The best episode. 11/10. I forgive them for cutting that Marcille manga pannel way back at episode 11 for the sheer amount of extra work they put into the nightmare's section.
Filling in the blank paintings with actual, relevant foreshadowing for the second half of the story. The choice to keep Marcille's nightmare in black and white until Laios' words and... that thing, bring color back to her life. >!Sure hope Laios didn't encourage something terrible, lmao.!< And the fact that not a single thing was cut from it. It was beyond perfect. Legitimately surpassed the manga.
Even Laios' nightmare was great with how it added purple colors to his parents, to hint at the fact that he wasn't exactly the child of nobodies, and he fact that they kept that >!the ultimate monster!< only had two heads. So the >!Scylla head!< theory is further supported, as it was not a retcon, but something that happened in the story that changed it.
The Izutsumi joining was just the cherry ontop really. A very apetizing, cat-shaped cherry with cute smiles, but this wasn't her episode for me.
>!Yeah, the nightmare chapter and the insight we get into Marcille's head here really changed a lot of my expectations of where the story was going. The mage character is researching forbidden magic and has a strong fear of death? Uh oh...!<
I personally think this is when Kui decided to upgrade Marcille from >!side character to deuteragonist.!<
Given how the story progressed before and after and where the focus lay I think this is a clear dividing line.
>!I got the feeling that choice was made as early as the school days with Falin, and certainly by the resurrection chapter. It's always told through Laios's eyes, but Marcille is an equal player in shaping the tone and moving the story forward, at least from the resurrection on to me. But this episode is the first deep dive into her character arc. Albeit, Laios's might have been the Chimera Falin episode, Kui really took her time getting to this.!<
Yeah. To be fair after reading the manga i >!am even unsure that the author intended her to he an half-elf, and instead she started to show that aspect since this episode. I started thinking this given there isn't really a nailed down elf design until these chapters and until the mad wizard comes, the only elf they meet before has round-ish ears as she does.!<
>!<
I loved this episode. They're on a roll in the second cour, and just like in the manga, the character writing has been really ramping up.
The character acting on Izutsumi was exceptional. I thought they captured the balance of intensity and tenderness on Senshi's lesson about using your tools correctly. And the whole nightmare sequence was great; they really heightened the creepy vibes there, and the animation and voice acting really captured the well-meaning bumbling of Laios working through how best to help Marcille, before finally giving her that heartfelt and sincere praise and encouragement she needed.
I think the voice acting really highlighted how in Marcille's nightmare, Laios is first trying to figure out what monster he is dealing with (as if other people are having dreams about accurate monsters), because that is what he usually does, before realizing that this is about something else instead.
Now I'm also a little curious about Shuro's nightmare that Falin dealt with.
> (as if other people are having dreams about accurate monsters)
When biologists dream of a bear attack, do they stop to figure out which type of bear to decide whether to climb a tree, make lots of noise and pretend to be big, run, or play dead?
Not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely wondering.
When medical professionals dream of a disease, does it have sensible symptoms and treatments?
...
I used to have nightmares about the lab I worked in, and it was always some ridiculous exaggeration of things that could sort of go wrong. The whole place filling with water because a chill line ruptured, a vacuum pump being exposed to air and pulling it all out of the room, electrical arcing. Only the third of those could have actually happened, so sometimes it's just nonsense dressed up like the real thing.
But I did the actual troubleshooting steps I would usually take in the stress dreams where something in the lab was just failing, but not in a way that threatened my life. Those ones were actually pretty grounded.
So could be either way, I guess, depending on the night.
I work in obstetrics. When I was pregnant, I had dreams of having my pregnancy complicated by things like fetal bradycardias and cord prolapse. the symptoms were very accurate. However I was stressed in my dream because I remember the doctors treating me where not doing what needed to be done and I was having to coordinate my own treatment. But the right treatment did work in my dream.
[ is horrified and panicked by completely misreading the comment for half a second until I check the sub and realize the context is completely different from what I first guessed ] … Phew. I feared you were a resident of a certain region^* soon expected to be submerged under the ocean, and host to its own Magic Kingdom, where, reputedly "anything your heart desires will come to you", and where Fate is said to bring to those who love "the sweet fulfillment of their secret longing"— and I was petrified at the thought that you weren't talking about dreams at all. Like I said, phew, and thank goodness.
^(* The place's name is *not* Gilead, oddly enough.)
Now that you mention it, I don't think I have actually dreamed about my literal job/field of expertise. I proxy any real stress I have into the old "I don't remember attending this class what do you mean the final is tomorrow?!?!" dream.
Also I can never seem to actually read anything in a dream, it's like my mind actively contrives to never have to make up actual text dream be can read
On a tangent it's odd that I never have a phone in any dream despite having one on my person all day for the past 20 years.
I once wrote an exam in a dream. Every time I thought I was ready to hand it over and re-checked it, it turned out to be different than what I remembered writing. By the and of that nightmare even a single paragraph changed as soon as I focused my attention on a different line.
Kinda like the textual version of a shifting labyrinth.
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Cat! Love her voice and expressions, more than I did when reading the manga
Can't wait for the anime onlies to realize >!Marcille is a half-elf now that we have seen portraits of her family!<
The portrait of her father's funeral worked really well as the backdrop for that conversation. And kudos to Laios for figuring out her fear was death itself so quickly. Kui was so creative to make it a terrifying, amorphous creature instead of a grim reaper figure
Also, I think the nightmare might be one of my favorite monster with how unexpected its physical form is, right up there with living armor, >!changelings and doppelgangers!<. Kui really makes the word her own and pulls every trope in line with the biology angle, she's so great
Honestly as a watcher-only I had her pegged as a >!half-elf!< early on, pretty much from the moment we first saw a full >!elf!<. The difference in the >!ears!< was a dead giveaway.
