異世界料理道 2

異世界料理道 [Isekai Ryouridou] (Light Novel) #2

by Eda, Kochimo (Illustrator), こちも (Illustrator)

明日太的料理拯救了紀芭・盧的心靈，獲得森邊的祝福。然而，盧家的家長東達・盧卻對他說：『這種料理是毒藥』。為什麼東達・盧會將明日太的料理比喻為毒藥呢？
為了尋找答案，明日太將挑戰嶄新料理！

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Cooking, Slice Of Life

Paperback

First published April 22, 2015

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Reviews

[Love · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume stuffers from the same issue as many web novels that have been adapter in to light novel form. The author needs to hit a specific number of pages for a volume, the web novel isn't written in a way that it can be neatly cut up, so we get one or more short stories as padding. This has ruined one of my favorite series Infinite Dendrogram, while not as badly handled here, not yet at least, I did very much enjoy this volume until the last quarter or so when the proper story ended and we got a prequel story, at which point I mostly kept reading because I wanted to finish the book.

[Gregory J · Rating 4 out of 5]

Romance, cooking, and falling in love

The second volume of Cooking with Wild Game, was a nice easy read, at times a bit contrived; however overall it fun and interesting take on the genre. The author wordsmithing skills markedly improved between the first volume and this following volume, looking forward to seeing his skill improve into the next volume.

[Terrence · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read up to the end of the epilogue (the story of Ai Fa and her father follows, so I'll try to go back and read that later). Ok chapter that once again focuses on the Ruu household. We get to see the full reaction to the meal that Asuta prepared, which is mostly positive, but the small group of naysayers is enough for him to go back to the drawing board and come up with a meal to satisfy the whole family (and teach them methods to make it).

Ai Fa's support and the burgeoning relationship developing between her and Asuta continues to be a major factor this volume. Ai Fa's resolve and belief in Asuta is a driving force this chapter, as are her words to Donda Ruu and the Rutim clan.

It feels like Asuta's advice is maybe going to create more issues later as well. I can totally see Vina's cooking skill increasing making her a more viable marriage candidate for others. She says she wants to get out of the village, so I'm pretty interested to see where her character goes from here (she, Reina, and Ai Fa are clearly the viable romantic interests at this point, though Ai Fa the only one he'll end up with unless they do a multiple partner thing).

Lala Ruu is another problem character, a more boyish girl who doesn't appreciate the mushy hamburgers Asuta serves his first time in the Ruu home. I don't believe we see a ton of her reaction to the second meal in the story, but I may have missed it. M

Once again, a male main character is being painted under a misunderstanding as a pervy dude (he walks in on a bath; he thought the women of the Ruu and Ai Fa were just cleaning pots and pans; he only locks eyes on Ai Fa though, so he doesn't face any real punishment). I don't know, I just don't like that story / joke trope being so overused in LN. You could see it coming from a mile away too when you heard about them washing stuff, so very telegraphed "comedy". Maybe they'll use it as ammo later to try and force him to marry a member of the Ruu clan? Guess we'll see. As of now, they get off with only brief bouts of glares from the women of the clan and a stern talk to.

Overall, a decent chapter, but I don't think it'll stick with me that much. There's still a bit of unresolved tension in the story (between Donda's cold rewarding attitude, Vina's desire to leave the village, and Lala's attitude towards Asuta). Reina didn't factor in too much despite some characters trying to pair her off or say she had feelings for Asuta.

I wonder if this can even go harem since Asuta doesn't hunt. Maybe the male heads of the Ruu clan could help them with the "Mundt" meat they don't eat? I'm intrigued where they'll go with this, though the next chapter is catering a wedding for a clan we barely know. I hope we get to know them a little better than the lovebirds and their father from the Rutim this chapter.

[Rayf Amin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weak start, strong finish.

There's alot of fan service at the start, which I'm not a fan of. It took away from the immersion of the story. I didn't find the first part enjoyable.

Luckily, things start to pick up, and the ending was great. It sets things up perfectly for the next volume. I also really enjoyed the afterstory which focuses on Ai Fa's past. Not too much we didn't already know, but it was nice to see. It was the highlight of this volume for me.

A weak start but it definitely picks up. I really want to see how things will unfold.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This continues to be really interesting to see how Asuta tries to fit in the new world he's in. It's also interesting to see how he's gradually changing things even if he doesn't realize the impact he's making other than how to make his life easier and trying to assimilate to the best of his ability. I can't wait to see what else he gets involved in!

[Astar Spades · Rating 1 out of 5]

One of the male characters told the main character to jump his sister and get her pregnant, which the main character barely even reacts to and he just continues talking to him like nothing happened. Also, all the dark-skinned characters are drawn like somebody left the melanin at home. Anyway, it gave me the ick.

[Gritwald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun story with great characters. I hope this becomes a Anime.

[Nattapan · Rating 2 out of 5]

A bit frustrating.

[Luis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can't wait to read more!!!