For some reason I didn't vibe with it the first time I watched the first episode but gave it another shot after seeing it so highly reviewed. Definitely worth watching.

I wish there were more Dwarfs though I got Dwarf brain. Whenever Eisen isn't on the screen everyone should be asking "Where's Eisen?"

  • Nacarbac [any]
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    11 months ago

    Dungeon Meshi is getting an adaptation, and has a great dwarf character.

  • ItsPequod [he/him]
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    11 months ago

    I really love it because it's doing straight fantasy as opposed to fantasy as filtered through an isekai or some shit. It's great having a setting that doesn't have to worry about that.

    • GVAGUY3 [he/him]
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      11 months ago

      I like that it also feels like the down moments of a DnD campaign. Those are some of my favorite moments of playing. Just role playing and riffing with the group.

    • Cromalin [she/her]
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      11 months ago

      have you read dungeon meshi? because i think that's starting in january and is also an excellent straight fantasy*. clearly inspired by dungeon crawler games both tabletop and video, but no bullshit

      *well, straightforward. not entirely hetero though

      • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]
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        11 months ago

        not entirely hetero though

        spoiler

        in the subtext perhaps. There is no explicit romance in the story either hetero or not, and that's something I kinda like about it. Also, in the succubus arc - Izutsumi is the only one of the party to not have any sexual fantasy for the creature to turn into and lure her with, basically making her canonically asexual.

        • Cromalin [she/her]
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          11 months ago
          spoiler

          it is all subtextual, but i saw the joke and i made it. i agree that it's nice to not have any explicit romance

  • AlpineSteakHouse [any]
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    11 months ago

    I read the manga but I didn't stick with it long. Is it a slow burn kinda thing or if I don't like it after the first 2 volumes then I'll probably not like it in general?