The Secret Sauce That Makes Dungeon Meshi Work

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  • Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon) was a really fun watch. Here's why.
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    //Chapters
    Intro 0:00
    Part 1 1:28
    Part 2 5:58
    Part 3 8:42
    Conclusion 10:49
    #anime #dungeonmeshi #frieren #apothecarydiaries #videoessay
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  • @TwoOh_
    @TwoOh_  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Thanks for watching! Also Season 2 got announced btw!!!
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    • @AL-lh2ht
      @AL-lh2ht 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      The Author explicitly says that Laios is autistic.

  • @Chili_Rasbora
    @Chili_Rasbora 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +247

    The secret ingredient is autism. Freiren has magic fixated autism, Maomao has poisons fixated autism, and Laios has monsters fixated autism.

    • @marbleb33s
      @marbleb33s 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

      real. rarely do I relate to characters *this* much as these 3 (4, I'm counting Falin. She's just the fem version of Laios)

    • @belldrop7365
      @belldrop7365 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      Put the autism in your anime, autism collectors will come to collect it to claim they have it. It's just like pokemon badges!

    • @SmileyTrilobite
      @SmileyTrilobite 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

      Social awkwardness and obsessive interest doesn’t necessitate autism, but a character’s odd obsessions give us an odd view of their world for novelty and endearment.

    • @kneerow3
      @kneerow3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      None of these characters have autism except laios. He’s such an accurate depiction of autism better than most of all anime and manga

    • @rinseyong5202
      @rinseyong5202 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Thats why Mob Psycho is so good too

  • @Dragonstar13
    @Dragonstar13 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +113

    I'd like to add Dungeon Meshi also has a good amount of diversity in their personalities, and why they work so well.

  • @rinseyong5202
    @rinseyong5202 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +48

    I don't necessarily want characters to be "relatable", at least that isn't the exact right word for me. I want characters to be resonant. Even if a character is nothing like me and I can't relate my life experiences to them at all, I want their emotions and motivations to transcend the screen to make me understand and empathize with them
    anyway.

    • @milo_thatch_incarnate
      @milo_thatch_incarnate 6 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +2

      I _love_ this way of describing it! In fact, I'm totally going to use this in the future, if you don't mind. There are a lot of characters I've seen with similar personalities or life experiences to mine, and I don't relate to them at all because we don't share the same emotions about things, or the same _worldview._ Resonating with characters makes so much more sense.

  • @pretentiousname01
    @pretentiousname01 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    One of my favorite details is how Marcille's hairstyle changes so frequently.

  • @superfiredeath4444
    @superfiredeath4444 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    This is called character-driven plot. It isn't something new in storytelling by any means but it's a breath of fresh air in anime.

  • @alisiaraissa3687
    @alisiaraissa3687 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +45

    When it came to it (at least for dungeon meshi), these characters feel not only relatable but Tangable as well. while I can relate to Laios- I can't relate to Marcile fear of outliving people she cares about, I can't relate to Shenshis trauma, or Chilchucks messy family life. but the way the navigate their life and interact with one another make them feel like they exist beyond the story.
    they are not in the story just so they can be Laios cheerleaders or love intrest- swooning and gawking at his knowledge of monster. they are people who have their own opinion on how Laios does things and Laios in turn has opinion of his own on them as well. their personality compliment and clash to make such a good character dynamic and a very clear progression of where their character arc is going.
    too many anime (especially fantasy ones because by default they have a large cast of character) fall in the pit of making the side character as just a prop, a power up tool or a cheerleader while the main character takes all the awes and glory. a lot of them feel like flat stock characters then got added some tragic backstory to carry their character instead of their present on screen personality. the pepy creaful girl, the stock brute, and so on (nothing wrong with stock characters of course). if not given a clear reason why these character are the way they are I just can't see my self enjoying or be invested in their screen time because I can't Imagend a typical person being that way 24/7, their need to be more than just that. Outside of a 1 character defining moment, the worst thing a character can do is make them self forgetable.
    also big part why I like a lot of these anime is completely written female character that not just there to be the main characters waifu and not just there to be a powerhouse but have actual agency and personality of their own is a BIG plus for me.

    • @jodrako4341
      @jodrako4341 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Exactly!!!! Kui did an incredible job making pretty much everyone in the story feel so real, she put so much backstory and character in all of the side characters, even people that aren't even named in the main story
      Even the two adventurers they save from the basilisk in episode 2 have interesting backstory and motives, or the Flokes and the twins Namari works with. And so much of that is shown from the amazing character designs.

  • @illesizs
    @illesizs 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +83

    Also, don't forget, that in most other Anime, the goal is clear from the start, but they NEVER reach it. It drags on for Eeever...

    • @alphanum001
      @alphanum001 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      So did Dungeon Meshi, Apothecary Diaries and Frieren

    • @jmiller6066
      @jmiller6066 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

      Thankfully not an issue for Dungeon Meshi - S2 is confirmed, and will definitely finish the story as S1 ended about halfway through the manga, and the manga is completed.

    • @janinebelleestrada7096
      @janinebelleestrada7096 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

      ​@@alphanum001Dunmeshi has an ending snd it's beautiful

    • @kneerow3
      @kneerow3 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      ⁠@@alphanum001What? Dungeon meshi ended just short at 97 chapters. If anything it’s shorter than frieren and apocethary. Dunmeshi did not drag on whatsoever.

