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Dungeon Meshi is a well liked manga, and an adaptation by Studio Trigger is now airing. If you haven’t picked this one up, consider joining us. Both for fun and as a way of contributing to activity on Lemmy.
Episodes are available to stream on Netflix.
Well, crud. That victory really didn’t last.
We finally have an appearance from a proper antagonist, the mad sorcerer. He is an ancient dark elf carrying a spell-book full of forbidden magic. And he’s really not very happy about his pet dragon getting offed.
He seems to think that Falin is the red dragon, now. Or is the red dragon Falin?
Either way, she’s taken away again, and the gang end up as a quartet, licking their wounds in the company of the orcs. As things look to be at their worst, Chilchuck has a crisis of conscience.
Remember not to spoil anything if you’re a manga reader, but feel free to elaborate on tidbits of lore that may not be coming through in the adaptation.
I giggled so hard when the dragon ham started rolling around and it had the floating food text behind it. I am loving how Trigger is adapting the comedy for this series.
That was a great touch!
That was hilarious. Wonder if it had any effect on the dragon meat that were eaten and digested?
That’s a spoiler which will be a major plot point
Our girl Marcy really lost it for a second there.
I actually kind of missed it in the manga… But the ghosts really help out here. They step in between Falin and the Master as if to protect her from him, save the gang after they are almost killed by a trap with no way out, and guide Chilchuck to go pick up their stuff.
Like the dead girl that Falin spoke to in last weeks episode, and as Leed comments, these ghosts aren’t hostile. In fact they are likely residents of the city, perpetually trapped in their undeath and begging for release.
Yet, the master seems unconcerned with their suffering.
On a different note, no new OP or ED?!
I am also legitimately surprised that the OP and ED didn’t change because this is the major pivot for the series. All of the pieces are in place so it’s time for plot!!
Likewise! Both are WAY too lighthearted and energetic for what is to come.
Maybe they held it off to not spoil them losing Falin again and the confirmation of the mad mage as the dark elf, that happened this episode. Let’s see if they change it next time.
I hope that is the case. The opening teases characters not shown much in act 1 so I am hoping they’ll showcase some of our act 2 stars!
Back in the episode 11 thread, I talked a lot about the OST for the show. I wanted to highlight a part of the episode in which I thought the OST was excellent this time as well: when Falin wakes up and walks to the dragon corpse. The music set the creepy mood perfectly. Also, as an added bonus, I loved that the music didn’t kick in until a couple seconds after she opens her eyes. She springs awake in complete silence, something that we aren’t used to as media viewers. This type of scene has been done so many times before and the music always kicks in right when the eyes open. So, it was extra creepy to subvert that expectation.
There was also a great piece of animation that I wanted to highlight from this episode. When Marcy is going on her cancel-spree, there are some great sequences in there filled with impact frames that really add to the frenetic nature of it. The animation really adds to the sense that Marcille is on the verge of losing herself, just like the animation is losing its form as a reflection of that. This one is probably my favorite of the impact frames, you can still kind of make out the little dragon she is cancelling:
After we joined up with the orcs, the episode calmed down a lot (though, did Marcy just lose her staff for good? we kind of glided past that quickly). I am excited to see where things go from here. Falin may be lost for now, but we know that she is in there somewhere. Also, the ghosts seem to be helping us out as we go about our way now. So, I take that as a good sign since Falin has always had a bit of a connection to the ghosts.
Surprised at no new OP/ED like others mentioned. Though, I do love this ED, it has really grown on me this season.
I really like both the ED and OP, but I was also very much looking forward to something new to match the shift in tone and growing stakes.
Didn’t notice those frames on my first viewing, they’re cool af.
That sequence is so much more impactful when animated. Her deranged cackle especially really delivers the point that forbidden magic takes something more from the user than mere mana.
This is such a meme-able image lol “you hearin this shit Doggy#2? Yeah I hear it Doggy#1”
I’m sure I’ll eventually grow to like the new elf mage but OMG I hated him so much in this episode! Such an ass! ( ｀ー´)
From what I can gather, red dragon was commanded by the mage to find the king, but it looks like the king has been dead forever. The mage seems obsessively attached to the king and that’s why he spends all his time in the paintings reliving the past 🤔.
Didn’t expect them to actually go back to the surface, wonder how long it’ll be before they’ll get back this deep and meet Falin again.
He did seem to care about what happens to the kings in the paintings. The older king died, so the younger one got the throne, and that’s the one he’s been talking about, the same Derghal that got coronated.
If you put the stuff we know about him together you can create a chain of logic: elf > long lifespan > for some reason was around humans who would keep dying from old age, and clearly cares about the humans > ? > master of a dungeon which is maintaining an immortality spell
Good observation! I didn’t make the lifespan connection at all.
We should have known there was something off about that elf when he was not on each painting in ep 6 but showed up inside, and he remembered Laios across them (and here).
He was looking for his king. If you do not remember what happened, go back and check out the legend at the very beginning of ep 1. This will not end well.
Yeah no “The Mad Sorcerer, Master of the Dungeon” typically isn’t a title you earn by being an open and reasonable person.
Marcielle played the
She survives another turn.
I really liked chilchuck and his emotional conflict. In his monologue we really see how experienced and capable they all are.
The complexity of the characters and their motivations is such a highlight of this story.
You can feel the pain in Laios, too, as he considers Chilchucks plea to return to the surface. He wants to go after Falin so bad, but with his friend expressing such passionate concern for the group, he cannot ignore the fact that he’d be asking them to risk far too much.
That he’s already been walking a tightrope in that regard. Chilchuck especially is there partly out of contractual obligation, he does care, but his presence isn’t quite as voluntary as Marcy’s. And in a way Laios would have, and has been abusing that fact to force far more risk onto Chilchuck than what he signed up for.
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