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Dungeon Meshi Liveblog: Short bc I'm Actually Going To Bed Before the Climactic Confrontations This Time

This callback goes to Chapter 3. THREE, do you hear me? That is 82 chapters ago. Is it weird that my competence kink unironically includes 'really good writing'? I don't think so. I think I'm normal. Senshi I'm so sorry for staying up until 6am reading this the first time. I should probably stop soon this time, too. I'm probably not gonna.

Funny note: Laios trying to cue Chilchuck and Senshi for the dramatic group pronouncement he's setting up, and Chilchuck going 'wtf?!?!' before catching on and jumping in.

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Impeccable redemption = death fakeout. I was so genuinely worried for a moment.

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Woman, this is the LEAST helpful anyone has been so far. Laios is earnestly asking for help in stopping this calamity, and you are a) blaming him for it entirely (unfair and you know it, because elvish policy is clearly willing to forgive former dungeon lords if they can be stopped); and b) telling him there's NOTHING he can do. Alright, guess they might as well just keep going then!!

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Note: Laios has already come up with the fundamentals of his plan at this point. I love him so much!!

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[the crowd (me) claps and cheers]

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Laios's friends who know him well wincing and retching because they KNOW what he means when he says he wants to feed everyone a meal - though they don't yet know that it's Falin! (That'll make it worse.)

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Alright, this time I actually am going to stop here, at nearly midnight. Except that I AM going to read the Daydream Hours that this manga website puts here in the reading order, which I didn't before!

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I FUCKING KNEW IT HAD TO BE THAT! Conditionally pardoned criminals commanded by aristocratic scions who need to prove their loyalty...and according to one of the Adventurer's Bible pages, it's possible for a criminal to serve long enough to earn their pardon, then be hired back as a guard... It's so good. It's so sketch. It does NOT, frankly, sound like a recipe for people who wouldn't take a demon's offer for power; I'd really expect cases like Mithrun's to be common.

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ive spent the past couple days binge reading blue period... and i havent even gotten THAT far (just started the 6th volume!!!!) because each chapter is like 50 pages long (aside from the last chapter of the 5th vol i guess) but im back to reading my....... other two. dunmeshi first time reading and my mp100 reread...

i finished the 4th volume of dunmeshi today :^) falin!!!!!!!!!! shes been resurrected :) there was a lot of cool and cute art AND FARCILLE... OH MY GOD. EVERY LESBIAN AROUND THE WORLD SHOULD REJOICE... FARCILLE........... FARCILLE.................... and i thought it was awesome how the red dragon BIT LAIOS' FOOT OFF... i liked the mark that was left after marcille reattached it...... and when he was scratching it im going to be honest! my interest... was piqued. but then falin healed him up fully and the weird ring mark was lost </3 SAD! but yeah...

i didnt think i would ever like dunmeshi just bc i found it really annoying how it was FUCKING EVERYWHERE I LOOOOOOOOOOKED when the anime came out. i wasnt annoyed at anyone who put it on my dash god forbid!!! the story/characters themselves just got on my nerves. because they were fucking everywhere. im happy i gave it another chance though because ive really been enjoying it at my own pace :)

and the guy i hated seeing the most is now the guy i love seeing the most (LAIOS.) so isnt it cute how people change... he is very charming cute and funny i want to throw him down a flight of stairs to hear his armour clang and such

today ill finish rereading volume 4 of mp100 :^) there are about 50 chapters left until serizawa shows up. and he was the whole reason i started my reread in the first place... BUT THE MANGA IS SO GENUINELY FUNNY ive tried watching the anime like 5 different times and it just sucks so much in comparison. i dont want amazing animation sequences and a consistent and appealing art style!! i want ONEs style!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i want the swear woooooooords!!!!!!!!!!

so yes i am enjoying myself mangafully lately heh... hope everyone is doing okay <3

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Bookshelf Briefs 5/21/18

Anonymous Noise, Vol. 8 | By Ryoko Fukuyama | Viz Media – This was more of a band volume than a romantic triangle volume, and I appreciated that. Momo and Yuzu have to learn here that in order to survive, they have to write songs that are for other people, as well as songs that occasionally make compromises—such as being easier to sing. They do this by running into two annoying idols whose annoyingness turns out to be half front (and half being annoying). Elsewhere, Miou is having trouble dealing with being in a relationship when she’s still in love with Yuzu, and tries to deal with both issues at the same time, with limited success. And as if that weren’t enough, BATTLE OF THE BANDS again. Shojo’s Beat’s most addictive potboiler. – Sean Gaffney

Baccano!, Vol. 3 | By Ryohgo Narita, Shinta Fujimoto and Katsumi Enami | Yen Press – This final volume of the manga is a relatively straightforward adaptation of the first volume, with a few Easter Eggs thrown in for hardcore novel fans, such as a flashforward to Firo and Ennis’ wedding (Christopher! Rail! People blocked by an annoying arm!). Of course, the manga is cagey about when that wedding takes place—trust me, it’ll be a while. As for other aspects of the adaptation, it’s worth noting that Enami more than the anime or the novels is making Isaac and Miria explicitly a romantic couple rather than a mere comedy double act. There’s some really sweet moments here that shows off their love. Baccano! fans who saw the anime and read the novels will want this too. – Sean Gaffney