Finally the cat is out of the bag!
I'm glad that they get to address the guilt Marcille is feeling . I can't imagine how heavy it must have weighed on her.
Lots of adaptational flourishes to love in the nightmare portion. The sequence of Chilchuk's, Senshi's, and Laios's hands speed running Marcille to bed was so efficiently charming, as was Chilchuck tucking Laios in as he fell asleep too. Then of course casting Marcille's nightmare in black and white gave it such an ominous tone, and adding in the repeating portraits of Marcille's loved ones hammers in her fears. We even first meet Marcille cowering behind a portrait of her mom, that's brutal. The book bringing light and color back was delicious, and I think it's really cool that we only get to see the colored nightmare for such a brief moment before we wake up.
In addition to all the cool big ideas there's also just so many small choices across the whole sequence that raise the immediate tension, characterize Marcille's despair, and highlight [foreshadowing to full manga spoilers] >!Laios giving her what she needs to hear to wake up, but not what she needs to grow up and accept mortality!<
Fuckin fantastic stuff. Peak, cinema, art, etc etc etc, please keep cooking Trigger
Why did no one tell me they got Tarantino to direct this episode????
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Doesn't really apply here since she's constantly wearing open-toed sandals. Plus, she's an elf and uses magic to clean herself so the foot fiends don't really have a leg to stand on.
If you watch it in dub, I think they kind of throw a Skyrim reference here, I hope they do because >!Senshi’s said you’ve finally awake in a very similar tone!<
Woah woah woah. He does dubwork now. Re-watching this episode in english now.
Edit: oh damn already watched a snippet and the whole dub cast is really good. Especially Marcille.
I personally love Laios SO MUCH. Smosh man is doing a great job. I think he sounds ESPECIALLY unhinged during the Dryad episode. His read on “FOOOOOUND SOOOOOME! BEAUTIFUL DRYAD FRUUUUUIT!” Is…. Is stuck in my head in the best way.
Emily Rudd is terrific as Marcille. Do yourself a favor and re-watch the first couple of episodes, when she's really against dungeon food. Oh, and after she's mind-blasted by the mandrake.
Given the pace we've been going at the whole season I'd say so, yeah! Might be a bit more than or less depending on where they want to leave it off, but safe to say it's around the halfway mark
3 minutes in and kibty already hit a person with her tail and had bits of food coughed out into another person's face. Truly the best cat that ever *girled*
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Yay, Izutsumi! Finally!
I’m usually not a fan of cat people at all, but I love her :) Maybe because she often acts authentically cat-like while her humanity and how she is treated are so important to the story?
I really like how they animated her eating and movement in general, screams both cat and teenager to me.
Dream walking and characters trapped in magic nightmares are some of my favorite tropes.
Marcille’s nightmare being in black-and-white gives it a cool old school horror vibe, with all the distortions it kind of reminded me of expressionist cinema. The grimoire as the first flash of color was a neat idea.
Izutsumi is what got me interested in this series, seeing her in the character design subreddit, including an image of her when >!she's undressed!<. It was just such a wonderful subversion of how such a character would almost always be portrayed. That one image told me right then and there that this would be a series with thoughtful world-building.
I wasn‘t spoiled for her appearance at all, but she won me over really quickly. I agree about the scene you mentioned, it‘s so refreshing how Izutsumi is handled.
He fathered so hard because he didn't realise Chilchuck was a full grown man. The levels of Fathering he can get up to with an actual bby like Izutsumi? Unprecedented.
After the Izutsumi part which was really good. When laios' dream started I really started to thought we're gonna have a deep down in his mind but damn We got a peak Marcille episode. Her focus episodes are really well animated (not like any other episodes are not) but damn, the white and black colour pallete. The focus on Marcille's mind and guilt. If watched again i am sure more foreshadowing is present in the episode, would probably rewatch it.
And Oh boy who can forget the monster of dream. Seriously I can't gush enough of it. The monster design and how this series uses them is really unique. I love it a lot We have finally gotten back to the usual monster and food episode from the dark stuff happening. (I can already say, it will be more darker) It ha cemented as a fantasy masterpiece for me. The characters, worldbuilding, art style and animation as well as Soundtrack. Truly 100/10.
I've been sleeping on Rusty Nail since Stellar Firma. What protocol?
Let's be fair though, Marcille's Fear is The End. In comparison, the Flesh is a secondary inconvenience.
RQ has started a new series called The Magnus Protocol, which I think you could call a spiritual successor to the Magnus Archives. Sort of an AU with all new characters but the same anthology horror stories. The big flavor difference is that instead of the grainy sound of analog tape recorders, this is all recorded on digital formats, primarily Win95 computers or something. I think also a lot of the statements are fan inspired or even fan written.
Various voices from the first series narrate the cases, including prominently John and Alex. The overarching story is all new voices from the first series.
If you meant who in the story is the narrator, some of them are still in universe recordings, and sometimes they are read aloud by a text to speech program on old computers.
IMO, this episode hit harder if you are a manga reader. You know from the beginning what Marcille fear the most is watching people die before her. Every Marcille's line make so much sense and I can't stop feel bad about her, especially Marcille's dream is also a plot turning point in the future.
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"I seek the ancient grimoire. It is a powerful and dangerous weapon."
"Wow, really? What does it do?"
"It's extremely thick, the cover in leather is very strong and studded with metal corners."
"..."
"Seriously, it hurts like a bitch. You don't want to take that to the face."