    • @mangasaint
      @mangasaint 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ⁠@@alphanum001should’ve just said One Piece. Frieren and AD aren’t meant to end because the goal isn’t about the quest, they’re about the journey. In Frieren the quest ended before the manga even begins and AD is about a persons daily life trying not to die because the said something out of turn, she just happens to be extraordinary in her field.
      Dungeon Meshi has a clear cut goal and does everything it can to achieve that goal in the shortest amount of time possible. If they turned back at any time they would lose Falin forever.

  • @AmilGaoulKris
    @AmilGaoulKris 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +47

    Delicious in Dungeon was a surprise gem. Hope they make season 2 soon, Frieren too 😁

    • @TwoOh_
      @TwoOh_  10 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Season 2 just got announced! Apothecary diaries s2 coming also, just waiting on Frieren 😭

    • @AmilGaoulKris
      @AmilGaoulKris 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      @@TwoOh_ ain't no way Frieren isn't getting season 2 right? 😁 Far less successful projects get multiple seasons, it's hard to believe a series ranking at #1 won't be capitalised on.

    • @TwoOh_
      @TwoOh_  10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Hopefully, that’s the show I’m most excited for!

    • @standheaykic66
      @standheaykic66 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      ​@AmilGaoulKris welp, Friefren was handled by studio Madhouse which kinda complicated when dealing with season 2 project.

    • @AmilGaoulKris
      @AmilGaoulKris 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@standheaykic66 Me seeing season 2 Genos.
      "Look how they massacred my boy 😢" even though i know it wasn't Mad working on it, i get your point.

  • @marbleb33s
    @marbleb33s 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    All three of these managed to bump up to my top ten anime/manga of all time, i don't think I ever had this many new favorite anime at once. Glad I'm born in the right time and place to enjoy these.

  • @SmileyTrilobite
    @SmileyTrilobite 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    What you call the “why” here I would rephrase as “who”, and this echos Jojo creator ARAKI Hirohiko’s observation in his book, Manga in Theory and Practice: compelling characters are the strongest element of an ongoing story, so much so that a compelling character dynamic can make up for a weak plot or setting more easily than a plot or setting can make up for weak characters.

  • @shinygekkouga52
    @shinygekkouga52 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Frieren feels like such a real person to me despite being one of the least realistic characters here. The core of Frieren’s story is growth and change, experiences anyone can relate to. It’s only natural that people and the world change as time r passes. What makes Frieren special is the story’s commitment to showing us just how Frieren has changed bit by bit over her long life. It’s not a single moment that defines us as people. It is a long line of experiences that make us who we are, and Frieren illustrates that beautifully.

  • @mspirits9911
    @mspirits9911 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    What makes it interesting is also timing.
    The manga was already released and completed before the show is released. Yet, the high popularity only happens after the show is broadcasted. This is evidence that we as anime audience also feel some dull with what are showing for quite some time and crave for something new and different.

  • @bbittencourt47
    @bbittencourt47 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    2:34 just to defend my boy Laios, but he was not interested in Izutsumi in any weird way, he was curious about her as any other monster

  • @AndyTF141
    @AndyTF141 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    I almost killed you when you said "frieren didn't get run over by a car" because Yuske from Yuyu hakusho stars like that, but then I realized you were talking about isekai anime

  • @comedygold6249
    @comedygold6249 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The true mad magician was the good times we had along the way with friends

  • @perote3
    @perote3 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Your intro is exactly what I say when I explain why I’ve always liked bleach and hated Naruto/one piece lmao

  • @jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917
    @jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Instantly liked and subscribed

  • @diplodocus6969
    @diplodocus6969 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    I like the elf she reminds me of me

  • @madhero2333
    @madhero2333 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Pretty nice love letter to three great shows

  • @eclips_total2215
    @eclips_total2215 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You cooked, stand pround.

  • @BrokenCurtain
    @BrokenCurtain 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    I watch Dungeon Meshi to see Marcille suffer.

  • @Gnevnyj
    @Gnevnyj 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The music is way too loud

  • @EvGamerBETA
    @EvGamerBETA 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    But dungeon meshi does start with the very clear goal - return to the depths of the dungeon to save Falin. And that goal established even before we know anything about the characters. So...

    • @jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917
      @jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      However it was simply a motivator.
      That goal gives no indication whatsoever of how the series actually ended.

    • @EvGamerBETA
      @EvGamerBETA 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jasonfurumetarualkemisto5917 until the series would end, you don't know

  • @AL-lh2ht
    @AL-lh2ht 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Author explicitly says that Laios is autistic.

    • @wanasfa
      @wanasfa 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      she never *explicitly* says it

  • @AmilGaoulKris
    @AmilGaoulKris 10 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Also my guy, almost no one is taking about Viral Hit and it's a damn shame. As a connoisseur of fighting genre, I'll place it high in terms of story premise and realism, it's worth the watch or a review 😁

  • @aresusadeghgol1357
    @aresusadeghgol1357 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    beautiful, the background music is a bit too loud tho, it drowns out your voice a bit

  • @5xg378
    @5xg378 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1:54 Come on you could call out Laios for a ton of shit but you choose a moment when he was entirely justified?

  • @mcstronghuge
    @mcstronghuge 9 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    it's why I can't watch any of the so-called popular shows anymore after just previewing the first episode. if those characters don't interest me, meh!

  • @limitlesssky3050
    @limitlesssky3050 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Slice of life cooking manga vs a full blown adventure shounen. Why are you comparing cake with ice cream?