Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible, Complete Edition

ダンジョン飯 [Dungeon Meshi]

by Ryoko Kui, Taylor Engel (Translator)

Prepare for adventure!

Delve into the depths of Delicious in Dungeon with a smorgasbord of illustrations, secret tales that couldn’t be told before, and detailed information about all the characters! Whether it’s their age, BMI, or the first time they died, this guide has everything there is to know. Get the scoop on all the various races and dungeons found throughout the world. There’s even an encyclopedia of monsters!

Genres: Fantasy, Manga, Fiction, Comics

Kindle Edition

First published February 15, 2024

About the author

九井諒子

Reviews

[Maia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remain completely amazed at the amount of bonus comics Ryoko Kui has made over the years. This had some really lovely strips, jokes, and information about the large cast. I liked her "Daydream Hour" doodles collection slightly more, but I was grateful to be able to borrow this from a friend and peruse it.

[Eleanor Yates · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really great little companion guide to the series - if you have got confused, it clarifies things such as sibling relationships, areas of the dungeon, monsters, and various important plot points. It also has some exclusive drawings and dialogue not seen in the series, which was fun and something new. I am glad I decided to read this at the end as there are major series spoilers in it! My only criticism is that the font is teeny tiny and very hard to read, unlike the rest of the series. Can’t believe my Dungeon Meshi Journey has come to an end, but I look forward to reading more Manga, especially from this author.

[Steff Mother of Sphynx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would have enjoyed this better if I hadn’t just finished the series, got bogged down on the character profile’s.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Welcome to the extended version of Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible. As the title suggests, this is a companion book for the Delicious in Dungeon series. Yes, it does contain spoilers.

If you want to read my original review -> Here
Otherwise this is going to be mostly a list of all the new things and my thoughts on those. (It gets a little long in places, so I used the 'spoiler' tags to make it look better.)

List of New Additions:
Chapter 1: Characters
Mithrun's data got updated to reflect the later chapters.
Flamela, Erique, and Misyl were added to the Canary roster (including a one-page short)
The Winged Lion gets his own character bio pages and he is added to a few of the relationship charts. (including a two-page short)
Heimea (the elf queen) got a little paragraph in the "Other Characters" section
And there are two additional Editor's Note pages.

Chapter 2: Monsters
Creatures from later chapters were added, including: Flying Pigs, Werewolf, Jackalope, Quetzalcoatl, Huge Spider, Doppelganger, Demon, and The Ultimate Strongest Monster.
Then there are a full two pages added to the "Dungeon Exploration Review" timeline.

Chapter 3: World
There are two new two-page epilogue shorts.
A two-page spread featuring Beast-Men, like werewolf.
There are four new one-page shorts, and a two-page short.
There's a longer section about public baths, featuring a six-page short about Mikbell and Kuro.
Then there's a six-page short where Falin tells Marcille about her parents.
Then there's two one-page shorts featuring Sissel.
There are six pages about fashion, a page about how ear structures differ between races, an Editor's Note about characters and their siblings (named and unnamed), and two pages about characters' thoughts on liquor.
After that, there's the Glossary, but the only update there is an entry on Dark Elves.
Then there are two new one-page epilogue shorts, a new four-page epilogue short, a new two-page epilogue short, and two new one-page epilogue shorts.
Then there's a six-page prequel short.

Art Gallery
Senshi's Mini Book got two whole extra pages (12 mini book pages).

Thoughts on the Book:
The book itself is a paperback with a shiny gold-accented dust cover with a map (cross-section view?) from the surface to the fifth floor on the inner side. The actual cover is light brown like parchment with shiny bronze pictures of monsters. Sadly, this makes it really slippery so I recommend removing the dust cover to read it. Personally, I think it should've been a hardback; that's my only complaint.

As for the content... it's stuff that's probably only interesting if you like Delicious in Dungeon but that's a really good series and I adore it so... more content, more better.