Dungeon Meshi
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Episodes (24)
- 1EP 1
Laios and party eat dungeon monsters with Senshi's help to reach the red dragon
Jan 4, 2024After adventurer Laios Touden and his sister Falin encounter a legendary red dragon, Falin is swallowed while the group escapes. Laios aims to rescue her before permanent digestion occurs, but two companions quit, leaving him with Marcille Donato, Chilchuck Tims, and no funds. Unable to sell gear for food, Laios proposes eating dungeon monsters. After persuading a reluctant Marcille Donato, they prepare a scorpion dish that attracts Dwarf warrior Senshi, an expert in monster cuisine. Senshi helps them create a delicious hot-pot and joins their quest. As they venture deeper, the group camps for the night while Senshi prepares a tart using fruits from giant carnivorous plant monsters.
- 2EP 2
Senshi teaches cooking basilisk and mandrakes while Chilchuck navigates traps
Jan 11, 2024Senshi lectures the group on the poor diet of adventurers, noting it is high in fat and low on vegetables. When Marcille craves meat, Senshi suggests hunting a basilisk and its eggs. During the hunt, another adventurer is poisoned, but Senshi demonstrates that eating the basilisk acts as an antidote. To obtain vegetables, Senshi harvests screaming mandrakes using a shortcut method. Marcille attempts to show the proper harvesting technique but fails and is attacked by a bat monster. Laios comforts her by highlighting her strengths. Senshi learns that the correct method makes mandrakes sweeter and credits Marcille for the lesson, cooking an omelette with basilisk eggs and mandrakes. As the group moves to the next floor, Chilchuck leads through an area full of booby traps. Senshi enjoys setting off traps and repurposes fire and hot oil traps into a fryer to make kakiage with mandrake and bat meat. Chilchuck teaches Senshi to manipulate traps in exchange for cookery skills, improving their mutual appreciation.
- 3EP 3
Laios Recovers a New Weapon After Surviving an Ambush by Living Armor
Jan 18, 2024Laios remembers acquiring his sword three years ago after being killed by a living armor monster. The party encounters a congregation of these suits in the same area, where Marcille deduces they are empty puppets controlled by a larger creature. Laios fights a giant armor guarding an egg, realizing the shells belong to small mollusc-like monsters. He uses the egg as bait to defeat the leader and escapes with his companions. Senshi cooks the defeated monsters like shellfish, though they lack flavor. Laios takes the giant armor's superior sword as a replacement, secretly hiding the fact that one monster remains alive inside the handle.
- 4EP 4
Senshi's Golem Garden and the Orcs' Dragon Crisis
Jan 25, 2024Senshi explains that golems on the third floor protect the surface, maintaining three with vegetable waste fertilizer. Marcille is repulsed by the method, but Senshi insists on their safety role. The group sells produce to a merchant, but the shop is raided by orcs under Chief Zon. Senshi reveals he planned to trade with them, as they are allies. The orcs suffer from red dragon invasions, so Senshi provides vegetables and teaches bread-making. Marcille and Zon clash over historical species conflicts until Zon’s infant son prompts a shared meal. Laios shares his party’s dragon-hunting mission and dungeon conquest goals. Zon then reveals the dragon was last sighted on the fifth floor, two levels deeper.
- 5EP 5
Kabru's party dies from Treasure Bugs, Senshi makes ice cream from frozen holy water
Feb 1, 2024Kabru’s adventuring party discovers treasure in an undead’s pockets, only to be found dead later by Laios and his group. The monster in Laios’ sword goes berserk before it is revealed that the treasure consists of venomous Treasure Bugs. After defeating the insects, Laios hides the monster’s existence and names it Kensuke, suspecting it tried to protect him. Senshi reveals some bugs are edible snacks, while Chilchuck discards the inedible real treasure into an abyss. Ghosts using ice magic attack, prompting memories of Falin’s kindness toward spirits. Senshi repels them with a holy water mixture containing alcohol, sugar, slime organs, herbs, and boiled Treasure Bugs. The cold freezes the liquid into ice cream, which Senshi calls Exorcist Sorbet, leaving Laios wishing Falin were present.
