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semblance of sanity sos bros Delicious in Dungeon Season 1 Episode 12

[@opal4293]

My fave detail is when falin first wakes up freshly revived and disoriented, she has one eye closed and a hand over her neck - the places where the dragon was injured :)

[@munaapfelbaum6576]

I totally missed that! That's so cool!

[@kittiecandy747]

i thought that the little scar under her chin corresponded to where the dragon was struck!

[@djwhatadrag]

Don't know if you guys noticed, but humans refer to all races, and tall men are the "humans"

[@CARBONATED_SO-DA]

Except orcs.

[@jamesrocks130]

@@CARBONATED_SO-DAOrcs and kobolds are referred to as demihumans

[@ncp9095]

Yeah I was like “wait, isn’t that kind of racist??” over a fictional story for a sec lol

[@schizoolander]

In the setting book it was mention that humans are humanoid races with same amount of bones, so elves dwarf gnomes half foot and tall man are all humans ,and Demi humans are humanoid races with different amount of bones like mermaid goblins …

[@fraidnaught9067]

@@schizoolander Ogres are considered human too.

[@catmatt777]

"Humans" isn't mistranslated, it's a deliberate choice in terminology. Current consensus in this part of their world is that the difference between "human" and "demi-human" is the number of bones, and elves, dwarves, gnomes, half-foots, and tall-men (closest real-world-human equivalent) all have the same number of bones, so they are all considered "humans."

[@MrOsteost]

Through, if I remember correctly, at least some places in "The East" does exclusively consider Tall-Men to be "Human".

[@catmatt777]

@@MrOsteost Yes, Shuros' homeland in particular has almost only Tall-men and Ogres, so Tall-men are "humans" and Ogres are "demi-humans." By the bone-# method Ogres are also "human," but far scarcer outside of "The East," and also not yet introduced to anyone only this far in the show.

[@sirbig8292]

This. Though in this case, while she said humans, I think "humanoids" might actually have been the better choice. As proven multiple times in the story(mainly by Kabru's party so far), demi-humans can be resurrected too. While this isn't explained in the story, I would guess the soul needs a certain level of self-awareness for it to work?

[@catmatt777]

@@sirbig8292 At that point we'd be getting more into the fact that the bone-# method is not like a scientific fact of their world, it's more akin to something like phrenology. Short-lived "human" races go along with it because it seems scientific enough and let's more of them be part of the in-group than whatever system they were going by before it, long lived "human" races go along with it because it allows them to keep discriminating against the least desirable of the short lived races while minimizing backlash for it from the others/dissenting voices from within their own races, and short lived "demi-human" races aren't allowed to build the kind of infrastructure that would allow them to push back against these ideas academically.

[@sirbig8292]

@@catmatt777 That's some interesting thoughts. Though what I mean in this instance specifically is that it isn't limited to the races that are considered "human" in this setting, but at the same time it doesn't work on animals either. Since it works on demi-humans, I would guess it is more related to the soul and level of self-awareness a creature has. I wonder if it would work on mermaids too. While mostly played as a joke, they were shown to be the most mentally developed monsters in the series.

[@Shevlander]

My favorite detail about post-resurrection Fallin is how she almost always has her eyes wide open now. Because originally, she had very short-sighted vision and was always squinting. But because of the dragon infusion, her eyesight has become perfect and she doesn’t need to squint anymore.

[@skumpo]

What a nice looking elf. I'm sure his discovery of the magic circle will have little to no impact on the plot

[@invi022]

He does look really nice tho, and a little crazy

[@nnelg8139]

Actually... It doesn't, lol. He couldn't care less about the circle, it's the dragon he's here for.

[@anitaremenarova6662]

@@nnelg8139 No need to hide spoilers for one episode ahead, by the time this comes out on YT the following ep is already up on patreon.

