Chef Trainee Asuta Tsurumi was just a normal Japanese teenager, until one day the harassment against his family’s restaurant went too far. Desperate to save his father’s precious cooking knife, he dove headfirst into a sea of flames. Rather than waking up in the afterlife, though, he found himself in a whole new world entirely!Fortunately for our hero, he soon gets picked up by the huntress known as Ai Fa. This guardian angel packs some attitude, though, so it won’t be all smooth s...

Asuta's an apprentice in his dad's restaurant - until corrupt real estate developers set it on fire. After running into the blaze to save his dad's knife, he wakes up in a forest on another planet. Can modern cooking skills keep him alive amongst the natives? Or will his guide and associate, Ai Fa, take him out with his own knife first? There may be strange new ingredients to try, but techniques hold firm when Cooking with Wild Game.

When erotic novelist Enomura Haruka and shojo artist Nakata Miruku are brought together by their publisher to collaborate on a new manga, it seems like a perfect match--until the two meet in person and realize just how different they are! Haruka is a bit of a sadist with a cool-guy personality, and he immediately clashes with Miruku, who's something of a masochist and doesn't match his bright shojo style at all. There's one thing the two have in common, however--their love of gourmet food,...

Enemies driven off, new members gained, and strangers befriended, and yet, things still aren’t settling down yet!Some of the residents of Genos have proposed having meetups where the people of the forest’s edge would come and have fun in town for a change! Will the residents of Genos’s invitation lead to their bonds deepening further, or will romantic strife tear them apart instead? And what’s this board game they’re playing? Then, in the aftermath, when the long-awaited clan head ...

With the arrival of the observers and the soldiers they brought with them, things have been hectic in Genos. Unrest has filled the town, and even the people at places like The Kimyuus’s Tail have been suffering from their presence. Asuta was called in for questioning, along with many of his comrades, and no matter how hard they assert their innocence, the nobles from the capital just don’t seem to want to listen.Even having made it through that initial interrogation, though, their o...

Things ought to settle back down at the forest’s edge and throughout Genos in general, but unfortunately for Asuta and company, that isn’t going to happen! New faces, friendly meetups, possibilities of new romance, a long-awaited clan head meeting, and the introduction of board games apparently isn’t enough. When a massive earthquake strikes Genos, what impact will it have on the people living there? How will they manage to recover from the damage caused? And what will their reaction be to...

If you could spend eternity with just one precious memory, what would it be? A group of strangers grapple with this impossible question as they find themselves in a bureaucratic waiting room between life and death. Encouraged by enigmatic officials, they must sift through their past lives to choose their forever. Adapted from Hirokazu Kore-eda's award-winning film, After Life is a surreal and powerfully human look at the way we view our lives, and a haunting meditation on what it is to liv...

With the menace of the Suun clan no longer hanging over them, a peaceful era had finally arrived for the forest’s edge. Though new changes like the introduction of totos to their lives occurred, the Fa clan was no longer under constant threat. However, that peace couldn’t last forever, as the meeting with Cyclaeus loomed imminent, bringing with it the potential concern of a clash with the nobles of Genos.Before all that though, Asuta has problems of his own to face, starting with a...

A full year has finally passed since Asuta first arrived at the forest’s edge, and in that time, he’s brought a great deal of change to Genos as a whole.Asuta’s second year in this world certainly doesn’t look like it’s going to be any less eventful than the first. For starters, a whole lot of visitors are suddenly arriving in Genos. Some are friendly and familiar faces from Asuta’s past that he’s very glad to see again, but the others are a full two hundred soldiers from the capita...

Asuta’s business in the post town is positively booming. He’s increased the number of stalls, hired on more help, and managed to sell almost unbelievable numbers day after day. On top of that, he’s even struck up a deal to start selling his cooking to an inn! And yet he has no time to focus on all that, as the time for the clan head meeting is fast approaching!New allies accompany them into the den of vipers, but they can’t relax yet, as there are plenty of new foes to worry about,...

So much has already changed in Asuta’s life recently. Many new ingredients have flowed into the post town, and he has started up new business deals as well. He’s even been able to use everything now at his disposal to work on bringing new dishes like curry to the land of Genos. And things are even shifting for the people around him, with Dan Rutim yielding the post of clan head to his son.But even with all that upheaval, there’s still plenty left for our hero to face. When Asuta en...

With the final remnants of the Suun clan dealt with, new leading clan heads chosen, and business booming for Asuta, the forest’s edge and the post town are swarms of activity. And things are about to get even busier!Asuta is asked to cook for a festival of the hunt, but when he and Ai Fa arrive, she is suddenly–not to mention rudely–challenged to prove her mettle as a hunter! Next, Asuta comes across a new ingredient, the potato-like chatchi, and starts figuring out the tricks to u...