Dungeon Meshi

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Synonyms: Dungeon Food

Japanese: ダンジョン飯

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 14

Chapters: 102

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 15, 2014 to Sep 15, 2023

Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Gourmet

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Harta

Authors: Kui, Ryouko (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.70¹ (scored by 26,630 users)

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Ranked: #57²

² based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #193

Members: 80,199

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Ranked #57Popularity #193Members 80,199

MangaHartaKui, Ryouko (Story & Art)

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Delicious in Dungeon
Volume 1
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After the Golden Kingdom is sunk underground by an insane magician, its king emerges, promising all of his treasure to any who defeat the magician, before crumbling to dust. Guilds are spurred on by this promise, traversing the labyrinthine dungeon in search of the magician. Laios, the leader of one such guild, encounters a dragon that wipes out his party and devours his sister Falin. Despite having lost the entirety of their supplies and belongings, Laios along with Marcille, an elven healer, and Chilchuck, a halfling thief, immediately reenter the dungeon, determined to save Falin.

Time being of the essence, Laios suggests the taboo of eating the monsters of the dungeon as a means of gathering supplies. Upon the preparation of their first meal in the dungeon, they are stopped by an onlooking dwarf named Senshi. An enthusiast of monster cooking, he helps them prepare their monster ingredients for safe consumption. After learning of Laios' circumstances, Senshi expresses his desire to cook a dragon and joins their guild, thus beginning their food-filled foray into the dungeon together.

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Dungeon Meshi ranked first in the 2016 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! for the Male Readers division.

The series was published in English as Delicious in Dungeon by Yen Press from May 23, 2017 to July 23, 2024. It has also been published in Italian by J-Pop since May 2017 and in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones since February 2017.

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Reviews

Jun 2, 2024

yoong01

Recommended

I started reading this manga without high expectations, but it turned out to be better than I imagined. The interesting monster and world settings show how much effort the author put into it. The cute art style details the monsters' organs, habits, and suitable ecosystems, reflecting the author's dedication.

A common flaw in food-themed slice-of-life manga is that the plot can become dull, causing readers to quickly lose interest. However, the author of Dungeon Meshi skillfully integrates elements of adventure, dungeons, demons, and mysteries, keeping the plot engaging while focusing on monster cuisine.

Moreover, the author is very restrained, knowing that the manga's main focus is not ...

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May 10, 2024

red-artist

Recommended

Dungeon Meshi is what I call a "proper" manga. It has a story. It has its genres like comedy + fantasy. It sticks to its strengths throughout the series with a very satisfying ending. All the characters have their own stories and motivations. And it also has an overarching principle of "To live is to eat". It is a well rounded package and very easy to recommend.

I should probably warn you that the series takes almost 30 chapters before getting into the real plot progress. They are still quality chapters and do a LOT of world building with intricate details of dungeon ecosystem. We ...

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Apr 13, 2024

Kinglink

Mixed Feelings

I feel like there's three major arcs in Dungeon Meshi, and these will help readers decide if they want to stick with the manga.

The first arc feels almost like it's a Dungeon and Dragon's companion, while it might not be directly based on D&D, it's mostly about a party of adventurers in a dungeon, needing to find food, and thus cooking monsters. If you're already a D&D fan, you might enjoy this section the most, but I feel like it's the roughest part of the series.

The biggest issue is that while the main story line is introduced in the first chapter, it's ... almost immediately dropped and so much of the story is "What are we eating today". Monster appears, quick fight (though chapters are of a decent length so there's a bit of action) and then the party sit down while the cook makes something and displays it.

While I really loved Shokugeki no Soma where everything was something that was over engineered, but potentially realistic, Dungeon Meshi clearly lives in the fantasy world, but still has minor pieces about interesting techniques. You won't learn how to cook here, but it's not intending you to and that's kind of the problem with this Arc. It seems more intended to delight Tabletop RPG players, or people so immersed in fantasy that they might discuss how a Basilisk and Cockatrice differ, or how to properly cut up one.

For me this was by far the weakest part of the manga, but also the one truest to the name of the manga.

About a third of the way through the manga, the real story finally hits it's stride, and it comes suddenly. The main thread of the manga is picked up but food still is very critical to the party. The story is well done the writing is excellent, and there's still a strong food theme. This is definitely the part of the manga that I would easily recommend, and if the manga started here, I probably could have even given it a 8 or maybe 9.

The thing is, when Dungeon Meshi wants to tell a larger story they can, and even while it becomes over convoluted, there's enough interesting stories that every chapters is engaging.

But with three arcs, there's always going to be a third one, and here... It's a mix. Ultimately the final third of the book loses a lot of what made me love this manga. It's pass the point of no return, readers need to finish the story, and unlike Shokugeki no Soma (which falls off hard), this arc is still well written, and engaging, but oddly enough I feel like the cooking and food becomes forgotten, or just thrown in enough to satisfy fans.

Again the writing isn't terrible, and there's a lot of interesting action and occurrence, but there's a little more plot convivence, and a lot of characters seem to be persuaded by words just because they have to do something that they might not normally do.

The thing is, I don't hate this section of the manga, but it's really obvious that the writer was wrapping up the manga, and it just took a very long time to do so.

I Believe each of these main arcs are about 30 chapters long, and I feel the weakest arc is the first arc, but I also think the change doesn't exactly benefit the manga, as it would have been lovely to have a strong story the entire manga, rather than a "McGuffin" that the party is chasing for that opening part. In addition while I see the meaning, if the manga really is about food, meals, or consumption of foodstuff, that could have been handled better in the final arc. I do see where that's attempted, but I also think there could have been a stronger connection to the story, rather than it being shoehorned in to check a box.

Overall it's a good, not great manga, I'd recommend it, but I would caution readers that they should have some love of RPGs/D&D/fantasy monster based media before jumping into this. Still I enjoyed it, I easily finished and since it's under 100 chapters, I might even read it a second time as the characters are interesting and well done.

Note: Giving this a mixed feelings ONLY because of the heavy focus on "Fantasy Dungeon monsters" early on. I feel like if I wasn't already interested in D&D I probably would have given this a pass.

Second Note: This only has 97 chapters.

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