- 6EP 6
Laios tests painting food while Chilchuck traps a Mimic that Senshi boils
Feb 8, 2024The group finds an abandoned dining hall where paintings are Living Picture monsters. Laios tests if the depicted food is edible by entering the art, observing Prince Delgal’s history and an elf who mistakes him for an assassin. The food proves fake, leaving the party hungry. Chilchuck hides a Mimic sighting due to his hatred of the creatures. That night, a Treasure Bug lures him into the Mimic’s lair, but he escapes and crushes the beast. Senshi boils the Mimic in salt water, treating it as a giant crab. Chilchuck eats it reluctantly, admitting he is 29 years old, which makes Laios the youngest member.
- 7EP 7
Laios' party faces lake obstacles, kelpie betrayal, and parasitic worm complications.
Feb 15, 2024Kabru’s group is revived and deceived into thinking Laios’ party killed them. On the fourth floor, Laios’ team attempts to cross a lake using magic, but Senshi refuses because monster blood and oil in his beard block the spell. Senshi summons his pet kelpie, Anne, who attempts to drown him, but Laios helps Senshi kill her. Laios and Chilchuck discover Kabru’s party has died again, this time drowned by mermaids. Chilchuck rejects Laios’ suggestion to eat them. Laios prepares porridge using grain Kabru dropped, Mimic parts, and lake weeds. Chilchuck becomes furious when Laios secretly adds mermaid eggs to the meal. Marcille creates soap from kelpie fat, allowing Senshi to bathe for the first time in years so they can cross the lake. A kraken attacks, but Senshi kills it with a mermaid’s trident. Due to the kraken’s bitterness, they eat the giant parasitic worms infecting it. Laios foolishly eats one raw, becoming infected with a smaller worm and suffering a stomach ache.
- 8EP 8
Marcille reflects on dungeon design while the party faces Undine attacks and culinary disputes.
Feb 22, 2024Marcille contemplates the ecological impact of adventurers, recalling her academy days when she naively believed she could design a safe, balanced dungeon. She contrasts her own rigid approach with Falin’s chaotic but effective method of sneaking into real dungeons, which revealed the delicate complexity of such ecosystems. This realization instilled deep respect for the dungeon’s creator, despite his alleged insanity. Meanwhile, Chilchuck calculates that the dragon is two days away and adjusts their sleep schedule. Marcille feels lonely and resents former party members who left after Falin’s death. Her mood worsens when she accidentally provokes an Undine, forcing her to flee until she exhausts her magic recovering from blood loss. Senshi feeds her iron-rich grilled kelpie liver to aid recovery, but Marcille is angered when the others consume the tastier meat, leaving her with only the liver. Another party detects the cooking scent and approaches with curiosity.
- 9EP 9
Marcille seeks to restore her magic by consuming the Undine while the party faces new dangers.
Feb 29, 2024The group travels with gnome researchers Mr. and Mrs. Tansu, bodyguards Kaka and Kiki, and former member Namari. Marcille resents Namari’s presence, but the Tansus’ arrogance leads to Namari’s death and Kiki’s injury by a tentacle monster. After defeating the creature, Senshi notes that tentacles pair well with vinegar. With the Undine requiring a week to calm down, the Tansus plan to return to the surface. Laios attempts to send Marcille with them, but she refuses. She asks Namari to rejoin the party, though financial constraints prevent it. To recover her magic, Marcille decides to eat the Undine. Senshi provides his adamant cooking pot and lid as shields. Namari and Senshi trap and boil the Undine, allowing Marcille to prepare a kelpie and tentacle stew. Before leaving, Laios asks Namari about Shuro, who she believes is also trying to rescue Falin.
- 10EP 10
The party battles tentacle-infested stairs and uses frog skins to reach the surface.
Mar 7, 2024The group encounters frog monsters and tentacles while ascending to the fifth floor. Chilchuck uses frog skin immunity to neutralize a trap and defeat the final foe. Laios crafts frog suits for protection, while Senshi prepares pasta from tentacles and frog meat. Upon reaching the Castle City, they discover the orcs' abandoned base. Laios questions the dragon's constant movement. Meanwhile, Mr. Tansu informs the local Lord about the Elf King's demand to reclaim elf lands, including the dungeon. Tansu suspects the elves seek the dungeon's immortality spell held by a sorcerer. The Lord delays the elves and supports the adventurers. Back in the dungeon, Laios acknowledges the difficulty of killing the dragon without Falin, Namari, and Shuro. They decide to lure and trap it instead. The dragon appears after Senshi cooks frog meat cutlets.
