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The Hero and His Elf Bride Open a Pizza Parlor in Another World (Light Novel) by Kaya Kizaki
3.0
Do not read this book on an empty stomach or it’ll leave you hungry.
This is a one-shot, single volume light novel about a boy, named Kaito getting reincarnated as a hero of making ‘high-calorie foods’, specifically pizza. He enters a small country of elves where they eat mainly vegetables without seasoning and look a bit underfed.
The concept of this light novel is light hearted and almost parody driven. There are mentions of dragons, slime and mandrakes but that’s about it, except for the dragon a bit. We also don’t touch on any heavy topics, themes, magic or other abilities. The story is simply about a boy trying to make pizzas and looking to open his parlor and everything is pretty much easy going from there. There is no clear system guiding Kaito on his journey as a new hero or any clear indication of how he should level up and what level he’s at. The story doesn’t indulge in too many details seen in typical reincarnation stories and keeps to the theme of pizza building.
The story is very repetitive from pizza making to character personalities. Kaito doesn’t learn a lot of pizza varieties from the magic bag of cards he received, and by the end of the book doesn’t learn many varieties either. Also, as the steps to making pizza are quite similar the process is repeated throughout but shortened near the end of the book. Besides Kaito, there isn’t much character development for any of his other elf friends either. Most of the elf characters have extreme personalities, such as Lilia’s gluttonous appetite or Queen Eleonora being a tsundere. They usually run Kaito into awkward situations and slight trouble but it reads as a running gag eliciting a laugh. Although I did find some instances frustrating to read about and just well, there to make up a chapter.
Overall, the book was quite bland to read about however I did enjoy the simplicity of it. Don’t get me wrong here, I love pizza but there’s not much in the book that pulls me in for a re-read. There wasn’t any interesting events/situations, there’s no harem, there’s no developed romance or mystery and the humor gets repetitive and tiring after a while. It’s pretty much a calm, easy read and great to read in between some of the more serious light novels or books.
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This is a one-shot, single volume light novel about a boy, named Kaito getting reincarnated as a hero of making ‘high-calorie foods’, specifically pizza. He enters a small country of elves where they eat mainly vegetables without seasoning and look a bit underfed.
The concept of this light novel is light hearted and almost parody driven. There are mentions of dragons, slime and mandrakes but that’s about it, except for the dragon a bit. We also don’t touch on any heavy topics, themes, magic or other abilities. The story is simply about a boy trying to make pizzas and looking to open his parlor and everything is pretty much easy going from there. There is no clear system guiding Kaito on his journey as a new hero or any clear indication of how he should level up and what level he’s at. The story doesn’t indulge in too many details seen in typical reincarnation stories and keeps to the theme of pizza building.
The story is very repetitive from pizza making to character personalities. Kaito doesn’t learn a lot of pizza varieties from the magic bag of cards he received, and by the end of the book doesn’t learn many varieties either. Also, as the steps to making pizza are quite similar the process is repeated throughout but shortened near the end of the book. Besides Kaito, there isn’t much character development for any of his other elf friends either. Most of the elf characters have extreme personalities, such as Lilia’s gluttonous appetite or Queen Eleonora being a tsundere. They usually run Kaito into awkward situations and slight trouble but it reads as a running gag eliciting a laugh. Although I did find some instances frustrating to read about and just well, there to make up a chapter.
Overall, the book was quite bland to read about however I did enjoy the simplicity of it. Don’t get me wrong here, I love pizza but there’s not much in the book that pulls me in for a re-read. There wasn’t any interesting events/situations, there’s no harem, there’s no developed romance or mystery and the humor gets repetitive and tiring after a while. It’s pretty much a calm, easy read and great to read in between some of the more serious light novels or books.
Read more reviews @ Mystic's Review Shelf