[@kookiepup12]

I was thinking about commenting this, and then yall brought it up in the discussion! A fun (non-spoiler) fact one of the series extras brings up is that dark elves don’t actually exist here! It was actually a misconception between races, where non-elves first met really ‘nice’ elves - and then upon meeting a group of mean/rude elves, reason that these new elves must be ‘dark elves’! Ryoko Kui put SO much thought into the details of this universe 😊

[@platinumraven118]

"Dark Elf" isn't a race in Dungeon Meshi, it is a misconception. In Dungeon Meshi there are just 'Elves", Dark Elf is a term races used to use to describe "Elves who were assholes to us" in olden times and became a theoretical race of elves in the zeitgeist of other humans.

[@-quoreo-7196]

"She came from the other side, she doesn't need transmutation circles!" GODDAMNIT THAT CRACKED ME UP

[@bisongaming729]

man I sure can't wait for all the fun interactions in future episodes between falin and the rest of the crew...

[@AnarchHive]

Oh right! Let's hope they get more company because Falin is quite the people person..

[@fraidnaught9067]

"Have him not be the main antagonist." *Monkey's Paw finger curls down*

[@zanthe_]

A finger curls on the Monkey's Paw... Your wish, is my command... I will grant your hearts *desire* ...

[@sarafontanini7051]

"technically you are correct. THe best kind of correct!"

[@Davies46]

'Human' refers to all humanoids outside of the dungeon. So Tall-men, Half-foots, Dwarves, Elves and Gnomes are all Humans.

[@trickery2268]

I will say that Falin healing Laios's leg like that isn't because she's *different* from being resurrected, but rather that she's just far better at healing magic than Marcille is. I believe the anime mentions this, but the manga (as you can expect) goes more indepth with an extra comic on it lmao. It's actually better for a healed wound to still hurt or itch afterwards, because that's how you know things are 'natural', in a sense. Messing with the perception of pain is leaning towards neurological stuff, and that's dangerous for obvious reasons. Marcille isn't an expert healer, so her heals are rough and notable. Falin in contrast is much better, so she *is* skilled enough to wipe away the pain and also accurately heal things.

[@FlubbedPig]

In this setting "humans" refers to "the human races" of Elves (ie. Marcille), Dwarfs (ie. Senshi), Gnomes (ie. Tansu), Ogres (haven't met yet), Half-foots (ie. Chilchuck), and Tall-men (ie. Laios). It's also sometimes used colloquially to refer to Tall-men, the short-lived races collectively, and a bunch of other stuff, too. Basically, rather than have terms like "humanoid" or "demi-human" and have them be weirdly centric to a single race, everyone being "humans" helps decentralize what WE would call humans from just being "the norm" in a way that culturally wouldn't make sense in the setting.

[@ponycai]

According to the official guidebook, in DM world, "humans" includes tall-man (Laios, Kabru, Falin, Shuro, etc), halffoot (Chilchuck), dwarf (Senshi, Namari), elf (Marcille, the Canaries), and gnomes (Tans, Holm). The classification is according to number of bones. Orcs and Kobolds have different number of bones so they are not considered human

[@okashiad6930]

“Falin’s different now.” 😊

[@msj3888]

My heart and actions are utterly unclouded! They are all those of 'justice' - Marcille probably

[@d_wiseman3409]

God. I love the worldbuilding in this manga/anime. The actual lore is vast and understandable and most importantly it works and doesn't feel like an asspull at all.

[@najalala]

The music in this show is amazing.

[@MrOsteost]

Some people ship Falin and Marcille because they are "cute", "have great chemistry" and a "strong history together". I ship it because Laois being Marcilles Brother-in-Law is a peak character dynamic. I like to imagine he lives in their garage.

[@Protomethau]

They are just friends -Kui, Ryoko. Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer’s Bible; 13, 37. New York, NY: Yen Press, 2022.

[@MrOsteost]

@@Protomethau First of all I must thank you for the citation, because it made me go look it up in my own copy of the Adventureres Bible, and now I am sitting here rereading it. And it is an absolute joy to see the amount of work that have gone into the world-building and characters. Apart from that, part of the fun of shipping is that it doesn´t matter whatever it´s canon or not. And in this case there is plenty of material to work with. In the same vein, it is incredibly easy to ship Laois and Marcillle, as they also have a lot of moments between them. Through I was mainly trying to be funny with my statement. Furthermore, I would point out that all of the relationship charts in that book is a very simple summarization of the characters relationships. So it is hardly ironclad evidence (Don´t really want to get into the actual, potentially, ironclad evidence, as that would veer straight into spoiler territory).

