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Dungeon Meshi - Monster Eater - Laios' Party card art
Has falin always had a meat tenderizer? I know she's had maces but i didnt know shes used a big meat hammer too?
It's shown in a quick flashback in the manga she carrying one. Idk if this is in the anime, is just a single panel.
One of the things I really appreciate about Dungeon Meshi is how the text is so clearly full of love for animals. Like the true kind of love Laios feels for the monster where he wants to know everything about them, but most of all he respects them and loves them as animals.
One of the chapters I can't stop thinking about is the one about Anne the Kelpie. It's kind of impressive how well it illustrates the different kind of love people have for animals. And how someone that loves an animal isn't necessarily an animal lover. If that makes sense.
When Senshi calls out Anne what he says is "Don't worry Anne's Harmless" but she isn't, she's a wild animal.
Marcille immediately reacts positively about it thinking it's cute she accepts the treat Senshi has for her. And hers and Chilchuck's reaction to Senshi wanting to cross the river on her back is more surprise while Laios immediately realizes how bad of an idea it is.
But Laios is the animal monster lover so how come when he finally is faced with a "docile" monster he doesn't react positively like the others? Marcille even calls him a monster. That's because Laios loves monsters, and Senshi loves Anne.
I've seen this attitude around me several times, where people love a specific animal but what they love is their idea of that animal, they don't really know them because they don't love the animal part of them.
It becomes a "this one is special because I love them" that can quickly become an issue for the animal as much as it is for the person. It's something unfortunate I see time and time again irl.
Anne wasn't wicked, Anne wasn't mean, Anne didn't trick him. Anne was a wild animal and Senshi loved her as Anne but not as a kelpie.
She acted on instinct, maybe she did love Senshi in the way kelpies can love, but animals are still animals and must be respected and treated as such. Climbing on top of Anne's back was the equivalent of putting your arm inside a alligator's mouth, the mouth is gonna close because that's what they're designed to do.
The real life equivalent I see the most of "I love this animal but I don't love the animal part of them" is with dogs. If you insist on loving an animal without acknowledging they ARE an animal they might hurt you, you might hurt them, it will only end in grief.
The best way you can love an animal is by understanding they're an animal.
That is all to say I don't mean that the love Senshi felt for Anne wasn't real or that it's all his fault. He couldn't have known with the information he had and unfortunately it came down to the worst outcome.
I just love dungeon meshi dearly.
One of the blu-ray bonus is an extra about Anne
Dungeon Meshi continues to be amazing "can you really provide for that animal" is something more people should ask themselves before getting a pet <3
I relate to Laios so much in this way. Every time I hear people talk about animals or "pets" in such a... either anthropomorphizing or objectifiying way. I think it comes from a mixture of: we're not socialized to think of ourselves as animals and the desire to elevate the beings we care about into personhood.
But another animal's experience is just as valid and it always boggles me to think not everyone has that reflex - then I remember exactly when I learned it.
When I was a smol lass, like 6-7, I would rough-house with the cat a lot. One day my mom said "How would you feel if you got pushed around like that?" and I immediately stopped to think about it. I think that seed of thought germinated into a general respect and empathy for the wellness of other creatures over time. I didn't rough-house with any creature in such a way after that ever again.
I don't even watch Dungeon Meshi but because the Internet has decided to force the fandom upon me, I now have to start eating regularly because if I fucking don't, a dwarf from a show I DON'T WATCH will be disappointed or sad or angry or something. And quite frankly, I can't stand to let someone with that magnificent of a beard down.
Senshi I'm sorry that I only eat two meals a day but I'm fucking trying!
He'd be proud that you're trying at all
Source: Delicious in Dungeon Danjon Meshi ダンジョン飯
by Ryōko Kui
I just realized he kept his helmet on through this.
Why did neither of them stop to think about taking it off...
I feel like Ryoko Kui might've originally planned to keep Senshi's helmet all the time as a gag and then changed her mind because that's pretty limiting.
Because like 5 chapters later this happens
For anyone who is as curious as me: this is what Senshi's diary booklet looks like, it's a bonus from the Harta magazine where Dungeon Meshi is published.
This is the newer version of the booklet, the original one didn't have Izutsumi, she even drew on the newer version back cover but I couldn't find a scan to add to the post
I feel like something that really works for Dungeon Meshi is that all the characters are good at their jobs from the beginning. At the start of the show/manga the Touden party is one of the best parties in the business.
They got wiped in the first episode/chapter, but they got wiped on the 6th floor where we don't see another party on a floor lower than the 5th, castle town, even then the only group we meet is Shiro's who was part of the original party and super skilled. Shiro is an expert swordsman who went to the dungeon to test himself, he was the best fighter in the party and the ace to deal killing blows to dragons. Namari is a dwarf who is likely a better fighter than Senshi and takes better care of her equipment. Laios is a good fighter, maybe not the best, but he is good an super knowledgeable. Falin and Marcille are two top class mages, Marcille might be inexperienced as a practical caster, but by the time the series starts she is very powerful. Chilchuck is the leader/creator of the half-foot union, he is good at his job and has survived since he was a wide eyed kid to a grizzled old man who looks like a kid to other races. they were stacked at the start of the series and it makes sense why they are well known in adventurers circles.
They aren't newbies who are blessed with plot armor and being the main characters of the story. They are very powerful and experienced adventurers who just happen to meet the most powerful monster in the dungeon on empty stomachs. Even once the series starts, they're at a disadvantage not because they're lacking skills, just they lose two of the parties best fighters. Marcille, the parties mage, is easily able to knock out/kill a running mushroom that was giving a party of noobs a thrashing.
I get why a lot of stories start with young inexperienced kids, but sometimes its nice to read stories that star older heroes who are good at their jobs instead of something like a rookie red ranger situation. Especially now that I'm older
BRO PLS DONT LEAVE THIS IN THE TAGS IM WHEEZING
Big fan of virgin Senshi. Thinking about that manga panel where he explains the birds and bees to Chilchuck and losing my mind over the idea of Senshi being shocked when he finds out that Chilchuck has three grown kids while he is a virgin explaning sex to a man who was married and has fucked.
