Dungeon Meshi

Dungeon Meshi

The cover of the first volume.
ダンジョン飯
(Danjon Meshi)
Genre Comedy, Fantasy
Manga
Written by Ryōko Kui
Published by Enterbrain
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Harta
Original run February 15, 2014 – ongoing
Volumes 2

Dungeon Meshi (ダンジョン飯 Danjon Meshi, lit. "Dungeon Food"), subtitled Delicious in Dungeon,[1] is a Japanese fantasy comedy seinen manga series written and illustrated by Ryōko Kui. The series is published in Enterbrain's Harta magazine.

Characters

Laios (ライオス Raiosu)
A human knight who must venture deep into a dungeon to recover his sister before she is digested by the dragon that defeated his party. Along the way, he and his companions must eat the monsters that live in the dungeon.[1]
Marcille
An elven magician who is part of Laios' party.[1]
Chilchack
The other original member of the party. He is a locksmith.[1]
Senshi
A dwarf who joins the party and helps them find food, since he has been eating monsters from the dungeon for ten years.[1]

Release

Ryōko Kui began publishing the series in Enterbrain's Harta magazine on February 15, 2014.[2][1]

Volumes

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 January 15, 2015[3]ISBN 978-4-04-730153-5
2 August 12, 2015[4]ISBN 978-4-04-730676-9

Reception

Volume 1 reached the 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts[5] and it was the 87th best-selling manga volume in Japan from November 17, 2014 to May 17, 2015, with 315,298 copies sold.[6] As of August 16, 2015, it had sold 381,614 copies.[7] Volume 2 reached the 3rd place on the charts[7] and, as of September 17, 2015, had sold 362,906 copies.[8]

The manga was chosen as the 13th best manga of 2015 in the Book of the Year manga ranking of Da Vinci magazine.[9] The 2016 edition of the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! guidebook ranked the series at number one on its list of top 20 manga for male readers.[10]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Stimson, Eric (January 19, 2015). "Learn How to Cook Classic Dungeon Monsters in New Manga". Anime News Network. Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  2. ↑ ハルタ 2014-FEBRUARY volume 11 [Harta volume 11, February 2014]. Enterbrain (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  3. ↑ ダンジョン飯 1巻 [Dungeon Meshi volume 1]. Enterbrain (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ ダンジョン飯 2巻 [Dungeon Meshi volume 2]. Enterbrain (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, January 12-18". Anime News Network. January 21, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Top-Selling Manga in Japan by Volume: 2015 (First Half)". Anime News Network. May 31, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 10-16". Anime News Network. August 19, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, September 7-13". Anime News Network. September 16, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  9. ↑ "March comes in like a lion Tops Da Vinci Magazine's Rankings for 2015". Anime News Network. December 6, 2015. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Kono Manga ga Sugoi! Reveals 2016's Series Ranking for Male Readers". Anime News Network. December 10, 2015. Retrieved December 12, 2015.

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