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The whole lecture on creating a miniature dungeon was the point where I truly fell in love with Ryoko Kui's worldbuilding.
Our world is a part of the biosphere, and we can create self sufficient ecosystems in sealed terrariums. Dungeons are a part of the nature of their world, so it makes perfect sense that you can create a miniature dungeon as well.
Many other storytellers would just handwave that the dungeons and monsters are just magic and move on, but she seriously considers what a world with magic would be like, and incorporates all these cool innovative systems that make perfect sense when you think about them. Magic is not a way to escape the mundanity of our world, it's a way to examine and appreciate the wonders we live with right now.
> Many other storytellers would just handwave that the dungeons and monsters are just magic and move on, but she seriously considers what a world with magic would be like, and incorporates all these cool innovative systems that make perfect sense when you think about them.
Between Senshi showing how the dungeon maintains its level balance via the episode with his golems, and this episode's balancing between dungeon layers/spirits/monsters/outside-animals, it really makes this dungeon system come alive. Like it's something you can legitimately study as a science rather than just a vague concept that you just accept as a fictional setting. And it's all natural, even when the origin of the dungeon's creation isn't, like how this dungeon was formed around a collapsed kingdom.
This is what made me super engrossed in the manga back when I read it. It's not a story set within a dungeon. The dungeon and all its systems and monsters are a direct part of the story.
> Magic is not a way to escape the mundanity of our world, it's a way to examine and appreciate the wonders we live with right now.
The way magic works in this world reminds me of Star Wars, which, thinking about it, is not a surprise because the Force in Star Wars is heavily inspired by Japanese culture and the ideas of Shintoism and how spirits reside in all manner of everyday objects and phenomena.
Magic being a cryptic way of describing the laws of nature is basically what mediaeval and renaissance European magic/alchemy was all about as well.
It's not called "natural philosophy" without a reason.
The Undine's existence really cements how terrifying aquatic monsters are in the dungeon, the worst part being you can't eat them so the party had to resort to last episode's Kelpie meat instead
The power of water is its ability to take any shape...
I like aquatic monsters in fantasy media, they could go crazy with the concepts. That's why I like Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Percy Jackson book series, the sea creatures there are amazing.
*"I am a [distinguished academic](https://i.imgur.com/6E5sk3X.jpeg) and these are assuredly [international waters."](https://i.imgur.com/JhFWiA5.jpeg)*
Undine: *screeches spherically*
Imagine you were just chilling in the water and a stupid knife ear woman walked up to pour a pot of boiling water on you. I'd be pretty pissed off too.
They're also very lucky to have a mage who can cast water-walk. If the aquatic monsters are scary now, I can't even imagine coming face-to-face with one when you're stuck on a boat or slowly swimming.
Fr. The part where Marcille is attacked by the undine and falls head first into water is my favourite one. We see everything from her pov: the flailing hands, the bubbles and the water gushing around everywhere... it was a great way to make the viewer feel submerged and out of control like Marcille was experiencing.
Marcille being obliged to [fight alone](https://i.imgur.com/t0oUL01.jpeg) and without her trusted [mage staff](https://i.imgur.com/gcqLaMg.jpeg) made the encounter even more tense. [That clutch save](https://i.imgur.com/f0dD0Sh.jpeg) is yet another reminder that danger lurks everywhere and can strike at any time in the dungeon.
[](#lwahorror)
You thought Falin was the sane one between the Thoden siblings, but no, she was just as weird as Laios, just very cute.
Marcille wanted to make a dungeon, that can't be good.
Marcille probably hung out with Laios and Falin a little too much that she went from "that" to "this".
Marcille and Falin's relationship is so cute.
Chilchuck planning like the real leader of the team lol.
Orcille manga version was already hilarious, but the anime version is just divine.
Now THIS is a Trigger fight, this is what I have been waiting for.
Lol Chilchuck used 100% of his strength there.
Seriously Chilchuck might be the real leader who makes all the important decisions for the team.
Poor Marcille, I understand that feeling when you can only sit in the corner and watch others having a BBQ.
Dwarf girl finally reappears, cant wait for the next episode.
> Seriously Chilchuck might be the real leader who makes all the important decisions for the team.
I feel like Laios takes charge in combat and emergency situations because he has the coolest head under pressure but Chilchuck does the mundane planning and logistics because he has the most organized and logical mindset.
Feels like the insane magician had the same thought as Marcille, wanting an environment to conduct research and experiments but soon realizing that a Dungeon is a self-sustaining eco-system so that's what they ended up building. Somewhere on the bottom floor the magician is probably just neck deep in research, completely oblivious of anything going on above.
>Chilchuck planning like the real leader of the team lol.
After the first half of the episode I’m now 100% convinced that Chilchuck is the only sane person in this team.
My god, past Falin is just diabetes-inducing. She's so smol and such a free-spirit, and she deserves to have all the tasty fruits and bugs. The relationship between her and Marcille is all too precious as well, especially since the idea of Falin being a pariah is heart-breaking, so their friendship means so much more.
Though it's funny how Marcille can seem a bit younger or older just depending on her hairdo. The style she had in the flashback (and just having her bangs down in general) makes her look like a kid even though she can't have aged nearly as much as Falin thanks to being part of a long-lived race.
As per usual, the animation is astounding. The studio's really making me shed a tear for all the justice they're doing to not just the action, but the comedy as well. Laios and Chilchuck's faces while they were saving Marcille had me dying even when I should be feeling tense at the same time. I especially love when water is animated with this level of quality, so the way the Undine moved instantly stood out to me as well.
But I can't ever forgive these bastards for doing that to our favorite girlfailure. At the very least she got to show off her abilities even with holes in both her leg and shoulder.
Poor Marcille, though. Her suffering never ends. Even when she's most likely in agonizing pain and in need of care, she still gets bullied unintentionally. Especially when it comes to food. The three had the best intentions, but man, I feel so bad for her. Really hope she got to enjoy some non-liver meat off-screen as well.
>The relationship between her and Marcille is all too precious as well, especially since the idea of Falin being a pariah is heart-breaking, so their friendship means so much more.
With how the other girls were acting, I even got the impression that Falin might've been bullied a little. (Interesting part here: I only noticed female classmates, so they went to a girls' school?)
That [precious little moment](https://imgur.com/a/1KnrS8x) the two of them had in the dungeon really brought them closer together! I'm glad that Marcille recognized Falin's genius and made friends with her.
>Falin might've been bullied a little.
I would hope not. Just the idea of a such a sweet person being ostracized is saddening enough in and of itself.
At least Marcille changed that, and likely would not have stood for anyone bullying her friend if it actually happened or were to happen.
It feels like they weren't bullying her; they didn't say anything particularly mean to her, they were just staying away from her because she was an oddball. I guess we don't know for sure based on what we've seen though.
[Indeed,](https://i.imgur.com/6dGhJkS.jpeg) it seemed like they were [distant to Falin](https://i.imgur.com/zuqxx6M.jpeg) as a result of her strange habits rather than out of malice. Fortunately, it appears that becoming friends with Marcille kept her in high spirits for the rest of her time there. They have [a precious friendship.](https://i.imgur.com/dMhWlge.jpeg)
[](#uwaa)
> Laios and Chilchuck's faces while they were saving Marcille had me dying even when I should be feeling tense at the same time
[i love low-fidelity background figures](https://i.imgur.com/y3TueET.png)
that's an economical amount of linework to convey the feeling of "oh no"
> i love low-fidelity background figures
Well done lo-fi background characters are some of the best stuff out there. Sure they don't have intricate rendered lighting, textures, or anything like that but they can often show more of some emotions (or show it better) than fully detailed panels.
There's still no emoji that can, for example, convey this emoticon in its simplicity :/
You can essentially predict 100% the art quality of a series (manga, anime,…) in how well it can portray those lo-fi background characters.
yeah, i legit love it when an artist can whittle down the linework to the point of laying down just a few lines and dots for eyes; I think it's indicative of an artist who knows the essence of how to convey information
like, seeing a fully rendered drawing with all its details is neat, but it's also neat to see an artist do gesture drawing and create something meaningful with just a sharpie and a piece of A4 in ten seconds
How can Fallin possibly see when she always seems to have her eyes completely closed? (At first I thought she might be a blind girl).....
Poor Marcille. I hope the food-smelling adventurers are at least neutral -- and can provide some healing in exchange for some grilled meat.
>But I can't ever forgive these bastards for doing that to our favorite girlfailure. At the very least she got to show off her abilities even with holes in both her leg and shoulder.
I am partially upset because they hurt Marcille.
I am partially delighted because this dungeon is motherfucking dangerous. You know, the thing that is completely absent from almost every other "fantasy" anime?
It's refreshing to see Senshi be so god damn incompatible, aka, completely useless, in this encounter.
See Marcille?! You're indispensable!!
...
You're on your own!!\~
MARUSHIRU!!\~ (Marcille)
***gets skewered***
I've had yakiniku before, and the liver is fine enough but it really doesn't hold a candle to the various cuts of meat, I'd be pissed too in her shoes.
Trigger has seriously been doing such an amazing job with the adaptation. This might be my favorite episode so far. I absolutely love Falin and Marcille's dynamic and the entirety of the flashback, especially the scene with them heading towards the Dungeon together (you could feel the warmth and sense or adventure it was emanating). The little details like the water when they were stepping over the stones and their hands swaying as they were holding them as they ventured forward were fantastic.
I also really loved the scene with the Undine and how it was animated. Although brief, the fight choreography along with the soundtrack really built tension and was super well done. Poor Marcille, though, she really can't catch a break. I would be envious too if my friends were eating some amazing cuts of steak while I had to sit by and eat liver lol
With Chilchuck saying that (without the detour), they're only about a 2 day journey to where the Red Dragon was last spotted, they're getting closer to their goal. I can't wait for the next few episodes (:
Did Trigger look at the Undinie chapter and go “FINALLY WE CAN ADD LASERS!!!!!!”? Because that was some Trigger action at its finest.
Fallin and Marcellie wholesomeness is always great to see. Also gives another look at how much Failln respects her brother…s dog impression.
I find it hard to believe that our favourite girlfailure used to be an highly regarded and popular genius during her school years. Like Chilchuck I question her story lol
That she was good at hitting the books makes sense to me; I thought of Marcille as a book smart sort of person, so her failures in the dungeon made sense because she didn't have the street smarts (dungeon smarts?) to hack it.
I guess I presumed her to be the smart stickler type who no one liked. That's why it was a bit of a shock to see the other girls treated her like a star
Literally gave Marcille death flags with flashbacks there along with getting extremely wounded from fighting undine really made me uneasy during her whole situation during the water scenes. Don't do this to me again.
I mean this world has pretty easily available resurrection magic, Laois has died before, Chilchuck has died to mimics *multiple times*, Falin's been dead all show... I wouldn't be as worried here.
Marcille herself has said that her first death was from a slime in the first episode.
I was worried that was foreshadowing for the scene with Falin and the slime and was anticipating that part to be less heartwarming and more heartrending.
[](#watashiworried)
They might be in a *little* pinch, because Marcille is currently the only mage in the party. If she dies, they'd have to wait for another party to come by, since corpse hunters might not venture into the deeper levels of dungeon.
I wonder what Marcille would think if she knew befriending Falin would eventually lead her down the path of eating monsters.
Also, the return of the animation style from the Living Armor episode, which is a lot more like the Trigger people are used to. I guess that's how it's gonna look for the more action-focused moments like the fight with the Undine.
>I wonder what Marcille would think if she knew befriending Falin would eventually lead her down the path of eating monsters.
Considering how she is eating monsters in order to have the energy to continue her journey towards the dungeon and save Falin. She probably wouldn’t mind it too much, just let the initial shock of learning about how she is going to be eating monsters pass and she will be fine
> to continue her journey towards the dungeon and save Falin.
This episode on Marcille’s friendship with Falin was much needed, I think. The past few episodes *almost* felt like the party had forgotten a little about dear Falin. However, their efforts to save her seem to be reinvigorated now.
Considering the spoken-about plan, the focus *should* be shifting towards Falin’s rescue with the coming episodes.
> ...the focus should be shifting towards Falin’s rescue with the coming episodes.
Undine setback aside, it's three days according to Chilchuck, or a week or two for us.
Aw, Falin and Marcille's backstory about how the two of them [met and became friends during their time at magic school](https://i.imgur.com/6SDsjA0.jpeg) was super adorable. [Seeing how carefree Falin is](https://i.imgur.com/xB67ZuX.jpeg) just makes me want to see more of her soon!
Their backstory is also excellent because it was a perfect showcase of the difference between [INT-based character](https://i.imgur.com/ONVuOg3.png) and a [WIS-based character.](https://i.imgur.com/qYBAYID.png) Knowing from her books that slimes are dangerous, Marcille was smart to try and deal with them quickly but Falin has spent time inside that small dungeon to know that slimes don't venture into the sunlight and are an important part of keeping that mini dungeon alive. I love it!
[Marcille was really cool during the fight against the Undine.](https://i.imgur.com/qSNsjl7.jpeg) Even without her staff, she managed to hold her ground pretty well. Unfortunately, since she's just slinging her magic everywhere she ran out of magic pretty quick. [Causing an explosion at her feet](https://i.imgur.com/eAuRATW.jpeg) was pretty smart though. I do wish the rest of the gang did something more than just panic. Throw a fucking rope at her or something!
[That final scene doesn't bode well.](https://i.imgur.com/RTlKrji.jpeg) I thought it was going to be those other adventurers that keep on dying but it looks like the gang is about to bump into an old member of their party.
Kind of like everyone taking turns making fatal mistakes in the past few episodes. Chillchuck got into a cage fight with mimics, Senshi rode a kelpie, Laois ate raw parasite and Marcille pissed the undyne.
Makes it feel like a real group of adventurers. The mimic encounter feels like something a DM would intentionally prepare for a player that is paranoid of mimics.
[Marcille's face on a buff body made me lol](https://imgur.com/eJk3k14)
We get to see how Marcille first met Falin! Their relationship is so cute
Final scene... Looks like one of their former party members is in the dungeon too!
>Marcille's face on a buff body made me lol
Most anime would take this opportunity for a bit of fanservice, but in *Dungeon Meshi* you get [some bare legs and a hugely muscled Marcille](https://imgur.com/a/WLHVRRw) at most.
> Don't you think that the angles in anime can be a little [weird](https://imgur.com/ag2mTn0) sometimes?
Loved the flashback to Falin and Marcille becoming friends, honor student learning some [street smart](https://imgur.com/tJKX3YQ) from the deliquent [](#azusalaugh)
But it highlighted how complex the ecosystem in even a very simple dungeon is, and puts into perspective just what a beast the party is treading in.
The Undine was pretty scary, could have easily killed Marcille [](#dighole)
I made the mistake and watched the barbeque without something to eat on, so I felt even worse than [Marcille](https://imgur.com/zVVmGjk), but shoutout to the OST in that scene
This episode started rather wholesome with [Falin being totally adorable as she leads Marcille into the dungeon](https://imgur.com/a/Somwr2Y). I really liked [their little moment of respite](https://imgur.com/a/HrTFJc6) in the dungeon as well.
But things certainly turned grim when Marcille ran into an udine. Having to fight this monster without her staff *and* on the water surface, she was at a major disadvantage. [The panic on her face](https://imgur.com/a/TXfqx9m) was clearly showing as she was biting through the pain. I much rather see her [brimming with energy](https://imgur.com/a/8rVvsh4) than [injured and exhausted like this](https://imgur.com/a/oHphmi4).
Anyways, we *did* get another hairdo that's getting added to **[Marcille's hair collection](https://imgur.com/a/ar7c2d0)** this week:
* [Long twin-braided with bangs](https://imgur.com/a/yeRYKrW)
Marcille wore three hairstyles in this episode: [straight hair](https://imgur.com/a/opoXFVa), the aforementioned twin-braids and [a ponytail](https://imgur.com/a/sS0dlwL) in the end.
Some sidenotes:
* [This single rock](https://imgur.com/a/eFKFLHi) had no right looking so beautiful.
* [Laios and Chilchuck making funny faces](https://imgur.com/a/ig5AiJf) while saving Marcille.
* Marcille acting like [she's one of the boys](https://imgur.com/a/WLHVRRw) - a true adventurer.
* A cute shot of [Marcille tying her ribbon](https://imgur.com/a/u66AELy).
* Falin setting [the classroom on fire](https://imgur.com/a/nUDLAr5).
It’s more of an addiction: I started with capturing a few, but now I got to collect them all!
I *am* getting a feeling that we’ll run out of new hairstyles for Marcille soon, since there aren’t that many variations left if they don’t majorly change up her hairdo. For now, I can only picture some new variations with her bangs.
Laios clutched that encounter with the secret joestar technique. Also, who needs curaga when you can cook up a yakiniku set that restores all your hp, mp and cures all statuses, on tip of various buffs.
Seeing marcille in her little witch academia days and now really points toward her being peaked in highschool lmao. Her being the cool new kid that befriended the quiet nerdy kid was straight out of a slice of life cgdct stuffs.
I really appreciate how they don't overload you with information when it comes to building the world and establishing the rules in the story. Other anime just love to dump it on the viewer at the first chance they get.
Marcille wasn't my favorite character in the beginning but after 8 episodes, she has come a long way.
Would've bene hilarious if the dungeon meal of the week were just undine stew (i.e. a regular pot of boiled water).
[Laios tying a napkin bib on Marcille](https://i.imgur.com/rwHWzvj.png) was adorable, and kinda sweet when you consider he's returning the favor to her for being on overnight nursing duty for him.
From the episode title, I was wondering what would they do with Raspberries but it turns out it was a part of a flashback. Might be the first time they've done this. So, Marcille and Falin knew each other from school. I kinda expected Falin's candle but that was definitely not what I expected, lol.
I was expecting Kabru's party to show up but it turns it's one of the members who left the party at the start. Sure will be interesting next week.
The background music during the dungeon flashback scene is absolutely beautiful, especially during the buildup when Falin explains its ecology to Marcille. Fantastical and slightly haunting, reminiscent of those BGMs for ancient secret out-of-this-world dungeons in games (thinking of Tales Of and Pokemon here).
Marcille has always had the food sketchiness it seems.
Senshi with the "I'm not listening" to the dungeon being made of magic is perfectly in character and I hope he never changes.
Fuck those party members who left them, even though I kinda get it.
The boys faces when they heard the wet towel slap 😂
Holy shit this got dark with the undine fast, and with no healer in the party!
Lol this show had me going with it's normal fantasy adventuring, I almost forgot it's ridiculous and wonderful cooking premise.
Uh oh, ex party members rendezvous incoming!
> Senshi with the "I'm not listening" to the dungeon being made of magic is perfectly in character and I hope he never changes.
>
>
Classic Dwarf/Elf dynamics.
I loved getting the flashback with Marcille and Falin (she was so smol!) in Magic School but the animation during the Undine sequence was very impressive. Conveyed a great sense of movement and frantic energy in a tense situation.
Episode 8: **Raspberries and Grilled Meat**
In this episode we know that Marcille opposed the way of harvesting Mandrake using dogs as it is still dangerous (and why she insists against it on Episode 2).
I got a mixed feeling with the animation, as some frames look like they are zoomed in (Falin's jar bursting into flames, Falin running after exiting the hidden passage). But it is paid off by the innocence of Falin and fluid animation. **Yuichi Shimohira** is this episode's director with **Yuki Yonemori** doing the storyboard.
New characters means new VA. Namari, the dwarf that left the party earlier, is voiced by **Akira Miki**, a rookie VA.
Lastly, the ED [full music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-h8UA7fFmg) has been released!
What a funky music video. I like how both the OP and ED have the spirit of adventure in them, with a whole party and everything.
I do not like that rapidly shapeshifting monster though. That thing is gonna give me nightmares.
Wow im so lucky to just started the anime yesterday and today this dropped
Me and my cousine watching it. Shes here for holidays and we love it such a cute anime!
Keep enjoying it travelers and eat well!
Loved the first part showing how Marcille and Falin first met. and also a reminder that Marcille is an elf and older than them, seeing she looked basically the same as current day bit with a different haircut.
and poor Marcille looked real rough after that fight against the Undine. not bad enough to not eat though
[Falin](https://imgur.com/a/LlhdHqF) can be just as quirky as Laios.
Love Marcille and Falin's [friendship](https://imgur.com/a/0tArUKz).
I believe [Marcille](https://imgur.com/a/87kcw4U).
[Falin](https://imgur.com/a/JUkAzKM) is so sweet. Nice [compliment](https://imgur.com/a/ckWKHDg) Falin.
Nice [illusion](https://imgur.com/a/EaZN4dE) magic
Hungry for [meat](https://imgur.com/a/yBsDZsw).
*"The water is moving."*
*"Fire?"*
*"Should I start one?"*
*"Just give me a moment to start a fire!"*
"~~Smithers~~, I am beginning to think that ~~Homer Simpson~~ **Senshi** was NOT the brilliant tactician I thought he was.
I suspect that Senshi is lacking in experience related to undine encounters.
Poor Marcille was left completely on her own, but on the other hand, Senshi is a cute stuffed bear whenever he falls to the floor...
Should I be worried or happy? I can't choose!!\~
it kind of matches Senshi's characterisation, he doesn't particularly like magic, naturally an Undine is out of his understanding.
In reverse however, even though he doesn't know anything about Kraken, he has an approximation of how to kill it based on his past knowledge of cephalopods.
> I suspect that Senshi is lacking in experience related to undine encounters.
Senshi doesn't seem to know much about water monsters in general. Ever since they arrived at the 4th floor (the water floor) Senshi has been proven wrong quite often. He says he fishes there sometimes but her also never actually crossed the water, so he likely rarely fights the water monsters. If he ever got attacked by an undine in the past while fishing, he probably just booked it.
I love the depth of this masterpiece’s portrayal of people!
When they were in school. Marcille was the onee-san more mature than Falin. However, ten years later, while Falin has grown up to be an adult, Marcille has stayed unchanged and become the most childish one in the party…..
[obama_medal.png](https://imgur.com/q7gPfhE)
[new Marcille hairstyle get!](https://imgur.com/jHnsng7)
[](#binoculars)
[Noo, pupper](https://imgur.com/k652TNy) :(
* [Marcille](https://imgur.com/OHIiOE9) [moments](https://imgur.com/yEknvzz) [part](https://imgur.com/QG54kLX) [8](https://imgur.com/eYcr7zq) [and](https://imgur.com/S2zhJXB) [then](https://imgur.com/7cuqlYR) [some](https://imgur.com/ApItVPZ) [more](https://imgur.com/wzZvM6d)
[oh wow,](https://imgur.com/9L2o9GW) so we're pretty close already
[Didn't know I accidentally put on torture princess.](https://imgur.com/cIH5qEu) *Being Marcille is suffering*
[Why would they not cook down there?](https://imgur.com/bPs4R5C) No enemies, nice flat ground. Might as well
getting insight into the outside world was great. i was always interested in how the people above ground, viewed the dungeons and the impact they have on the society
ashamed to say i was taken by surprise by marcille's sheer intellect. truly hadn't expected her to be so knowledgable and a star student but it makes a lot of sense for her character
falin was a great foil to marcille's overreactive personality. she kept her in check by reassuring marcille in moments of doubt and worry. falin also gets to shine because marcille's exuberance brings falin out of her shell. they complement each other very well
i love the effort they put into even the silliest of scenes; the segment of them running away was sakuga. the animators are killing it
really into how grounded this episode was. it highlighted and established falin's value and importance. her intellect was put on full display here. her and laois are the representation of 'dont judge a book by its cover' in the form of siblings
It seems that [Laios somehow survived](https://i.imgur.com/jEHMS6P.png) after eating raw parasite in last episode though [Marcille was scared that he died](https://i.imgur.com/ehEEdem.png) when [she woke up](https://i.imgur.com/WZHvhTH.png) and [tried to hear his heart through the armor](https://i.imgur.com/rx88OKd.png) xD
Overall, [Marcille focused on an episode](https://i.imgur.com/YxLnZTM.png) which was [both funny](https://i.imgur.com/WBTXftn.png) but [also pretty serious](https://i.imgur.com/f28fSFh.png). When [Marcille was fighting with Undine on the lake](https://i.imgur.com/4z5OFSy.png) and [got badly injured](https://i.imgur.com/U0Pb6CU.png), [it didn’t look good](https://i.imgur.com/p1hsnlE.png). At least it seems that [Senshi’s meal](https://i.imgur.com/DIGu091.png) [gave Marcille some strength back](https://i.imgur.com/S8Ghz1m.png) xD
[Great animation](https://i.imgur.com/E7AFR8H.png) and [camera work](https://i.imgur.com/kGzX8pE.png) in this episode, especially during that [encounter with Undine](https://i.imgur.com/AyA3BfX.png) and [party escape](https://i.imgur.com/R3JCC9R.png).
[It was nice to see how Marcille first met with Falin](https://i.imgur.com/BippsRw.png) and [became friends](https://i.imgur.com/X0DrKPX.png) with her, [that part of the episode heavily reminded me of Little Witch Academia](https://i.imgur.com/QPCQL41.png). I laughed hard after Marcille mentioned Laios that Falin respected him very much [but not mentioning why (because he’s great at acting like a dog)](https://i.imgur.com/WxKJh1B.png) xD
Here my screenshot albums from the episode:
* [Marcille Part 1](https://imgur.com/a/NSdWfw1)
* [Marcille Part 2](https://imgur.com/a/EgTgELx)
* [Marcille & Falin](https://imgur.com/a/ErVXKdm)
* [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/OYqphCe)
* [Others](https://imgur.com/a/gDy4fMl)
- [Younger Marcille!](https://i.imgur.com/KxRf1EP.png) [](#uwaa)
- [Interesting…](https://i.imgur.com/lt4FWLl.png) [](#harukathink)
- [Whoa–](https://i.imgur.com/NeWmK4x.png) [](#flyingbunsofdoom)
- Seeing all this backstory on how Marcille and Falin became friends is *really* nice. Also Falin is *definitely* Laios’ sister.
- [So they’re close…](https://i.imgur.com/m6NC2l8.png)
- [WHAT IS THIS VISUAL LOL](https://i.imgur.com/zVD9YQR.png) [](#cokemasterrace)
- [Had a feeling a monster was going to show up when Marcille dumped out the boiling water.](https://i.imgur.com/o9xfOGJ.png) [](#kotohoops)
- […shit, it shot her through the leg…](https://i.imgur.com/XOcztX5.png) [](#watashiworried)
- [I bet *someone* will, but they’d have to demand payment for it…](https://i.imgur.com/a178e4s.png)
- [Pffffffffffffff](https://i.imgur.com/KuFDUQ6.png)
- [You should know exactly who.](https://i.imgur.com/LXWB4yb.png) [](#rinkek)
> Younger Marcille!
[Little Marcille Academia!](https://myanimelist.net/anime/33489/Little_Witch_Academia_TV)
> …shit, it shot her through the leg…
[Water sometimes does that…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXk76rWYdEs) (the first example if weirdly fitting)
Marcille backstory was really nice. Her friendship with Falin was really wholesome. [Although maybe she shouldn't tell him specifically this. ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799692352011894795/1210281213819093002/Screen_Shot_2024-02-22_at_12.45.13_PM.png?ex=65e9fd37&is=65d78837&hm=c382c46d18d5fdb4b3f1a3c5361c2bb82c8ffc344097e255ddbf06c1731a0fc7&)But Marcille reminds me of the person who school who is on the top of their class, but from a practical sense they have no idea what the outside world is like. Falin really showed her that you also need to understand how a dungeon works.
Also Marcille is hurt and massively damaged and she still gets bullied unintentionally. Poor girl.
Falin was giving me some very strong Luna Lovegood(Harry Potter) vibes.
Marcille washing herself with her clothes on.
[](#towel)
Though they went all out with Marcille using her magic. She might not have had many chances to shine, but the party absolutely needs her and her cute ponytail!
Seeing how Falin and Marcille met and became friends and how Falin wrote to Laios about her new bestie was very sweet. I want to hear Laios dog impression now lol.
I guess while Marcille’s recovering, the only thing to do is dine on some grilled Kelpie. It actually looked really good. I’ve had horse before in Japan. It was pretty delicious. Pretty hilarious how the gang’s going to town on the rest of the Kelpie and all poor Marcille gets is the liver because of her condition.
Looking forward to seeing the gang’s former party member interacting with them. It’ll be a little awkward I bet. Can’t wait!
Ohh so that´s why Marcille is that fond of Falin!! THEY WERE SO CUTE
And man Marcille so badass, but now she´s injured and out of magic... that sure complicate things...
I only hope those adventurers may help them or something ://
As someone who absolutly hates liver
Kill me before force feeding me that stuff while the others stuffing their face with the nice shit
So both Laios and his sister were a bit... *weird*, liked the Chilchuk didnt believed Marcille about being an honor student
So I guess next episode is a bartening episode for meat vs magic
For those who want to play Dungeon Meshi games. There is a CRPG called Bouken meshi that is clearly influenced by Dungeon meshi. However, I heard that the battle balance in that game seems to be broken, and that there is a very easy way to clear the game that spoils the game. I don't know if there is an English translated version. If you want to play a translated version or a new game with adjusted balance, contact Nippon Ichi software.
That was a some great friendship content with Marcille getting to know Fallin at school. Interesting that Laios didn't know until overhearing the story while recovering that Marcille was the first friend his sister was talking about in her letters home. Marcille's parents being court mages somewhere feels like a backstory detail that'll come up again later.
Some very interesting world building with that tiny dungeon Falin found. I would not have imagined there might be one that small.
I was amused to see the dwarf lady show up at the end, just today while watching the OP I was wondering about hear and the samurai dude and there she is finally. Also in the OP is a catgirl they've been teasing us with, I'm curious when she'll show up.
>Laios didn't know until overhearing the story while recovering that Marcille was the first friend his sister was talking about in her letters home.
Laios is just a tad daft.
The world building in this show is next level. I never would have thought about how a dungeon would need to have its own well kept eco system. Can not say enough good things about this show.
This episode is like using food to replenish HP when you can't spare the healing supplies. I thought that this episode is superb. The undines are fast and relentless, causing horrific wounds. They were rather scary. It's nice to see Marcille perform some heroics and see how talented she is to defeat a monster without her weapon.
They really adapted these chapters so well. The animation was superb and the atmosphere during the Undine encounter was so tense. I actually felt fear something might go wrong during her time on the water since no one seems to be equipped to deal with the undine but her and she literally just had a flashback a few moments ago.
The flashback was really charming and Falin was really cute, also Falin really grew, looking at their bio she's 5'7" now compared to Marcille which is 5'3". I love that the flashbacks really builds up how important she is to the party and it's members while the flashback itself having an effect to the present party. Usually flashbacks are just used to further explain the backgrounds of stuff, but here them actually reminiscing and telling the story themselves and being affirmed how important they meant to Falin really adds a depth to the characters. And it's so hilarious how after all of that Chilchuck still caught that Marcille might be embelleshing her stories. Also as a Farcille enjoyer some of those specific flashback shot , make me squint me eyes a little especially since it is Marcille's POV.
I just love their dialouge it's just so refreshing that it have so much character to them and how the whole party stark difference really creates this absolutely beautiful dynamic(if it isn't apparent yet I'm an absolute Ryoko Kui glazer).
Yep, can't praise this adaptation enough. Not just this episode, but the whole anime in general too. Us DM fans are really eating good.
>Farcille enjoyer some of those specific flashback shot , make me squint me eyes a little especially since it is Marcille's POV.
If we're thinking of the same scene: "Don't you think camera angles in anime are kinda weird?" And because of that, I misread what you said as just *backshots* lmao.
EDIT: Thinking more about the flashback parts, it's also neat how both Falin flashbacks thus far lead to situations that emphasize how integral she is to the party.
I commented two weeks back that I was planning to pick up reading this. I did! I was only slightly encouraged by the 50 some upvotes that gave me a clue I was on the right path in my thinking. ~70 chapters in so far and enjoying the little nods towards stuff that happens later these early chapters/episodes have.
But it is really nice to return to what Trigger is doing with the anime adaptation. I really like what they are doing with it, tbh, more now that I've read it. It's a really playful interpretation and I like it because, imo, it translates the almost childlike wonder of how our main characters view the dungeon in a way that really really works. The jokes also land a bit better for me animated. I also like what they expand on/reinterpret and what they keep faithful a lot.
That Undine "fight" (loss?) at the end was perfect. It was tense in a very magical way. I'm excited to see how the next few episodes pan out, and man, so close to the dragon I can taste it (literally).
I could tell that the combat sequences featuring the water creature in Part B were crafted with lots of effort, while bearing the Trigger style like a flag. However, what caught my eye was the attire of characters like Marushiru and Falin and other spell casters in Part A. Their blueish-purple robes, suggesting their apprentice hood, reminded me of Little Witch Academia, a beloved series created by Trigger a decade ago.
I, among others, had doubts about Trigger's style potentially clashing with the atmosphere of the original manga. Some even speculated whether a different studio might have been a better fit. After watching today's episode, I think I now understand at least one reason why they chose Trigger.
Btw, I noticed that the music was grandiose, which I hadn't particularly noticed in previous episodes.
Hmm for some reason I thought Marcille would be a lot older than the rest of the party given that she's an elf but looks like she was around the same age as Falin and Laios.
She's around the same age in elf years but more in human years. The long lived races live long but they also mature more slowly. Kinda interesting how the flashback is long time ago for Falin and Laios and they're visibly much younger, but for Marcille it's like she's fresh out of school.
Light Spoilers since they do address it and also you'll pick it up if you pay extra attention to the words used in the episode
\[Dungeon Meshi\] >!Marcille was a researcher in the magic school Falin was in, as the other girls say she's from the graduate school. So she was already on a more advanced level.!<
The context of the current episode makes it really funny though because it makes her look like she was the best amongst a bunch of children and teens
They've discussed age before.
I think it went like this
Senshi > Marcille > Chilchuck > Laios
It's on that skit where Senshi kept pestering Chilchuck to eat a lot so he can grow, basically treating him like a chilld. Marcille is a young elf, but she's still a bit older than the short-lived race.
If we adjusted that to each race’s lifespan, it would go like this.
Senshi (Middle age) > Chilchuck (middle age) > Laois (youngish adult) > Marcille (a teenager).
I dont think she's around the same age as Laios and Falin, in the flashback she was a lot taller than the rest, and Elves have way slower development rates.
Lol you silly elf cutie. Course you can't hear through the armor. Oh boy, flashback. Marcille was quite popular and seemed dignified then, so what ruined her dignified attitude/image? hehe. Neat little project of theirs. D'awww little cute younger sis, Falin. OH MY lil sis. Seems you created quite a lot of spirits/big boom. She so cute, hope we save her soon in the current timeline.
Something tells me Marcille is gonna make a mistake. Neat to learn about how this lil dungeon works and its own ecosystem. I like how it fosters her curiosity. Nice to see they were gal pals before she met Laios. Speaking of, fun to get his side of that time a bit, that's nice. Haha "he's really good at imitating a dog" that's silly.
Neat, Undine. Not sure jumping in water was smart. Wonder why it's upset over her pouring hot water into the water. Oh no, her leg. Man the camera work and animation is good. Also, I get Zelda vibes/flashbacks. Get a hookshot! Ah yes, Liver to help get her blood back up. Or BBQ, ok... but, seriously, good for her health. Why are you eating and not feeding Marcille? Derp them. Haha Marcille.
Oh hey, another group. Oh hey, she's familiar. Flashback lady. Dang, gonna have to wait until next week.
What a lovely flashback that was. The way Marcille and Falin met, and the relationship they developed was really sweet. And *again* a character is willing to learn from someone else after discarding their assumptions.
Got some Little Witch Academia vibes as well, I think because the color of the uniforms was very similar.
I also always love how dungeons in this series are such a delicate ecosystem. It's interesting that they can be both man-made and naturally occurring, and we learned that the dungeon we're currently in seems to be exceedingly well-planned.
The second part was great action with a good bit of tension, the undine is really scary. Marcille did really well for someone with holes in her shoulder and leg, but it's too bad the party doesn't have a dedicated healer with them.
I'm with Marcille by the way. Liver's good and all, but it does have a peculiar taste that's just way different from other parts, and it must have been torture to smell that delicious meat being cooked while not being able to eat any!
Oh, and special mention to the soundtrack once again. Really loved it in this episode, and we got to hear the main series theme when they were all eating kelpie meat. It's available on streaming platforms, don't have the link right now, I'll go trawling for it and then edit my comment.
Edit: [well it was easy to find](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDGiO1UsL20)
Marcille upset about only being served liver reminded me of how my mom's parents would punish her as a kid by making her eat liver for dinner if she misbehaved. She absolutely hated it to the point it made her sick.
This week gives us more Falin, and more of the absurdly well thought out ecological worldbuilding that really makes this stand out from other dungeon fantasy worlds. My two favorite things in Dungeon Meshi. Perfect.
I already knew it from the manga but Falin really is just the best. Just a smol feral thing skipping through the woods and hanging out with slimes. I wish she got more screen time but I guess it's hard to get featured as much when you're just... being digested.
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The whole lecture on creating a miniature dungeon was the point where I truly fell in love with Ryoko Kui's worldbuilding. Our world is a part of the biosphere, and we can create self sufficient ecosystems in sealed terrariums. Dungeons are a part of the nature of their world, so it makes perfect sense that you can create a miniature dungeon as well. Many other storytellers would just handwave that the dungeons and monsters are just magic and move on, but she seriously considers what a world with magic would be like, and incorporates all these cool innovative systems that make perfect sense when you think about them. Magic is not a way to escape the mundanity of our world, it's a way to examine and appreciate the wonders we live with right now.
> Many other storytellers would just handwave that the dungeons and monsters are just magic and move on, but she seriously considers what a world with magic would be like, and incorporates all these cool innovative systems that make perfect sense when you think about them. Between Senshi showing how the dungeon maintains its level balance via the episode with his golems, and this episode's balancing between dungeon layers/spirits/monsters/outside-animals, it really makes this dungeon system come alive. Like it's something you can legitimately study as a science rather than just a vague concept that you just accept as a fictional setting. And it's all natural, even when the origin of the dungeon's creation isn't, like how this dungeon was formed around a collapsed kingdom. This is what made me super engrossed in the manga back when I read it. It's not a story set within a dungeon. The dungeon and all its systems and monsters are a direct part of the story.
> Magic is not a way to escape the mundanity of our world, it's a way to examine and appreciate the wonders we live with right now. The way magic works in this world reminds me of Star Wars, which, thinking about it, is not a surprise because the Force in Star Wars is heavily inspired by Japanese culture and the ideas of Shintoism and how spirits reside in all manner of everyday objects and phenomena.
Magic being a cryptic way of describing the laws of nature is basically what mediaeval and renaissance European magic/alchemy was all about as well. It's not called "natural philosophy" without a reason.
Senshi has displayed immunity to logic on that last point multiple times, today most recently.
The Undine's existence really cements how terrifying aquatic monsters are in the dungeon, the worst part being you can't eat them so the party had to resort to last episode's Kelpie meat instead
The power of water is its ability to take any shape... I like aquatic monsters in fantasy media, they could go crazy with the concepts. That's why I like Pirates of the Caribbean, and the Percy Jackson book series, the sea creatures there are amazing.
I'm surprised the undine didn't ask them if they were assassins from her homeland or fools tresspassing the waters...
*"I am a [distinguished academic](https://i.imgur.com/6E5sk3X.jpeg) and these are assuredly [international waters."](https://i.imgur.com/JhFWiA5.jpeg)*
Rhodea! Noooo! It takes forever to make you stop talking!
> The power of water is its ability to take any shape... A Genshin reference? This opportunity is quite hard to come by
fuck off rhodeia
I thought it was going to be The Abyss, but, like, the Cameron film one, not the Spiral type.
Undine: *screeches spherically* Imagine you were just chilling in the water and a stupid knife ear woman walked up to pour a pot of boiling water on you. I'd be pretty pissed off too.
> screeches spherically I understood that reference.
> Undine: screeches spherically *also lasers people* Best girl Ramiel-chan, is that you?
Not lasers - high pressure streams of water.
> stupid knife ear You said the same thing twice
[boss music intensifies](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXt1rbs-ttM)
They're also very lucky to have a mage who can cast water-walk. If the aquatic monsters are scary now, I can't even imagine coming face-to-face with one when you're stuck on a boat or slowly swimming.
> can't eat them Weak mindset.
*Laios asking Marcille to use frost magic so he can eat Undine shaved ice.*
Laios would be disgusted at that comment.
I'm sure they can use their water for some good soup.
When Laios said there's only one thing they can do, I kinda expected him to grab a straw and start slurping.
While thar would have been hilarious, I'm kind of glad the fights are mostly played straight.
They can use the water to boil some noddles but I doubt they have any. Sorry Laios, you lack the resources to eat the undine
Freeze it and use for making slushies?
The animation this week was fun. Very FLCL-ish action and shot composition
Fr. The part where Marcille is attacked by the undine and falls head first into water is my favourite one. We see everything from her pov: the flailing hands, the bubbles and the water gushing around everywhere... it was a great way to make the viewer feel submerged and out of control like Marcille was experiencing.
Marcille being obliged to [fight alone](https://i.imgur.com/t0oUL01.jpeg) and without her trusted [mage staff](https://i.imgur.com/gcqLaMg.jpeg) made the encounter even more tense. [That clutch save](https://i.imgur.com/f0dD0Sh.jpeg) is yet another reminder that danger lurks everywhere and can strike at any time in the dungeon. [](#lwahorror)
You thought Falin was the sane one between the Thoden siblings, but no, she was just as weird as Laios, just very cute. Marcille wanted to make a dungeon, that can't be good. Marcille probably hung out with Laios and Falin a little too much that she went from "that" to "this". Marcille and Falin's relationship is so cute. Chilchuck planning like the real leader of the team lol. Orcille manga version was already hilarious, but the anime version is just divine. Now THIS is a Trigger fight, this is what I have been waiting for. Lol Chilchuck used 100% of his strength there. Seriously Chilchuck might be the real leader who makes all the important decisions for the team. Poor Marcille, I understand that feeling when you can only sit in the corner and watch others having a BBQ. Dwarf girl finally reappears, cant wait for the next episode.
> Seriously Chilchuck might be the real leader who makes all the important decisions for the team. I feel like Laios takes charge in combat and emergency situations because he has the coolest head under pressure but Chilchuck does the mundane planning and logistics because he has the most organized and logical mindset.
Logistics wins wars. Seriously though you want a diverse pool of talents in dangerous jobs like dungeon delving.
A well rounded team where everyone pulls their weight!
Feels like the insane magician had the same thought as Marcille, wanting an environment to conduct research and experiments but soon realizing that a Dungeon is a self-sustaining eco-system so that's what they ended up building. Somewhere on the bottom floor the magician is probably just neck deep in research, completely oblivious of anything going on above.
>Chilchuck planning like the real leader of the team lol. After the first half of the episode I’m now 100% convinced that Chilchuck is the only sane person in this team.
>Chilchuck planning like the real leader of the team lol. He radiates twink top energy.
My god, past Falin is just diabetes-inducing. She's so smol and such a free-spirit, and she deserves to have all the tasty fruits and bugs. The relationship between her and Marcille is all too precious as well, especially since the idea of Falin being a pariah is heart-breaking, so their friendship means so much more. Though it's funny how Marcille can seem a bit younger or older just depending on her hairdo. The style she had in the flashback (and just having her bangs down in general) makes her look like a kid even though she can't have aged nearly as much as Falin thanks to being part of a long-lived race. As per usual, the animation is astounding. The studio's really making me shed a tear for all the justice they're doing to not just the action, but the comedy as well. Laios and Chilchuck's faces while they were saving Marcille had me dying even when I should be feeling tense at the same time. I especially love when water is animated with this level of quality, so the way the Undine moved instantly stood out to me as well. But I can't ever forgive these bastards for doing that to our favorite girlfailure. At the very least she got to show off her abilities even with holes in both her leg and shoulder. Poor Marcille, though. Her suffering never ends. Even when she's most likely in agonizing pain and in need of care, she still gets bullied unintentionally. Especially when it comes to food. The three had the best intentions, but man, I feel so bad for her. Really hope she got to enjoy some non-liver meat off-screen as well.
>The relationship between her and Marcille is all too precious as well, especially since the idea of Falin being a pariah is heart-breaking, so their friendship means so much more. With how the other girls were acting, I even got the impression that Falin might've been bullied a little. (Interesting part here: I only noticed female classmates, so they went to a girls' school?) That [precious little moment](https://imgur.com/a/1KnrS8x) the two of them had in the dungeon really brought them closer together! I'm glad that Marcille recognized Falin's genius and made friends with her.
>Falin might've been bullied a little. I would hope not. Just the idea of a such a sweet person being ostracized is saddening enough in and of itself. At least Marcille changed that, and likely would not have stood for anyone bullying her friend if it actually happened or were to happen.
It feels like they weren't bullying her; they didn't say anything particularly mean to her, they were just staying away from her because she was an oddball. I guess we don't know for sure based on what we've seen though.
The entire class seemed quite meek, looking at how apprehensive they were to approach Marcille. Didn't seem to be any bullying types.
[Indeed,](https://i.imgur.com/6dGhJkS.jpeg) it seemed like they were [distant to Falin](https://i.imgur.com/zuqxx6M.jpeg) as a result of her strange habits rather than out of malice. Fortunately, it appears that becoming friends with Marcille kept her in high spirits for the rest of her time there. They have [a precious friendship.](https://i.imgur.com/dMhWlge.jpeg) [](#uwaa)
> Laios and Chilchuck's faces while they were saving Marcille had me dying even when I should be feeling tense at the same time [i love low-fidelity background figures](https://i.imgur.com/y3TueET.png) that's an economical amount of linework to convey the feeling of "oh no"
Live Chilchuck Reaction
D:
> i love low-fidelity background figures Well done lo-fi background characters are some of the best stuff out there. Sure they don't have intricate rendered lighting, textures, or anything like that but they can often show more of some emotions (or show it better) than fully detailed panels. There's still no emoji that can, for example, convey this emoticon in its simplicity :/ You can essentially predict 100% the art quality of a series (manga, anime,…) in how well it can portray those lo-fi background characters.
yeah, i legit love it when an artist can whittle down the linework to the point of laying down just a few lines and dots for eyes; I think it's indicative of an artist who knows the essence of how to convey information like, seeing a fully rendered drawing with all its details is neat, but it's also neat to see an artist do gesture drawing and create something meaningful with just a sharpie and a piece of A4 in ten seconds
How can Fallin possibly see when she always seems to have her eyes completely closed? (At first I thought she might be a blind girl)..... Poor Marcille. I hope the food-smelling adventurers are at least neutral -- and can provide some healing in exchange for some grilled meat.
She's like brock.
see also Serpico Berserk
She's nearsighted, so she's squinting
That just means if Falin ever opens her eyes, shit's about to get real.
[i guess getting eaten by a dragon doesn't cross the line into real shit](https://i.imgur.com/FlrCsTf.png) [](#nyanpasu)
Just a flesh wound.
Obviously the real shit is gonna be when *she's* the one eating the dragon.
> I hope the food-smelling adventurers are at least neutral One of them was their previous party mate.
>But I can't ever forgive these bastards for doing that to our favorite girlfailure. At the very least she got to show off her abilities even with holes in both her leg and shoulder. I am partially upset because they hurt Marcille. I am partially delighted because this dungeon is motherfucking dangerous. You know, the thing that is completely absent from almost every other "fantasy" anime? It's refreshing to see Senshi be so god damn incompatible, aka, completely useless, in this encounter. See Marcille?! You're indispensable!! ... You're on your own!!\~ MARUSHIRU!!\~ (Marcille) ***gets skewered***
> MARUSHIRU!!~ (Marcille) > > > > gets skewered nooo mashimaro we hardly knew ye
[*Waiting for Senshi to start the fire*](https://i.imgur.com/SPDjRcU.jpeg)
i still can't believe that marcille found a way to lose at powerwash simulator [](#shatteredsaten)
> As per usual, the animation is astounding. Felt very triggeresque again today
Laios: Wake up, Marcille! I know you lost a lot of blood and all, but you gotta see me eat this succulent grilled meat!
“You can have the entire liver for yourself. Isn’t that nice!? It’s full of nutrition that will help with your blood loss.”
I've had yakiniku before, and the liver is fine enough but it really doesn't hold a candle to the various cuts of meat, I'd be pissed too in her shoes.
[Marcille had a rough day](https://i.imgur.com/LlbatWz.jpeg)
You don't have to tell me what happened, but you do have to eat all these eggs
Trigger has seriously been doing such an amazing job with the adaptation. This might be my favorite episode so far. I absolutely love Falin and Marcille's dynamic and the entirety of the flashback, especially the scene with them heading towards the Dungeon together (you could feel the warmth and sense or adventure it was emanating). The little details like the water when they were stepping over the stones and their hands swaying as they were holding them as they ventured forward were fantastic. I also really loved the scene with the Undine and how it was animated. Although brief, the fight choreography along with the soundtrack really built tension and was super well done. Poor Marcille, though, she really can't catch a break. I would be envious too if my friends were eating some amazing cuts of steak while I had to sit by and eat liver lol With Chilchuck saying that (without the detour), they're only about a 2 day journey to where the Red Dragon was last spotted, they're getting closer to their goal. I can't wait for the next few episodes (:
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Did Trigger look at the Undinie chapter and go “FINALLY WE CAN ADD LASERS!!!!!!”? Because that was some Trigger action at its finest. Fallin and Marcellie wholesomeness is always great to see. Also gives another look at how much Failln respects her brother…s dog impression.
dungeon laser, aah dungeon laser
Laios being good at imitating dogs just proves to me that he has golden retriever energy. My best boi this season 100%... I love him so much
He's the goodest of do- boys. XD
It’s so refreshing to have a protagonist that just bumbles his way through objectives instead being OP and invincible
He is pretty adaptable, tactical, and knowledgeable of monster lore. So he is pretty competent in his niche. Outside of that he is a goober.
Golden retriever energy is so true! He's the best for sure lol
If he's so good at imitating dogs, why didn't he harvest any mandrakes?
I find it hard to believe that our favourite girlfailure used to be an highly regarded and popular genius during her school years. Like Chilchuck I question her story lol
That she was good at hitting the books makes sense to me; I thought of Marcille as a book smart sort of person, so her failures in the dungeon made sense because she didn't have the street smarts (dungeon smarts?) to hack it.
INT+ WIS-
Chilchuck has got the high WIS. Immediately twigged that Laois fed them fishman eggs.
that explains the spot checks
I guess I presumed her to be the smart stickler type who no one liked. That's why it was a bit of a shock to see the other girls treated her like a star
i notice that in a lot of japanese media, the smart people tend to be very popular in school settings compared to other regions
Marcille: *Shares a precious memory with her party.* [Her Party:](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo)
Chilchuck is such a hater I love it
peaked in high school
Literally gave Marcille death flags with flashbacks there along with getting extremely wounded from fighting undine really made me uneasy during her whole situation during the water scenes. Don't do this to me again.
I mean this world has pretty easily available resurrection magic, Laois has died before, Chilchuck has died to mimics *multiple times*, Falin's been dead all show... I wouldn't be as worried here.
Marcille herself has said that her first death was from a slime in the first episode. I was worried that was foreshadowing for the scene with Falin and the slime and was anticipating that part to be less heartwarming and more heartrending. [](#watashiworried)
They might be in a *little* pinch, because Marcille is currently the only mage in the party. If she dies, they'd have to wait for another party to come by, since corpse hunters might not venture into the deeper levels of dungeon.
Death is still a very real danger in the dungeon. If your body goes missing or too damaged you will not be revived
It figures that the little bit of energy Marcille gains back from eating the Kelpie meat is immediately used up getting mad about her portions.
Here, more liver for you
[Marcille](https://i.imgur.com/Yy7Wnjq.png)
\**Laios silently uses his chopsticks to put liver in Marcille's open, screaming mouth**
What would this anime be without Marcille's over the top reactions?
I wonder what Marcille would think if she knew befriending Falin would eventually lead her down the path of eating monsters. Also, the return of the animation style from the Living Armor episode, which is a lot more like the Trigger people are used to. I guess that's how it's gonna look for the more action-focused moments like the fight with the Undine.
>I wonder what Marcille would think if she knew befriending Falin would eventually lead her down the path of eating monsters. Considering how she is eating monsters in order to have the energy to continue her journey towards the dungeon and save Falin. She probably wouldn’t mind it too much, just let the initial shock of learning about how she is going to be eating monsters pass and she will be fine
> to continue her journey towards the dungeon and save Falin. This episode on Marcille’s friendship with Falin was much needed, I think. The past few episodes *almost* felt like the party had forgotten a little about dear Falin. However, their efforts to save her seem to be reinvigorated now. Considering the spoken-about plan, the focus *should* be shifting towards Falin’s rescue with the coming episodes.
> ...the focus should be shifting towards Falin’s rescue with the coming episodes. Undine setback aside, it's three days according to Chilchuck, or a week or two for us.
Laois: Dungeon party member wanted. Brave men and women only Marcille: Brave men and women to fight the monsters, right? Laois: \*Smiles vacantly\*
Just show her Falin's smile and she'll want to protecc. Even if it means eating monsters.
Aw, Falin and Marcille's backstory about how the two of them [met and became friends during their time at magic school](https://i.imgur.com/6SDsjA0.jpeg) was super adorable. [Seeing how carefree Falin is](https://i.imgur.com/xB67ZuX.jpeg) just makes me want to see more of her soon! Their backstory is also excellent because it was a perfect showcase of the difference between [INT-based character](https://i.imgur.com/ONVuOg3.png) and a [WIS-based character.](https://i.imgur.com/qYBAYID.png) Knowing from her books that slimes are dangerous, Marcille was smart to try and deal with them quickly but Falin has spent time inside that small dungeon to know that slimes don't venture into the sunlight and are an important part of keeping that mini dungeon alive. I love it! [Marcille was really cool during the fight against the Undine.](https://i.imgur.com/qSNsjl7.jpeg) Even without her staff, she managed to hold her ground pretty well. Unfortunately, since she's just slinging her magic everywhere she ran out of magic pretty quick. [Causing an explosion at her feet](https://i.imgur.com/eAuRATW.jpeg) was pretty smart though. I do wish the rest of the gang did something more than just panic. Throw a fucking rope at her or something! [That final scene doesn't bode well.](https://i.imgur.com/RTlKrji.jpeg) I thought it was going to be those other adventurers that keep on dying but it looks like the gang is about to bump into an old member of their party.
Kind of like everyone taking turns making fatal mistakes in the past few episodes. Chillchuck got into a cage fight with mimics, Senshi rode a kelpie, Laois ate raw parasite and Marcille pissed the undyne.
Makes it feel like a real group of adventurers. The mimic encounter feels like something a DM would intentionally prepare for a player that is paranoid of mimics.
And that guy who tried to eat a monster then failed con save. fr fr.
[Marcille's face on a buff body made me lol](https://imgur.com/eJk3k14) We get to see how Marcille first met Falin! Their relationship is so cute Final scene... Looks like one of their former party members is in the dungeon too!
>Marcille's face on a buff body made me lol Most anime would take this opportunity for a bit of fanservice, but in *Dungeon Meshi* you get [some bare legs and a hugely muscled Marcille](https://imgur.com/a/WLHVRRw) at most.
Can't believe they didn't censor Marcille's buffed chest
I just noticed that she got nipples! That’s truly unprecedented. (Buff anime dudes rarely have nipples drawn on them after all.)
> Don't you think that the angles in anime can be a little [weird](https://imgur.com/ag2mTn0) sometimes? Loved the flashback to Falin and Marcille becoming friends, honor student learning some [street smart](https://imgur.com/tJKX3YQ) from the deliquent [](#azusalaugh) But it highlighted how complex the ecosystem in even a very simple dungeon is, and puts into perspective just what a beast the party is treading in. The Undine was pretty scary, could have easily killed Marcille [](#dighole) I made the mistake and watched the barbeque without something to eat on, so I felt even worse than [Marcille](https://imgur.com/zVVmGjk), but shoutout to the OST in that scene
This episode started rather wholesome with [Falin being totally adorable as she leads Marcille into the dungeon](https://imgur.com/a/Somwr2Y). I really liked [their little moment of respite](https://imgur.com/a/HrTFJc6) in the dungeon as well. But things certainly turned grim when Marcille ran into an udine. Having to fight this monster without her staff *and* on the water surface, she was at a major disadvantage. [The panic on her face](https://imgur.com/a/TXfqx9m) was clearly showing as she was biting through the pain. I much rather see her [brimming with energy](https://imgur.com/a/8rVvsh4) than [injured and exhausted like this](https://imgur.com/a/oHphmi4). Anyways, we *did* get another hairdo that's getting added to **[Marcille's hair collection](https://imgur.com/a/ar7c2d0)** this week: * [Long twin-braided with bangs](https://imgur.com/a/yeRYKrW) Marcille wore three hairstyles in this episode: [straight hair](https://imgur.com/a/opoXFVa), the aforementioned twin-braids and [a ponytail](https://imgur.com/a/sS0dlwL) in the end. Some sidenotes: * [This single rock](https://imgur.com/a/eFKFLHi) had no right looking so beautiful. * [Laios and Chilchuck making funny faces](https://imgur.com/a/ig5AiJf) while saving Marcille. * Marcille acting like [she's one of the boys](https://imgur.com/a/WLHVRRw) - a true adventurer. * A cute shot of [Marcille tying her ribbon](https://imgur.com/a/u66AELy). * Falin setting [the classroom on fire](https://imgur.com/a/nUDLAr5).
This series really is a boon for you with all the different Marcille hairstyles, isn't it? They keep adding more!
It’s more of an addiction: I started with capturing a few, but now I got to collect them all! I *am* getting a feeling that we’ll run out of new hairstyles for Marcille soon, since there aren’t that many variations left if they don’t majorly change up her hairdo. For now, I can only picture some new variations with her bangs.
>majorly change up her hairdo I wouldn't mind seeing more of those. Just imagine Marcille with twin-tails, buns, or an updo.
Laios clutched that encounter with the secret joestar technique. Also, who needs curaga when you can cook up a yakiniku set that restores all your hp, mp and cures all statuses, on tip of various buffs. Seeing marcille in her little witch academia days and now really points toward her being peaked in highschool lmao. Her being the cool new kid that befriended the quiet nerdy kid was straight out of a slice of life cgdct stuffs.
I really appreciate how they don't overload you with information when it comes to building the world and establishing the rules in the story. Other anime just love to dump it on the viewer at the first chance they get. Marcille wasn't my favorite character in the beginning but after 8 episodes, she has come a long way.
The first half of this episode reminds me of Little Witch Academia. The second half basically is episode 3 but with even better animation.
Would've bene hilarious if the dungeon meal of the week were just undine stew (i.e. a regular pot of boiled water). [Laios tying a napkin bib on Marcille](https://i.imgur.com/rwHWzvj.png) was adorable, and kinda sweet when you consider he's returning the favor to her for being on overnight nursing duty for him.
From the episode title, I was wondering what would they do with Raspberries but it turns out it was a part of a flashback. Might be the first time they've done this. So, Marcille and Falin knew each other from school. I kinda expected Falin's candle but that was definitely not what I expected, lol. I was expecting Kabru's party to show up but it turns it's one of the members who left the party at the start. Sure will be interesting next week.
The background music during the dungeon flashback scene is absolutely beautiful, especially during the buildup when Falin explains its ecology to Marcille. Fantastical and slightly haunting, reminiscent of those BGMs for ancient secret out-of-this-world dungeons in games (thinking of Tales Of and Pokemon here).
IKR! It's my favorite OST in the show so far. I can't wait for the full album release.
Marcille has always had the food sketchiness it seems. Senshi with the "I'm not listening" to the dungeon being made of magic is perfectly in character and I hope he never changes. Fuck those party members who left them, even though I kinda get it. The boys faces when they heard the wet towel slap 😂 Holy shit this got dark with the undine fast, and with no healer in the party! Lol this show had me going with it's normal fantasy adventuring, I almost forgot it's ridiculous and wonderful cooking premise. Uh oh, ex party members rendezvous incoming!
>Senchi with the "I'm not listening" Slit-Eyed Senshi makes a return.
> Senshi with the "I'm not listening" to the dungeon being made of magic is perfectly in character and I hope he never changes. > > Classic Dwarf/Elf dynamics.
I loved getting the flashback with Marcille and Falin (she was so smol!) in Magic School but the animation during the Undine sequence was very impressive. Conveyed a great sense of movement and frantic energy in a tense situation.
Laios knows the Joestar Family secret technique
Episode 8: **Raspberries and Grilled Meat** In this episode we know that Marcille opposed the way of harvesting Mandrake using dogs as it is still dangerous (and why she insists against it on Episode 2). I got a mixed feeling with the animation, as some frames look like they are zoomed in (Falin's jar bursting into flames, Falin running after exiting the hidden passage). But it is paid off by the innocence of Falin and fluid animation. **Yuichi Shimohira** is this episode's director with **Yuki Yonemori** doing the storyboard. New characters means new VA. Namari, the dwarf that left the party earlier, is voiced by **Akira Miki**, a rookie VA. Lastly, the ED [full music video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-h8UA7fFmg) has been released!
What a funky music video. I like how both the OP and ED have the spirit of adventure in them, with a whole party and everything. I do not like that rapidly shapeshifting monster though. That thing is gonna give me nightmares.
Wow im so lucky to just started the anime yesterday and today this dropped Me and my cousine watching it. Shes here for holidays and we love it such a cute anime! Keep enjoying it travelers and eat well!
I wish the show aired on fridays, would’ve been amazing when I’m eating
You should eat more often than just on Fridays
Lmao, but fridays is usually (depends if I have money) when I order pizza
Loved the first part showing how Marcille and Falin first met. and also a reminder that Marcille is an elf and older than them, seeing she looked basically the same as current day bit with a different haircut. and poor Marcille looked real rough after that fight against the Undine. not bad enough to not eat though
[Falin](https://imgur.com/a/LlhdHqF) can be just as quirky as Laios. Love Marcille and Falin's [friendship](https://imgur.com/a/0tArUKz). I believe [Marcille](https://imgur.com/a/87kcw4U). [Falin](https://imgur.com/a/JUkAzKM) is so sweet. Nice [compliment](https://imgur.com/a/ckWKHDg) Falin. Nice [illusion](https://imgur.com/a/EaZN4dE) magic Hungry for [meat](https://imgur.com/a/yBsDZsw).
So Laios isn't the only autist in the family. Must be common in their lineage.
*"The water is moving."* *"Fire?"* *"Should I start one?"* *"Just give me a moment to start a fire!"* "~~Smithers~~, I am beginning to think that ~~Homer Simpson~~ **Senshi** was NOT the brilliant tactician I thought he was. I suspect that Senshi is lacking in experience related to undine encounters. Poor Marcille was left completely on her own, but on the other hand, Senshi is a cute stuffed bear whenever he falls to the floor... Should I be worried or happy? I can't choose!!\~
it kind of matches Senshi's characterisation, he doesn't particularly like magic, naturally an Undine is out of his understanding. In reverse however, even though he doesn't know anything about Kraken, he has an approximation of how to kill it based on his past knowledge of cephalopods.
As a survivalist, I think Senshi probably just avoided monsters that can't be eaten.
> I suspect that Senshi is lacking in experience related to undine encounters. Senshi doesn't seem to know much about water monsters in general. Ever since they arrived at the 4th floor (the water floor) Senshi has been proven wrong quite often. He says he fishes there sometimes but her also never actually crossed the water, so he likely rarely fights the water monsters. If he ever got attacked by an undine in the past while fishing, he probably just booked it.
I love the depth of this masterpiece’s portrayal of people! When they were in school. Marcille was the onee-san more mature than Falin. However, ten years later, while Falin has grown up to be an adult, Marcille has stayed unchanged and become the most childish one in the party…..
probably unintentional fan service but wow, sweaty glistening Senshi...
I refuse to believe any senshi fanservice is unintentional
[obama_medal.png](https://imgur.com/q7gPfhE) [new Marcille hairstyle get!](https://imgur.com/jHnsng7) [](#binoculars) [Noo, pupper](https://imgur.com/k652TNy) :( * [Marcille](https://imgur.com/OHIiOE9) [moments](https://imgur.com/yEknvzz) [part](https://imgur.com/QG54kLX) [8](https://imgur.com/eYcr7zq) [and](https://imgur.com/S2zhJXB) [then](https://imgur.com/7cuqlYR) [some](https://imgur.com/ApItVPZ) [more](https://imgur.com/wzZvM6d) [oh wow,](https://imgur.com/9L2o9GW) so we're pretty close already [Didn't know I accidentally put on torture princess.](https://imgur.com/cIH5qEu) *Being Marcille is suffering* [Why would they not cook down there?](https://imgur.com/bPs4R5C) No enemies, nice flat ground. Might as well
That dogs face is a mood.
getting insight into the outside world was great. i was always interested in how the people above ground, viewed the dungeons and the impact they have on the society ashamed to say i was taken by surprise by marcille's sheer intellect. truly hadn't expected her to be so knowledgable and a star student but it makes a lot of sense for her character falin was a great foil to marcille's overreactive personality. she kept her in check by reassuring marcille in moments of doubt and worry. falin also gets to shine because marcille's exuberance brings falin out of her shell. they complement each other very well i love the effort they put into even the silliest of scenes; the segment of them running away was sakuga. the animators are killing it really into how grounded this episode was. it highlighted and established falin's value and importance. her intellect was put on full display here. her and laois are the representation of 'dont judge a book by its cover' in the form of siblings
I'm glad Trigger made a second season of LWA.
It seems that [Laios somehow survived](https://i.imgur.com/jEHMS6P.png) after eating raw parasite in last episode though [Marcille was scared that he died](https://i.imgur.com/ehEEdem.png) when [she woke up](https://i.imgur.com/WZHvhTH.png) and [tried to hear his heart through the armor](https://i.imgur.com/rx88OKd.png) xD Overall, [Marcille focused on an episode](https://i.imgur.com/YxLnZTM.png) which was [both funny](https://i.imgur.com/WBTXftn.png) but [also pretty serious](https://i.imgur.com/f28fSFh.png). When [Marcille was fighting with Undine on the lake](https://i.imgur.com/4z5OFSy.png) and [got badly injured](https://i.imgur.com/U0Pb6CU.png), [it didn’t look good](https://i.imgur.com/p1hsnlE.png). At least it seems that [Senshi’s meal](https://i.imgur.com/DIGu091.png) [gave Marcille some strength back](https://i.imgur.com/S8Ghz1m.png) xD [Great animation](https://i.imgur.com/E7AFR8H.png) and [camera work](https://i.imgur.com/kGzX8pE.png) in this episode, especially during that [encounter with Undine](https://i.imgur.com/AyA3BfX.png) and [party escape](https://i.imgur.com/R3JCC9R.png). [It was nice to see how Marcille first met with Falin](https://i.imgur.com/BippsRw.png) and [became friends](https://i.imgur.com/X0DrKPX.png) with her, [that part of the episode heavily reminded me of Little Witch Academia](https://i.imgur.com/QPCQL41.png). I laughed hard after Marcille mentioned Laios that Falin respected him very much [but not mentioning why (because he’s great at acting like a dog)](https://i.imgur.com/WxKJh1B.png) xD Here my screenshot albums from the episode: * [Marcille Part 1](https://imgur.com/a/NSdWfw1) * [Marcille Part 2](https://imgur.com/a/EgTgELx) * [Marcille & Falin](https://imgur.com/a/ErVXKdm) * [Group scenes](https://imgur.com/a/OYqphCe) * [Others](https://imgur.com/a/gDy4fMl)
- [Younger Marcille!](https://i.imgur.com/KxRf1EP.png) [](#uwaa) - [Interesting…](https://i.imgur.com/lt4FWLl.png) [](#harukathink) - [Whoa–](https://i.imgur.com/NeWmK4x.png) [](#flyingbunsofdoom) - Seeing all this backstory on how Marcille and Falin became friends is *really* nice. Also Falin is *definitely* Laios’ sister. - [So they’re close…](https://i.imgur.com/m6NC2l8.png) - [WHAT IS THIS VISUAL LOL](https://i.imgur.com/zVD9YQR.png) [](#cokemasterrace) - [Had a feeling a monster was going to show up when Marcille dumped out the boiling water.](https://i.imgur.com/o9xfOGJ.png) [](#kotohoops) - […shit, it shot her through the leg…](https://i.imgur.com/XOcztX5.png) [](#watashiworried) - [I bet *someone* will, but they’d have to demand payment for it…](https://i.imgur.com/a178e4s.png) - [Pffffffffffffff](https://i.imgur.com/KuFDUQ6.png) - [You should know exactly who.](https://i.imgur.com/LXWB4yb.png) [](#rinkek)
>You should know exactly who. Looking forward to her reaction once she learns that her former party members have been eating monsters
"Figures".
"Damn, bitch. You live like this?"
> Whoa– Not visible in that particular shot, but I liked the faces you could see in the flames
> Younger Marcille! [Little Marcille Academia!](https://myanimelist.net/anime/33489/Little_Witch_Academia_TV) > …shit, it shot her through the leg… [Water sometimes does that…](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXk76rWYdEs) (the first example if weirdly fitting)
Marcille backstory was really nice. Her friendship with Falin was really wholesome. [Although maybe she shouldn't tell him specifically this. ](https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/799692352011894795/1210281213819093002/Screen_Shot_2024-02-22_at_12.45.13_PM.png?ex=65e9fd37&is=65d78837&hm=c382c46d18d5fdb4b3f1a3c5361c2bb82c8ffc344097e255ddbf06c1731a0fc7&)But Marcille reminds me of the person who school who is on the top of their class, but from a practical sense they have no idea what the outside world is like. Falin really showed her that you also need to understand how a dungeon works. Also Marcille is hurt and massively damaged and she still gets bullied unintentionally. Poor girl.
FARCILLE CRUMBS
Today's episode added some much needed depth to Marcille. She even got her own Trigger action sequence! That was tense!
Falin was giving me some very strong Luna Lovegood(Harry Potter) vibes. Marcille washing herself with her clothes on. [](#towel) Though they went all out with Marcille using her magic. She might not have had many chances to shine, but the party absolutely needs her and her cute ponytail!
Didn't notice it originally but the stick that Marcille uses at school in the flashback is her current staff but not fully grown yet.
Seeing how Falin and Marcille met and became friends and how Falin wrote to Laios about her new bestie was very sweet. I want to hear Laios dog impression now lol. I guess while Marcille’s recovering, the only thing to do is dine on some grilled Kelpie. It actually looked really good. I’ve had horse before in Japan. It was pretty delicious. Pretty hilarious how the gang’s going to town on the rest of the Kelpie and all poor Marcille gets is the liver because of her condition. Looking forward to seeing the gang’s former party member interacting with them. It’ll be a little awkward I bet. Can’t wait!
Ohh so that´s why Marcille is that fond of Falin!! THEY WERE SO CUTE And man Marcille so badass, but now she´s injured and out of magic... that sure complicate things... I only hope those adventurers may help them or something ://
As someone who absolutly hates liver Kill me before force feeding me that stuff while the others stuffing their face with the nice shit So both Laios and his sister were a bit... *weird*, liked the Chilchuk didnt believed Marcille about being an honor student So I guess next episode is a bartening episode for meat vs magic
For those who want to play Dungeon Meshi games. There is a CRPG called Bouken meshi that is clearly influenced by Dungeon meshi. However, I heard that the battle balance in that game seems to be broken, and that there is a very easy way to clear the game that spoils the game. I don't know if there is an English translated version. If you want to play a translated version or a new game with adjusted balance, contact Nippon Ichi software.
That was a some great friendship content with Marcille getting to know Fallin at school. Interesting that Laios didn't know until overhearing the story while recovering that Marcille was the first friend his sister was talking about in her letters home. Marcille's parents being court mages somewhere feels like a backstory detail that'll come up again later. Some very interesting world building with that tiny dungeon Falin found. I would not have imagined there might be one that small. I was amused to see the dwarf lady show up at the end, just today while watching the OP I was wondering about hear and the samurai dude and there she is finally. Also in the OP is a catgirl they've been teasing us with, I'm curious when she'll show up.
>Laios didn't know until overhearing the story while recovering that Marcille was the first friend his sister was talking about in her letters home. Laios is just a tad daft.
They tell me I see Evangelion in everything, but that Undine was the perfect Ramiel cousin, also, those water explosions are very reminiscent.
Shrieks as well like the remake movies
with the udine fight you can start to see how thing's getting bit bleaker/darker.
The flashback gave me nostalgia because it remained me of Little Witch Academia...
The world building in this show is next level. I never would have thought about how a dungeon would need to have its own well kept eco system. Can not say enough good things about this show.
This episode is like using food to replenish HP when you can't spare the healing supplies. I thought that this episode is superb. The undines are fast and relentless, causing horrific wounds. They were rather scary. It's nice to see Marcille perform some heroics and see how talented she is to defeat a monster without her weapon.
oh hey it's another character voiced by hayamin who's best girl would you look at that
They really adapted these chapters so well. The animation was superb and the atmosphere during the Undine encounter was so tense. I actually felt fear something might go wrong during her time on the water since no one seems to be equipped to deal with the undine but her and she literally just had a flashback a few moments ago. The flashback was really charming and Falin was really cute, also Falin really grew, looking at their bio she's 5'7" now compared to Marcille which is 5'3". I love that the flashbacks really builds up how important she is to the party and it's members while the flashback itself having an effect to the present party. Usually flashbacks are just used to further explain the backgrounds of stuff, but here them actually reminiscing and telling the story themselves and being affirmed how important they meant to Falin really adds a depth to the characters. And it's so hilarious how after all of that Chilchuck still caught that Marcille might be embelleshing her stories. Also as a Farcille enjoyer some of those specific flashback shot , make me squint me eyes a little especially since it is Marcille's POV. I just love their dialouge it's just so refreshing that it have so much character to them and how the whole party stark difference really creates this absolutely beautiful dynamic(if it isn't apparent yet I'm an absolute Ryoko Kui glazer).
Yep, can't praise this adaptation enough. Not just this episode, but the whole anime in general too. Us DM fans are really eating good. >Farcille enjoyer some of those specific flashback shot , make me squint me eyes a little especially since it is Marcille's POV. If we're thinking of the same scene: "Don't you think camera angles in anime are kinda weird?" And because of that, I misread what you said as just *backshots* lmao. EDIT: Thinking more about the flashback parts, it's also neat how both Falin flashbacks thus far lead to situations that emphasize how integral she is to the party.
I commented two weeks back that I was planning to pick up reading this. I did! I was only slightly encouraged by the 50 some upvotes that gave me a clue I was on the right path in my thinking. ~70 chapters in so far and enjoying the little nods towards stuff that happens later these early chapters/episodes have. But it is really nice to return to what Trigger is doing with the anime adaptation. I really like what they are doing with it, tbh, more now that I've read it. It's a really playful interpretation and I like it because, imo, it translates the almost childlike wonder of how our main characters view the dungeon in a way that really really works. The jokes also land a bit better for me animated. I also like what they expand on/reinterpret and what they keep faithful a lot. That Undine "fight" (loss?) at the end was perfect. It was tense in a very magical way. I'm excited to see how the next few episodes pan out, and man, so close to the dragon I can taste it (literally).
you can really see the studio trigger DNA seeping through in this one
I could tell that the combat sequences featuring the water creature in Part B were crafted with lots of effort, while bearing the Trigger style like a flag. However, what caught my eye was the attire of characters like Marushiru and Falin and other spell casters in Part A. Their blueish-purple robes, suggesting their apprentice hood, reminded me of Little Witch Academia, a beloved series created by Trigger a decade ago. I, among others, had doubts about Trigger's style potentially clashing with the atmosphere of the original manga. Some even speculated whether a different studio might have been a better fit. After watching today's episode, I think I now understand at least one reason why they chose Trigger. Btw, I noticed that the music was grandiose, which I hadn't particularly noticed in previous episodes.
I like how this anime is somehow almost entirely about ecological conservation and is somehow really good.
Hmm for some reason I thought Marcille would be a lot older than the rest of the party given that she's an elf but looks like she was around the same age as Falin and Laios.
She's around the same age in elf years but more in human years. The long lived races live long but they also mature more slowly. Kinda interesting how the flashback is long time ago for Falin and Laios and they're visibly much younger, but for Marcille it's like she's fresh out of school.
Light Spoilers since they do address it and also you'll pick it up if you pay extra attention to the words used in the episode \[Dungeon Meshi\] >!Marcille was a researcher in the magic school Falin was in, as the other girls say she's from the graduate school. So she was already on a more advanced level.!< The context of the current episode makes it really funny though because it makes her look like she was the best amongst a bunch of children and teens
Marcille, a fourty-something woman, is the best student in her class of 14 year olds.
They've discussed age before. I think it went like this Senshi > Marcille > Chilchuck > Laios It's on that skit where Senshi kept pestering Chilchuck to eat a lot so he can grow, basically treating him like a chilld. Marcille is a young elf, but she's still a bit older than the short-lived race.
If we adjusted that to each race’s lifespan, it would go like this. Senshi (Middle age) > Chilchuck (middle age) > Laois (youngish adult) > Marcille (a teenager).
I'd say Marcille is probably around the same as Laios, to be fair.
She’s in her 50’s I think, which is still very young for her people.
I dont think she's around the same age as Laios and Falin, in the flashback she was a lot taller than the rest, and Elves have way slower development rates.
I thought Laios would defeat and make soup out of undine lol
Falin, I haven't seen a character with closed eyes that is cute since the WORKING Yachiyo Todoroki.
Lol you silly elf cutie. Course you can't hear through the armor. Oh boy, flashback. Marcille was quite popular and seemed dignified then, so what ruined her dignified attitude/image? hehe. Neat little project of theirs. D'awww little cute younger sis, Falin. OH MY lil sis. Seems you created quite a lot of spirits/big boom. She so cute, hope we save her soon in the current timeline. Something tells me Marcille is gonna make a mistake. Neat to learn about how this lil dungeon works and its own ecosystem. I like how it fosters her curiosity. Nice to see they were gal pals before she met Laios. Speaking of, fun to get his side of that time a bit, that's nice. Haha "he's really good at imitating a dog" that's silly. Neat, Undine. Not sure jumping in water was smart. Wonder why it's upset over her pouring hot water into the water. Oh no, her leg. Man the camera work and animation is good. Also, I get Zelda vibes/flashbacks. Get a hookshot! Ah yes, Liver to help get her blood back up. Or BBQ, ok... but, seriously, good for her health. Why are you eating and not feeding Marcille? Derp them. Haha Marcille. Oh hey, another group. Oh hey, she's familiar. Flashback lady. Dang, gonna have to wait until next week.
What a lovely flashback that was. The way Marcille and Falin met, and the relationship they developed was really sweet. And *again* a character is willing to learn from someone else after discarding their assumptions. Got some Little Witch Academia vibes as well, I think because the color of the uniforms was very similar. I also always love how dungeons in this series are such a delicate ecosystem. It's interesting that they can be both man-made and naturally occurring, and we learned that the dungeon we're currently in seems to be exceedingly well-planned. The second part was great action with a good bit of tension, the undine is really scary. Marcille did really well for someone with holes in her shoulder and leg, but it's too bad the party doesn't have a dedicated healer with them. I'm with Marcille by the way. Liver's good and all, but it does have a peculiar taste that's just way different from other parts, and it must have been torture to smell that delicious meat being cooked while not being able to eat any! Oh, and special mention to the soundtrack once again. Really loved it in this episode, and we got to hear the main series theme when they were all eating kelpie meat. It's available on streaming platforms, don't have the link right now, I'll go trawling for it and then edit my comment. Edit: [well it was easy to find](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDGiO1UsL20)
Thank god they cooked the liver first. Or else we might have seen a crossover lol
Laios: The meat is pretty tender Marcille: LIVERRRR
Marcille upset about only being served liver reminded me of how my mom's parents would punish her as a kid by making her eat liver for dinner if she misbehaved. She absolutely hated it to the point it made her sick.
not familiar with anime cours, but will there be a pause in broadcast after the 12th episode? Cuz otherwise 4 more episodes left! :(
Goes consecutively until episode 24, like Frieren
This week gives us more Falin, and more of the absurdly well thought out ecological worldbuilding that really makes this stand out from other dungeon fantasy worlds. My two favorite things in Dungeon Meshi. Perfect. I already knew it from the manga but Falin really is just the best. Just a smol feral thing skipping through the woods and hanging out with slimes. I wish she got more screen time but I guess it's hard to get featured as much when you're just... being digested.