[@nguyenphuonghoaivu1261]

Oh my god that's such a hilarious image lol

[@Ash_Yu]

​@@MrOsteost Laios has such great goofy sibling energy lol ​ Also Proto changed the wording a bit, the chart says they're "friends" but it doesn't limit them to "just friends" and also mentions Marcille hating Shuro for pursuing Falin, (which isn't what I'd call "just friend" behavior). From what I've read, even if the author may not want to commit to any romances in the story herself, she actually does support shipping and has fed it. So imo, there's nothing wrong with seeing and treating it as romantic. It's a valid interpretation that doesn't conflict with anything and enhances the enjoyment for many people.

[@MrOsteost]

@@Ash_Yu I think that even if you don´t ship them, it is very clear that Falin is one of the, if not the most, important people in Marcilles life. Which makes boiling it down to just "Friends" a pretty big simplification. Which also tracks with pretty much everyone else's relationship chart.

[@highlycalm]

And they were roommates

[@therealslimshawty1854]

Oh my god they were roommates!

[@Ash_Yu]

OMG they were roomates!

[@pieperson444]

roommates that swapped underwear between episodes

[@standheaykic66]

I don't care what they thoughts you at school but granma told me they were roommates.

[@Huhu0137]

The best part is: they aren’t. Marcille got her own place because she was a scholar hired by the school to study special subjects… They actively CHOSE to sleep together 🥹

[@pretentiousname01]

“Join the party” Oh no. They are not prepared

[@TheHoboAuthor]

i know they wont see this, but Swamp Jawn has great videos where he breaks down the episodes animation and talks about changes they made from the source material, its really worth checking out

[@sarafontanini7051]

sadly the anime hasn't brought it up and who knows if it will, but dark elves aren't a 'THING'. Its basically jsut what people called any elf that seemed 'evil' to them. Its basically a slur.

[@amekashi72]

「トールマン(人間)」は、「エルフ」「ドワーフ」と同じく種族名として使われてると思います。ダンジョン飯の世界では…。 原作のオマケ漫画で、 「トールマンは他の種族に比べて特徴がない」と言うライオスに対して、チルチャックが「でも踊りが上手い」と言っていました。😊

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

6:01 “Human” is the name for all sapient races. What we call “human” this universe calls “Tall-Man.” A very elegant solution to fantasy racism.

[@manvslife271]

Player: "Hey I want to respec my character into a Dragonkin" DM: "Man you can't do that you already made your char- actually I got an idea..."

[@christophersmith3820]

or multiclass into a sorcerer with dragon ancestry

[@sarafontanini7051]

funny how thy expect someone named 'the lunatic mage' to act in any reasonable or sane manner, let alone use subterfuge XP

[@TheLorax787]

Humans refers to Elves, Dwarves, half foots, gnomes, tall men (humans to us), ogres, and maybe a few other species as well. A handy way dungeon meshi gets around human centric language in a fantasy setting.

[@heartoftarassque]

6:18 In dungeon meshi all races are called "humans", but have different names that address their different appearances: tall-man (Laios), half-foot (Chilchuck), elf (Marcille), dwarf (Senshi), gnome (Mr. and Ms. Tansu). They all have same amount of bones and little to none differences in their skeletal structure. The only difference is the longevity of their lives and body types.

[@psychronia]

Falin is so sweet. I'd totally fight a dragon to save her too.

[@Seissmo]

Our most wholesome party member is back! 😊

[@rattled6732]

This is where the real game begins

[@Skotavus]

Interesting that Kensuke tries to escape away from Falin now...

