Last weeks thread - 17 Comments
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.
Kabru's party is back! Again, they don't last long.
The gang finally reaches the fourth level of the dungeon. I've been looking forward to its watery environment, and boy does Trigger pull out all the stops on the animation.
Lots of encounters this episode, a kelpie, mermaids, merfolk, bladefish, and a kraken. What will they try eating?
Laio's party continues to bond with Senshi, especially Marcille. He gets his beard washed for the first time in probably decades.
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.
I get it Senshi, the water levels are the worst part of every Mario game, so it only makes sense it is the worst part here too. Speaking of Senshi, he definitely had both highs and lows this episode. His low point was definitely being betrayed by Anne the Kelpie, someone who Senshi thought was his friend, and almost dying. His high point was oneshotting a Kraken after teaching Marcille some wily tricks. As an aside, floofy Senshi was pretty adorable, however, someday I want to see this Senshi:
I wonder if this other party we have seen twice now is going to be a bit of a joke. Like, we keep running across their dead bodies, set them off to the side, they get revived and think that our main party stole from them and pursue again...rinse, repeat. I hope there is more to it than that, but we will see.
There were lots of adorable Marcy moments this episode. However, I think my favorite moment was when she got serious. She got a brief badass moment when she exploded all the fish. Just look at her with her flowy pants and everything:
Also, the actual animation of her spell triggering there was great. It had impact frames, dramatic zooms, and some great 2D water effects. In general, the animation was great this episode. One shot in particular that I liked was the shot of the Kraken being ejected out of the water after Marcille's magic and flying over Senshi's head. The camera is rotating around Senshi while this enormous monster is flying overhead. It's a dramatic shot that feels like it came straight out of a Marvel movie (plus a Senshi panty shot). I don't think a single frame does it justice, so go back and check that scene out. Great stuff as always Trigger.
Lots of other stuff I could talk about this episode, from Laios's singing, to how gross eating that parasite was, to how Senshi was forced to apologize to Marcille about killing the fish. Lots of great things and I am looking forward to more.
Marcille is the party's glass cannon. Falyn is their support mage, as has already been shown, and while Marcille can cast healing spells, she doesn't know nearly as wide a range of spells to help and protect the party.
Laios joining in with the mermaids singing had me rolling.
We'll continue to follow and encounter Kabru's party as well, but they won't be played for laughs forever.
The OP shows off the enormous cast, and we haven't even met a half of them yet.