I don’t know if we want to split the omake into its own week. It’s 10 pages long and pretty dense so it’s not insignificant, but it also makes for a pretty light week. Could be a good breather in between volumes however.
Sounds like a good idea, one week for the omake / break for those who skip it!
Thanks for taking over, very much looking forward to continuing reading this manga!
I tried looking for a vegetarian キャベツ煮 since it’s this week’s chapter and this is the closest I could find. You’ll just have to make it with vegetarian だし instead…
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I struggled with マメな人 on page 24 because at first I thought it was 豆な人 to stick with the food theme (and we already have mushroom people so why not), but in fact it means a diligent/hard working/conscientious worker:
(I point this out because if you don’t understand this the ensuing joke doesn’t really work).
My first thought was that it was a colloquial contraction of 真面目 which kind of fits in the context, also 忠実 is the third result when searching for マメ on jisho.org
Also, I love how on the same page the author also weaves in an explanation of how/where to take a dump in a dungeon.
I’m just always a bit panicky when I encounter kana (and especially katakana) vocab because it can mean so many things. Half of the time it’s something usually written in kanji that’s just respelled for emphasis or because the kanji version in too obscure…
What should have clued me in earlier is that it’s マメな人 and not マメの人…
Communism and bread save the day. Capitalist pigs butchered in their den of corruption. Means of fermentation seized. Pretty wholesome chapter overall.
The last two chapters resonate with me. I dream of growing enough fruits and vegetables in my garden to sustain myself, but it’s impossible without spending money. Gardening is expensive. Also, it requires physical strength and isn’t very profitable. The only real reward is eating the produce you’ve grown yourself at its ripest, without artificial fertilizers or pesticides. Every spring, I start gardening, and by fall, I regret it, thinking I should have just bought everything from the market. Yet, I still find myself gardening again the following year.
I found that gardening herbs and spices has the best yield for amateurs like me. If I start growing tomatoes it’ll take a significant amount of effort and I’ll end up with enough produce for only a couple of meals midi likely, but I can grow enough herbs and hot chili peppers to be self-sustaining in terms of seasoning.
Planting herbs and spices is a great option if you have a small garden, and having them fresh while cooking is so convenient. That said, tomatoes straight from the garden are incredibly delicious! Tomatoes, basil, garlic, and olive oil—the holy quartet. I really miss summer. (And yes, I might be a little hungry right now.)
My first thought was that it was a colloquial contraction of 
