Cooking continues as Mukohda is still feeding the team while also providing for a slew of ravenous goddesses. Their blessings let him make even more money and become even stronger, so hopefully you weren’t keen on stakes or anything.
There was already no tension whatsoever in this title, so it does seem a bit of a punch downward to smack it for eliminating even the potential for dramatic tension this volume, but with the aforementioned blessings and literally enough money to live off for the rest of his life, Mukohda really doesn’t want for much by the time the volume ends.
You could view this as the naked endpoint of any number of heroic journeys where you know the bad guy will get his and the hero will triumph - why not just skip all that and let the hero luxuriate for a whole series?
Because it’s narratively boring, that’s why, and a lesson many an isekai could stand to learn. It is absolutely the biggest, most glaring problem with this entire genre. It’s the easy way out instead of doing the heavy lifting of selling a conflict. This book even ends on a cliffhanger that literally consists of ‘how will they cook the meat of all these monsters that won’t be a dawdle to defeat?’
Which leaves this as a food story instead and one that’s okay enough. Food manga are a genre that I really like, but rarely see done in a wholly satisfying way. It’s pretty fun to see what Mukohda will come up with next.
Fel really carries the story, frankly, as he has from the moment he showed up. His uppity attitude about being fed and generally haughty manner, while still being a food vacuum with a fur coat, make him a lot of fun. He gets all the best asides and general snarking.
This is my ecology background talking, but I really think that Mukohda introducing so much product from Earth into this ecosystem isn’t the greatest idea. At least in other books I’ve read that do this people are forced to use the natural resources of the world to replicate earth stuff. Mukohda just drops whatever he wants into this place with no thought to consequences.
Yeah, yeah, repeat to yourself, it’s just isekai, I should really just relax.
Elsewhere, I don’t think the goddesses add much to things at all, but it was cute to see Sui get a little more power and I do like its treating Mukohda like a father figure. Their relationship is sufficiently different from Fel and Mukohda’s that it works. The omake at the end is probably the best part of the book (Fel-shaming is funny).
3 stars - honestly, this isn’t much different than the last couple volumes of this series, to its benefit and detriment. It is a little regretful that I can pretty much promise I’ll say the same thing next volume too.
Ok it was hilarious seeing the other three goddesses fighting over the sweets and basically forcing their blessings on Mukoda. It was even funnier when they had to find a way to include the Water Goddess blessing in their to. Also seeing Sui get even stronger was really cool and again I like how Mukoda is still weak and has not just been giving the OP status yet except for the fact he has 2 OP familiars with him.
This one is my favorite volume so far! My favorite scene from the anime is in this manga, when our protagonist finally sells his soaps and shampoos. I loved everything about this one!