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I just feel like recent adaptations aren't the best quality as studios have really gotten married to stuff like intermixing 2D and tvCGI and it's not the best looking thing visually. I wouldn't look forward to having the living armors just be copy pasted models or a giant obvious computer generated Dragon.
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I like One Piece, been reading it since it came over to the States with the rest of the Shonen Jump roster. But after 900 chapters I really just want it to end and for Oda to stop expanding everything into the unknown we still don't have proper context for. To compare it to Dungeon Meshi: the two biggest plot threads that need more information is the fall of the golden kingdom and the mad sorceror, and the plot of the elves. For the former, we had the paintings chapter to give us some history, along with the current realization that the spirit that spurned this entire dungeon quest to begin with was really the former mayor of the spirits trapped within the dungeon. For the latter, between the Gnomes and the Governor's statements, as well as the elf specialist squad that shows up. We understand that the elves are both seeking to monopolize the spells that keep souls anchored to their bodies, as well as seeking to eliminate the threat of a dungeon evolving into a monster mutating factory like what happened at Kabru's home town. Things are escalating thanks to the prophecy Laius & Co. have learned, and the elves finally showing up. With each new piece of info we are approaching what feels like a final confrontation although it's still a ways off. If I just pick two of the major plot threads from One Piece: The Void Century, and the mystery of Raftel are probably the biggest in my mind. We know there was a massive war during the void century, we know it led to the formation of the World Government. We also know that the losing civilization seeded the world with indestructible stone monuments, as well as lesser ruins recounting the history of things and knowledge of these markers is strictly forbidden on penalty of death. But outside of the doomsday weapons and message from Joy Boy, the only character who can answer anything about all this doesn't talk about the things she's read. And Raftel is a complete dark spot because there is nothing that can really be used to guess what the island contains. It could be a technological marvel not unlike the continent of Mu, or the island of Atlantis. It could be a necropolis of a fallen kingdom filled with the horrors of a long past war. And most recently we got a cryogenically frozen straw hat, a singular leader to the WG when previously it had been the council of the Gorosei, and the biggest blue balls in the history of the series when we jumped to the far less compelling Wano arc just when things were about to pop off at the Reverie. It feels like Oda sometimes avoids revealing any concrete information because to do so would probably put the story in a place where it couldn't just be the adventure he wants it to be. I guess my point is, One Piece is a locomotive train with no real destination despite the conductor insisting he knows the last stop. And over the years I've gotten tired of seeing similar scenery while looking out of the windows when the first time around they were far more colorful. I don't think any manga series that has had this many chapters has stayed as "good" as it used to be and it feels like Oda will have to write for another decade to finish this story out when we have so many more things to cover like the possible and impending global war that could break out. Or the literal hundreds of plot threads connected to his massive cast and just making Sure that Luffy doesn't get swallowed up by any of the bigger fish that can easily put a stop to his journey. I'm a bigger fan of shorter, more focused series. Stuff like FMA and Alice in Borderland really hit that sweet spot of length and scope of story. And one of the few long running series I keep up with enthusiastically is Hunter x Hunter, which gets carried by Togashi's strength as a writer as his arcs don't really "repeat" themselves and he also can create amazing supporting characters and scenarios for each of his arcs. The current of which just knocking it out of the park. Granted HxH could meander around forever too much like One Piece, actually moreso because unlike OP, there isn't a set endpoint for the story of Hunter x Hunter as Gon's quest to find his dad wasn't the end-all of the narrative.
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Oct 17, 2018 15:05
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Wark Say posted:Pretty awesome! I checked out the author's page in Baka-Updates: Are any of her other works anywhere as cool as Dungeon Meshi? All of her other works are anthology collections, but her short stories are amazing. She still emphasizes fantasy plots, but does modern fantasies as well as a few science fiction stories.  From 'Seven Little Sons of the Dragon'  From 'Terrarium in Drawer'  From 'The Dragon's School is on Top of the Mountain Definitely give them all a read at your leisure.
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Oct 20, 2018 15:21
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Which omake did that come from? Can't seem to reverse image search it.
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Oct 20, 2018 20:59
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Didn't make the connection that you were a part of #EveryDayHeroes. Thanks for all your work, Dungeon Meshi and Hakumei are definitely two of the better manga I follow.
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New dungeon meshi chapter got flash cooked to your table https://mangadex.org/chapter/484015/1 That chapter went real dark with the cannibalism implications. Convenient that we had magical shapeshifting mushrooms as an excuse. Also the group just walked through the ring themselves so joke chapter next chapter?
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Nov 15, 2018 15:19
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I really do have to question why Toshiro made the signal device a bell and not something less prone to signalling while in motion. Hell, a scroll with some condition for conveying a message would seem more up their alley and less annoying.
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EponymousMrYar posted:A bell is incredibly simple and easy to use. Giving a guy who is going to be engaging in semi-regular melee combat a signaling device that sounds when moved is asking for it to go off every day. Even with Laius' carelessness that bell was still going to go off quite often. They already had an onmyouji in their crew, give Laius a magical talisman or scroll and hope he doesn't accidentally use it as fish wrap.
