last minute but gets forced by his familiar to actually do it. While I can certainly understand the MC's reservation the first one or two times, it's actually pretty aggravating after the 3rd time or so and this entire book is practically filled with it....
The cooking segments are also quite a flop, as the author spends a mere half page or thereabouts to describe the cooking followed by 2-3 pages of the MC's familiar(s) going about how delicious the meal is and how it's boosting their stats etc etc.
Honestly, the lack of plot direction and one-dimensionality of the characters makes this book quite a drag, so I don't think this is really worth the read for the long run.
April 28, 2022
I really enjoyed reading this until the Fenrir appeared. MC having the Fenrir as a familiar is like him being overpowered. Everything came easy to him after and there’s no sense of danger anymore. From an exciting read it became a relaxing one. It’s a bit boring tbh with the characters just traveling for the majority of the book without much sense of purpose. I’ll still read the next installment to see if there’s a bigger plot.
You’ll like reading this if you are looking for a low stress read and if you haven’t been exposed to a lot of Isekai novels.
You’ll like reading this if you are looking for a low stress read and if you haven’t been exposed to a lot of Isekai novels.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 4, 2022
Pretty cute premise. Fenrir was the best part by far. He’s adorable! I like the focus on food and how it actually gives people strength. The start is mostly introduction to the world and Jon titles, though and I wished for something more exciting.
May 1, 2019
It seems all I'm reading these days are comics and the occasional light novel. I have a particular fascination if either of these things involve cooking and food. I guess it's a way into indulge my gluttony without stuffing my face more than I already do.
I'd read a bit of the comic adaptation of this. What we get in this source material is a heavier use of internal monologue and more details on the cooking and food. And let's be honest, anyone reading this is probably doing so for the gratuitous descriptions of delicious food. The pacing is relatively even. And while you may not feel a terrible sense of progression, that's mostly because it sticks to a mostly slice of life story. This works well for this kind of content.
Perfect light reading for an afternoon's distraction.
I'd read a bit of the comic adaptation of this. What we get in this source material is a heavier use of internal monologue and more details on the cooking and food. And let's be honest, anyone reading this is probably doing so for the gratuitous descriptions of delicious food. The pacing is relatively even. And while you may not feel a terrible sense of progression, that's mostly because it sticks to a mostly slice of life story. This works well for this kind of content.
Perfect light reading for an afternoon's distraction.
February 22, 2023
Such a smooth story. So many things to discover in this fantastic story.
April 17, 2023
finished #CampfireCookinginanotherworldwithmyabsurdskill today and it was such a fun, light, isekai comfort anime🥰 go Mappa! literally nakka gutom ang bawat episode😋 and your always looking forward to what these 3 adventurer foodies are gonna eat next. Tsuyoshi, Fel and super cute Sui are an adorable trio and the way they compliment one other is just enjoyable to watch 😻💯
January 25, 2020
Poor plot and story.
The story of this book is not new, your typical isekai story with a twist. The problem is that the plot is non existent, we follow the main character who is join by overpowered creatures and a godess who has a couple of funny lines through his travel between different countries. The mc is supposed to use his skill and cooking knowledge but is poorly described and after a couple of chapters became monotonous and boring. Again, a couple of boring fights here and there and no plot at all.
The story of this book is not new, your typical isekai story with a twist. The problem is that the plot is non existent, we follow the main character who is join by overpowered creatures and a godess who has a couple of funny lines through his travel between different countries. The mc is supposed to use his skill and cooking knowledge but is poorly described and after a couple of chapters became monotonous and boring. Again, a couple of boring fights here and there and no plot at all.
October 22, 2022
A very good way to medicate reading slump.
Very digestable read
Light subject, a good slice-of-life kinda isekai…
Typical isekai light novel
Very digestable read
Light subject, a good slice-of-life kinda isekai…
Typical isekai light novel
January 15, 2023
15 Jan 2022
Manga, Chapters 1-51
1. MC accidentally gets summoned to another world along with a bunch of would-be heroes, discovers his only skill is online grocery shopping, and immediately nopes out of the whole fight evil be heroic etc thing in favor of living his best life. He then starts to use his skill (which basically gives him access to a Japanese-style supermarket with insta-delivery) and his considerable cooking chops to make really good food. This food attracts various powerful people, creatures, and gods to him, all salivating for a taste.
2. It's a very slice-of-life-y story. The only overarching plot here is how Felu is determined to eat every kind of meat there is in this world, which is a goal I can appreciate. This means that the MC and his retinue travel all over the place learning more about the world and the people who live there while making a variety of delicious dishes.
