Talking seriously abt the relationship between the characters in Dungeon Meshi and some points abt the lore:
/to me/ When i started watch/read, I didn't expect the characters to have so much charisma , great narrative, that's so exciting know more,and that's funny. And dude, constantly feels like things scalonate so fast lmao
Between casually dropping a big detail abt lore and prettiest monster food and lesbian necromancy and nonsense and
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Not gonna lie, we’ve been watching YuYu Hakusho alongside the release of Delicious In Dungeon and uh
It’s been illuminating
Like on the one hand hoooooooboy you can taste the 90s animation techniques (and the Netflix version is somehow more strobey and seizure bait, and they’ve fucked random chunks of audio?? I have the dvds I can prove they’ve fucked around)
On the other hand… yeah, it really, really highlights what people have already been talking about with the Delicious In Dungeon - the pacing issues, especially with going shot for shot from the manga instead of embracing their own medium
Cuz I will stand by YuYu Hakusho being the best anime version of a manga I’ve ever seen. It’s true to the manga, but keeps up the pacing and fleshes things out by leaning more into the side characters, and particularly our audience surrogates, Koenma and George
The fights all pace well because we cut to the people watching them, so it’s not just repetitive punch punch punch shots (although we do get those)
Whereas this week’s episode of DunMeshi in particular…. Really suffered from skewed pacing on that fight
They had way too much time just standing around talking, both with the harpies and in between Falin’s attacks, and I’d bet even an anime-only fan could pick out which shots were literal panels in the anime because nothing moved to flow between them
Those shots of the separated groups especially; this is anime, not manga. Those people could have been moving, interacting, doing things instead of panning over a still
I get that it takes more time and money but this was a really significant fight and it does make me worry a little for season 2, because the red dragon fight also had some pacing problems (although to a much lesser degree) and season 2 is when the combat pops off
I really do appreciate them wanting to do a faithful interpretation of the manga and sticking close to Ryoko Kui’s vision, but anime is its own medium and by sticking too closely they’re not taking full advantage of that medium
You have more time to fill in an animated episode vs a manga chapter because your characters literally move and flow, and three panels of action happen in a second
They’ve been folding two or three chapters into each episode, but this week’s especially (ep 17) really played too close to that two chapter timeline, instead of taking out the important story beats and the time to fill and working out how to pace around that instead
(Funnily enough though, they actually nailed the exact same kinda pacing issue in the exact same episode for the Laios and Shuro fight; that one was fucking great, it was clear that action was ongoing even while we focused on other people, and it had good weight and emphasis despite being largely offscreen, just like the harpy fight should have been
I. Guess. They coulda put more work into that than the Falin fight? Cuz it’s a huge character moment but for fuck’s sake Chimera!Falin SHOULD be the bigger one! We the audience got hints but this was the REVEAL)
Honestly just… the 1000% disinterest in the harpy fight was jarring, and it leading immediately into the Falin fight that was basically stop motion without the time lapse didn’t help
Cutting to Marcille and Shuro on the shirt tear was fucking great though, chef’s kiss, someone out there is still watching over us, I just hope they work out a happy medium soon
I get that there’s lots of iconic and fantastic panels in the manga, I made a complete summary of every single chapter, but the anime shouldn’t be showing them as stills
The characters should be moving in between them, not snapping from one face to the next like a slide show
In a perfect world I’d also love some more little character asides and things a la YYH, but there just isn’t the same easy audience characters to cut to
But but but
Thistle reacting a la Koenma to some snippets of the bullshit in his dungeon would give me fucking LIFE he can’t be watching all the time for obvious plot reasons but I want him to find a veggie golem
I want him to see the kraken and find some leftovers and be searching for Delgal and plotting their dinner and wondering why he can smell something delicious and what is it and can he make that
Move the background stuff that got cut from the Tances’ episodes, cut to Namari and the twins hanging out and talking about leg guards, there’s SO MUCH supplemental material
It might be less one for one to the manga but it’d stop the weird dragging out and give us something more, something extra to appreciate the anime on its own merits
It’s nice to have an anime experience that is very close to reading the manga, but it’s something really special to have the anime shine and add to the experience on its own
Anyway next week is the shapeshifter and I’m so hype for that and wondering if they are gonna include just a smidge of meta knowledge since Kui did tell us whose impersonations are whose 👀
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Watched the most recent episode of Dungeon Meshi. Episode 17 I believe. God. This fucking narrative.
I can't believe Chimera Falin just dropped in like that. I was expecting her to be all the way at the bottom by then, and having the entire series build up to her, but no, here she is now, and it's honestly heartbreaking seeing her like this... and just... god so many thoughts about it that I can feel my head overloading just trying to think of a way to even START writing it down...
One thing I can say for certain, I knew the entire thing with "making her part of the dungeon for a bit" would have massive ramifications, I mean just look at how Falin transformed in the first place, with that whole series of events. Also that part where she flashed into consciousness for but a moment... only for Kabru to unleash such a brutal attack... god Kabru... I am so deeply fascinated by his character but in his current state... I kind of fucking hate him lmao. He just seems like a prick who's willing to set a bunch of dominoes in place all for him to cause a chain reaction that will cause all others to fall and leave him standing (him and his crew, of course). I just hate how he puts up a front, a facade... but I can tell there is something genuine underneath that all... he really does respect Laios, because Laios does care... man this series... can't wait to see what they do with Kabru.
Also holy shit that fight with Shuro and Laios
Also holy shit the entirety of Chimera Falin (AGAIN)
Also holy shit all the characters interacting, intertwining, connecting, and repelling.
Also holy shit Marcille's deeply dejected, emotional "sorry" at the end... and the way she so desperately called out to Falin...
Also holy shit the implications of the "Red Dragon's Soul" and what it represents, with how I sort of view it as more machine than beast to an extent, due to how committed it is to following an order, a program, and how it was created to do just that.
GOD THIS FUCKING NARRATIVE CAN'T EVEN GET ALL MY THOUGHTS OUT IT'S DOING SO MUCH TO MY BRAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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