Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill - LN 5-6

I didn’t realize this at the time, but the anime did cover volume 5 as well, all the way up to the end where Mukouda’s crew hunts down the red dragon. Seeing Fel, Sui, and Dora-chan take down the sea creatures and have a veritable feast of seafood is a fun time.

Volume 6 is another dungeon delve, and this time, Elrand crashes the party! I actually really enjoyed this, despite the repetition from Dolan’s dungeon. The design and layout is actually even more boring, as there aren’t varied biomes on different floors, it’s all one continuous cave with levels.

Mukouda often adventures alone (other than his familiars), and I really like when he encounters or interacts with other people, as it brings some variety to story. As much as I love Fel, Sui, and Dora, they really only want two things, food and to kill/hunt tasty things.

The humans and other humanoids that Mukouda meets are a little more interesting (usually). Elrand loves Mukouda’s food, but also is crazy about dragons and is also a skilled S-rank adventurer. Other adventuring parties sometimes get saved by Mukouda, or form friendships with him. There was that one newbie squad that got saved by him in Volume 4(?) that admires his abilities. And of course, everyone loves his cooking and want to eat more of it.

Mukouda feels most adult when he’s interacting with other people, and it’s kind of funny that he fits the “Saintess” stereotype (caring, can “heal” people with his abilities, etc.) despite not being the intended part of the summoning ritual. There’s actually another series that I’m watching right now that really feels like “Campfire Cooking, but Mukouda is a woman and the familiars are an actual party” lmao.

While I do intend to keep reading, it’s felt pretty formulaic so far. I’m personally kind of tired of the dungeon delving, unless the author figures out a way to put a really fun spin on things, or some kind of actual goal for Mukouda to aim for.