Writin Rambles: Connecting the fakes in Dungeon Meshi

[@alphang1888]

Author was legit testing us on how well we know the characters

[@iTrapa]

Nope, the author listed who came from who's memory in the comic. "Falos" came from Senshi due to dwarfs often view tall men to be a bit feminine. "Talliaos" came from Marcille. She initially thought he'd look more like Falin, but was shocked cuz they turned out to be quite different.(to her) The shock stuck in her head and kinda affected how she remembers Liaos. "Chubby-Chuck" came from Senshi since he still view him as a kid, "Nice-Chuck" came from Marcille since she acknowledges his age a bit more. "Wrong tool Senshi" came from Marcille since the other two were taken. "Uglycille" came from Senshi since dwarves and elves were the two long-living species at war, so Senshi's perspective was warped a bit due to what he learned from his kind. (Senshi was already a bit skeptical about magic, of course his Marcille would brag about the ability to use black magic after witnessing what happened to Falin.) "Spell book doddle Marcille" came from Chilchuck, since the other two were taken and he didn't learn magic from her.

[@WritinRealSlow]

Alright cool. I haven't read the manga yet, so thanks for the explanation

[@sammiehopkins9408]

From other comments, I get that there's a "right" answer from the Manga. But I like your explanations a lot!

[@WritinRealSlow]

Thanks! I was super off, but it was still fun to speculate

[@salceds]

Regardless of this being correct or not, this was such a fun watch! Thank you

[@WritinRealSlow]

Thank you!

[@wyster14]

I watched the entire show before watching this episode, and man I’m glad I did bc I just know this show is gonna break my heart

[@1gient]

6:10 weirdly I thought that was the real Marcille due to her book looking like a legitimate notebook someone would actively use (like the one currently sitting on a table behind me for taking notes in video games) rather then a textbook created by a calligrapher spending days on pages.

[@justsometroglodyte4056]

5:02 i love Senshi's 'thanks for the complement, but for the love dwarf jesus this isn't the time!'

[@WritinRealSlow]

It seriously is the best!

[@axepuff411]

Congratulations, if you don't include the two which were explicitly told to us, you got 4 out of 10 right! As people have mentioned, the author listed which shapeshifter was based on which party member's memory. I think it's interesting, that instead of sussing out which is which based on how well you know a character, it actually gives you *more* insight into the characters because of their unspoken biases. Like how Senshi is actually super racist towards elves lol. This is also why I can never ship Chilchuck and Senshi, because while Chilchuck sees Senshi as this paragon of masculinity and hotness, Senshi sees Chilchuck as a little chubby-cheeked cherubic child still with all his puppy fat. That, and Senshi strikes me as incredibly asexual.

[@jcp1296]

A lot of these get more obvious as we learn more about the characters throughout the story. Also this ep shows Marcille is very based since (VERY minor spoiler) most elves are low-key racist af in this universe

[@WritinRealSlow]

yeah, I was working with what I knew of the characters so far, which is only from the anime (and some spoilers from tumblr). And Marcille is absolutely the best.

[@jcp1296]

@@WritinRealSlow haha yeah don’t worry they were better guesses then mine before I went and cheated lol

[@spencerfair7505]

Itʼs sad- Laios actually had the most accurate depictions of all his party members (minus clothing details), but his fakes are found out immediately. Nobody understands him 😢

[@libertyprime1614]

I am here to inform you that your ship was shot and sunk to the depths of the degenerate ocean.

[@WritinRealSlow]

oh noooo, I was so invested...

[@akingergamer]

man you are either from or currently live in minnesota to make that specific of a joke lol

[@WritinRealSlow]

Oh shit, my secret's out!

[@taylorcasale680]

You have expose yourself as an anime only watcher. In the manga they have a Page at the end that reveals which copy came from who’s imagination. You were actually pretty close but you got a few things wrong

[@WritinRealSlow]

yep, anime only. Usually I'd read the manga too, but I've been watching it with my roommate and I don't want to read ahead right now, since watching it together each week is kind of our thing.

[@taylorcasale680]

⁠@@WritinRealSlow I think the correct imposters are as follows if I’m remembering the page right. Chilchuck -> Hungry Idiot Laios Senshi -> Eye closed Laios (dwarves think tall men are not masculine) Marcel -> “Rule 34” Laios Laios -> Scarf Chilchuck Senshi -> Bad Lockpicks Chilchuck Marcel -> “Chilchuck B” Chilchuck -> Handsome Senshi (Halflings think dwarves are masculine) Laios -> Missing holes Senshi Marcel -> Bad Tools Senshi Senshi -> Crazy Looking Marcel (dwarves don’t like elves) Chilchuck -> Marcel with braid and bad spells Laios -> “Cool” Marcel with her hair down (he can’t remember how she does her hair)

[@jcp1296]

Even if he was a manga reader I’m 99% sure that image wasn’t actually from the manga itself but from a daydream hour (or maybe the adventurers bible/ extra comic)

[@archiwistykaumk5182]

Wrong. You switch Laios Senshi and Marcille.

[@WritinRealSlow]

explain?

[@archiwistykaumk5182]

@@WritinRealSlow Senshi see all party as a kids. Falin descript laios Marcille in school as high as she is. When Marcille see Laios when he grown up her imagination of him was change. This is from born giant Laios.

[@junejunejunejunejunejune1060]

@@WritinRealSlow one of the omakes shows who each fake comes from

[@WritinRealSlow]

@@junejunejunejunejunejune1060 Really? I didn't know that. Well, it was fun too speculate anyway

[@WritinRealSlow]

@@archiwistykaumk5182 makes sense

[@numinous123]

So many of these are wrong.