- 11EP 11
Laios loses a leg fighting a dragon while the party fails to retrieve Falin's body
Mar 14, 2024The party's ambush fails when Laios drops his shield against dragon fire, forcing them to retreat to Marcille's trap. Kensuke panics and abandons Laios, who is left defenseless as Senshi's axe breaks. Chilchuck uses a mithril chef knife to blind the dragon, allowing the group to throw Kensuke to Laios before being buried. Laios kills the beast with Marcille's magic but loses his leg. He briefly recalls Falin's past before waking to her confused farewell. After Marcille heals the group, Chilchuck demands an explanation for Laios's sword. The party butchers the dragon to find Falin, but accelerated digestion has consumed her remains, leaving only her staff and skeleton.
- 12EP 12
Marcille Resurrects Falin With Forbidden Magic Amidst Dragon Explosion
Mar 21, 2024Unable to retrieve Falin's bones or a necromancer, Marcille uses dragon flesh to resurrect her friend, revealing her mastery of Ancient Black Magic. After Falin recovers, the group bathes while Laios worries about the ascent and Chilchuck struggles with Marcille's illegal spell. Senshi prepares to cook the dragon, but leaked fuel causes a massive explosion. Falin saves everyone by casting magic without incantation. The party then enjoys dragon meat dishes, with Laios thrilled that Falin accepts eating monsters. Laios also hints at a secret regarding Kensuke, which he keeps for now. That night, another elf discovers the dragon corpse and traces of Marcille's forbidden magic.
- 13EP 13
Falin transforms via dragon magic while the party faces orc capture and moral dilemmas
Mar 28, 2024Falin sleepwalks to a dragon corpse where an angry elf demands Lord Delgal’s location. Laios identifies her as the dungeon’s creator, a sorcerer using ancient magic like Marcille’s. Since her body consists of dragon flesh, she transforms Falin to find Delgal. Meanwhile, the remaining party members are captured by orcs led by Leed, Chief Zon’s sister. With Laios and Marcille unconscious, Chilchuck proposes deceiving them to return to the surface rather than rescue Falin. Leed agrees to let him retrieve his belongings if he leaves alone. Chilchuck notices the dragon corpse is gone and recounts their dragon-slaying story to Leed, realizing his fear of watching friends die. After collecting their items, he attempts to persuade Laios to follow his plan. Senshi approves, and Laios reluctantly agrees.
- 14EP 14
Kabru recalls past deception by corpse retrievers while Laios's group faces starvation in the labyrinth.
Apr 4, 2024A flashback reveals Mr. and Mrs. Tansu resurrected Kabru and his party, who nearly starved while fleeing an illusion spell cast by labyrinth corpse retrievers. After killing the culprits, Kabru grew depressed as fewer adventurers entered the dungeon. He deduced the thieves were Laios's party, suspecting Laios wanted to conquer the dungeon but might harm surface society. Although attacked by a sea serpent, Kabru was saved by Shuro and his new party from the East, leading him to volunteer assistance in finding Falin. In the present, two days after killing the dragon, Laios and his friends remain trapped in an underground city where all exits have vanished, leaving them in danger of starving to death.
- 15EP 15
Marcille faces stone petrification while the party hunts dryads and manages mana sickness.
Apr 11, 2024Marcille discovers the dungeon layout is shifting to trap the group. Senshi, feeling guilty about their hunger, volunteers to hunt the next monster. He, Laios, and Chilchuck encounter dryads whose pollen triggers severe allergies. Chilchuck guides Senshi with voice commands to defeat them. Marcille’s staff is broken, preventing her from fighting, though she needs time to regrow it. Senshi prepares soup and sautéed fruits from the dryads. To improve survival odds, Marcille teaches Laios healing magic. Senshi awkwardly gives Chilchuck a talk, unaware he is an adult in Half-foot years. Laios casts his first spell but suffers from mana sickness, forcing the others to let him rest. A cockatrice attacks, and while they kill it, Marcille is bitten and turned to stone in an unstable pose. They cure her using healing magic and herbs over four days, leaving her feeling guilty about the wasted time.
