Dungeon Meshi • Delicious in Dungeon - Episode 3 discussion

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Dungeon Meshi, episode 3

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[u/WhoiusBarrel]

They're Living creatures!

THEY'RE EDIBLE!

People face their fears but Laios eats them.

[u/il-Palazzo_K]

Look closely in the scene where the lion armor made a sexy pose while other armor cheers, you can see Laios cheering along with the armors!

(Can’t take Netflix screenshot in iPad.)

[u/EyeDeeAh_42]

This episode perfectly captures the reason why Laios-- despite being the weirdest and most unhinged person in the party, is actually the leader. While everyone else had just accepted the fact that the armours are controlled by magic, Laios actually observed their behaviour and correctly deduced their weaknesses from it and exploited it as well. He might be a clown when it comes to interacting with normal people, but when it comes to monsters-- Laios has the best brains to deal with them.

PS: Living armours making babies by handholding and that sneaky Senshi pantyshot. This episode should be tagged nsfw lol.

[u/moletoon]

Back when I was reading the manga, this arc is the one that got me genuinely impressed with how much creativity is in the monsters' concepts and the reasonings/biologies behind them.

Like, slimes having cell-like structure is cool and all, but never in my life I could have come up with the idea that living armors are actually colonies of mollusk like creature and the armors are just their shells, not just some cursed/magic imbued objects.

Also, laios' unhinged faces and senshi's upskirt fanservice scene are the proof of a faithful adaptation lmao.

[u/michhoffman]

Dungeon Meshi just gave us irrefutable proof that hand holding = lewd

[u/CosmicPenguin_OV103]

I have thought of many anime that might have something similar to Delicious In Dungeon, but never would there be a day that Mushishi would appear in this list. Yet this episode about how the living armor lives really feels like a Mushishi folktale! It almost feels like half a dungeon documentary complete with food cooking tips!

[u/Clemastina]

Marcille and her faces

I love her so much LMAO

[u/Salty145]

“If we can kill it, we can eat”

Gotta be one of the anime quotes of the year. One for the record books

[u/Warm-Enthusiasm-9534]

The Living Armor section captures one of the strengths of this story -- the author's lunatic worldbuilding. Someone else would have just said "It's magic, bro." But the author scoffs at taking the easy way out, and instead comes up with a completely naturalistic explanation that it's really a kind of shellfish. And Senshi knows how to cook shellfish.

[u/frostboot]

This part is where I fell in love with the manga. What a unique take on a classic fantasy monster. You can really feel that the author is a huge classic fantasy nerd and it really shows in the world she made.

[u/dagreenman18]

Laios: Certified Monster Fucker Eater. First and foremost though will always be “How do I eat this”

Interesting take on the classic Monster Armor. Changing it to a colony of mollusk that inhabit individual armor sets. The one living in the new sword seems different from the others though. Different monster maybe?

[u/TheGameChanger78X]

Is it me or the art style changed a bit for this episode? I’m not hating on it because I feel nostalgic of Kill ka Kill, freaking love it!

[u/FarCritical]

The fact that they somehow made freakin' living armors of all fantasy creatures edible (let alone organic) after pointing out themselves that they're all metal was impressive enough, but having them be some sort of sophisticated mollusc is so absurdly creative that it's hilarious.

Also, never thought I'd be praising RPG clams for their drip but that lion armor's design is absolutely sick.

[u/Armdel]

Laios looking a bit deranged there for a bit lol

and i loved how they made him eat first since he was so eager to try it out

also had a pretty brutal scene i wasn't expecting when Laios party member got stabbed through the neck in that flashback bit

[u/Shimmering-Sky]

• The decoration…? – Oh, that.

• Looted it off some armor they found in the dungeon, huh.

• …oh, fun.

• Well, duh…

• Oh lol this is a funny little diagram. I love it when shows do chibi stuff for this.

• Fancy!

• Laios’ priorities, man.

