While looking for another Isekai about cooking, which I didn't find, I came across this very funny sounding Anime.
A man gets summoned into another world alongside three other people, presumably classmates or something of the sort, and while they get your usual overpowered otherworldly skills, the character whom I'll name "the cook" only gets "online shopping", which in spite of its apparent convenience it's quite useless when regarding direct combat. (edit 11/24 It would've been a force to be reckon with if it was american online shopping imagine ordering guns from Walmart, how's that for an anime?)
The king obviously fails to see the potential in the skill since he's cooking up some sort of conspiracy (heh) that isn't adress at least in this season, and decides to shush him with twenty gold coins and send him on his merry way so that he doesn't intervene in whatever he's up to.
After the king suspiciously declares that no travel is permitted within the kingdom (totally nonsensical) the cook is forced to hire a party of C-ranked adventurers to escort him onto the frontier kingdom, and while enjoying an otherworldly meal courtesy of the absurd skill, a legendary monster Fenrir interrupts the party and demands a tribute of food. The cook obliges since the adventurers can't hold a candle to the mythical wolf and silently nod while cowering in a corner behind some bushes. I had expected a bit more valiance after they charged him so handsomely for an escort that barely affected them. Anyways... Fenrir is satisfied with the "offering" and forms a familiar contract with the cook, in which as I surmise he offers guidance and protection, plus whatever he hunts along the way in exchange for food. The cook agrees and god that was so much a better deal than the one those paltry adventurers extended. I won't be missing those suckers!
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| Fen-boi makes short work of pretty much every monster in existance |
The anime progresses in a more or less even way after that, with small adventures and intermissions, generally comedy ones in-between cooking segments and long descriptions on how the food tastes. As I see it, it's an all-or-nothing: either you love it, and like me always wondered how different monsters tasted like, perhaps you've even watched a few gourmet shows before, or you absolutely hate it for being in all other aspects slow-paced and rather dismissive towards story and character building.
While Campfire Cooking is an Adventure-Isekai it's so only technically and when compared to others of the sort you'll see that cooking is what holds the story together and pushes it forward instead of some imminent danger to the world or some demon lord creature looming over. There's even the distinct lack of an evil church and the other (presumably OP) heroes have no other mention after their 20 sec segment at the very beginning.
As I said, I applaud the creators for being so daring and I admit to look forward to more monster-cooking experiences. I hope that the cooking segment becomes even more detailed since some parts are a little confusing due to many steps of the recipy being rushed. 8/10
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