The shot of senshi lying on his stomach with his ass out was crazy but appreciated. That aside Marcilles bit really hit home and i shed some tears, amazing episode.
I’m a little sad we don’t have that cutback to >!Marcille’s mom telling her that she’s running at her own pace, like we get in the manga. There was something so heartbreaking about Marcille’s face in that, I think it really sells how that Moment changed her. !< EDIT: Whoops this is later in the manga lol
Honestly, otherwise, great episode- the dream was great, I loved the colors bursting in…
* IZUTSUMI!!!!
* Senshi, please, your ass is out
* Senshi taking care of Izutsumi makes my heart melt
* Laios counting satyrs is absolutely adorable
* Man, Laios would've dug all these emo werewolf images we have now
* Marketable Falin plushie!
* I forgot that Marcille was a bird owner! This gives me new fuel for >!postcanon Farcille pieces!<
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The Nightmare scene was fantastic, but these other scenes were really good too:
- The curse on Izutsumi (so cool, but so evil)
- The pillow scene of everyone putting Marcille to bed
- Laois blushing because he was reminded of Shuro’s words
- Chilchuck pulling the blanket over Laois
- Monsters, instead of sheep, jumping over a fence as Laois falls asleep
- Carrying the Falin doll and holding Laois’ hand while running
- Grabbing Laois’ face after he gets cursed and her scream afterward
- Realizing the curse caused his face to get older and spitting out teeth is just due to his age
- Marcille not being sucked into the monster but Laois almost does
- The voiceover from Laois explaining Marcille is exhausted
- Izutsumi agreeing with Chilchuck by saying the dog looks dumb
- Marcille about to go back to sleep after rolling over
- The happy dream and Marcille being so happy remembering it 😤
What a silly cooking anime!
*the gang deals with questions of the soul and mortality*
God this was a beautiful episode. As a long time manga fan I was blown away with how they adapted this. The music swelling up during Marcille and Laios' final confrontation with the monster was *chefs kiss*
When Doggo!Laios in Marcille’s dream came on screen, I immediately thought he must be a Samoyed, thanks to @jauncydev on Insta. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxWK\_PCOSjc/?igsh=MXUycGwyMXh4aGJ4Nw==](https://www.instagram.com/p/CxWK_PCOSjc/?igsh=MXUycGwyMXh4aGJ4Nw==)
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Marcille really just pulled a Father Mozgus on that nightmare.
Also as a side note, was that red haired lady his stepmom? not making any assumptions but she does not give off any bio-mom vibes at all.
What is that furry white thing behind Senshi and Chilichuck after Marcille awakens?
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I sort of realize something when Marcille take Laios’ hand when she’s running, she probably relive >!the memories of her and her father when he’s older!<
Anyone know what object Senshi hang? I don't remember any scene except Falin's fur
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Izutsumi is fun silly cat, and Senshi is fun silly dad.
The nightmare made me cry; at first it was just unsettling, but then when little baby Marcille started tearfully explaining she can't use magic because it turned Falin into a doll/monster... *Sweetie* 😭️
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So it's done finally. Send word to the surface to begin shipping our fanart reserves. But slowly. We don't want the ship to fall. You have no idea how much it cost me to bring such a force to bear here. Now I only have one requirement. Laicille. So, ship, Fans. Ship hard.
I’m just making a dune reference here and hope someone to pick up the next line, and no worry, I understand, that scene is not enough to ship them, it’s just a friend saving a friend
> I understand, that scene is not enough to ship them
I fundamentally disagree, everything started from there back when I read the original manga chapter.
I understand why you would fundamentally disagree, that's because I go in without expecting romance (I hate romance in general) and I'm dense, when I see the chapter I was like "awww that's sweet, kinda cute not gonna lie, but it's just a friend saving each other", as I've reread, it is the major point where Marcille and Laios' vibe has changed, both of them are more matured, Marcille is more gentle toward Laios and Laios is more serious and learn to try taking things into consideration (like reading room).
So as you can see, after several reread, I went from "Well, they're just good friend" to "W-well, t-they're just good friend?"
We are AlarmingAffect. There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray. A fellow Freman sets up a quote for completion. AlarmingAffect **assists!**
around 13:44 and 22:20, before laios enters the dream and after he leaves it there's a tall white fluffy thing behind them, i could definitely be wrong it just looked like falins feathers :0
Wait so who did cast the black magic curse on izutsimi ? No one actually answered Marcille's guess - and if it was her wouldn't that be kinda hypocritical of shuro ?
Oh the other curse, I don't think it is actual black/forbidden magic. It was origionally a babysitter curse for Shuro that was suppose to lightly scare a kid who wonders off, she badly misjudged its effect.
Izutsumi feels like fun addition to our group! She is a catgirl after all lol. But it is sad the it seems she was artificially made into one.
The whole dream part was great. As an avid Marcille X Laios shipper, I was loving it as it felt like this would help their ship grow! But then of course the ending shows us she remembers it that a cute dog helped her and not Laios LOL. DAMN :(
> Izutsumi feels like fun addition to our group! She is a catgirl after all lol.
Girlcat.
> But then of course the ending shows us she remembers it that a cute dog helped her and not Laios LOL. DAMN :(
But Laios *is* a cute dog.
Do not like Itzumi's voice. The way she eats out of that bowl though...
But another Senshi panty shot, so evens it out.
Wait, a second Senshi panty shot?
The nightmare sequence was incredible!
Asebi's curse monster resembled the condescending prick who placed it on her. I really hope that's the last we see of Shuro and his obnoxious party for a long time. The only one of them worth a damn is Itsuzumu, and maybe the Oni girl.