Black Clover, Vol. 11 | By Yuki Tabata | Viz Media – There’s a lot going on here, and as always with Black Clover very little of it will take you by surprise. We see brainwashed villains overcoming it (as well as villains in love), Asta manages to control his anti-magic and become more powerful, and an arrogant sneering villain gets to apologize. We also see Vanessa face off against the Queen of Witches, which gives us a nice opportunity to talk about how much Jump loves found families. A whole lot. The whole is not greater than the sum of its parts—honestly, the whole is about the same as the parts—and I suspect I’ll forget what happened in this volume before the next. But I do enjoy Black Clover as I read it. It’s dumb fun. – Sean Gaffney

The Bride Was a Boy | By Chii | Seven Seas – It probably isn’t much of a surprise that The Bride Was a Boy was one of the manga releases that I was most looking forward to this year. It’s fairly rare in translated manga to see realistically portrayed characters who are transgender, but rarer still is the opportunity to read a manga that is both about and by someone who actually is transgender. The Bride Was a Boy is the autobiography of Chii. It’s an adorably sweet manga about her experiences as a transwoman in Japan, including aspects of her transition and her marriage to her wonderful husband. Some may criticize the work for being too free of conflict–that it doesn’t adequately show the hardships that so many transgender people face–but it’s incredibly refreshing to see such a charming and positive work. Happy, hopeful stories about transgender lives are valuable and important to have, too. – Ash Brown

Chihayafuru, Vol. 11 | By Yuki Suetsugu | Kodansha Comics (digital only) – Mizusawa’s karuta club has earned a spot at the national tournament no matter what happens in their final match against Hokuou, though it’s still a disappointment when they don’t come away with the victory. Part of the problem is that Chihaya is looking ahead to her next game against Shinobu and spends the entire first half trying to improve her accuracy rather than relying on her real strength—having a higher number of “one-character cards” than anyone else. I love that her resulting funk is short-lived and that her perseverance also serves as an inspiration for her sister, who’s having a bit of a career crisis. After a nice bit of encouragement from the wind instruments club, the gang is off to nationals. I consistently love this series more with every volume and don’t foresee that ever changing. – Michelle Smith

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 5 | By Ryoko Kui| Yen Press – The joy of getting Falin back lasts for about five pages into this fifth volume, and I hope you weren’t looking forward to her as part of the team. But no, instead we get a new villain, the “Lunatic Magician,” who shows the reader what they had guessed all along—Falin came back wrong. Hopefully we’ll see more of her later, but for the moment our heroes have to go back to the surface—they’ve finally gone as far as they can living off the dungeon. We also meet a few other groups, some of whom are familiar with Laos and company, and learn that Laos and Falin are viewed as… rather creepy by everyone else in the area. The series is getting darker, but I’m still enjoying the places it’s going. – Sean Gaffney

Everyone’s Getting Married, Vol. 8 | By Izumi Miyazono | Viz Media – The series proves to be very good at looking at multiple aspects of a long term, non-married relationship, and that’s good news for the reader but bad news for Asuka, who has to deal with her workplace hearing she’s involved, and thus demoting her as they expect her to leave to be a housewife. This is so very, very Japan and it’s sad that everyone treats it as “yeah, that’s what happens.” Asuka and Ryu try their best, but she’s also hammered on by the folks in the United States that they need Ryu to be there—and not with Asuka. As such, the end of this volume is sad but inevitable. Fortunately, it’s not the end of the series. This was a bit excruciating, but well told. – Sean Gaffney

Haikyu!!, Vol. 23 | By Haruichi Furudate | Viz Media – This is the second volume in a row not to deal with the main Karasuno club, as we’re still playing out Nekoma’s match for the majority of the book. It’s a good match, but I must admit it does not exactly lend itself to new things to say in a review. Cool things happen, people learn about volleyball, their are heartfelt flashbacks, and eventually a team is the winner. The next volume definitely looks like it’s heading back to Kageyama, though, as he’s been picked as what sounds like the equivalent of an All-Pro. Can be do actual teamwork with a team other than his own, though? And what does Hinata feel about this? Fine out next time, same Haikyu-time, same Haikyu-channel. – Sean Gaffney

Tales of Wedding Rings, Vol. 2 | By Maybe | Yen Press – There’s a bit of fanservice here, but for the most part Tales of Wedding Rings impresses me by not going for the obvious harem fantasy tropes. We travel to the country of the elves to meet the next princess (described in the blurb as well-endowed, presumably to separate her from the well-endowed main heroine). Unfortunately, Nefritis is a massive introvert with a fear of others, and her brother not only has a massive brother complex but also seems to have a hate-on for the ring bearer—the two may be connected. There’s some emotional scenes and a nice battle in among the cliches here, and while I’m expecting more well-endowed girls next time around, I still think this is worth your time. – Sean Gaffney

Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty, Vol. 4 | By Megumi Morino | Kodansha Comics – Wake Up, Sleeping Beauty has always been good, but I was not expecting so many feels. It all starts so well. Shizu has come so far as her true self, and has a lovely evening with Tetsu at the summer festival. Tetsu patches things up with Chihiro, whom we learn sees a lot of himself in Shizu. With Chihiro’s encouragement, Tetsu begins to ask the spirits occupying Shizu about their lingering regrets, hoping to maybe help them move on. It’s so hopeful! And then evil dad returns and we’re plunged into bleak darkness. Thankfully, it’s brief, as Tetsu has come to care too much about Shizu to let his guilt over being paid to befriend her keep him from helping her escape her dad’s clutches. Evil dad won’t be happy with this turn of events, but I personally can’t wait to see what happens next. – Michelle Smith

By: Michelle Smith