Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Japanese: とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ, Hepburn: Tondemo Sukiru de Isekai Hōrō Meshi) is a Japanese light novel series written by Ren Eguchi. The series originated on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in January 2016, before being published in print with illustrations by Masa by Overlap beginning in November 2016 under their Overlap Novels imprint. As of September 2025, 17 volumes have been released.
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Akagishi K, began serialization on the Comic Gardo website in March 2017. As of July 2025, the manga's individual chapters have been collected into eleven volumes. A spin-off manga, illustrated by Momo Futaba, began serialization on the same website in August 2018. As of February 2024, the spin-off's individual chapters have been collected in eight volumes. An anime television series adaptation produced by MAPPA aired from January to March 2023. A second season aired from October to December 2025.
Contents
Plot
Three Japanese high school students are magically summoned to a parallel fantasy world by the Kingdom of Reijseger, who asks them for help in their war against the demon folk. The students are found to possess several powerful magical abilities and are accepted as "Heroes". However, the hero summoning ritual also accidentally transported a fourth person, an ordinary salaryman named Tsuyoshi Mukouda (a.k.a. "Mukohda"), who has only one power: "Online Supermarket". Unwilling to become a Hero and harboring deep suspicion of the kingdom's true intentions, he convinces the nobles that his ability is useless, allowing him to leave and pursue a simple life in the new world. Experimenting with his Online Supermarket skill, he discovers he can instantly order food and other products from modern-day Japan. During his travels, he meets a legendary beast known as "Fenrir", who demands that Mukohda feed him. The Fenrir, eventually named Fel, takes a liking to Mukohda's cooking and forces him to accept a familiar contract. As Mukohda continues his journey, he gains more familiars, encounters other monsters, and befriends gods from the Divine Realm, who grant him and his familiars blessings to obtain his food and otherworldly goods.
Characters
Main characters
Tsuyoshi Mukouda (向田剛志, Mukōda Tsuyoshi) / Mukohda (ムコーダ, Mukōda)
Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya (drama CD), Yuma Uchida (anime) (Japanese); Aaron Campbell (English)
The main protagonist of the series. He is a mild-mannered but cowardly 27-year-old salaryman and former part-time cook who is accidentally transported to another world during a hero summoning ritual. Tsuyoshi presents himself as "Mukohda" in the new world after learning full names are used exclusively by nobility. He has the unique ability "Online Supermarket", which allows him to purchase items from modern Japan. He is able to provide temporary stat buffs by cooking meals with ingredients bought through his skill. He gains notoriety as a beast tamer through his powerful familiar contracts.
Fel (フェル, Feru)
Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita (drama CD), Satoshi Hino (anime) (Japanese); Jonah Scott (English)
A Fenrir and Mukohda's first familiar. He is a legendary wolf-like creature who has lived for over a thousand years. He has extraordinary strength, agility, and magic that enables him to wipe out most monsters with little effort. Fel is prideful, selfish, vain, and gluttonous, choosing to follow Mukohda simply to eat his food. He loves meat and hates vegetables.
Sui (スイ)
Voiced by: Misaki Kuno (drama CD), Hina Kino (anime) (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)
A slime and Mukohda's second familiar. Initially met as a baby, Sui evolves throughout the series by gaining experience through battle and eating trash from Mukohda's Online Supermarket purchases. Though slimes are generally considered weak monsters, Sui is a special exception. It is able to melt enemies with acid bullets, as well as create potions and weapons. Sporting a child-like personality, it enjoys desserts and dislikes spicy foods. While its gender is unknown in the original novels, Sui is male in the manga (as well as the drama CD) and female in the anime. Sui is the main protagonist of the spin-off manga series Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Sui's Great Adventure.
Deities
Ninrir (ニンリル, Ninriru)
Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (drama CD), Maaya Uchida (anime) (Japanese); Macy Anne Johnson (English)
The Goddess of Wind, who has long silver hair and a huge sweet tooth. She is the first deity to grant Mukohda her blessing, giving him immunity to poisons, illnesses, and other negative status effects. Due to her constant demands for otherworldly sweets, primarily from Fujiya, and frequent emotional outbursts, Mukohda often refers to her as the "divine disappointment".
Agni (アグニ, Aguni)
Voiced by: Yō Taichi (anime) (Japanese); Michelle Rojas (English)
The Goddess of Fire, who has long red hair, dark skin, and a hotheaded temperament. She strengthens Mukohda's fire magic in exchange for otherworldly beer.
