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Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 2: 08/12/24

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 2

Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Volume 2 by Ren Eguchi, MASA (Illustrator), and Kevin Chen (Translator) (2017) continues the adventure of Mukouda Tsuyoshi aka Mukohda, his two familiars, and his skills of isekai DoorDash.

The focus is on how Fel and Sui's hunting prowess are the way that Mukohda becomes incredibly wealthy and levels up despite failing to take any quests. Although it's never mentioned, I have to wonder at the overall effect Mukohda's hunting has on the the isekai environment. His familiars regularly take down top tier predators, or entire herds of monster creatures.

Even more troubling is the genocide Mukohda et al are responsible. They're sent to kill eight goblins and to cut off an ear on each kill as proof. (Scalping, anyone?). Goblins are monsters, sure. And they're dangerous, sure. But they're also sentient and have complex societies as demonstrated by the entire village Mukohda, Fel and Sui take out.

On a more interesting note, Mukohda starts to use his DoorDash skills to become a merchant by importing shampoos, soaps, and other toilet products. This part of the on-going series is frankly more interesting than the mass slaughter/eating of various monsters.

Four stars

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