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Maybe it's just me, but I cannot see half-foot chilchack as anything other than an adult, but the rest are just kids to me. Most of them have big, shining, moe eyes. Mighty Dicktron posted:Every time we're reassured that if Senshi wasn't a dwarf he'd easily be the most conventionally attractive member of the team I just smile because it's so good.
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Feb 14, 2019 18:10
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Lt. Lizard posted:Honestly, those mushrooms are amazing and you could probably build a whole new branch of entertainment industry out of them, so boo on the party for not letting Laius keep them. It's all fun and games until a travelling adventurer kills your troupe because they all transformed into Orcs in the middle of town.
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In theory, if you were to seed a sword scabbard with the spores, you could have a form changing sword every time you sheath it and pull it out. The only problem is if/when your blade shapeshifts into something that won't fit back inside the sheath. The alternative I guess would be having a piece of rope that has the spores on it and is tied in a loose loop so you can adjust the diameter as needed.
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Feb 16, 2019 09:08
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Hey, Izumutsu is wearing her outfit from the One-shot now.
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where the red fern gropes posted:good wizard: teleports people and they don't get stuck in a wall Weaponized telefragging is not a very common occurrence, but I love it when it happens. Although I also couldn't help but remember the teleporting Contractor from 'Darker than Black' who swapped places with an equal amount of matter so he would literally emerge from the wall at times.
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Pureauthor posted:Shamelessly stolen from /tg/: No sense of Up or down either.
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Pureauthor posted:When you have an instant-teleportation hammer, everything looks like a nail. I saw it mentioned that the captain's teleportation ability might actually be ethereal Jaunt given it seems to be momentum based. The captain was able to send the giant mushroom down to a floor he hasn't been too in this dungeon. Likewise when he and Kabru jump to the pillar it looks like he's pushing both of them and Kabru's posture supports this. And the previous chapter could be interpreted as the captain "pushing" people around using his ability through light kicks and punches. Nothing concrete but it's a bit odd that the captain could select a destination they haven't been too yet with a teleportation ability
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May 15, 2019 14:13
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Something else to ruminate on is the method in which a dungeon will actually restock valuable items once it reaches the 4th level of growth. Some of this could be explained by adventurers finding the gear of previous parties, but the picture outright shows a treasure chest so how exactly does the magic of the dungeon create more gold coins or other valuables? The layout also changes and we know this is all a response to an increase in desire and occupation from outsiders, yet this all happens without any overseer like the Mad Sorcerer in this particular dungeon.
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May 15, 2019 18:30
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Captain Invictus posted:What series started the whole "dungeons are a living organism" thing? A fair few isekai have started using that style for dungeons as of late, too. Stuff like having a core at the center of a dungeon that grows as more adventurers die in it, producing stronger monsters, etc Isn't there a dungeon keeper manga out right now that's blatantly ripping off Dungeon Meshi to the point where the volume covers are the same?
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May 15, 2019 21:05
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Snooze Cruise posted:The "Living dungeons" concept been a thing for a while, you can find it in some tabletop rpg stuff and its actually part of the basic setting of 13th Age. 
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IShallRiseAgain posted:I love how Marcille being turned into an ogre triggered Lauis's monster fetish He's not the only one
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Jun 15, 2019 17:23
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Xelkelvos posted:Ahhhhhh the Togashi of elves. The togashi of Elves would release a new chapter once every decade then go on hiatus for a century.
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Crasical posted:Man, Dullahan are no joke. I wonder how many monsters could earn the 'Run, don't bother trying to fight it, just run" command from Laius. Not only was it no joke being a spirit and all, it casually resurrected a corpse to make it's own steed. Just, gave it a pat and was on it's merry headless way. Marcille is also inappropriately happy to have loving died
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I wish more series would get the OVA treatment much like Jojo's bizarre adventure did during the 90s and 00's. I think it's much better for runtimes instead of working around 18-20 minute chunks of plot being put out on a weekly basis you give someone 30+ minutes and a month or two between releases; and I think it would make it easier to organize the chapters leading up to the red dragon, while also making that an episode to itself.
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Anora posted:With what the manga is about, that sounds more like an ideal dinner then a partner for him.
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Kui really likes the idea of making supernatural entities more naturalistic looking at her previous anthologies, but it's been back to back in this series to it's benefit. Succubus being shapeshifting mosquitoes, Living armors being mollusk colonies, Mimics being large hermit crabs, and changelings being the result of magic mushroom spores from specific configurations. Things like that really sell the idea of the dungeon being an ecosystem, doubly so when you examine how these creatures behave and how that dictates how the party approaches them. I really enjoy how Kui crafts her worlds, it's something I would like to take to heart when planning out my own campaign settings.
