Cooking with Wild Game (異世界料理道, Isekai Ryōridō) is a Japanese isekai light novel series written by EDA and illustrated by Kochimo. It began serialization online in 2014 on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō. It was acquired by Hobby Japan, who published the first light novel volume in October 2015 under their HJ Novels imprint. Thirty-one volumes have been released as of December 2023. A manga adaptation with art by Kochimo has been serialized online via Hobby Japan's Comic Fire website since 2018. Both the light novel and manga have been licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.
| Cooking with Wild Game | |
 First light novel volume cover | |
| 異世界料理道 (Isekai Ryōridō) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Isekai, cooking, romance[1] |
| Novel series | |
| Written by | EDA |
| Published by | Shōsetsuka ni Narō |
| Original run | August 19, 2014 – present |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | EDA |
| Illustrated by | Kochimo |
| Published by | Hobby Japan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | HJ Novels |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | February 20, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 34 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | EDA |
| Illustrated by | Kochimo |
| Published by | Hobby Japan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | HJ Comics |
| Magazine | Comic Fire |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | September 29, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
Premise
editAsuta Tsurumi is a Japanese teenager who manages a restaurant with his father. When a fire breaks out at the restaurant, Asuta enters the burning building to retrieve his father's cooking knife, and finds himself in another world with nothing but the clothes on his back and his father's knife. He encounters Ai Fa, a woman who is a member of a group of people living at the edge of a forest, and teaches the community about the value of well-cooked food using a boar-like animal known as giba.
Media
editLight novels
editThe light novel series was originally published by EDA as a free-to-read web novel on Shōsetsuka ni Narō in 2014 and Hobby Japan published the first volume in print with illustrations by Kochimo in October 2015. As of December 7, 2023, thirty-one volumes have been published.[2] The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.[3] As of December 2023, twenty-two English volumes have been published.[4]
Manga
editThe series was adapted into a manga series by Kochimo and published by Hobby Japan, with nine volumes released as of December 7, 2023.[5] The manga is also licensed by J-Novel Club.[6] As of December 7, 2023, seven English volumes have been published.[7]
Reception
editRebecca Silverman of Anime News Network gave the first volume a grade of B−, praising its handling of cultural differences and the quality of the English translation. She wrote: "Cooking with Wild Game isn't the most thrilling of books, but it is setting up to perhaps spend more time on things that aren't excessive amounts of game-preparation... If you enjoy cooking stories, this is an interesting one, even if it has yet to achieve a perfect balance of its story elements."[8]
References
edit- ^ "Cooking with Wild Game". J-Novel Club. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
- ^ "異世界料理道" [Cooking with Wild Game / HJ Novels Official Website]. Firecross (in Japanese). Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (December 24, 2018). "J-Novel Club Releases Cooking with Wild Game, I Shall Survive Using Potions! Light Novels". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 29, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ "Cooking with Wild Game (Light Novel)". J-Novel Club. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ "異世界料理道 - こちも" [Cooking with Wild Game Manga by Kochimo]. HJ Comic Fire Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Hodgkins, Crystalyn (July 7, 2019). "J-Novel Club Announces Licenses of 7 New Light Novels, 3 New Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ "Cooking with Wild Game (Manga)". J-Novel Club. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
- ^ Silverman, Rebecca (February 27, 2019). "Cooking with Wild Game Novel 1". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
External links
edit- Web novel at Shōsetsuka ni Narō (in Japanese)
- Light novel official website (in Japanese)
- Manga official website (in Japanese)
- Cooking with Wild Game (light novel) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia