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Dungeon Meshi is a well liked manga, and an adaptation by Studio Trigger is now airing. If you haven’t picked this one up, consider joining us. Both for fun and as a way of contributing to activity on Lemmy.

Episodes are available to stream on Netflix.

The cast grows by 5! Namari is back, for a short while at least… While Marcille isn’t too hot on seeing her again, it’s clear Namari isn’t as callous about leaving the party as Marcy might suspect.

Again, we learn many new details about the world, the Tansus are real experts on the dungeon and they share some tidbits on what makes the place so different to the outside world. Though both them and their adopted twins tend to look down on “normal” adventurers.

Marcille cooks up a stew, new relationships are formed over a meal, and an old friendship gets repaired.

Remember not to spoil anything if you’re a manga reader, but feel free to elaborate on tidbits of lore that may not be coming through in the adaptation.

  • @Hugin
    4•9 months ago

    In defense of the Tansus he can resurrect a dead person. Having Namari die in his place makes sense. He can and did being her back to life. Had he died she probably could not resurrect him.

    • MentalEdgeOPMEnglish
      3•9 months ago

      It wasn’t necessary to endanger her in the first place. He’d been warned of the undine and simply walked into danger knowing he could have a person die in his stead.

      On her own, Namari likely could have pulled out of the undines range safely. She might even have been able to do it while protecting Tansu, had he given her a heads up on the plan instead of restricting her ability to act down to being little more than a meat shield. She can’t do her thing if he gets her killed in the first split second of a fight, and then he has the gall to accuse her of incompetence.

      The Tansus don’t communicate, even their adopted kids aren’t let in on their leadership decisions, they just do what the Tansus tell them to do when told to do so.

      They expect to do all the thinking, while the party acts like chess pieces that do not act on their own. They don’t even consider the possibility that Namari has the experience to think for herself and be co-operative, rather than simply subordinate.

      Had Laios not been there to formulate a plan before acting to deal with the Tentacles, Tansu would have just thrown people at the monster until the party or the monster was dead. Instead, with Senshi and Laios there, Namari feels comfortable completely ignoring Tansus orders, while Kiki gets herself nearly killed following his instructions.

      Mrs Tansu can cast the resurrection spell as well.