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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.
This week we get learn a lot about the phenomenon known as “dungeons”. Marcille points out that the dungeon they are in has been carefully designed accounting for a mind-boggling amount of complexity, and that she studied the science in school. But then the dungeon that Falin discovered seemed like a natural occurrence?
So which is it? Man-made, or natural phenomenon? And can the dungeon master really be taking every little detail into account? Are they omniscient within the dungeon?
This is the tipping point. This is where the story begins to crack open the floodgates on what is really going on.
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.
The connection is probably something I’m making up, not something that the authors included into Dungeon Meshi, but… why does the relationship between Falyn and Marcile remind me so much the one between Enkidu and Gilgamesh? Enkidu/Falyn is used to the wilds, but lacks any sort of theoretical knowledge; while the cultured Gilgamesh/Marcile is a cultured city person, with plans of grandeur. Even against all odds, both become friends. And eventually, Falyn/Enkidu dies.
…on another topic it seems that being a weirdo runs into the family. Falyn’s behaviour isn’t so surprising when you remember her brother Laios is also a bit crazy.
Me and my sisters were exactly the kind of forest adventuring kids that Falyn seems to be. Except of course she lives in a fantasy world.
We knew what plants were safe to eat, and would munch on wild strawberries, blueberries, and lingonberries. To me Falyns behaviour just makes sense :D
Also, while the country/city girl dynamic may have been the case in the flashback, in present time Falyn has surpassed Marcille as a conventional mage. The teleportation spell she used to send the party out of the dungeon is seriously advanced stuff.
Falyn went all in on the gnomish school of magic. But while Marcy has the greater mana-pool as an elf, and is educated in both gnomish and elven magic, she doesn’t excel at either. She spent her time on something else… Still, Laios party does rely on Marcy for offensive magic.