- 16EP 16
Chilchuck guides the party to the dragon site while they encounter cleaners and a warning about the Magician's Eye.
Apr 18, 2024Chilchuck identifies a dungeon pattern and leads the group back to the dragon’s location. Laios encounters an undead warning him of the Magician's Eye, while Marcille observes cleaners repairing the dungeon. Chilchuck finds the fourth-floor exit, prompting Senshi to prepare a meal using cockatrice, dryad, mandrake, and healing herbs in a stone dish. The party meets Shuro and Kabru, who suspect Laios is not the thief. After Shuro collapses from exhaustion, the groups share a meal. Laios reveals Falin may have been taken deeper by a sorcerer. Senshi comforts Shuro’s attendant, Maizuru, and they deliver food to the men. Shuro angrily attacks Laios, fearing execution for using black magic to revive Falin. Meanwhile, a mutated Falin watches from afar, searching for Delgal.
- 17EP 17
Kabru dies as Falin attacks Shuro's party, leading to a group conflict and eventual separation.
Apr 25, 2024Kabru assists Shuro in accepting that Laios had no choice but to leave Falin dead. During a harpy attack, Falin, now a human-dragon chimera, massacres Shuro's group. Laios hesitates to strike her, causing Kabru's death. Holm, Maizuru, and Marcille resurrect the fallen. Shuro blames Marcille, demanding she be handed to the Western Elven Kingdom after Falin is killed. Laios argues for defeating the sorcerer to save her, sparking a fistfight that turns into a dispute over personal grievances. After resolving their issues, Shuro treats Falin as deceased, returns to his country, and departs. Laios remains determined to defeat the sorcerer. Kabru believes Laios might succeed using his monster knowledge. Shuro's party eats a harpy egg omelette and teleports to the surface, leaving Laios with a contact magic tool. Laios and his friends continue pursuing Falin.
- 18EP 18
Laios identifies shapeshifter copies and rescues Marcille from Asebi hostage situation
May 2, 2024The group descends to the sixth floor, finding ancient dwarven tunnels frozen solid instead of warm. Laios learns from Marcille that Delgal ruled one thousand years ago and vanished when the labyrinth appeared, fueling a sorcerer’s quest. A shapeshifter creates duplicates of the party, leaving three copies of Marcille, Chilchuck, and Senshi. Laios must identify the originals despite his poor deductive skills. While the others pair up to cook dinner, Laios fails to distinguish the real members. He eventually scares the creature into losing control by mimicking a hunting hound, causing the copies to vanish before Marcille destroys it. Laios admits his hunches were correct. Marcille is then taken hostage by Asebi, a missing member of Shuro’s party from Falin’s earlier attack.
- 19EP 19
Asebi's Curses and Marcille's Nightmare Monster Encounter
May 9, 2024Asebi reveals she bears two black magic curses and demands Marcille remove them. After Senshi serves risotto, Asebi discards the mushrooms, prompting a demon summoned by her first curse to attack. Senshi defeats the demon and scolds her for food waste. The second curse transformed Asebi into a beast-man, similar to Falin, but her retained sanity offers hope for restoring Falin's mind. Asebi reverts to her human name, Izutsumi. Later, Marcille suffers from Nightmares, monsters causing fatal exhaustion through bad dreams. Laios lucid dreams into her nightmare, identifying the monster as her fear of losing loved ones. He encourages her to defeat it. Upon waking, Marcille vaguely recalls a puppy. Laios explains the Nightmares are edible clam-like creatures found in her pillow.
