Izumi, Oumiya, Sakurada. Volume 5 Cover, The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World, Seven Seas Entertainment.
The Savior’s Book Cafe Story in Another World – Information
Author of Story: Kyouka Izumi, Oumiya, Reiko Sakurada
Chapter Count: 5 volumes, around 26 chapters
Status: Completed
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Content Warnings
These content warnings do not reflect the contents of the review below; only the literary work itself.
- Mild blood, violence, injury
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Plot Summary
If you’re a fan of fluffy shoujo romances but like to see characters who are not in high school, I have a great recommendation for you! In this post I’m recommending an isekai romance called The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World (sighs in yet another extremely long manga title).
This cute story stars a 33-year old woman named Mizumori Tsukina, who is told by a god that she must be sent to a different world to save it. Tsukina rejects this offer, stating that she’s already built a life for herself with a relatively stable job—but the god tells her she must go and has no choice but to become a “savior” of this alternate world.
Luckily for Tsukina, this god had already sent many other saviors to this world, and agrees to just let her lay low and do whatever she wants. Hilariously, this deity is incredibly lenient and accommodating. Tsukina asks to live on the outskirts of a safe kingdom, and to have her own book café. She asks for a lot of other things, too—essentially setting herself up for an easy life!
The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World takes a pretty relaxed approach to the isekai trope, with a super chill god behind the isekai-ing. However, other than explaining the source of magic and role of the “savior” in this story, the fact that it is an isekai doesn’t really hold much importance, haha.
Anyway, after being plopped into her new world and new life, Tsukina immediately goes into creative-mode, decorating her combined home and café to her heart’s content. Soon afterwards, a handsome knight with long hair enters the café and becomes her first customer. This man, named Il Soeil, loved his experience at the café and promises to return again.
While this manga starts off with an innocent, relaxed impression, it does have a magic-filled plot that progresses nicely and helps keep this story from being too slice-of-life. However, I think that overall the story was a relaxed reading experience. It’s cute, magical, and romantic!
This manga is actually split into two sections, where the first half finishes off in only 2 volumes, and the rest continues with the main characters again for 3 more volumes. Both “sections” are great, featuring a lovely story and some wholesome romance.
Why I Enjoyed The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World
This story gets straight to the point. We jump into the plot, quickly meet the characters, and things get going quick. The manga is only 5 volumes, so the plot and romance both have a quick pacing and progression of events. I love a good slow burn, but sometimes it’s nice to read a speedier story, too!
The romance in this story is sweet and fluffy, but still mature. It feels natural and doesn’t take forever to get somewhere. It also stays very light and appropriate throughout the manga. If you’d love an easy romance between a bookworm heroine and a handsome, mild-mannered knight, definitely try reading The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World.
This story doesn’t explore the characters too deeply, but I did enjoy their designs nonetheless. Tsukina is a normal woman who just wanted to settle down and enjoy her life. She isn’t lazy or anything, especially considering she opened a cute book café and cooks meals for her customers.
She just has hobbies that are more calm and relaxing! Her character is very cute, but not childish. She also seems very new to dating and relationships, which is endearing. I think this more shy aspect of her character makes Il the perfect suitor!
The male lead of the story, Il, is a calm knight with long hair and a structured face. He is capable, being the captain of the knights—but also has a kind, mature demeanor.
He enjoys relaxing with books, and is quite the gentleman when it comes to Tsukina. I really liked his character; he seemed like a good, mature male lead! He was also a bit on the smooth side, naturally. And the fact that they are both bookworms makes them a cute match!
Overall the main characters of this story are level-headed, mature, and sensible. They don’t give off the vibe of your typical youthful shoujo leads, which was pretty refreshing. Both leads in The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World are good at understanding their own feelings, and communicating them well.
The art of this story is very nice, too. The characters’ designs and outfits look lovely, and the environment art really pulls everything together. The art in this story is always very pleasing to the eye! I really appreciated the level of detail and how pretty the art style is in this manga.
This manga feels very relaxed and lighthearted. It is a calm story that doesn’t lean into humor too much, and gives almost a more slice-of-life feel. This more low-key sort of plot progression is great for readers who want a story without too much conflict or drama.
Izumi, Oumiya, Sakurada. Volume 1 Cover, The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World, Seven Seas Entertainment.
Any Cons?
As I mentioned earlier, The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World is an isekai, but the plot doesn’t rely too heavily on that fact. The main character simply says goodbye to her old world forever, and it doesn’t have much effect of the story overall. Tsukina sort of has to learn how to fit in with the current world, but it doesn’t seem to be a big issue.
If you are hoping for a manga with more prominence in terms of the isekai trope, this one may not be it.
Also, with the manga only being 5 volumes long, the pacing is a bit on the quicker side of things as I mentioned before. The story does take place in a fantasy setting where the world-building is very quick and to-the-point.
If you are someone who likes more explanation and gets annoyed at things being how they are “just because,” then you may not enjoy this story as much. Especially when it comes to the first antagonist of the story, who is a bit insufferable without much reason.
Similarly to the “just because” aspect, this story is a bit fairy-tale like, with guaranteed happy endings and a somewhat predictable progression of the plot.
I think this allowed The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World to be an easy-to-read manga that’s laid back and wholesome; however, I do think readers should know what to expect. If you don’t like stories where everything seems a little too good or too perfect, you may not enjoy this manga.
While I did enjoy this story as it is, I do think it could have been even better with more content. If we had gotten more story that showed us a slower progression of romance between the main characters, as well as a more developed story involving the “saviors” and magical aspects of the plot, I think it could have been really impactful.
As it is now, the manga feels like a short and sweet fairy tale story that ends rather quickly—which again, isn’t necessarily bad.
Final Thoughts
I think this manga was short and sweet. It had a rather calm plot most of the time with a light romance, but that makes for an easy story to finish in a short time. The characters were very cute, and the art style was so pretty!
The romance isn’t overbearing, and is still very fluffy and fitting for a shoujo. Readers looking for a light and wholesome read will surely appreciate this story! I think that readers who want a more mature, appropriate romance between adults will enjoy The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World.
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Images Credit: Izumi, Kyouka. Oumiya. Sakurada, Reiko. The Savior’s Book Café Story in Another World, Seven Seas Entertainment, 2021.
