Delicious in Dungeon｜Anime

2024.03.26

“Delicious in Dungeon” is a Japanese manga series by Ryoko Kui, serialised since 2014.An anime was broadcast on TV from 2024.”2016 This manga is amazing!”, “THE BEST MANGA Read this manga! 2016” and “Recommended Comics 2016 by National Booksellers” all ranked first.

Synopsis

Deep in a dungeon (labyrinth), a red dragon devoured his sister. The adventurer ‘Laios’ narrowly survived and returned to the surface.He tries to challenge the dungeon again, but when he escaped, he left his money and food deep in the labyrinth.In the critical situation that his sister might be digested, ‘Laios’ makes a decision.What is that decision?”I will be self-sufficient in the dungeon (labyrinth)!” The dungeon (labyrinth) is a place where people can live on their own food.The dungeons (labyrinths) are inhabited by slimes, basilisks, mimics and dragons, which always attack when they find you.The aim is to overcome the dungeons while eating the attacking demons. In order to rescue his sister, ‘Laios’ heads back into the dungeon (labyrinth).

Delicious in Dungeon | Recommendations

The highlight of Delicious in Dungeon is the process and story leading up to the “demon dish”, which is skillfully depicted and staged. In a normal adventure story, demons are “enemies to be defeated”. However, in this adventure story, demons are “foodstuffs”.
The ecology and characteristics of the demons in the story are well described, and they are given a reality as “living creatures” that can be eaten. The realism of the “living creatures” that can be eaten is given.
The most impressive scenes are the demon cooking scenes. The process of preparing the food of the defeated demons with the skillful use of cooking tools is shown as in a cooking show, with the careful flow of movements that only animation can provide, such as ‘preparation’, ‘seasoning’ and ‘cooking’. This is probably the reason for the persuasiveness of the ‘deliciousness’ of the demon dishes that the ‘Laios’ and their friends eat up with ‘deliciousness’.
Furthermore, the sensitivity visuals of the dishes are done by a popular food illustrator, and they look so delicious that you actually want to try them.