[@peridrawland5955]

The waiting time for the following episodes will be an ordeal but i'm very interested to see their thoughts on the following developments

[@thaumaturgy.]

you guys are consistently my favorite reaction channel. always such fun discussion & comments and dissection (lol) of what’s going on!!!! you always cook!! ❤

[@octopulp1024]

Shoutout to Ryoko kui cause that ‘fanservice’ scene was made BY the girls FOR the girls 🫶

[@fondedan4078]

Once you guys are done with the anime, you should check the Manga and some of the extra stuff the artist drew, like the party swapped into doff races, did hairstyles etc., they are interesting and the artist threw some hints for the characters in the corners of these doodles

[@lysfranc8782]

I love how they really want another big villain which would control the dark skin elf… last video they wanted him to join the party XD it’s very cute.

[@iwillcry]

they were roommates ✨

[@supattreewatanawong5025]

in Delicious in Dungeon every humanoid race call human even kobold and orc too (not sure about orc) and get sub race name like normal human will be call Tallman in this world

[@Green-3c34y65vrbu]

his name is Laios not fucking Louse

[@ArielGonzales-ee4br]

I wanted to say it but then again idk if it’s just the fact I’m watching the dub and if it’s even correct. Cuz some dubs actually get it wrong or it just sounds fuckin weird. For example, the way Reigen in Mob Psycho says “exorcise” drives me insane! Lol

[@salceds]

I love your analysis of the probable role of the mad mage as a party member because it's really close to something that'll happen in the future

[@heatth1474]

A big fumble of the adaptation, I feel, si not explaining the rules of resurrection until they are being broken. In the manga a few chapters prior we have an extra scene of Namari and the twins were she explains the need of a full intact body and the risks of failure when one is not available. It set the stakes for this and last episode when Falin's skull is found. We are meant to know it is a very bad thing right away to find a skull without any flesh left, and Marcille reveal of knowing forbidden magic to get around limitations is the shock information. In the anime it is all thrown at you at once, so it has less impact.

[@ma.2089]

They do explain it a bit earlier on tho. Marcielle does when explaining why she doesn’t want to resurrect the guy eaten by the plant (from what I remember).

[@heatth1474]

@@ma.2089 They just say "it can fail" and that is it, no further elaboration. The main problem to me is no indication that the state of the body is relevant to that equation.

[@sarafontanini7051]

nope, not a mistranslation. ALL the humanoid races are considered 'humans', elves and dwarves and even half-foots are all jsut different kinds of 'human' here. Orcs probably would be too if it wasn't for ELF RACISM.

[@Airship007Johnston]

In this world “human” refers to long and short lived people with the same number of bones, so that would be Elves, gnomes, halflings, dwarves, and tall-men (what we would think of as normal humans). Everyone in our party is different races, but they’re all humans Humanoids would be more like Demi-humans such as kobalds, orcs, and fishmen.

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction!

[@eclipsedarksouls6036]

Oh this is ehen the show goes wild!

[@disky1784]

falin and Marcille are so cute together

[@bill0g]

I’m a bit worried with how they want the elf at the end be a part of the group and how they want the story to go. Lately, they have this thing that if the story didn’t go how they imagined it, they don’t seem to enjoy it that much. That they try to rewrite it in their heads and convince people that the way they want it is better without even considering how the story has gone so far. This is the only reaction of them that I watch because they aren’t as insufferable like they were in Frieren and Apothecary Diaries.

[@salceds]

It'll be funny because they landed the archetype right on the head but with a different character instead

[@bill0g]

@@salceds I’m not sure of it being funny IF they will constantly bring their idea up every time the elf makes an appearance 🤷🏻

[@salceds]

@@bill0g Kbity will placate that hopefully

[@buchelaruzit]

@@salceds literally it made me so excited for them to see the kabru - laios interactions. unless you're talking about izutsumi bc of the 'join the crew' part? but either way

[@MacahMacah]

Marcille was just inspecting the body for obvious defects. The scene itself showed that Marcille was not that intimately familiar with Falin's body. She didn't even realize the old scar on her chin was an old scar.

[@Ash_Yu]

Uh, that bath scene was not just some medical examination lol. Narrative-wise it's a very intentionally intimate scene to showcase how close they are. Also nobody has a perfect memory of someone else. That's even relevant to a later episode. They've shared beds in the past, so it'd be weird if Marcille never saw a mark that was on Falin's chin. A detail like that slipping Marcille's mind while she's tired and overly cautious would be normal.