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Bad Seafood posted:Show us Laius and Senshi's succubi you coward. Yeah, I forgot to mention it but even the Cleaners are something that takes into account how damage can be repaired in an enclosed environment, while also existing as slugs, silverfish, and other tiny critters. It's all still magic but it retains an internal consistency to it. On floors populated with vegetation you will find an abundance of wildlife and killer plants. In the regions dominated by corridors you are going to find ambush predators like Mimics, Succubus, treasure bugs (which also explain one part of how treasure "respawns"), wandering spirits and many more. There is an encampment of Orcs occupying the 4th floor that have their own ways of getting food including stealing from the humans who live in the dungeons as well. And a couple roving Golems near Senshi's tent. The flooded floor has it's own microcosm of water-based creatures living together and the trip down has a combination of rainforest creatures and plants that are part anemone. And then after all of that you can add "wizards be crazy" to explain why this dungeon also has shifting terrain, soul binding magic, and monsters that can be manufactured and controlled. On top of the fact that the desires of people entering it can restock the dungeon and produce more monsters on it's own since magic feeds the creation and growth of things inside. I don't know the author who said this, I believe it was Terry Pratchett. But someone once said that to take a good approach to worldbuilding and writing you need to ask "how do their toilets work" and we know there's an answer in this story.
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Explosions posted:I believe it was JK Rowling who said that the right approach to worldbuilding is to ask yourself, "how do their toilets work", and then tell yourself that the wizards poop on the ground where they stand, like a horse, and use their magic to make the poop disappear. I wish you were joking about that second part.
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Lurking Haro posted:Can I interest you in a wholesome round of Sword World RPG 2.5? That got translated? If you're serious I'd be down.
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Lurking Haro posted:I translated some more of 2.5 and lead a few rounds, I'm a GM noob though. I only used the easy battle rules so far. I'll keep an eye out. Haven't played anything Tabletop since my GURPS days which has been quite some time.
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Sharkopath posted:Bleach is good. Bleach is a rollercoaster in terms of quality which unfortunately means that eventually it has to go downhill. The problem with bleach is that it never course corrects or throws in more than a couple loops before the series died choking on a german alphabet soup.
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Can Of Worms posted:Finally, we get an answer one of the series's greatest mysteries: The elf captain Misurn is confirmed to be male. Looking forward to the lore dump about the deal with dungeon lords.
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Can you imagine what a nightmare it would be to have Kabru in your party while a serious shapeshifter was trying to kill your group? He basically makes perfect external copies of people and their mannerisms would be very close to the original as well for as much as Kabru studies people.
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In general the fact that monsters re-appear both aids in the idea that the dungeon is an ecosystem, but also helps with character moments. Like I already said, shapeshifters help show how Kabru sees people in high detail, but also shows the Captain's disinterest in anyone else. We also got walking mushrooms both as a hazard that can survive the lack of mana on the first floor, but you also get giant walking changeling mushrooms on lower floors. It's appropriately mixed between pallet swaps in dungeon crawlers and some kind of living environment.
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So interestingly enough, It's Kabru and the Captain's that turned the Griffin into a HippogriffTetracube posted:So unless there's a big fakeout (not entirely unlikely), the winged lion is a demon. Which explains why it chose Laius, because he has weird as gently caress desires. Does this mean the whole kingdom that exists down in the dungeon is another fake world? The people in there seem to have their desires eaten, which would indicate they are in fact real people even if the world itself is fake. quote:We still don't have the slightest idea what the gently caress is up with the red dragon that turned into half of Farlyn. Maybe it swooped down into the dungeon and rescued the inhabitants from being completely consumed by the lion? And then Thistle got snapped out of it (though still largely insane) and sealed the lion right the gently caress up. Brought To You By fucked around with this message at 16:56 on Mar 14, 2020 |
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Squidster posted:That's a crazy attention to detail from the creator. Flipping through, I just noticed that Thistle's magic tome also has a goat eye. Alternatively, the book and the lion were both the same entity originally until Thistle separated them and kept the "power" locked up while binding the demon to a tome. It's worth pointing out there is a winged Lion within the Ars Goetia named Vapula so it's not like the lion isn't from the Doom Hell dimension in some way.
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Can Of Worms posted:The lion's final form:  Forgot that Buer also made an appearance.
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I do like how the story presents a legitimate gray area between so called "dark magic" and "regular magic" and outside tapping into a hell dimension a lot of stuff that's "bad" is just outlawed because it either threatens a particular group's authority, makes people feel uncomfortable regarding soul manipulation (until it doesn't), or is just poorly understood with volatile reactions.
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Newish manga got a chunk of chapters translated recently titled Frieren at the Funeral and with the premise of an elf grappling with her long life juxtaposed with her human and dwarven companions I was reminded of Dungeon Meshi. A good first three chapters if a bit somber since given the title and subject matter this isn't a happy-go-lucky kind of story.
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Kui is a madwoman and I love her
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 Source Thought this was a neat crossover between two series where eating your way through obstacles is a valid option.
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