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I went off anime when the isekai and moe craze took off about 10 years ago.

I tried to get into modern anime, but couldn't (JoJo is based off an 80s manga, that doesn't count as modern to me).

But I'm on episode 3 and I'm really digging Dungeon Meishi/ Delicious in Dungeon. I'm watching the English dub and It's like if Monster Hunter and Dimension 20 had a baby. The humour is great, I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. The world is cool too.

I like how it isn't following the anime tropes. The characters aren't high schoolers, the women act like real human beings, there's no Shonen toy commercial BS. It's just a good fun adventure.

My only criticisms are that it's a little videogamey, it makes me hungry and that the title Delicious in Dungeon makes no sense, it should be Delicious in THE Dungeon.

Senshi is my favourite.

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[–] Southloop@hexbear.net 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Pst! The title is goofy in English because a creative decision was made to make it sound like both a play on D’n’D and a cooking show on public television, for example “Barefoot Contessa” or “Welcome to Homegrown!” instead of doing a direct calque of its Japanese name and calling it “Dungeon Meal.” Real clunker, huh?

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

shoulda been Dungeon and Dining

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[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I once saw someone suggest "Dungeon Delicious" and even that sounds better

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[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

It is an honest to god dungeon crawl in the old tabletop sense, where the characters triumph due to their knowledge and cunning rather than raw power. Everyone's personality is believable, and each member of the party has complimentary strengths and weaknesses.

Ryoko Kui plays CRPGs and it shows, but she also transcends the videogame logic by centering the narrative on the party's mastery of the environment (the dungeon, the monsters, the nature of magic and so on) rather than a series of pitched battles. I recommend it to pretty much everyone who has an interest on anime or computer RPGs.

But more importantly, I want to eat the ice cream.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 17 points 2 months ago

You will live in the dungeon. You will eat the mimics.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

But more importantly, I want to eat the ice cream.

I wish my house was haunted so I could use holy water bludgeons to make exorcism sorbet. sicko-wistful

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

You come to this level often?

[–] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

the title Delicious in Dungeon makes no sense, it should be Delicious in THE Dungeon.

It's trying to be a pun on DnD but the english title doesn't translate well.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

WHY DIDN'T THEY CALL IT DISHES & DRAGONS

[–] CriticalOtaku@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

marcille-stare

Damn that is a better name... or maybe Dungeons and Dishes

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

That is also an excellent name. sicko-wistful

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

FUCK! That IS a missed opportunity. marcille-stare

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

I like the Spanish version mazmorras y tragones which is kind of a blend of dnds names in both English and Spanish and also the play on words between tragones and dragones

[–] VapeNoir@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Everything dungeon meshi related should come with a big certification sticker that says "Contains no isekai content!"

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

I'd have checked it out even sooner if I saw that sticker. kbity

[–] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago
[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ok my friend recc'd this one to me just the other day and i had been blowing it off as "one day". But you reiterate some good things she said said and some magic words she didn't and now I have to check it out. Here goes

Edit yup this is funny. When she fed that adventurer the antidote i lost my shit

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There are so many reasons to recommend this manga / anime. Like that Laios is undeniably autistic—that man loves monster meals the way I love dinosaurs.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

(I write this as my daughter and I are arguing about whether or not Butterfree's wings are intrinsically toxic or not. The Pokédex says that it can flap its wings to release toxic scales / powder, but that doesn't necessarily imply that the wings themselves are comprised of toxic scales! These are important questions to ask when assessing a Pokémon's snuggleability.)

[–] SeekTheDeletion@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

pretty sure if human skin and oils touch butterfly or insect wings it heavily damages them right? 0 on snuggleability factor

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

He also has a lot of affinity with dogs. He'd go to furcons for sure if his world had them.

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The videogamey goes right out the window very soon. One of my favorite manga.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It somehow dodges that "what if bibeo bame" isekai exploitation shit entirely and gives decent lore explanations for what's left. Excellent. chefs-kiss

[–] Monk3brain3@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'd even argue that the video game vibes are more down to our conditioning as viewers and consumers of media in general. Also any fantasy anime that isn't an isekai will have a decent chance of being a good show. We even had frieren recently. Unless it's trash like goblin slayer. And the only fantasy type anime that's worse than goblin slayer is surprise, an isekai. The dogshit trash that is Gate. It's wild how people forget Imperial Japanese were basically the Asian Nazis and this let's nationalist garbage like Gate be produced. Then there's mushoku tensei... holy shit isekai sucks ass.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Then there's mushoku tensei... holy shit isekai sucks ass.

