Name: Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill
Genre: Isekai, Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy, Gourmet
Released: 2023-01-11
Rating: 82
Cast: Tsuyoshi Mukouda

Synopsis

An ordinary salaryman named Tsuyoshi Mukouda gets isekai'd into a fantasy kingdom expecting a hero, but his only skill turns out to be basically Amazon for Japanese groceries. The kingdom takes one look at his 'Online Supermarket' ability and tells him he's useless, which honestly works out fine because the royal family seemed shady anyway. So now he's a free man wandering a fantasy world, cooking Japanese comfort food with ingredients he orders from thin air. The catch? His cooking is so good it attracts Fenrir, yes, that Fenrir, the legendary divine wolf, who essentially becomes his bodyguard-slash-pet in exchange for regular meals. Even the gods start pestering him for modern Japanese sweets as offerings. The whole dynamic is Mukouda being this anxious, regular dude who just wants a quiet life, while his overpowered familiar handles every threat and then demands premium hamburg steak as payment. The food scenes are genuinely gorgeous. MAPPA animated this 12-episode TV series, and they put real care into making every dish look incredible. The tone stays comedic and cozy throughout, more about the next meal than the next battle. If you enjoyed the warm food-centered vibes of Restaurant to Another World or Isekai Izakaya but wanted more actual adventure mixed in, this hits that spot. Fans of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime will also recognize the easygoing isekai energy where the main character is weirdly OP without really trying. It's comfort food anime, literally.

Episode Guide

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Characters

Tsuyoshi Mukouda

Tsuyoshi Mukouda: A traveler in another world, relying on his cooking and survival skills.

Campbell Aaron

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Volumes 1-24 of the manga. Continue reading from Volume 25.

Community Feed

hmscole★★★★★VerifiedEP 127d

this show is great i love it

jeetsyramae★★★★☆EP 81 mo

The narrative thrust of this episode revolves around a local dungeon. Usually, a dungeon dive in anime means dark corridors, life-or-death stakes, and gritty combat. Here? It's basically a high-end gourmet shopping spree. Fel, the legendary Fenrir, pushes a deeply reluctant Mukouda into the cave solely because he heard the boss monsters inside taste incredible. The contrast between Mukouda's sheer, shaking panic and Fel’s casual attitude creates incredible comedic timing. Watching Fel effortlessly obliterate high-ranking monsters just to bring back pristine cuts of "Rock Bird" meat is a running gag that never gets old. While Fel provides the muscle, the absolute MVP of the episode is the adorable baby slime, Sui. This episode heavily showcases Sui's evolution from a helpless little blob into a surprisingly terrifying tactical asset. The second half of the episode shifts back to the show’s true heart: the cooking. Mukouda uses his "Online Supermarket" skill to get premium Japanese ingredients—specifically cornstarch, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic—to transform the freshly hunted Rock Bird into dynamic variations of Karaage (Japanese deep-fried chicken).

gilweyl★★★★★VerifiedEP 121 mo

This anime makes you crave every food Mukouda cooks. I'm no Japanese but I want to eat them all! It makes me want to go to Japan and savor the authentic taste of each meals he make. I'm very glad that this series includes the recipe. Well, it does say in the title that it is cooking, what am I saying?! I like the connection of Mukouda and the gods of that world. It gave a playful but meaningful touch to the plot. Which I assume will help the MC to navigate the world. OP fighting is so good to watch (it wasn't really a fight in the first place because of how powerful the familiars are, LOL). It just made sense that wonderful cooking can boost anyone's powers. This applies in our world too. YOU LOT SHOULD ALSO BE EATING HAPPILY! ENJOY WHAT THIS WORLD HAS TO OFFER. Let's be the Mukouda of our life and fight off the monsters blocking our way! This is my comfort anime, and therefore, 5 STARS!