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... Tuesdays. ⏎ How was the first episode? ⏎Richard Eisenbeis ⏎ Rating: 2.5 ⏎ You know, if I enjoyed “food porn” anime, this show might be worth watching. But sadly, I've never thought animated food looked particularly delicious or enticing in any way, though I am often impressed by the effort the animators put in to make it look as realistic as possible. And as the cooking aspect of this isekai anime seems to be the focus, it was obvious early on that this one wasn't really going to be for me. ⏎ This is unfortunate because I do like the isekai portion of the show. We have a cast of young, beautiful teens summoned to another world to fight the demon king and find a way home—and Mukoda, the poor twenty-something SOB who got pulled along by accident. While the teens get powerful magic and sword skills, Mukoda gets the “internet supermarket” skill which is seen as useless by both the teen heroes and the kingdom in general (but is actually incredibly overpowered—you know, as these things go). ⏎ The thing about Mukoda is that he's genre savvy. He knows all the isekai tropes and uses them to his advantage. One look at the king and he knows who the bad guy is. So Mukoda does his best to seem as useless as possible to be set free—then dons a disguise and tries to flee the country. At the same time, he does his best to keep his unique skill hidden, quickly understanding that getting items from our world to appear on demand is something that could easily make him end up as a slave to be exploited for other people's profit. ⏎ It's great to have a quick-witted and pragmatic protagonist. Watching him try to tease out vital information about the world make up the best moments of the episode. Likewise, his reliance on the party of adventures he hired (rather than curb-stomping all the monsters himself) and his trust in their decisions as professionals is likewise good to see. If a sizable amount of the runtime hadn't have been focused on cooking and eating, I'd have said this one is above average. But as the “food porn” does nothing for me, I'll be giving the rest of the show a . ⏎ Rebecca Silverman ⏎ Rating: 3 ⏎ I was lowkey...