Hello, I’m a cardboard box. Yes, a cardboard box with the ability to type coherent sentences. This is 2025, after all. Let’s feverishly unpack Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill like a new shipment from Megumi Express! Then we’ll talk about how this anime is breaking barriers for cardboard boxes in anime. It’s about time!
Déjà Vu with a Credit Card
Have we seen Campfire Cooking before? The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper in Another World has a similar premise and pacing. But Online Shopper wasn’t as stingy with the waifus as Campfire Cooking is. We’re not all about the waifus here at J-List, but we are mostly about the waifus.
I gave up on Campfire Cooking early in episode four. Not because of the lack of waifus, but because I was bored. I might have held on longer if I were a fan of Ōkami, or if Lassie movies hadn’t left lasting mental scars. Or, if there were any waifus to study (in the name of science or weebdom).
Smores à la Carte
Food porn. That’s the one thing Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill has going for it.
I’m no foodie, but five years living in Japan captivated my tastebuds. In fact, I’m the worst kind of picky eater, but I enjoyed everything from konjac jelly to fish testicles while I was there. Maybe “enjoyed” isn’t the right word, but Japanese cuisine is too good to pass up, even for weird food.
Like many anime, Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill celebrates the Japanese love of food. That might be the best reason to watch the show.
The +3 Cardboard Delivery Box of Slaying Slays Nothing
Tsuyoshi Mukouda (voiced by Yuma Uchida) hardly uses a campfire to cook. He does, however, get good use out of his portable gas stove. But I’m interested in those cardboard boxes. Imagine it! In a fantasy world where most containers are clay, wood, or woven reeds, Mukouda has a fresh supply of cardboard. And, sin of sins, he does nothing with this resource other than make a bed.
We’ve all found ways to deal with cardboard clutter, but Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill had the chance to get inventive. Isn’t that the promise of the isekai genre? That we’ll get some cool twist on life in another world to hold our attention? Campfire Cooking, like many isekai, gave up on creativity and us, the audience.
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill earns an underfed Megumi Rating of two. The food porn wasn’t enough to enthrall me, the fantasy world felt bland, and more of the same isekai glut that bored us five years ago dragged down the show. You can watch Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill on Crunchyroll.
Why does Japan love isekai stories so much? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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