Cooking with Wild Game

Cooking with Wild Game
First light novel volume cover
異世界料理道
(Isekai Ryōridō)
GenreIsekai, cooking, romance
Novel series
Written byEDA
Published byShōsetsuka ni Narō
Original runAugust 19, 2014 – present
Light novel
Written byEDA
Illustrated byKochimo
Published byHobby Japan
English publisher
ImprintHJ Novels
Original runFebruary 20, 2015 – present
Volumes38
Manga
Written byEDA
Illustrated byKochimo
Published byHobby Japan
English publisher
ImprintHJ Comics
MagazineComic Fire
Original runSeptember 29, 2017 – present
Volumes14

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-seven volumes have been released as of December 2025. 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.

Premise

Asuta 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

Light novels

The 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 June 19, 2026, thirty-eight volumes have been published, with the series moving to a digital-only release from volume thirty-six onwards. The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club. As of May 2026, thirty-three English volumes have been published.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1February 20, 2015978-4-7986-0965-2February 9, 2019 (digital)978-1-7183-3400-7
2April 22, 2015978-4-7986-1007-8April 13, 2019 (digital)978-1-7183-3402-1
3June 24, 2015978-4-7986-1032-0June 30, 2019 (digital)978-1-7183-3404-5
4September 19, 2015978-4-7986-1075-7September 14, 2019 (digital)978-1-7183-3406-9
5December 22, 2015978-4-7986-1140-2December 3, 2019 (digital)978-1-7183-3408-3
6March 24, 2016978-4-7986-1196-9February 22, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-3410-6
7June 22, 2016978-4-7986-1243-0May 10, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-3412-0
8September 23, 2016978-4-7986-1291-1August 1, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-3414-4
9December 22, 2016978-4-7986-1354-3September 27, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-3416-8
10March 23, 2017978-4-7986-1413-7November 28, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-3418-2
11June 22, 2017978-4-7986-1469-4February 13, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-3420-5
12November 22, 2017978-4-7986-1533-2May 3, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-3422-9
13February 23, 2018978-4-7986-1629-2July 20, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-3424-3
14May 24, 2018978-4-7986-1698-8October 5, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-3426-7
15September 22, 2018978-4-7986-1753-4December 20, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-3428-1
16January 25, 2019978-4-7986-1846-3March 21, 2022 (digital)978-1-7183-3430-4
17April 23, 2019978-4-7986-1910-1June 13, 2022 (digital)978-1-7183-3432-8
18July 23, 2019978-4-7986-1966-8September 5, 2022 (digital)978-1-7183-3434-2
19November 22, 2019978-4-7986-2049-7November 28, 2022 (digital)978-1-7183-3436-6
20March 21, 2020978-4-7986-2149-4February 27, 2023 (digital)978-1-7183-3438-0
21June 22, 2020978-4-7986-2235-4May 30, 2023 (digital)978-1-7183-3440-3
22September 19, 2020978-4-7986-2299-6August 28, 2023 (digital)978-1-7183-3442-7
23December 22, 2020978-4-7986-2376-4March 4, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-3444-1
24March 19, 2021978-4-7986-2440-2June 3, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-3446-5
25June 19, 2021978-4-7986-2512-6September 2, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-3448-9
26September 18, 2021978-4-7986-2589-8December 2, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-3450-2
27May 19, 2022978-4-7986-2841-7March 10, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-3452-6
28August 19, 2022978-4-7986-2897-4May 29, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-3454-0
29January 19, 2023978-4-7986-3000-7August 7, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-3456-4
30May 19, 2023978-4-7986-3183-7October 8, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-3458-8
31September 19, 2023978-4-7986-3275-9December 15, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-3460-1
32January 19, 2024978-4-7986-3388-6February 26, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-3462-5
33May 17, 2024978-4-7986-3512-5May 4, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-3464-9
34September 19, 2024978-4-7986-3616-0July 13, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-3466-3
35February 19, 2025978-4-7986-3758-7September 24, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-3468-7
36June 19, 2025 (digital)—November 30, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-3470-0
37December 19, 2025 (digital)———
38June 19, 2026 (digital)———

Manga

The series was adapted into a manga series by Kochimo and published by Hobby Japan, with fourteen tankōbon volumes released as of June 2026. The manga is also licensed by J-Novel Club. As of December 2025, twelve English volumes have been published.

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1May 26, 2018978-4-7986-1700-8February 12, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-4830-1
2January 26, 2019978-4-7986-1850-0April 29, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-4831-8
3November 27, 2019978-4-7986-2055-8July 1, 2020 (digital)978-1-7183-4832-5
4June 27, 2020978-4-7986-2240-8January 27, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-4833-2
5February 1, 2021978-4-7986-2412-9September 22, 2021 (digital)978-1-7183-4834-9
6August 2, 2021978-4-7986-2559-1January 12, 2022 (digital)978-1-7183-4835-6
7December 28, 2022978-4-7986-2651-2September 13, 2023 (digital)978-1-7183-4836-3
8May 1, 2023978-4-7986-3103-5February 28, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-4837-0
9November 1, 2023978-4-7986-3338-1June 5, 2024 (digital)978-1-7183-4838-7
10May 1, 2024978-4-7986-3467-8January 8, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-4839-4
11October 1, 2024978-4-7986-3640-5May 21, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-4840-0
12May 1, 2025978-4-7986-3831-7December 1, 2025 (digital)978-1-7183-4841-7
13December 27, 2025978-4-7986-3994-9July 29, 2026 (digital)978-1-7183-4842-4
14June 1, 2026978-4-7986-4198-0——

Reception

Rebecca 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."

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