3. The worldbuilding is pretty solid, even when most of it revolves around the food. There's some interesting politics stuff happening in the background, with the initial summoning kingdom being set up as the power-mad conquerors, and I hope the light novel maybe goes into that a little more because that's a good setup.
4. I also give this a pass on the depiction of female characters thing. A lot of OP!Power Fantasy (which is not exactly what this is, but the MC is superpowerful because the walking stomachs surrounding him are not going to let anything get between them and their next meal so close enough) Manga tends to make all the women useless sexpots with a lot of boob-butt posing, panty shots, impossible cleavage and whatnot. There isn't a single plot critical female character yet and everyone is very well-endowed, but apart from that, the art does not go out of its way to objectify the women.
Which is a low bar, but I read three chapters of "I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated" right after this and I'm going to be irritated by that for another month at least because everything was so fucking pervy. At this point, I'll take non-plot critical women so long as they are not prepubescent catgirls in revealing clothing mentored by some guy who thinks of pussy all day. GAH, my brain.
5. Special mention to Sui for being able to eat all the plastics and packaging that come along with all the purchases. I swear to god all the packaging garbage in a non-industrialized world was giving me anxiety till Sui came in. Thank you so much, Sui!
Manga, Chapters 1-51
1. MC accidentally gets summoned to another world along with a bunch of would-be heroes, discovers his only skill is online grocery shopping, and immediately nopes out of the whole fight evil be heroic etc thing in favor of living his best life. He then starts to use his skill (which basically gives him access to a Japanese-style supermarket with insta-delivery) and his considerable cooking chops to make really good food. This food attracts various powerful people, creatures, and gods to him, all salivating for a taste.
2. It's a very slice-of-life-y story. The only overarching plot here is how Felu is determined to eat every kind of meat there is in this world, which is a goal I can appreciate. This means that the MC and his retinue travel all over the place learning more about the world and the people who live there while making a variety of delicious dishes.
3. The worldbuilding is pretty solid, even when most of it revolves around the food. There's some interesting politics stuff happening in the background, with the initial summoning kingdom being set up as the power-mad conquerors, and I hope the light novel maybe goes into that a little more because that's a good setup.
4. I also give this a pass on the depiction of female characters thing. A lot of OP!Power Fantasy (which is not exactly what this is, but the MC is superpowerful because the walking stomachs surrounding him are not going to let anything get between them and their next meal so close enough) Manga tends to make all the women useless sexpots with a lot of boob-butt posing, panty shots, impossible cleavage and whatnot. There isn't a single plot critical female character yet and everyone is very well-endowed, but apart from that, the art does not go out of its way to objectify the women.
Which is a low bar, but I read three chapters of "I Was a Sword When I Reincarnated" right after this and I'm going to be irritated by that for another month at least because everything was so fucking pervy. At this point, I'll take non-plot critical women so long as they are not prepubescent catgirls in revealing clothing mentored by some guy who thinks of pussy all day. GAH, my brain.
5. Special mention to Sui for being able to eat all the plastics and packaging that come along with all the purchases. I swear to god all the packaging garbage in a non-industrialized world was giving me anxiety till Sui came in. Thank you so much, Sui!
January 13, 2023
Decent story so far.
The story so far is ok. The main character is a bit annoying with how he acts all the time. Hopefully he will get out of his mindset as the books go on.
The story so far is ok. The main character is a bit annoying with how he acts all the time. Hopefully he will get out of his mindset as the books go on.
December 16, 2022
Pretty generic storyline. I read it because the anime is coming out soon. Based on the amount of cooking and the descriptive pictures, this looks like someone took the food from Food Wars and put it into a fantasy adventure world. will be interested to see how many other familiars he may get with his ability to cook.
September 14, 2020
When Mukouda, an office worker from Japan, gets caught up in a hero summoning, he's dragged to a fantasy world. But unlike the teenagers transported with him, his skills are useless, his status is "Victim from Another World", and his instincts are pressing him to get out before he gets dragged into something dangerous. On his way out of the country, however, his cooking attracts the most dangerous monster in the area, who demands to become his familiar . . .
This is less the story of a hapless Japanese man who becomes overpowered than it is the story of a hapless Japanese man who is forcefully adopted by a very hungry dog who is constantly demanding to be fed. Fel is willing to put himself in the "familiar" category, but make no mistake---the dog is pretty much running the show here.
