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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.

Izutsumi’s membership in Laios’ party is off to a rocky start. The gang is running low on food again, and unlike our former main quartet, our new feline friend isn’t taking well to the idea of eating monsters, and is taking it out on her new friends.

As the journey continues through the now frozen fifth level, the gang starts looking for the next monster of the week to cook up for dinner, while refusing to treat our new neko-buddy with anything but kindness.

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.

  • wjs018@ani.social
    9·
    1 month ago

    I am late to the party on this episode, but it was a fun one. I think my two favorite bits were both Laios-focused. First there was Laios literally scaring away a pack of wolves through his dog impression. Then there was Laios being a little lot too interested in the anatomy of Izutsumi.

    The inclusion of Izutsumi into the OP and ED was nice and is a good indication that she will remain a core part of the group going forward. I do think that, even if she doesn’t care about the others at all, her actions were a bit reckless this episode. I mean, even if she hated the others, she has to recognize that, this deep in the dungeon, sticking with other (kinda?) capable adventurers raises her chances of survival as compared to wandering around on her own. I mean, even look to the ice golem fight during this episode as an example.

    The sheep plant monster is weird…I kinda think I would have stayed away from that one. I trust you Senshi, but I don’t know about that. Give me a candied Mandrake any day of the week over a plant that grows fully formed sheep that taste like crab. That just has God’s mistake written all over it.

    • MentalEdgeOPMEnglish
      7·
      1 month ago

      Funny you should mention god, and his intentions concerning the creatures of the dungeon…

      Izutsumi is 17. She’s not quite a kid anymore… But she’s a kid. And Maizuru clearly never bothered treating her as more than a vaguely human creature.

      Maizuru might have done well enough with Shuro, but she clearly didn’t put the same effort into her “pet” as she did her “waka-sama”.

      When it comes to people to be around. Ones that value good communication, co-operation, and honest interaction (unlike a certain Kabru), Izu could not have lucked out harder on a group to end up with.

      Izu has been “taken care of” her whole life, but never by people who concern themselves with who she is and where she is going, the way Laios’ gang does.

      I love the way they dealt with Izu scratching up Laios’ face. Marcille comments that it’s horrible, but none of them so much as hint at being vindictive about it. You can just tell that among the Nakamotos, that would have meant corporeal punishment.

      But here, no-one stares daggers at her, or tells her she’s a bad person. The only one giving Izu any crap is Chilchuck, and he apologized for it.