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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.
AH! A new OP and ED! I like both of them, though this OP isn’t much darker than the last despite the plot taking a turn towards more depressing developments. And so many characters being shown off! We meet some in this episode, too.
Our first fully off-main-cast episode. We follow Kabru’s party with them being revived where our main quartet left them, by the Tansu party, no less!
They dawdle a bit, then it’s time for more new charachters. We finally meet Shuro! And who are all these girls following him around?
This one seems especially unhappy to be there, too.
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.
Kinda just echoing what everyone else is saying, I really don’t like Kabru’s party lol, none of them pass the vibe check for me, Kabru is such a narcissist, he truly believes himself to be the protagonists of this world and his party seem completely bought into his delusion. He seems very observant but also draws the most cynical conclusions from his observations.
I am also slightly bummed that it seems we’ll be getting more of dealing with these guys instead of pursuing Falin and solving that mystery. Maybe I’ll grow to like these new characters or appreciate them at least, I trust the show enough to trust that whatever happens next will be interesting and make for an engaging watch.
Shuro and his party are all great, and Laios’ party will be picking up their fifth member soon.
The girls that follow Shuro around are all genuine, although we’ll learn that their loyalty to Shuro stems from some seriously fucked up shit in Shuro’s family.
Kabru’s party is just one of five (IIRC) parties that the story will eventually center around. (We’ve already met the Tansus, but there’s one more, teased in both OPs)
Also, can you imagine how satisfying it’s going to be, if Kabru figures iut that the Toudens aren’t some malicious self-centred schemers (like he is and therefore seems to think they must be) and are in fact just weird but wonderful people?! 🤣
That would be so cathartic, I hope we get a moment like that.