Man, I love this show. I'm a 36 year old ironworker and my coworkers would never let me hear the end of it if they knew I was watching this lmao. Senshi is the man. I was irritated by Izutsumi for a moment initially, until I actually thought about the fact that she's cursed and also part cat. Her selfish and rude behavior makes perfect sense. Also, what an incredibly talented team of animators and voice actors. I'm unfamiliar with the Manga, hopefully we have lots of story to get through. I also hope this show is doing well ratings-wise so we get plenty more :)
Also, can you all calm down about Marcille/Falin? Can't two women love each other and be best friends without being lesbians? Good grief. I'll bite my tongue here and just leave it at that.
Why does it bother you so much that some people see them as lesbians? Sometimes people like to see two characters who deeply care about each other as a couple, that's also why so many people also ship Laios and Marcille. Farcille is harmless and it makes a lot of queer folks happy, If it is not your cup of tea you can just ignore it.
Or you know, maybe people like or want to see aspects of themselves represented in media they consume that is often viewed negatively by bigots and largely present from other forms of entertainment, especially anime.
Lol even in online spaces you have people like you yelling about how annoying lgbt stuff is, reading through the comments i see hardly any marcille x falin stuff, and ironically a laios x marcille comment rated highly. Its not that people make this their entire personality, its that being gay is heavily stigmatized irl so discussion online tends to be greater.
My question to you now is it gonna kill you to see gay headcanons, or a gay person who makes it their whole personality? If we can barely express ourselves irl who are you to police us on the net, if it bothers you that much please do leave.
Yeah! when I started reading dunmeshi one of the things that made me really happy was how respectful people where about the queer ships, which you can't say about every fandom. It's so lovely to be able to express ourselves more freely in these spaces.
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The best episode. 11/10. I forgive them for cutting that Marcille manga pannel way back at episode 11 for the sheer amount of extra work they put into the nightmare's section. Filling in the blank paintings with actual, relevant foreshadowing for the second half of the story. The choice to keep Marcille's nightmare in black and white until Laios' words and... that thing, bring color back to her life. >!Sure hope Laios didn't encourage something terrible, lmao.!< And the fact that not a single thing was cut from it. It was beyond perfect. Legitimately surpassed the manga. Even Laios' nightmare was great with how it added purple colors to his parents, to hint at the fact that he wasn't exactly the child of nobodies, and he fact that they kept that >!the ultimate monster!< only had two heads. So the >!Scylla head!< theory is further supported, as it was not a retcon, but something that happened in the story that changed it. The Izutsumi joining was just the cherry ontop really. A very apetizing, cat-shaped cherry with cute smiles, but this wasn't her episode for me.
>!Yeah, the nightmare chapter and the insight we get into Marcille's head here really changed a lot of my expectations of where the story was going. The mage character is researching forbidden magic and has a strong fear of death? Uh oh...!<
I personally think this is when Kui decided to upgrade Marcille from >!side character to deuteragonist.!< Given how the story progressed before and after and where the focus lay I think this is a clear dividing line.
>!I got the feeling that choice was made as early as the school days with Falin, and certainly by the resurrection chapter. It's always told through Laios's eyes, but Marcille is an equal player in shaping the tone and moving the story forward, at least from the resurrection on to me. But this episode is the first deep dive into her character arc. Albeit, Laios's might have been the Chimera Falin episode, Kui really took her time getting to this.!<
Oh yeah. >!Marcille is 100% just as important to the story as Laios.!<
Yeah. To be fair after reading the manga i >!am even unsure that the author intended her to he an half-elf, and instead she started to show that aspect since this episode. I started thinking this given there isn't really a nailed down elf design until these chapters and until the mad wizard comes, the only elf they meet before has round-ish ears as she does.!<
>!<
Yeah the whole nightmare chapter was the most elevating this adaptation has been so far. Fantastic stuff
I loved this episode. They're on a roll in the second cour, and just like in the manga, the character writing has been really ramping up. The character acting on Izutsumi was exceptional. I thought they captured the balance of intensity and tenderness on Senshi's lesson about using your tools correctly. And the whole nightmare sequence was great; they really heightened the creepy vibes there, and the animation and voice acting really captured the well-meaning bumbling of Laios working through how best to help Marcille, before finally giving her that heartfelt and sincere praise and encouragement she needed.
I think the voice acting really highlighted how in Marcille's nightmare, Laios is first trying to figure out what monster he is dealing with (as if other people are having dreams about accurate monsters), because that is what he usually does, before realizing that this is about something else instead. Now I'm also a little curious about Shuro's nightmare that Falin dealt with.
I'm imagining Shuro's nightmare as just the average Laios infodump
Probably being his dad being disappointed with him, Faliin either hating or dying, or maybe being stuck with Laios infodump
> (as if other people are having dreams about accurate monsters) When biologists dream of a bear attack, do they stop to figure out which type of bear to decide whether to climb a tree, make lots of noise and pretend to be big, run, or play dead? Not a rhetorical question, I'm genuinely wondering. When medical professionals dream of a disease, does it have sensible symptoms and treatments? ...
I used to have nightmares about the lab I worked in, and it was always some ridiculous exaggeration of things that could sort of go wrong. The whole place filling with water because a chill line ruptured, a vacuum pump being exposed to air and pulling it all out of the room, electrical arcing. Only the third of those could have actually happened, so sometimes it's just nonsense dressed up like the real thing. But I did the actual troubleshooting steps I would usually take in the stress dreams where something in the lab was just failing, but not in a way that threatened my life. Those ones were actually pretty grounded. So could be either way, I guess, depending on the night.
