Cooking with Wild Game
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| 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 |
| Original run | February 20, 2015 – present |
| Volumes | 36 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | EDA |
| Illustrated by | Kochimo |
| Published by | Hobby Japan |
| English publisher | |
| Imprint | HJ Comics |
| Magazine | Comic Fire |
| Original run | September 29, 2017 – present |
| Volumes | 11 |
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.
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 September 30, 2025, thirty-six volumes have been published.[2] The light novel is licensed in North America by J-Novel Club.[3] As of September 2025, twenty-nine English volumes have been published.[4]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | February 20, 2015[5] | 978-4-7986-0965-2 | February 9, 2019 (digital)[6] | 978-1-7183-3400-7 |
| 2 | April 22, 2015[7] | 978-4-7986-1007-8 | April 13, 2019 (digital)[8] | 978-1-7183-3402-1 |
| 3 | June 24, 2015[9] | 978-4-7986-1032-0 | June 30, 2019 (digital)[10] | 978-1-7183-3404-5 |
| 4 | September 19, 2015[11] | 978-4-7986-1075-7 | September 14, 2019 (digital)[12] | 978-1-7183-3406-9 |
| 5 | December 22, 2015[13] | 978-4-7986-1140-2 | December 3, 2019 (digital)[14] | 978-1-7183-3408-3 |
| 6 | March 24, 2016[15] | 978-4-7986-1196-9 | February 22, 2020 (digital)[16] | 978-1-7183-3410-6 |
| 7 | June 22, 2016[17] | 978-4-7986-1243-0 | May 10, 2020 (digital)[18] | 978-1-7183-3412-0 |
| 8 | September 23, 2016[19] | 978-4-7986-1291-1 | August 1, 2020 (digital)[20] | 978-1-7183-3414-4 |
| 9 | December 22, 2016[21] | 978-4-7986-1354-3 | September 27, 2020 (digital)[22] | 978-1-7183-3416-8 |
| 10 | March 23, 2017[23] | 978-4-7986-1413-7 | November 28, 2020 (digital)[24] | 978-1-7183-3418-2 |
| 11 | June 22, 2017[25] | 978-4-7986-1469-4 | February 13, 2021 (digital)[26] | 978-1-7183-3420-5 |
| 12 | November 22, 2017[27] | 978-4-7986-1533-2 | May 3, 2021 (digital)[28] | 978-1-7183-3422-9 |
| 13 | February 23, 2018[29] | 978-4-7986-1629-2 | July 20, 2021 (digital)[30] | 978-1-7183-3424-3 |
| 14 | May 24, 2018[31] | 978-4-7986-1698-8 | October 5, 2021 (digital)[32] | 978-1-7183-3426-7 |
| 15 | September 22, 2018[33] | 978-4-7986-1753-4 | December 20, 2021 (digital)[34] | 978-1-7183-3428-1 |
| 16 | January 25, 2019[35] | 978-4-7986-1846-3 | March 21, 2022 (digital)[36] | 978-1-7183-3430-4 |
| 17 | April 23, 2019[37] | 978-4-7986-1910-1 | June 13, 2022 (digital)[38] | 978-1-7183-3432-8 |
| 18 | July 23, 2019[39] | 978-4-7986-1966-8 | September 5, 2022 (digital)[40] | 978-1-7183-3434-2 |
| 19 | November 22, 2019[41] | 978-4-7986-2049-7 | November 28, 2022 (digital)[42] | 978-1-7183-3436-6 |
| 20 | March 21, 2020[43] | 978-4-7986-2149-4 | February 27, 2023 (digital)[44] | 978-1-7183-3438-0 |
| 21 | June 22, 2020[45] | 978-4-7986-2235-4 | May 30, 2023 (digital)[46] | 978-1-7183-3440-3 |