And things continue to escalate because Fel is driven by his stomach, and his love of fighting strong enemies, whereas Mukouda just wants to find someplace quiet to settle down.
All in all this isn't terribly well-written or as funny as it could be, but I like Fel's antics well enough to enjoy the book. I rate this book Neutral.
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This is less the story of a hapless Japanese man who becomes overpowered than it is the story of a hapless Japanese man who is forcefully adopted by a very hungry dog who is constantly demanding to be fed. Fel is willing to put himself in the "familiar" category, but make no mistake---the dog is pretty much running the show here.
And things continue to escalate because Fel is driven by his stomach, and his love of fighting strong enemies, whereas Mukouda just wants to find someplace quiet to settle down.
All in all this isn't terribly well-written or as funny as it could be, but I like Fel's antics well enough to enjoy the book. I rate this book Neutral.
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April 4, 2024
Fell in love with the anime, devoured the manga and decided that it was not enough, so decided to dive into the light novels. Usually I steer away from translated light novels because certain expressions, phrases, descriptions etc can get lost intranslation, but the translators did a pretty good job in capturing the mood and feel of the story, thought the humour felt a bit more subdued compared to the manga and anime.
I love isekai anime, and coupled with the cooking/food based genre, this hit the right spot. Also, it's refreshing to have an MC that was not overpowered as many isekai MCs tend to be. In fact the hilarious thing was he is utterly useless and cowardly, and yet he managed to contract a legendary monster as a familiar, and not to mention a special and cute slime.
Definitely enjoyed the heck out of it, and will continue the series to see what entails beyond the anime and manga for Mukhouda, Fel and Sui.
I love isekai anime, and coupled with the cooking/food based genre, this hit the right spot. Also, it's refreshing to have an MC that was not overpowered as many isekai MCs tend to be. In fact the hilarious thing was he is utterly useless and cowardly, and yet he managed to contract a legendary monster as a familiar, and not to mention a special and cute slime.
Definitely enjoyed the heck out of it, and will continue the series to see what entails beyond the anime and manga for Mukhouda, Fel and Sui.
September 3, 2019
Of all genres I love the most, light novels and manga around cooking are pretty much up there. I love them all and they're actually what I gravitate to the most when I'm studying Japanese as it stands - they've been my primary motivation to continuing study since there haven't been too many series licensed in English.
Anyway, this is is a very leisurely slice of life ('slow life', I guess?) series where our protagonist is clearly hell bent on cooking his way through his new world's ecosystem with the Japanese equivalent of Freshdirect for the sake of his pets and I'm all aboard that train. It makes me wish Jnovel would licence 令嬢はまったりをご所望 so I could have some more extremely leisurely let's-cook-stuff-all-day stuff to read in English but I guess I really ought to use the lack of license instead to practice, uh, my reading comprehension.
Anyway, this is is a very leisurely slice of life ('slow life', I guess?) series where our protagonist is clearly hell bent on cooking his way through his new world's ecosystem with the Japanese equivalent of Freshdirect for the sake of his pets and I'm all aboard that train. It makes me wish Jnovel would licence 令嬢はまったりをご所望 so I could have some more extremely leisurely let's-cook-stuff-all-day stuff to read in English but I guess I really ought to use the lack of license instead to practice, uh, my reading comprehension.
March 15, 2023
For the most part, this is a fun, upbeat novel. Sometimes, though, there's too much of a tonal shift from the lighthearted, almost off the cuff style of writing, to more serious talks of war, monsters, or other danger. This disconnect is most noticeable in the earliest chapters. As the book settled down into its story.
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November 16, 2021
It’s fun to watch a genre-savvy main character in an isekai but for all he avoids working for (or being imprisoned by) the very suspicious people who summoned him to another world, he’s not very proactive. Like, he doesn’t really have a goal (like, say, returning home or getting revenge on the people who summoned him) beyond avoiding conflict so it has a very slice of life vibe.
Also goes into detail about his cooking so don’t read on an empty stomach because this will make you hungry. It's pretty easy to skip over too if you have no interest in hearing about how his dishes are made. Though that kind of unnecessary detail is also present in his merchant transactions as the reader gets to hear all about the prices of his goods and exactly how he intends to parcel out his money.
Also goes into detail about his cooking so don’t read on an empty stomach because this will make you hungry. It's pretty easy to skip over too if you have no interest in hearing about how his dishes are made. Though that kind of unnecessary detail is also present in his merchant transactions as the reader gets to hear all about the prices of his goods and exactly how he intends to parcel out his money.