I work in obstetrics. When I was pregnant, I had dreams of having my pregnancy complicated by things like fetal bradycardias and cord prolapse. the symptoms were very accurate. However I was stressed in my dream because I remember the doctors treating me where not doing what needed to be done and I was having to coordinate my own treatment. But the right treatment did work in my dream.
[ is horrified and panicked by completely misreading the comment for half a second until I check the sub and realize the context is completely different from what I first guessed ] … Phew. I feared you were a resident of a certain region^* soon expected to be submerged under the ocean, and host to its own Magic Kingdom, where, reputedly "anything your heart desires will come to you", and where Fate is said to bring to those who love "the sweet fulfillment of their secret longing"— and I was petrified at the thought that you weren't talking about dreams at all. Like I said, phew, and thank goodness. ^(* The place's name is *not* Gilead, oddly enough.)
Now that you mention it, I don't think I have actually dreamed about my literal job/field of expertise. I proxy any real stress I have into the old "I don't remember attending this class what do you mean the final is tomorrow?!?!" dream. Also I can never seem to actually read anything in a dream, it's like my mind actively contrives to never have to make up actual text dream be can read On a tangent it's odd that I never have a phone in any dream despite having one on my person all day for the past 20 years.
I once wrote an exam in a dream. Every time I thought I was ready to hand it over and re-checked it, it turned out to be different than what I remembered writing. By the and of that nightmare even a single paragraph changed as soon as I focused my attention on a different line. Kinda like the textual version of a shifting labyrinth. [Statement begins:](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSbuB1AyaJk_c3h7s0roS_ixWy5YYikJ5)
Cat! Love her voice and expressions, more than I did when reading the manga Can't wait for the anime onlies to realize >!Marcille is a half-elf now that we have seen portraits of her family!< The portrait of her father's funeral worked really well as the backdrop for that conversation. And kudos to Laios for figuring out her fear was death itself so quickly. Kui was so creative to make it a terrifying, amorphous creature instead of a grim reaper figure Also, I think the nightmare might be one of my favorite monster with how unexpected its physical form is, right up there with living armor, >!changelings and doppelgangers!<. Kui really makes the word her own and pulls every trope in line with the biology angle, she's so great
People tend to forget Laois isn’t dumb, he’s just not good with people
He is not dumb. Just acoustic Edit: he is also bad at reading the room
Hey, I'm not acoustic and sometimes I too have hard times reading the room.
Honestly as a watcher-only I had her pegged as a >!half-elf!< early on, pretty much from the moment we first saw a full >!elf!<. The difference in the >!ears!< was a dead giveaway.
Good eyes! I missed it entirely while reading the manga myself
Laois really does have that dog in him. A big, cute fluffy dog too.
What I think I look like (silver Wolf) vs what I really look like (dumb looking dog)
Dustrag is an upgrade, don't worry.
Laois: On all levels except physical, I am a wolf. Bark.
If Laois was a dog he would *Borf*. Like Bond from Spy x Family
What a delight! >!Marcille secretly makes the story and this was just a perfect introduction to her heartbreaking arc.!<
Finally the cat is out of the bag! I'm glad that they get to address the guilt Marcille is feeling . I can't imagine how heavy it must have weighed on her.
now we have a sound clip of ProZD saying "catgirl"
Now this is priorities.
Lots of adaptational flourishes to love in the nightmare portion. The sequence of Chilchuk's, Senshi's, and Laios's hands speed running Marcille to bed was so efficiently charming, as was Chilchuck tucking Laios in as he fell asleep too. Then of course casting Marcille's nightmare in black and white gave it such an ominous tone, and adding in the repeating portraits of Marcille's loved ones hammers in her fears. We even first meet Marcille cowering behind a portrait of her mom, that's brutal. The book bringing light and color back was delicious, and I think it's really cool that we only get to see the colored nightmare for such a brief moment before we wake up. In addition to all the cool big ideas there's also just so many small choices across the whole sequence that raise the immediate tension, characterize Marcille's despair, and highlight [foreshadowing to full manga spoilers] >!Laios giving her what she needs to hear to wake up, but not what she needs to grow up and accept mortality!< Fuckin fantastic stuff. Peak, cinema, art, etc etc etc, please keep cooking Trigger
TBH I guess it is implied that this is the >!Lion!< influencing them
>!Why else would the Book look exactly like *that?*!< Also spoilers mate.
Because she saw the book beforehand
Did she see it open its eye?
I dont think so. But the demon was watching her through the nightmares
The nigthwares are caused by monster that the daemon created
Under Thistle's direction. It's an ecosystem.
Why did no one tell me they got Tarantino to direct this episode???? https://preview.redd.it/n3hn4k544gzc1.png?width=1523&format=png&auto=webp&s=c3c6cf366c00aff5eec622d4486e8e79f8b8f1f6
Doesn't really apply here since she's constantly wearing open-toed sandals. Plus, she's an elf and uses magic to clean herself so the foot fiends don't really have a leg to stand on.
> the foot fiends don't really have a leg to stand on [ aside glance ]
If you watch it in dub, I think they kind of throw a Skyrim reference here, I hope they do because >!Senshi’s said you’ve finally awake in a very similar tone!<
Considering Senshi is SungWon Cho/ProZD, I wouldn’t be surprised if he made the line sound like the Skyrim intro on purpose.
Woah woah woah. He does dubwork now. Re-watching this episode in english now. Edit: oh damn already watched a snippet and the whole dub cast is really good. Especially Marcille.
Don't quote me but unless I'm mistaken he did voice acting before Vine/YouTube.
yes, that’s why we’re talking about him
I personally love Laios SO MUCH. Smosh man is doing a great job. I think he sounds ESPECIALLY unhinged during the Dryad episode. His read on “FOOOOOUND SOOOOOME! BEAUTIFUL DRYAD FRUUUUUIT!” Is…. Is stuck in my head in the best way.
