Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill - Reviews

Alt title: Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
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JCReviewer's avatar
Apr 5, 2020

the main character doesnt set up a food stall or anything he just makes food for him self and mostly for his familiars. I dont really wanna spoil anything but so far its just really fun to read, the MC doesnt really wanna be and OP hero. he just wanna see the new world. with the help of his familiars he gathers MEAT from monsters and also his skill he just make food and sell the materials from the monsters and some stuff from his world to earn money.

9/10 story
9/10 art
10/10 characters
9/10 overall
GreenHeronHive's avatar
Mar 13, 2022

I read lots of manga, especially isekai, and I found this manga extremely refreshing and enjoyable! To start off this is not your typical op main character trash plot fan service isekai, honestly it's more a slice of life than an adventure manga. The plot progresses at a medium slow pace and is very easy to read. The plot itself isn't much but for what this manga is an insane overarching plot isn't really required. You just watch the characters see the world and eat good food. Speaking of food, this is definitely a cooking manga. Every chapter you get a new recipe for the mc and his familiars to eat using whatever interesting ingredient they obtained that day. 

Also I love all the characters. Our main character is a wimp but has an impressive skill for cooking and is very kind, but may be stern with his familiars when need be. He is a good guy and just wants to eat food and see the world, he isn't annoying and isn't motivated by something stupid like fanservice or money. I am a big fan of him honestly, though I wish he was a little more useful in combat.
Fel (the big wolf guy) is also a great character. As an ancient legendary beast he is definitely the op one in the party, he never has difficulty in a fight and he appreciates good food. That's actually why he became the main character's familiar in the first place, fel is in it for the food. However, as the story progresses the gain a sort of brotherly dynamic with the main character and has certainly mellowed out in cockiness since the beginning and he has grown as a character over the course of the manga.

You will meet other characters later on who become the main character's familiars as well. Originally motivated by food they become part of the little found family and help out with kitchen work and battling. The slime, sui, is adorable and is like a little kid (not the annoying kind), however skilled. 

last thing I want to go on about is the art. Ohh the art impressed me a lot. There were times I wanted to take screenshots of the panels just to save for reference/inspiration. It's very light, grey being used sparingly for shadows and darker colors. I especially love how fel is drawn, he looks very soft, the art style is more stylized than many manga I've read, not your typical how-to-draw anime boys kinda art style.

over all I really enjoyed this manga. I would recommend it to anyone who wants a funny and chill slice of life isekai without all the fanservice. The characters are charming and the art is impressive. I found it easy to just sit down and read it all in a day. 10/10 over all. Definitely worth a read :D

8/10 story
9/10 art
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
KwispyWasTaken's avatar
Jun 13, 2021

Great. Theres no tsundere hoes fighting over the mc, it's not a revenge series and everythings chill without it being boring or slice of life.

10/10 story
9/10 art
10/10 characters
10/10 overall
Drider's avatar
Mar 5, 2022

Don't be fooled, this is a cooking manga, that's all it is. The fighting is window dressing at best and never really involves the MC. And it's never a threat to the the team, expect to be as bored as Fel looks if you're here for the fights. It's just a setup to cook more of the same Japanese/anime food you've seen over and over again in other manga, but with a fantast twist. There's also no discernable plot as far as I can tell(at least as of chapter 48), they're just wandering from place to place eating things Fel one-shots.

Unless you're obsessed with Japanese cooking you're better off reading something else. At least there wasn't a harem.

1/10 story
5/10 art
4/10 characters
3/10 overall
ohthemisery's avatar
Feb 9, 2023

overall is pretty fun to read and it's not overdramatic.

8/10 story
9/10 art
9/10 characters
9/10 overall