#(since you presumably know tags are checked by fans and put the MiA tag on there i imagine you anticipated/sought fans seeing it.)

[burinazar]

Yes, not only are they are very similar stories with tightly constructed fantasy ecologies about a hole in the ground that a party descends to in pursuit of a lost female relative, there’s a lot of fan overlap for more reasons than just that imo. People compare the worldbuilding, but beyond that they explore similar themes — s2’s poignant conception of “the forms that wishes and desire take” and “what you long for” is particularly prominent in DunMeshi as well.

This theme, although less overt in s1, is baked into Abyss as a whole; OP1’s line about “this longing will never end”, which is also what the main fan event for MiA is named after, hints at it. All the characters are pursuing a longing, pursuing what they value. This is true of the party members in DunMesh as well, who repeatedly face questions about what it is they “want” in forms that become more and more plot relevant.

And like DunMeshi, MiA S2 even ties this to eating and consumption in a fantastically visceral way. Without spoilers, Dungeon Meshi ultimately pushes this theme to the same approximate place as MiAs2, but with a very different atmosphere. They’re both great tales with a lot to say about value and flesh and longing and wishes and desire, I’m so pleased to have been able to experience them.

Watching Dungeon Meshi is the complete opposite of watching Made In Abyss but they’re built around a very similar structure if you get what I mean.

Most notably and most enjoyably, Dungeon Meshi has fascinating and detailed worldbuilding and all characters involved in stuff that happens (outside of flashback) are adults!