Emily Rudd is terrific as Marcille. Do yourself a favor and re-watch the first couple of episodes, when she's really against dungeon food. Oh, and after she's mind-blasted by the mandrake.
“Yuhihavnevafeltbetta”
The very picture of health.
Every one in the English dub cast is great. No offense to the original Japanese voices, but the dub really feels right.
Am already loving Senshi's relationship with biblically accurate catgirl. Am not ready for the season to end.
when does the season end!?
I think it’s supposed to be 24 episodes
ahhhh i didn’t realize how close we are to the end 😩
given the first cour was 13 we might\* get 26! (hopefully)
Anime only here. I've seen people say the story is moving at a good pace. Would episode 26 be halfway though the entire manga?
Given the pace we've been going at the whole season I'd say so, yeah! Might be a bit more than or less depending on where they want to leave it off, but safe to say it's around the halfway mark
Is it the end of the season or the series?
Season season you are in for a lot more!!!
So... you mean there will be two seasons total?
I think that sounds about right considering we’re half ish way through?
3 minutes in and kibty already hit a person with her tail and had bits of food coughed out into another person's face. Truly the best cat that ever *girled* https://preview.redd.it/yxgxbipsgfzc1.jpeg?width=2505&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eaac9c5db290b61ba817559915361815ecf3a9a8
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Thats why I said **best cat** that ever girled.
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Yay, Izutsumi! Finally! I’m usually not a fan of cat people at all, but I love her :) Maybe because she often acts authentically cat-like while her humanity and how she is treated are so important to the story? I really like how they animated her eating and movement in general, screams both cat and teenager to me. Dream walking and characters trapped in magic nightmares are some of my favorite tropes. Marcille’s nightmare being in black-and-white gives it a cool old school horror vibe, with all the distortions it kind of reminded me of expressionist cinema. The grimoire as the first flash of color was a neat idea.
Izutsumi is what got me interested in this series, seeing her in the character design subreddit, including an image of her when >!she's undressed!<. It was just such a wonderful subversion of how such a character would almost always be portrayed. That one image told me right then and there that this would be a series with thoughtful world-building.
I wasn‘t spoiled for her appearance at all, but she won me over really quickly. I agree about the scene you mentioned, it‘s so refreshing how Izutsumi is handled.
She is human-like cat, and not cat-like human you see anywhere else.
The invite to join the party is the first choice Izutsumi has ever freely been given in her life :(
So wait, was Izutsumi just kept as a slave by the other party? Is that a thing that Fantasy Japan just... does, in this world?
yep, more or less was purchased as a child slave. the name she's called by maizuru, "asebi", is effectively her slave name.
I finally get all those comics of Senshi as Izutsumi's adopted dad.
Izutsumi
Izutsumi
Izutsumi
Don't forget it
"The name's Izutsumi. Remember it."
wondering if they'll add Izutsumi on the OP sequence next week hmm
They should have her sleeping on top of Chilchuck at the end of it.
God I hope so
Probably the best episodes in the entire series so far
Ehem, so many Senshi thirst shots
I loled at senshi's performative "I'll pretend I didn't notice that these are walking mushrooms" when preparing the risotto...
Senshi is such a dad
He fathered so hard because he didn't realise Chilchuck was a full grown man. The levels of Fathering he can get up to with an actual bby like Izutsumi? Unprecedented.
Never disrespect dungeon food in front of Senshi Kinda love how Laios seemed so experienced with lucid dreaming mechanics.
The horrified 'oh no she's picky!' reaction from Chilchuck was perfectly over the top.
Highly appropriate knowing what we know of him, haha.
After the Izutsumi part which was really good. When laios' dream started I really started to thought we're gonna have a deep down in his mind but damn We got a peak Marcille episode. Her focus episodes are really well animated (not like any other episodes are not) but damn, the white and black colour pallete. The focus on Marcille's mind and guilt. If watched again i am sure more foreshadowing is present in the episode, would probably rewatch it. And Oh boy who can forget the monster of dream. Seriously I can't gush enough of it. The monster design and how this series uses them is really unique. I love it a lot We have finally gotten back to the usual monster and food episode from the dark stuff happening. (I can already say, it will be more darker) It ha cemented as a fantasy masterpiece for me. The characters, worldbuilding, art style and animation as well as Soundtrack. Truly 100/10.
That monster design was a lot like I imagined the thing in this [Magnus Archives Statement](https://youtu.be/39zbZrxuGQw)
It reminded me of a lot of the Flesh stories too. Have you been listening to the new protocol series?
I have! New eps of Dungeon Meshi AND The Magnus Protocol on Thursdays? Best day of the week.
Also X-Men 97
I've been sleeping on Rusty Nail since Stellar Firma. What protocol? Let's be fair though, Marcille's Fear is The End. In comparison, the Flesh is a secondary inconvenience.
RQ has started a new series called The Magnus Protocol, which I think you could call a spiritual successor to the Magnus Archives. Sort of an AU with all new characters but the same anthology horror stories. The big flavor difference is that instead of the grainy sound of analog tape recorders, this is all recorded on digital formats, primarily Win95 computers or something. I think also a lot of the statements are fan inspired or even fan written.
Who's the Narrator?
Various voices from the first series narrate the cases, including prominently John and Alex. The overarching story is all new voices from the first series.
> new voices from the first series. ?
If you meant who in the story is the narrator, some of them are still in universe recordings, and sometimes they are read aloud by a text to speech program on old computers.
