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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.
This week we get learn a lot about the phenomenon known as “dungeons”. Marcille points out that the dungeon they are in has been carefully designed accounting for a mind-boggling amount of complexity, and that she studied the science in school. But then the dungeon that Falin discovered seemed like a natural occurrence?
So which is it? Man-made, or natural phenomenon? And can the dungeon master really be taking every little detail into account? Are they omniscient within the dungeon?
This is the tipping point. This is where the story begins to crack open the floodgates on what is really going on.
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.
Student Falin is so smol! While Marcille has only changed a little.
Despite Chilchucks suspicions, in her younger days Marcille was indeed considered a prodigy with a bright future in elven society. Why is she now dungeon delving in foreign territory, a powerful but decidedly unexceptional mage? I’ll say no more…
Any thoughts on what we learned about dungeons?
A very Marcille focused episode. It’s worth noting that Undines typically aren’t hostile, this one is PISSED because someone poured boiling water on it :D
AND LET HER TRY SOMETHING OTHER THAN LIVER, DAMMIT!
Next episode, we’ll be getting a tense re-union, and our first proper on-screen encounter with another party.
Really excited for next episode!
Next Episode
Frog suits!!!
Spoiler
AWWW YEAA FROG-MARCY LESS GOO
Though I’m not sure we’ll get there in next episode just yet. The pace of adaptation has been 2 chapters for the last few episodes, and that’d be the third after the next two.
This is the first time they cared about the medicinal value of food. It worked in a fantastical way reviving Marcille so quickly. I’d only thought about the food as regular food until now. I suppose it makes sense mystical monster meat can have exaggerated nutritional value.
She’s not revived or even a bit healed. Liver will help her body deal with the blood loss due to its high iron content, but that’s about it.
Food can restore a mage’s magical energy if it contains a lot of it, but potions that have a similar effect to an actual healing spell aren’t a thing.
Ohh good stuff. I definitely prefer regular food over magical food, in a food show. The worldbuilding here is fantastic.