[@MacahMacah]

@@Ash_Yu Certainly, it is to show their closeness, but there is nothing romantic in it. Marcille views Falin as her little sister, and she is always a very touchy person, even when it's not Falin. She sleeps in the same bed with multiple people in the story. (And given this, the fact that they hadn't shared a bed since they were in school should be the biggest clue to you that they are not boinking each other.) When Falin gave her mana, Marcille was creeped out or startled like Falin suddenly grabbing her hand was a completely foreign idea to her. There was no sexual tension between them at all.

[@ma.2089]

@@MacahMacah trying to argue whether something is romantic or not is pointless. Also, her panicking can easily be perceived as gay panic. I didn’t ship them, bur even I raised my eyebrows at that panic. Since it can be taken any way, trying to argue something is or isn’t gay isn’t worth it. Let ppl think what they want. I don’t think any of your reasons as to why it isn’t will matter cus just like you can perceive the ship in any way you desire, other ppl can do that too.

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

​@@ma.2089It's really not pointless. The scene wasn't romantic.

[@ジメ花のルカ]

皆の感想からしてドラゴンの味は鯨に似てるのかな？

[@binkiebrew]

I'd liken it to a cow. the meat looks like it anyway

[@psychronia]

Marcille and Falin train goes so strong. Historians will say that they were very good friends, and Marcille, a long-lived elf, will personally slap them while declaring how gay they were.

[@J0eNothin]

I stopped watching their reactions after episode 4 and i’m just about to start ep 5 now. Do they pronounce Laios’ name correctly by this point?

[@animagamer2]

My god! They're so infuriatingly out of tune sometimes! You're telling me the *mad mage* who has been built up since episode 1, and for the past 5 or so episodes has been being set up as the long-term goal... should join the party and and be friends with everyone? What? How do you even arrive at that? What in the show would give you even the faintest idea that's where things are going? Did you see his entrance? What about that give-off "Friends" vibes?! It honestly feels like sometimes they get an idea in their heads that they like and try to warp reality to conform to said idea. Some of you reading this might think I'm making a big deal over nothing, but think about what they said. "They shouldn't have him be the main antagonist (read: that would be bad), instead he should join the party (read: because I would like that)"- completely ignoring any of the circumstances in the actual story! I like fanfiction as much as the next guy, but this is bordering on "Then Harry and Voldemort kissed" levels of living in your own head.

[@TheHoboAuthor]

I dont think your making a big deal over nothing, its frustrating that the bros can tunnel vision HARD when they get an idea that like

[@fuyahanabi1304]

I don't see the problem. They and the audience at this point did not know that he's the mad mage. When this manga chapter originally came out, nobody expected anything and just speculated random stuffs because they had no idea. A lot of people actually thought he lived in the painting and came out for some reason yet to be explained. Only few suspected he IS the mad mage. And animes and medias do this thing quite often where a character shows up at the very end of an episode cliffhanger looking intimidating and turns out to be friendly in the next episode. It's really not that deep.

[@ShadowErus]

I think they are spitballing for fun :)

[@aliciaz6224]

They're theorizing, sometimes in a lighthearted/more for entertainment way and sometimes as a reflection of their actual serious predictions. Nobody knows what will actually happen until it happens! And actually... parts of what they said does end up being somewhat correct. Spoilers: - - - - - - - - - Thistle/Sissel isn't so much the main antagonist, as the winged lion ends up taking that role. He is less of a deep rooted evil and more of a corrupted "abrasive" personality from circumstances. He brings clarity (inadvertently or not) to what the dungeon actually is. So... the bros win some and lose some. I'm sure they'll keep having fun figuring it all out.

[@animagamer2]

@@fuyahanabi1304 They're 1 trillion percent are operating under the assumption that this is the mad-mage. They say it right after the episode ends- @16:40 for the time stamp. But hey, I don't want to squabble. It's fine if you feel differently. I'm just happy to see I wasn't the only one feeling this way.