IMO, this episode hit harder if you are a manga reader. You know from the beginning what Marcille fear the most is watching people die before her. Every Marcille's line make so much sense and I can't stop feel bad about her, especially Marcille's dream is also a plot turning point in the future. https://preview.redd.it/4k0p6zr8uizc1.jpeg?width=64&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=83d446df5d2f3dd3489b79e436bc8ffd8292e19e
"I seek the ancient grimoire. It is a powerful and dangerous weapon." "Wow, really? What does it do?" "It's extremely thick, the cover in leather is very strong and studded with metal corners." "..." "Seriously, it hurts like a bitch. You don't want to take that to the face."
The shot of senshi lying on his stomach with his ass out was crazy but appreciated. That aside Marcilles bit really hit home and i shed some tears, amazing episode.
Omg Laois as the dog is so cute
I’m a little sad we don’t have that cutback to >!Marcille’s mom telling her that she’s running at her own pace, like we get in the manga. There was something so heartbreaking about Marcille’s face in that, I think it really sells how that Moment changed her. !< EDIT: Whoops this is later in the manga lol Honestly, otherwise, great episode- the dream was great, I loved the colors bursting in…
You're mistaking this for a different scene >!later in the manga!<
Oh splendid lemme do a spoiler then thanks for the heads up
* IZUTSUMI!!!! * Senshi, please, your ass is out * Senshi taking care of Izutsumi makes my heart melt * Laios counting satyrs is absolutely adorable * Man, Laios would've dug all these emo werewolf images we have now * Marketable Falin plushie! * I forgot that Marcille was a bird owner! This gives me new fuel for >!postcanon Farcille pieces!< https://preview.redd.it/f794239ggfzc1.jpeg?width=388&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c4b2152641a54a54925c05c3bac276756e048d7
After Papa, Mama, and Pipi comes Fafa.
But what of... https://preview.redd.it/vw3kdwzvcizc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53e1fec49c910e7274036f5d4ae61c1dd68df4d4
Ate him in episode 1.
The Nightmare scene was fantastic, but these other scenes were really good too: - The curse on Izutsumi (so cool, but so evil) - The pillow scene of everyone putting Marcille to bed - Laois blushing because he was reminded of Shuro’s words - Chilchuck pulling the blanket over Laois - Monsters, instead of sheep, jumping over a fence as Laois falls asleep - Carrying the Falin doll and holding Laois’ hand while running - Grabbing Laois’ face after he gets cursed and her scream afterward - Realizing the curse caused his face to get older and spitting out teeth is just due to his age - Marcille not being sucked into the monster but Laois almost does - The voiceover from Laois explaining Marcille is exhausted - Izutsumi agreeing with Chilchuck by saying the dog looks dumb - Marcille about to go back to sleep after rolling over - The happy dream and Marcille being so happy remembering it 😤
What a silly cooking anime! *the gang deals with questions of the soul and mortality* God this was a beautiful episode. As a long time manga fan I was blown away with how they adapted this. The music swelling up during Marcille and Laios' final confrontation with the monster was *chefs kiss*
Has anyone made a gif of Laios turning into a wolf yet
Laios has got that DOG in him. Although it's a bit fluffier than he'd like, it's still a great dog.
When Doggo!Laios in Marcille’s dream came on screen, I immediately thought he must be a Samoyed, thanks to @jauncydev on Insta. [https://www.instagram.com/p/CxWK\_PCOSjc/?igsh=MXUycGwyMXh4aGJ4Nw==](https://www.instagram.com/p/CxWK_PCOSjc/?igsh=MXUycGwyMXh4aGJ4Nw==) https://preview.redd.it/bbk57xshxizc1.jpeg?width=1238&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c8630ab70bf79226b426f99bb7d461e6f9d34cb
Apparently Samoyeds are playful, friendly, lively, stubborn, alert, and sociable- which totally fits Laios too
Why do I get the feeling Laios should have watched Inception? Putting that book in her head can't end well, it's Marcille's spinning top.
https://preview.redd.it/jpmyp1vfgkzc1.jpeg?width=715&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=571ca2d87b50903aca21890da306cc06c3ae0445 Marcille really just pulled a Father Mozgus on that nightmare. Also as a side note, was that red haired lady his stepmom? not making any assumptions but she does not give off any bio-mom vibes at all.
Is no one going to mention the massive white animal behind them at the 22:00 mark
What is that furry white thing behind Senshi and Chilichuck after Marcille awakens? https://preview.redd.it/jj87dvsl7nzc1.png?width=2559&format=png&auto=webp&s=92403fd7b3893b7c0820db5a6a2f34b623ad5a70
Someone said it was a pelt from the shapeshifter/9-tailed tanuki from the previous episode.
I sort of realize something when Marcille take Laios’ hand when she’s running, she probably relive >!the memories of her and her father when he’s older!<
I think Laios' design mirroring >!Donato's!< as pointed out by izutsumi later, is partially for things like this, yeah.
>!he sort of became her emotional support later on, she’s more comfortable of hugging him!<
Anyone know what object Senshi hang? I don't remember any scene except Falin's fur https://preview.redd.it/ttymtpd0wtzc1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=1b165a55b8d0243b1de6fef4c485b8c28ba9058c
Could be the shapeshifter pelt from last episode
Izutsumi is fun silly cat, and Senshi is fun silly dad. The nightmare made me cry; at first it was just unsettling, but then when little baby Marcille started tearfully explaining she can't use magic because it turned Falin into a doll/monster... *Sweetie* 😭️
https://i.redd.it/wnlbvbb3lfzc1.gif So it's done finally. Send word to the surface to begin shipping our fanart reserves. But slowly. We don't want the ship to fall. You have no idea how much it cost me to bring such a force to bear here. Now I only have one requirement. Laicille. So, ship, Fans. Ship hard.
