Delicious in Dungeon: The Complete Box Set

ダンジョン飯 [Dungeon Meshi] #1-15

by Ryoko Kui, Taylor Engel (translator), Abigail Blackman (letterer)

Genres: Manga, Fantasy

2864 pages, Paperback

Published December 10, 2024

About the author

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Reviews

[Isaac Jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

There aren't many perfect stories, but to my mind this is one of them.

[Serina Bloom · Rating 5 out of 5]

After the anime released it's first season i know this was going to be one of those stories that stuck with me for a long time. As soon as the season ended I looked into the manga and found they were getting ready to publish a box set. I waited and waited and as soon as it hit the shelves I bought it.

I devoured each chapter with vigour and could not put it down except to leave for work. It was such an engaging narrative and never felt like it was too slow or too fast. As a fan of fantasy and manga this is really the perfect story. Amazing world building, beautiful art, and great character development are the recipe for a near perfect series. I am satisfied and also craving more.

[Curio Connor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect

[Natalie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyed the story, somewhat unique and well-rounded characters, food/nutrition based thematic elements, worldbuilding, and the skilled, expressive art style and character designs. It was interesting to see a portrayal of how influential food and nutrition can be on all aspects of a life, even the lives of adventurers in a fantasy world. For a fantasy manga series (even a seinen series), I think this was fairly practical, which I liked. However, I think that especially towards the end, there were some logical gaps maintained for the sake of ending the series on a high note and redeeming all of the major characters (which I can tolerate (sometimes)). I think the pacing of the last 30 chapters was a little too fast, but in spite of this and some inconsistencies, the ending was still satisfying.

Overall, this was pleasantly surprising, and I can recommend it for fans of more light-hearted fantasy seinen/shounen manga fans.

[Sic Transit Gloria · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a great manga and is becoming a great anime. Delicious in Dungeon aka Dungeon Meshi is the epic story of a small adventuring party trying to save their companion, creating culinary delights through the journey and accidentally setting in motion a world-threatening danger. It's good, and it's available for free on the web if you want to read for cheap. But, with that in mind, why buy the box set?

Cause it's pretty. The box is durable cardboard, the printing is not smudged, and the cover is secured with magnets. Good quality, looks nice on a shelf.

And it is fairly convenient. All 14 volumes in one place. It doesn't come with the world guide, though, which is a bummer.

It also comes with a poster, but it's not my favorite, and I wouldn't recommend buying a box set just to get a poster.

[quoms · Rating 5 out of 5]

Waited until I got done with the whole series to rate it, so I could avoid spamming 5 star reviews with the exact same text like I do every year for Monstress but instead it's 14 all at once. It's a really good manga. What do you want from me.

The first half was surprisingly slow going, at least for me - I think because the anime was so precisely faithful (in many cases going panel by panel), there wasn't much that I hadn't seen before to pull me in. As soon as I hit book 7 or 8, though, I was glued to the page and ended up finishing the whole thing in a handful of days. It's just so much fun. Ryoko Kui is on a whole other level in terms of character design, and fantasy ecology is catnip to me.

[Ian Bian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Although fantasy is my favorite genre, high fantasy specifically, I find it extremely difficult to find fantasy that is one, good, and two, has a great ending. This is one of those series where it delivers on both, and works a grand melting pot of character driven world building, heartfelt fun, and underlying darker tones. I think it has successfully positioned itself as my favorite manga, and the biology nerd in me would kill me if I didn’t say so

[Rey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bittersweet where it ends. But it is a general happy ending that made you warm and fluffy inside.

I liked how the team has matured through the chapters. Liked how there’s no true antagonist but one, that differences creates bigger problem and enemies than one do when faced with disparity.

My greatest desire would be to have companions like Laios does for my own.

[Chris · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a unique and fun series!
Loved lore behind magic.

[Grace]

Delicious in Dungeon Manga Series
Volume 1- 3 stars, 2024
Volume 2- currently reading

[Riley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this via webcomic