So far, seems promising as hell.

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Dungeon Meshi is a well liked manga, and an adaptation by Studio Trigger is now airing. It’s about a party of dungeon adventurers. They unfortunately get killed, and all but one of them successfully revives. Out of money and food, and with some party members leaving. The heroes decide to venture back into the dungeon to save their lost companion, surviving by eating the monsters they kill.

Hilarity, but also a fantastic story and good character development, ensues.

Remember not to spoil anything if you’re a manga reader. Suffice to say if the adaptation stays at this level, we are in for quite a ride.

  • Tb0n3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’m finding it a bit hard to get into. The absolute apathy shown towards their failure and cold calculations about getting back just doesn’t grab me right off.

    • wjs018
      4·
      11 months ago

      This was my issue with the first episode as well. On one hand there is enough urgency to skip preparations prior to diving back into the dungeon to save their party member. On the other hand there is plenty of time to indulge in elaborate monster cooking.

      The two halves of the show just don’t match up in tone. The narrative side (save dead sister) is dark and tries to drive things forward. The cooking side is lighthearted and silly, slowing things down to focus on food and slice of life things.

      We are only one episode in, so there is plenty of time to bring these into alignment, but it felt off in the first episode to me as well.

      • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        The party isn’t in as much of a hurry as it might seem, it hasn’t been explained yet, but dying inside the dungeon means your soul gets stuck there, making it possible to revive you an indefinite amount of time later.

        How much, or if any at all, of the body is needed for this to work, is unknown. Laios asks if Chilchuck or Marcille are aware of anyone being resurrected from poop. For all they know, it can be done.

        The cooking stuff does clash a bit more in the anime than the manga, I’m realizing. In the manga it goes by in a few pages and then the party is back to dealing with the dungeon. But you’ll notice they eat what they encounter, and look for food when hungry. Aside from that, they keep at making progress. IIRC they even prepare some preserved foods at some point in order to cut down on cooking time and enable eating while walking.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyzOPMEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      They live in a world where resurrection magic exists. You might’ve noticed that Marcille thinks to herself that “my first death was to a slime” when one attacks her soon after they enter. Death just isn’t something permanent that the adventurers really worry about, so they aren’t that bothered by Farlyns “death”.

      The fact that Farlyn got eaten is an unusual circumstance, and even Marcille, a long-lived elven expert in magic doesn’t have the answers. That bridge will get crossed, though.

      How the magic in the world works is something the story will elaborate on. And Laios flaws as a party leader is also something which gets explored. That fight with the dragon in the beginning isn’t the last we’ll see of those other party members who left.

      But I’d recommend approaching the start of the show a bit like a slice of life. The more serious story stuff will be coming later, once they get closer to the dungeon level that the dragon is on.