Yeah it seems kinda silly but this is actually something that bothers me about the show. Like, you’re building this elaborate ecosystem and coming up with all these creative details about monster biology… just to eat them? So far most of it really is just a cooking show but fictional animals, plus it’s loaded with reenactments of the carnist/hunter “stewards of the land” mythology about how they’re just living off the land and exploring the rugged “frontier” and taking only what they need etc. idk maybe I’m being too harsh on it and I’ve only seen a little bit but so far it’s kinda disappointing
I mean it’s not the strangest thing ever; world of warcraft predates dungeon meshi and most of the creatures in that game drop meat you can cook and eat as well. Dungeon meshi on the other hand is absolutely a cooking focused show; I almost didn’t continue because I have zero interest in shows about cooking; it’s literally everything other than the food that I watch it for. The thing I found bizarre though was their willingness to eat creatures that seemed to actually have their own cultures and languages (as Laios first entertains the idea of eating demihumans like goblins for example; this does just basically sound like cannibalism. Is the only reason he wouldn’t eat elves be because some of them cooperate with humans?).
Dungeon meshi on the other hand is absolutely a cooking focused show; I almost didn’t continue because I have zero interest in shows about cooking; it’s literally everything other than the food that I watch it for
So does it get better? I just finished the episode with the golems and the story is kind of intriguing, the cooking parts get old fast
There’s still lots of cooking (sadly), but it does indeed get better; you’re gonna get more lore on the dungeon too and its history, and you’re gonna get some character history too; also some genuinely funny episodes (and I really don’t want to spoil these in the slightest). Cooking nonsense aside, the setting and story are actually very fascinating.
Yeah it seems kinda silly but this is actually something that bothers me about the show. Like, you’re building this elaborate ecosystem and coming up with all these creative details about monster biology… just to eat them? So far most of it really is just a cooking show but fictional animals, plus it’s loaded with reenactments of the carnist/hunter “stewards of the land” mythology about how they’re just living off the land and exploring the rugged “frontier” and taking only what they need etc. idk maybe I’m being too harsh on it and I’ve only seen a little bit but so far it’s kinda disappointing
I mean it’s not the strangest thing ever; world of warcraft predates dungeon meshi and most of the creatures in that game drop meat you can cook and eat as well. Dungeon meshi on the other hand is absolutely a cooking focused show; I almost didn’t continue because I have zero interest in shows about cooking; it’s literally everything other than the food that I watch it for. The thing I found bizarre though was their willingness to eat creatures that seemed to actually have their own cultures and languages (as Laios first entertains the idea of eating demihumans like goblins for example; this does just basically sound like cannibalism. Is the only reason he wouldn’t eat elves be because some of them cooperate with humans?).
So does it get better? I just finished the episode with the golems and the story is kind of intriguing, the cooking parts get old fast
There’s still lots of cooking (sadly), but it does indeed get better; you’re gonna get more lore on the dungeon too and its history, and you’re gonna get some character history too; also some genuinely funny episodes (and I really don’t want to spoil these in the slightest). Cooking nonsense aside, the setting and story are actually very fascinating.