I really don't understand why Mukoda is obsessed with bathtubs as it just seems weird granted seeing Fel being forced to get a bath was really funny and seeing him react to it in his usual way also just made it even funnier. And the fact that he can just casually drag back the corpse of a dragon is also really funny. It is also really cool seeing Mukoda become more assertive with how he acts with Fel as he does give commands and Fel seems to respect Mukoda a little more.
So much action in this volume!! And it ends on a cliffhanger. I guess it’s a good thing I have the next volume! Loving the storyline and can’t wait to see where the next volume takes our characters.
This is the very few anime to manga transition that I've done. Meaning that after watching the available anime, I wanted more of the story so I decided to read manga. I started from where the anime ended though. I read the first volume and the anime did really well in following the manga closely.
It's really worth it.
Although it's just about an isekai-ed person with an "unusual skill" and a his bunch of gluttonous contracted familiars going through places just to eat various exotic monsters through our-world cooking methods, it just isn't boring for me. It helps that there's food porn, the characters are not annoying (except for those gods and goddesses with bratty attitudes that were added just to have those kind of staple Japanese characters; cool with the blessings though), and there's a variety of monsters to choose from.
It just rinse and repeat in every place they go to (subjugation/elimination quest, get monster meat butchered, cook the dish for the day, then get the monetary rewards from sale of monster parts, bonus level, rank, reputation level-ups) though, so I don't know if they can keep up the momentum or it plateaus somewhere and becomes stale.
For now, I'll just quietly enjoy this adventure/slice of life story. First time I've laughed in some time.
Edit to add: Now that I've watched season 2 of the anime, there are differences between the anime and the manga that are more notable than in season 1. Also, at least in season 1 they're still pretending not to advertise various Japanese products.