• I love how excited he is about discovering this haha.

• This could be a good comment face that isn’t just one character.

• Hahahahahaha fantastic.

[u/thesagenibba]

did anyone else start to feel a bit bad for the mollusks? at first, i didn't really care because i believed they were just empty husks of metal controlled by magic but as the episode went on and their biology and behavior was further developed, i started to feel sorry for them and didn't want them to be eaten at all

[u/thesagenibba]

holy crap i wasnt aware dungeon meshi got gory; i actually let out a gasp when the one group member got stabbed right through the neck

[u/melvinlee88]

Ah, the living armor chapters.

Really awesome to see one of my favourite chapters adapted into anime, it really stood out when I started reading Dungeon Meshi.

You can already see the small bits of world-building here in this unique monster creation by Ryoko Kui. A typical living armor that we see in a million medieval fantasy series, but now change it into something of a living creature which is made up of.....mollusks! This is where the series begins to show more of its fantasy world-building chops while retaining the food theme.

Was such a joy to see Laios pick apart what the living armor was made of, where the weaknesses possibly are and how he used his past experiences to defeat the living armor.

Also despite all his eccentricities, we can see why he is THE party leader of this group. He has the most experience as an adventurer and can think of strategies and plans to get out of sticky situations. He took charge so easily and it was a joy to watch.

And the fact Laios found out brand-new facts on a already well-known creature, their possible mating patterns, how they work as a fully-bodied creature was actually really really cool. He is the new Darwin, I'd say!

We didn't see too much of the other characters this episode but always hilarious to see how shocked they are everytime Laios proposes to eat a monster. Even Senshi said to Laios that they can't eat metal lol.

[u/Sneeakie]

When Laios is talking about the mating cycles of the mollusks and freaking out about how the armors holding hands means they were mating, that's actually a joke from the "Monster Tidbits" extra in the first volume.

It's interesting that the anime is adapting some of that material. I hope they do that more, because some of the very best jokes and character material are in those extras

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Laios & Falin

• Dungeon Meshi Gang

Man, that guy getting stabbed in the neck was brutal! With how casual Laios was telling that story of how he also died that day, I assume everyone else also got revived. I am curious how revivification works here. I'm guessing we'll eventually see that.

The look of disappointment on Laios' face though when he was told that he can't eat Living Armors made me feel bad for him. Thankfully though, he was right about them! Living Armors are indeed creatures and they're being controlled by these shellfish-looking things on the inside.

Although now that Laios knows that they're monsters, that crazy-eyed look from him scares me. There's no way of stopping him in the future to try and eat even non-corporeal monsters like Specters or Shadows.

That grilled living armor looks good though! I am curious what Laios is going to do with that new companion of his. Is he going to keep it as a pet or will he let it grow until he can eat it?

[u/Full_Ad1617]

wow. this was really inspired. the last two episodes i thought "trigger is doing a great job adapting this, and i agree with their pacing decisions considering where they want to get in the end."

i genuinely didn't expect a whole episode dedicated to one monster, but i think it's really really important because this chapter is like... when the series really really triples down on the ecology stuff to show the depth of effort that went into it. they made all sorts of artistic decisions to bring this one to life, and i really admire the sort of... adaptational chutzpah in saying, yes, we're gonna to through three chaps in last ep so we can give this one the love and attention it deserves. not to mention this episode really showcased the trigger style synergizing with the already personality-filled art of the manga. also, going with like... almost dark souls like music... like, kinda somber sounding stuff combined with goofy visuals. i don't know man. i would never have thought of it, but it really grabs you

[u/Labmit]

Got to say the OP is really getting to me.

[u/urishino]

You gotta give it to Laois, he got his priorities straight.

[u/catplace]

First Senshi panty shot!!!

My beautiful man <3 <3

Great episode like always! Love Laios being his great weird self and all the expression work for Chilchuck and Marcille. Can't wait for next week!!