I know of Ascendance of a Bookworm, but have others done this?

Oh, I’ve not come across that one before

What a wholesome family. Also, this episode has one of the few instances in OSTs of yodeling that I actually really like.

how much Kenzaburo’s previous life experience has mattered.

I agree. He’s not some empty husk of a character either meant for self-insertion

maybe they make mayonnaise or something like that

This trope drives me insane in generic isekai. The only thing they bring from their world is food. Always food. Those types of isekai are so unoriginal they even copy these inconsequential things.

The human combustion does seem to be unrelated to the world’s dumbest firebomber.

Thankfully, it would’ve been way too obvious

I think I’m done with this

so I’m not sure what your questions about.

Rereading your original comment, I’m not sure either. I somehow read that you thought the newest ep brought new stuff to the table.

I’m watching the Japanese version

but it was an incredibly misleading opening and episode title.

Kinda felt like a mistake to me (but it was probably just them trying to build suspension), since they showed a large part of it again at the end.

Was the new Zenshu ep that much better than the previous 3?