- 20EP 20
The party recovers gear and Senshi creates ice golem and barometz dishes
May 16, 2024The group returns to their previous dragon battle site to retrieve forgotten equipment. Senshi discovers a golem doll fused with snow in a sewer, creating an ice golem that Chilchuck breaks and Izutsumi destroys. Senshi cooks fried fish and harpy egg custard from the golem's contents. Chilchuck crafts an adventurer's bag for Izutsumi, while Marcille improves her snow-appropriate clothing. Izutsumi reveals her refusal to eat monsters stems from fear of incurable diseases. She later finds a barometz tree bearing a sheep and harvests it, unaware it feeds dire wolves. Izutsumi abandons the fight against the wolves and is nearly killed until Marcille intervenes and heals her. While wolves consume the adult sheep, Senshi gathers an unripe barometz fruit containing an unborn lamb. He prepares lamb chops with fruit sauce, which Izutsumi enjoys and then forces a reluctant Marcille to eat.
- 21EP 21
Shuro and Kabru negotiate with Canaries while the party discovers a cursed immortal village.
May 23, 2024Shuro and Kabru observe Canaries visiting the local Lord and propose sealing the dungeon to prevent their ownership. The Canaries assign Kabru leadership but threaten invasion if the plan fails. Inside, Izutsumi senses a spirit, confirming Laios’s hallucinations were real. The ghost requests a meeting, teleporting the party to a Golden Castle where farmers live with tamed monsters. The village’s magic renders Izutsumi docile. Chief Yaad, Delgal’s grandson, reveals a sorcerer cursed them with immortality. Delgal fled to the surface for help but never returned. After Marcille explains his fate, Yaad describes a winged lion imprisoned by the sorcerer, which prophesied the ruler’s death by a warrior with a winged sword who would become king. Laios fears this prophecy applies to him and feels overwhelmed.
- 22EP 22
Yaad advises freeing a winged lion while the party faces a griffin attack that separates Senshi.
May 30, 2024Yaad explains that Thistle, the Royal Magician, was once Delgal’s father’s jester before studying magic. Laios wants to speak with him, so Yaad suggests freeing a winged lion. After the party leaves, Thistle confronts Yaad angrily. The group returns to the dungeon and is attacked by a griffin, which Senshi fears, causing him to be carried away. Marcille summons familiars to track him, while Chilchuck notices inconsistencies in Senshi’s behavior. The familiars knock the griffin down, allowing Laios to kill it and save Senshi. Since the familiars were created from food supplies, Laios cooks them immediately, which angers Marcille. Senshi refuses to butcher the griffin. Chilchuck shares that he has a family he has not seen in years. Senshi then reveals he was a miner who accidentally discovered the Golden Castle, making his crew the first to enter the dungeon.
- 23EP 23
Griffin Soup and Dumplings 1
Jun 6, 2024Senshi survives a dungeon griffin attack by eating meat Gillin claimed was the beast, though Laios identifies it as hippogriff. Using changeling mushrooms to restore the meat's true nature, Senshi overcomes his guilt and resumes the journey. The mushrooms inadvertently swap the party's species, prompting a search for more to reverse the effect. Instead, they discover a door leading deeper into the dungeon. Kensuke emerges from his sword to unlock it, waking nearby gargoyles. Unable to fight, the group flees through the door into an ancient dwarven stronghold from the elf/dwarf war era. With no other options, they set up camp and prepare dumplings using the hippogriff meat.
- 24EP 24
Laios considers mushroom transformation while the party faces gargoyles and explores the dwarf stronghold.
Jun 13, 2024Laios questions if mushrooms can restore Falin to human form. Gargoyles attack, causing Kensuke to transform. Marcille uses mushroom spores on their linked hands to create a magic circle, turning gargoyles into statues. The group washes off spores, and Senshi creates new dumpling varieties using them. The next morning, they explore the dwarf stronghold and enter an automatic trolley leading deeper. Senshi proposes cutting off Falin’s dragon parts to eat them, preventing reattachment, though Laios worries this could take years without help from other parties. They must first find the winged lion. Meanwhile, Kabru, Namari, and Shuro enter the dungeon alongside the Canaries.
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Frequently asked questions
- How many episodes does Dungeon Meshi have?
- Dungeon Meshi has 24 episodes.
- When did Dungeon Meshi come out?
- Dungeon Meshi came out in 2024.
- Which studio made Dungeon Meshi?
- Dungeon Meshi was produced by TRIGGER.
- Who directed Dungeon Meshi?
- Dungeon Meshi was directed by Hideyuki Satake.
- Is Dungeon Meshi finished?
- Current status of Dungeon Meshi: Finished.