I never heard of that one, but you seemed to imply it's worse than Goblin Slayer, Surprise, and Gate. I don't dare look it up even for curiosity. dead-dove-1

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[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

My only criticisms are that it's a little videogamey

I had to dig up and old post @Cromalin@hexbear.net made where the author was talking about games she liked and games she played with her dad on twitter, plus some of her CRPG fanart

[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's going to get better further as the world and lore opens itself. The world has a surprisingly well-established tabletop DnD rule, with each race given fairly sufficient lore just like the edible monster that you have seen so far. I also highly recommend going to the manga after you complete the anime, as the manga has concluded (it is only 90 or so chapter) and the art is gorgeous. Unlike many other manga that drags on, the author wraps it up where it makes sense with very satisfying book-end (although some people suspect that she did wrap up the series just in time for BG3 release last year, the author is a massive western CRPG fan, she's too much of an anti-social to actually play DnD with other people).

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago

although some people suspect that she did wrap up the series just in time for BG3 release last year

This is confirmed. The final chapters were delayed slightly because BG3 came out in August.

[–] Gorb@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Now watch dragon pilot

I will convince you with this ed https://youtu.be/hG-ahxkDPCA

Honestly a lot of anime coming out these days are so much better than the isekai dark ages. Dead dead demons destruction is absolutely goated and probably the best thing I've seen in a while.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago

Dead dead demons destruction is absolutely goated and probably the best thing I've seen in a while.

Agreed, it's been killing it.

[–] HexReplyBot@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

Has the best character been introduced yet? kbity kbity-how I think she shows up in episode 17 or something. She's amazing every time she's doing anything I go hoohoohehehehe

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (5 children)

The premise is cute but i bounced off the animation. Not DiD-specific, i had the same issue with the new batman. The current generation of cg cartoon animation looks so flat and, idk... austere? I'm not sure what the call it. But it doesn't speak to me or generate visual interest.

[–] Owl@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

The manga is gorgeous, and has a lot of cool establishing shots of the dungeon that the anime just skips over.

[–] Moss@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

There's no CG in dungeon meishi from what I can remember. The animation quality is worse in the first few episodes than the rest of the show, I remember watching an action sequence in episode six and thinking "oh hey, the animatioj budget turned up"

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[–] The_sleepy_woke_dialectic@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I wanted to like Isekai. I mean who doesn't want to get teleported to another dimension and make new friends and have an adventure or whatever, but they always make the protagonist so impossible to identify with. Yeah there's also the "Guess slavery is okay here. When in Rome!" Shit. I liked Dr. Stone up until they awoke Mr good guy capitalism. You literally had communism in your hands and you threw it away!

[–] AOCapitulator@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I at least like that the good guy capitalism womanizer man appreciates all women, no matter shape or size they're all beautiful, which is like one micron better than Sanji

Still hated that part of Dr stone though, like fuck off with the strongest primate highschooler baki Jojo shit, I wanna watch these prehistoric communists recreate all tech pls

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

The problem with isekai is not that its isekai. I mean its just this all encompassing premise for fantasy it must be responsible for half of all stories in the genre. The problem is that its a fad. And with all anime fads its self referential to the point of absurdity.

The only isekai I liked was Log Horizon and Grimgar. The former because it actually takes the premise of being trapped in an MMO and does things with it. It's more about the player politics than anything else. Grimgar otoh for all its faults made it so that being conscripted to the fantasy militia monster killer corps sucks ass.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

One of the oldest isekai anime, Aura Battler Dunbine, is pretty cool. It's also based off of a Tomino-written novel, so it has that going for it.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

The Neverending Story was technically an isekai, but it lacked the "what if capitalism ruining the place that's supposed to be the escape from capitalism" part of typical isekai.

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

IT'S READY! feast-1 feast-2

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

My only criticisms are that it's a little videogamey,

It's an adaptation of the classic video game Wizardry: Proving Ground of the Mad Overlord =)

[–] cordlesslamp@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

They watched it dubbed. BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO............!!!

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

I-was-saying The dubbed English voices were actually very good this time around.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Dubs are better don't @ me

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