May 9, 2021
Salaryman with a love for cooking is accidentally summoned to another world with the skill to buy/summon stuff from Earth. Realizing his summoners are a bit fishy, he leaves for better pastures. What follows is his trip.
The story was a bit disappointing for me. The mc is not op, but his companions are. The fact that cooking takes a central role was as expected. Both are no issue in itself. I like other series with similar premises.
The disappointment was the overly cowardly and whimpering behaviour of the mc. Over the top behaviour is a common trope in light novels, this just happens to be a personality I dislike. Finally, nothing interesting happens. Not my type of story...
The story was a bit disappointing for me. The mc is not op, but his companions are. The fact that cooking takes a central role was as expected. Both are no issue in itself. I like other series with similar premises.
The disappointment was the overly cowardly and whimpering behaviour of the mc. Over the top behaviour is a common trope in light novels, this just happens to be a personality I dislike. Finally, nothing interesting happens. Not my type of story...
March 10, 2020
This is what you get when you merge a mediocre cooking novel with a mediocre slice-of-life isekai. It may be going for a clever parody/satire, but reads as...kind of boring.
The main character is summoned to another world but becomes a traveling merchant / chef. His otherworldly cooking leads a legendary animal to become his familiar. And by "legendary," it means his familiar has the power to defeat armies/nations. So while the MC is not overpowered, his party still hits the OP trope.
The main differentiating characteristic of the MC is that he is a "coward".
The main character is summoned to another world but becomes a traveling merchant / chef. His otherworldly cooking leads a legendary animal to become his familiar. And by "legendary," it means his familiar has the power to defeat armies/nations. So while the MC is not overpowered, his party still hits the OP trope.
The main differentiating characteristic of the MC is that he is a "coward".
June 17, 2020
A Fun take on isekai
So this book had me laughing out loud quite often. The main character has his flaws for sure, he is an incredible coward for one, but the exchanges between all the characters make up for that.
So this book had me laughing out loud quite often. The main character has his flaws for sure, he is an incredible coward for one, but the exchanges between all the characters make up for that.
June 21, 2019
Hmm, a bit repetitive and dull for my tastes, so I'm dropping it after this volume. I prefer Cooking with Wild Game over this one but if you want a less serious story than Wild Game that's focused more on adventuring rather than the food, I'd recommend this light novel instead. Or if you're looking for more fluffy, slice of life isekai in the vein of Death March and I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years but without a harem of girls this one is for you.
November 24, 2019
Another summoning
Another summoning book however it's got its own flavor that makes it delicious to read. It's got a good amount of meat to it and decent amount of sweetness. Summoned to another world to realise the ones summoning weren't...hmmm... People that knew how to tell the truth so he split as quick as he could. Great story, zooms by while reading.definitely looking forward to seconds.
Another summoning book however it's got its own flavor that makes it delicious to read. It's got a good amount of meat to it and decent amount of sweetness. Summoned to another world to realise the ones summoning weren't...hmmm... People that knew how to tell the truth so he split as quick as he could. Great story, zooms by while reading.definitely looking forward to seconds.
May 3, 2020
This is absurd... you have to READ thisss... If you looking.. sightseeing in another world isekai. And cute monster.. I wish I was the protagonist. He's quite smart though he's not the gallant brave type heroes you always read.
June 8, 2019
Awesome
The book was funominal and I can't wait for the next book in the series I just want it now
The book was funominal and I can't wait for the next book in the series I just want it now
October 31, 2019
Love the concept didn't love the execution, poor characterization, unengaging
April 15, 2020
Not bad
The book was a fun read, though it seems to me like the MC is a smart guy but has a weak personality. The Fenrir, Fel is a likeable character.
The book was a fun read, though it seems to me like the MC is a smart guy but has a weak personality. The Fenrir, Fel is a likeable character.
April 19, 2020
this was a fun read
May 17, 2021
3.5 stars
August 23, 2021
Oh my god this was boring. An unadventurous man cooking unadventurous meals, over and over again. Boring recipes. Boring!
February 3, 2022
This was kind of an odd story, but it's pretty amusing how such an unlikely skill could lead to a main character getting powerful familiars to join him and the interest of gods in another realm!
January 14, 2024
Relaxing and mellow read. Just the thing when stressed out and exhausted. I loved the Japanese food recipes. They made me feel hungry and want to try making them!
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