| 22 | September 19, 2020[47] | 978-4-7986-2299-6 | August 28, 2023 (digital)[48] | 978-1-7183-3442-7 |
| 23 | December 22, 2020[49] | 978-4-7986-2376-4 | March 4, 2024 (digital)[50] | 978-1-7183-3444-1 |
| 24 | March 19, 2021[51] | 978-4-7986-2440-2 | June 3, 2024 (digital)[52] | 978-1-7183-3446-5 |
| 25 | June 19, 2021[53] | 978-4-7986-2512-6 | September 2, 2024 (digital)[54] | 978-1-7183-3448-9 |
| 26 | September 18, 2021[55] | 978-4-7986-2589-8 | December 2, 2024 (digital)[56] | 978-1-7183-3450-2 |
| 27 | May 19, 2022[57] | 978-4-7986-2841-7 | March 10, 2025 (digital)[58] | 978-1-7183-3452-6 |
| 28 | August 19, 2022[59] | 978-4-7986-2897-4 | May 29, 2025 (digital)[60] | 978-1-7183-3454-0 |
| 29 | January 19, 2023[61] | 978-4-7986-3000-7 | August 7, 2025 (digital)[62] | 978-1-7183-3456-4 |
| 30 | May 19, 2023[63] | 978-4-7986-3183-7 | October 8, 2025 (digital)[64] | 978-1-7183-3458-8 |
| 31 | September 19, 2023[65] | 978-4-7986-3275-9 | December 15, 2025 (digital)[66] | 978-1-7183-3460-1 |
| 32 | January 19, 2024[67] | 978-4-7986-3388-6 | February 26, 2026 (digital)[68] | 978-1-7183-3462-5 |
| 33 | May 17, 2024[69] | 978-4-7986-3512-5 | May 4, 2026 (digital)[70] | — |
| 34 | September 19, 2024[71] | 978-4-7986-3616-0 | — | — |
| 35 | February 19, 2025[72] | 978-4-7986-3758-7 | — | — |
| 36 | June 19, 2025[73] | — | — | — |
| 37 | December 19, 2025[74] | — | — | — |
Manga
The series was adapted into a manga series by Kochimo and published by Hobby Japan, with twelve volumes released as of September 30, 2025.[75] The manga is also licensed by J-Novel Club.[76] As of September 30, 2025, eleven English volumes have been published.[77]
| No. | Original release date | Original ISBN | English release date | English ISBN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 26, 2018[78] | 978-4-7986-1700-8 | February 12, 2020 (digital)[79] | 978-1-7183-4830-1 |
| 2 | January 26, 2019[80] | 978-4-7986-1850-0 | April 29, 2020 (digital)[81] | 978-1-7183-4831-8 |
| 3 | November 27, 2019[82] | 978-4-7986-2055-8 | July 1, 2020 (digital)[83] | 978-1-7183-4832-5 |
| 4 | June 27, 2020[84] | 978-4-7986-2240-8 | January 27, 2021 (digital)[85] | 978-1-7183-4833-2 |
| 5 | February 1, 2021[86] | 978-4-7986-2412-9 | September 22, 2021 (digital)[87] | 978-1-7183-4834-9 |
| 6 | August 2, 2021[88] | 978-4-7986-2559-1 | January 12, 2022 (digital)[89] | 978-1-7183-4835-6 |
| 7 | December 28, 2022[90] | 978-4-7986-2651-2 | September 13, 2023 (digital)[91] | 978-1-7183-4836-3 |
| 8 | May 1, 2023[92] | 978-4-7986-3103-5 | February 28, 2024 (digital)[93] | 978-1-7183-4837-0 |
| 9 | November 1, 2023[94] | 978-4-7986-3338-1 | June 5, 2024 (digital)[95] | 978-1-7183-4838-7 |
| 10 | May 1, 2024[96] | 978-4-7986-3467-8 | January 8, 2025 (digital)[97] | 978-1-7183-4839-4 |
| 11 | October 1, 2024[98] | 978-4-7986-3640-5 | May 21, 2025 (digital)[99] | 978-1-7183-4840-0 |
| 12 | May 1, 2025[100] | 978-4-7986-3831-7 | December 1, 2025 (digital)[101] | 978-1-7183-4841-7 |