Kisharle (キシャール, Kishāru)
Voiced by: Yūko Kaida (anime) (Japanese); Morgan Garrett (English)
The Goddess of Earth, who has long blonde hair, a curvaceous figure, and a sisterly personality. She bolsters Mukohda's earth magic in exchange for otherworldly beauty products, namely from Matsumoto Kiyoshi.
Rusalka (ルサールカ, Rusāruka) / Ruka (ルカ, Ruka)
Voiced by: Saho Shirasu (anime) (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)
The Goddess of Water, who has shorter blue hair, a young appearance, and a quiet demeanor. Due to Mukohda's lack of affinity for water magic, she grants Sui her blessing instead to receive offerings of otherworldly food. In the spin-off manga Sui's Great Adventure, she becomes attached to Sui and the two begin having long nighttime conversations together, with Sui eventually viewing Rusalka as an older sister.
Other characters
Elrand (エルランド, Erurando)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa
The elven guildmaster for the Adventurer's Guild in the dungeon city of Dolan. He is a former adventurer, expert swordsman, and skilled monster butcher. He is infamous for his eccentric behavior and obsession with dragons. Elrand first meets Mukohda and his party after they seek his help in butchering a rare earth dragon for its meat.
Lambert (ランベルト, Ranberuto)
Voiced by: Motoi Koyanagi (anime)
A leather goods merchant from the city of Karelina whom Mukohda befriends after saving his caravan from a bandit attack. The two form a successful business partnership, alongside Lambert's wife Marie, selling soap and hair treatment products from Mukohda's world.
Willem (ヴィレム, Viremu)
Voiced by: Shinya Hamazoe (anime), Christopher Sabat (English)
The old, grizzled guildmaster for the Adventurer's Guild in Karelina, who comes to rely on Mukohda and his familiars with completing high-difficulty quests that others are unwilling to accept.
Media
Light novel
Written by Ren Eguchi, the series began publication on the novel posting website Shōsetsuka ni Narō on January 5, 2016. The series was later acquired by Overlap, who began publishing the series with illustrations by Masa on November 25, 2016, under their Overlap Novels imprint. As of January 2026, 17 volumes and a short story collection have been released.
In March 2019, J-Novel Club announced that they licensed the light novel for English publication. In January 2025, J-Novel Club announced that a 2-in-1 omnibus print release would begin publication in August 2025.
Manga
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Akagishi K, began serialization on the Comic Gardo manga website on March 24, 2017. As of July 2025, the series' individual chapters have been collected in 11 tankōbon volumes. In April 2020, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the manga adaptation for English publication. In January 2025, J-Novel announced that the manga would begin print publication in September 2025.
A spin-off manga illustrated by Momo Futaba, titled Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill: Sui's Great Adventure (とんでもスキルで異世界放浪メシ スイの大冒険, Tondemo Sukiru de Isekai Hōrō Meshi: Sui no Daibōken), began serialization on the Comic Gardo website on August 24, 2018. As of February 2024, the series' individual chapters have been collected in eight tankōbon volumes. In September 2022, J-Novel Club announced that they also licensed the spin-off manga in English.
Anime
An anime television series adaptation was announced on October 29, 2022. It is produced by MAPPA and directed by Kiyoshi Matsuda, with scripts written by Michiko Yokote, character designs handled by Nao Ōtsu, and music composed by Masato Kōda, Kana Utatane, and Kuricorder Quartet. The series aired from January 11 to March 29, 2023, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates. The opening theme song is "Zeitaku na Saji" (贅沢な匙; "Exquisite Spoon") by Van de Shop, while the ending theme song is "Happy-go-Journey" by Yuma Uchida. Crunchyroll streamed the series worldwide outside of Asia, while Muse Communication licensed the series in Asia-Pacific.
A second season was announced on October 29, 2023, which aired from on October 8 to December 24, 2025. For the second season, the opening theme song is "yummy goodday" by Cent Chihiro Chittiii, while the ending theme song is "SALT AND PEPPER" by chelmico.
Reception
In 2018, the manga adaptation was ranked as the second best isekai manga by Japanese bookstore employees.
The novel series was one of three novels series that won in the novel category of the Piccoma Award 2024.
At the 10th Crunchyroll Anime Awards in 2026, the anime's second season was nominated for Best Isekai Anime.