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Reincarnated as a Sword Light Novel #4
Reincarnated as a Sword (Light Novel) Vol. 4
COOKING UP TROUBLE! When the Bulbolan Chefs’ Guild disparages Teacher’s curry, an incensed Fran announces that they are both entering the upcoming city-wide cooking contest. But there’s mischief afoot behind the scenes of that contest—shady characters with shady plans that put the whole city at risk! Can Teacher and Fran thwart a conspiracy while also defending their curry’s honor, or have they finally bitten off more than they can chew?
448 pages, Paperback
First published November 24, 2017
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January 16, 2022
Not a bad novel, but it felt a bit all over the place mixing a cooking contest with a political conspiracy AND a demonic summoning. The story was mostly pushed by sheer luck and brute force. Plus the missed occasion to have the newly introduced dancer actually do her support dance for Fran. But it was nice to see Amanda again, and to see a bit better what the royal twins can do. On to the next one~
August 18, 2022
I was unsure of this novel when I started it. A cooking battle? Did the author get bored with the standard fantasy fare and decide they were going to go the route of Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma, Vol. 1? But, I enjoy this series, so I figured I would continue on.
All in all, the cooking contest is a background to something far grander, and far more interesting than watching our favorite protagonists cook curry, talk about curry, sell curry. Instead, we are pulled further into some of the world's politics and plots, which turned out to be fairly interesting. The food battle actually works extremely well as a delivery vehicle for this story arch, even if the idea of a food guild akin to the adventurer's guild is a bit... weird.
As we have come to expect, the overall writing is pretty good. We learn more about the side characters, a couple people become aware of the sword's consciousness, and Fran continues to show just how bad ass she is. There are a few things mentioned that I look forward to seeing in the upcoming novel or two, and the foreshadowing is pretty stellar in setting those up.
In the end, this is a good book. It was an interesting, and sort of refreshing change from the standard stories in this series we have read already. The author is keeping things fresh, and I look forward to seeing what comes next!
All in all, the cooking contest is a background to something far grander, and far more interesting than watching our favorite protagonists cook curry, talk about curry, sell curry. Instead, we are pulled further into some of the world's politics and plots, which turned out to be fairly interesting. The food battle actually works extremely well as a delivery vehicle for this story arch, even if the idea of a food guild akin to the adventurer's guild is a bit... weird.
As we have come to expect, the overall writing is pretty good. We learn more about the side characters, a couple people become aware of the sword's consciousness, and Fran continues to show just how bad ass she is. There are a few things mentioned that I look forward to seeing in the upcoming novel or two, and the foreshadowing is pretty stellar in setting those up.
In the end, this is a good book. It was an interesting, and sort of refreshing change from the standard stories in this series we have read already. The author is keeping things fresh, and I look forward to seeing what comes next!
August 19, 2025
Fran and Teacher take on their biggest challenge yet, a cooking competition. Fran wants to convince everyone that Teacher’s cooking is the best in the world, so she sets out to do that with Curry Bread.
All not well though in the city, since some people want to stage a coup and cause senseless massacre and destruction. So Fran sets to work bringing the perpetrators to justice by randomly being in the right place at the right time.
Will they finally bring everything to light? Find out by reading this volume of Reincarnated as a Sword! I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.
All not well though in the city, since some people want to stage a coup and cause senseless massacre and destruction. So Fran sets to work bringing the perpetrators to justice by randomly being in the right place at the right time.
Will they finally bring everything to light? Find out by reading this volume of Reincarnated as a Sword! I enjoyed the book. Thanks for reading my review, and see you next time.
August 19, 2025
The first third was weak. Really weak. I had just about written the series off as having finally descended into true isekai slop when I got to the middle third and the actual plot started. It still wasn't anything special, but... it's Reincarnated as a Sword. You don't expect great literature.
The ending climax was by far the best part of the book. Yuu Tanaka does know how to write solid fight scenes, and this one went on for quite some time without losing energy. It also actually felt like their were some stakes, which the series usually lacks. So it's a passable entry in the series overall.
The ending climax was by far the best part of the book. Yuu Tanaka does know how to write solid fight scenes, and this one went on for quite some time without losing energy. It also actually felt like their were some stakes, which the series usually lacks. So it's a passable entry in the series overall.
January 31, 2020
The magical tournament is a trope of fantasy litrpg stories (and other).
But making it a cooking tournament? With epic stakes? Now that's a good one. It's the one good point of light novels - I do not thing you could do that in any other form. And make it work. So, we get a full story in which Evil is defeated (no spoiler here - it's light novel after all) by the power of exotic spicy curry. And it's good. Curry, I mean.
As usual, my regrets remain that it's such a good story in a form that I don't like that much.
But making it a cooking tournament? With epic stakes? Now that's a good one. It's the one good point of light novels - I do not thing you could do that in any other form. And make it work. So, we get a full story in which Evil is defeated (no spoiler here - it's light novel after all) by the power of exotic spicy curry. And it's good. Curry, I mean.
As usual, my regrets remain that it's such a good story in a form that I don't like that much.
February 22, 2022
Um festival culinário com um tempero diferente.
O plot desse volume eu podia jurar que era mais lento, sem ação, para apreciar o mundo e os personagens, mas ele acelerou com uma velocidade impressionante e é ótimo.
O único "problema" que eu vejo é que, em um momento de crise, Deus Ex Machina da um jeito de resolver o problema. Não é um Deus machina gigantesco, mas um verossímil, que pode ser aceitado.
O plot desse volume eu podia jurar que era mais lento, sem ação, para apreciar o mundo e os personagens, mas ele acelerou com uma velocidade impressionante e é ótimo.
O único "problema" que eu vejo é que, em um momento de crise, Deus Ex Machina da um jeito de resolver o problema. Não é um Deus machina gigantesco, mas um verossímil, que pode ser aceitado.
June 26, 2020
A cooking contest gone bad.
It felt sort of like a filler adventure for the real adventure coming up next.
It was enjoyable, don’t get me wrong. And the ending was exciting, but the story had a different feel to it than the others. More of a pause and stumble upon an adventure than looking for one intentionally.
It felt sort of like a filler adventure for the real adventure coming up next.
It was enjoyable, don’t get me wrong. And the ending was exciting, but the story had a different feel to it than the others. More of a pause and stumble upon an adventure than looking for one intentionally.
March 19, 2020
Turned out to be a good story
I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when I read this was a cooking centric story. But, fortunately, there was still plenty of action with good results. Well worth the read!
I have to admit that I was a little disappointed when I read this was a cooking centric story. But, fortunately, there was still plenty of action with good results. Well worth the read!
July 13, 2022
Okay, this one was actually pretty good. It starts off with a really stupid cooking contest storyline, and turns into a stop a creepy cult from turning all the people in town into demons sort of thing.
August 27, 2025
A 10hr audio book. Best of the four books so far, the first hour of the book is confusing but in the end it makes sense. Overall, I still dont like any of the main characters but the idea of the story is very fun to my imagination.
December 11, 2019
Love this series. Writing isn't great, likely do to translation difficulties but the plot is fulfilling and entertaining. I can't wait for the manga!
February 20, 2021
Not bad. Just felt like a filler volume haha. Looking forward to the next volume!
March 22, 2022
This one was very slow and rambling. Quite hard to get through despite the odd decent sequence.
November 30, 2024
Fun. Dubious in places.
March 14, 2025
An entire volume devoted to food. I love it .
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 10, 2021
Another volume of silliness and grim action with a cooking match and monsters on the loose. It certainly was entertaining, a familiar mix of light heartedness and grim death. The string of coincidences is a bit weird, but lets blame the local powers that brought Teacher to this world. There is a bit of a dues ex machina like point even though it was the result of the MCs' actions earlier in the story. The timing just feels a bit weird. Still, a good addition to the series.
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