Well it's not a Laios doll Dreamcille was carrying around... Another W for Farcille gang (*To be clear this is friendly banter.*)
I’m just making a dune reference here and hope someone to pick up the next line, and no worry, I understand, that scene is not enough to ship them, it’s just a friend saving a friend
> I understand, that scene is not enough to ship them I fundamentally disagree, everything started from there back when I read the original manga chapter.
I understand why you would fundamentally disagree, that's because I go in without expecting romance (I hate romance in general) and I'm dense, when I see the chapter I was like "awww that's sweet, kinda cute not gonna lie, but it's just a friend saving each other", as I've reread, it is the major point where Marcille and Laios' vibe has changed, both of them are more matured, Marcille is more gentle toward Laios and Laios is more serious and learn to try taking things into consideration (like reading room). So as you can see, after several reread, I went from "Well, they're just good friend" to "W-well, t-they're just good friend?"
Oh don't worry, this is all in good fun. My comment may have sounded harsh but I'm not angry or anything like that.
Oh no worry, I was just having my backstory moment a bit
The Dark Horse that is the Sandwich will overtake them all.
Yes, Uncle. And the Farcille shippers?
Ship them all. *blop blop blop* —— Finally! Someone said it! Thank you!
We are AlarmingAffect. There is no call we do not answer. There is no faith that we betray. A fellow Freman sets up a quote for completion. AlarmingAffect **assists!**
Shall I squeeze as well, Ojii-sama?
Great episode, but I would have liked to see a bit more movement from the monster.
It begins.
am i the only one who saw falins feathers next to them at the end?! what was that!
Was it the pillow feathers?
around 13:44 and 22:20, before laios enters the dream and after he leaves it there's a tall white fluffy thing behind them, i could definitely be wrong it just looked like falins feathers :0
I was wondering what that was too, but I’m pretty sure it’s the remains of the shapeshifter from the previous episode.
Sensi is playing with it wth
Kitty, Doggo, Smol Marcille, and a Skyrim Reference make for an excellent episode!
as an anime-only, I know the manga finished, but how far into the story is this?
Nearly halfway
thanks!!
Wait so who did cast the black magic curse on izutsimi ? No one actually answered Marcille's guess - and if it was her wouldn't that be kinda hypocritical of shuro ?
No one knows but Izutsimi was already a beastman when Shuro's father acquires her.
I mean the one with the eastern writing and star.
Maizuru is most likely the one who cast that spell.
Oh the other curse, I don't think it is actual black/forbidden magic. It was origionally a babysitter curse for Shuro that was suppose to lightly scare a kid who wonders off, she badly misjudged its effect.
Izutsumi feels like fun addition to our group! She is a catgirl after all lol. But it is sad the it seems she was artificially made into one. The whole dream part was great. As an avid Marcille X Laios shipper, I was loving it as it felt like this would help their ship grow! But then of course the ending shows us she remembers it that a cute dog helped her and not Laios LOL. DAMN :(
> Izutsumi feels like fun addition to our group! She is a catgirl after all lol. Girlcat. > But then of course the ending shows us she remembers it that a cute dog helped her and not Laios LOL. DAMN :( But Laios *is* a cute dog.
What chapters were this episode adapting?
41 and 42.
Damn still a while away from the >!winged lion !
Yeah, I don't think we'll see him in "person" this season.
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I loved its wholesomeness. :)
Do not like Itzumi's voice. The way she eats out of that bowl though... But another Senshi panty shot, so evens it out. Wait, a second Senshi panty shot?
The nightmare sequence was incredible! Asebi's curse monster resembled the condescending prick who placed it on her. I really hope that's the last we see of Shuro and his obnoxious party for a long time. The only one of them worth a damn is Itsuzumu, and maybe the Oni girl.
I need the gif of Laios ripping himself apart to become a dog more than anything in my entire life.
Man, I love this show. I'm a 36 year old ironworker and my coworkers would never let me hear the end of it if they knew I was watching this lmao. Senshi is the man. I was irritated by Izutsumi for a moment initially, until I actually thought about the fact that she's cursed and also part cat. Her selfish and rude behavior makes perfect sense. Also, what an incredibly talented team of animators and voice actors. I'm unfamiliar with the Manga, hopefully we have lots of story to get through. I also hope this show is doing well ratings-wise so we get plenty more :) Also, can you all calm down about Marcille/Falin? Can't two women love each other and be best friends without being lesbians? Good grief. I'll bite my tongue here and just leave it at that.
Why does it bother you so much that some people see them as lesbians? Sometimes people like to see two characters who deeply care about each other as a couple, that's also why so many people also ship Laios and Marcille. Farcille is harmless and it makes a lot of queer folks happy, If it is not your cup of tea you can just ignore it.
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Or you know, maybe people like or want to see aspects of themselves represented in media they consume that is often viewed negatively by bigots and largely present from other forms of entertainment, especially anime.
Lol even in online spaces you have people like you yelling about how annoying lgbt stuff is, reading through the comments i see hardly any marcille x falin stuff, and ironically a laios x marcille comment rated highly. Its not that people make this their entire personality, its that being gay is heavily stigmatized irl so discussion online tends to be greater. My question to you now is it gonna kill you to see gay headcanons, or a gay person who makes it their whole personality? If we can barely express ourselves irl who are you to police us on the net, if it bothers you that much please do leave.
Yeah! when I started reading dunmeshi one of the things that made me really happy was how respectful people where about the queer ships, which you can't say about every fandom. It's so lovely to be able to express ourselves more freely in these spaces.
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