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Dungeon Meshi Volume 9 Part 3

Welcome back! Finishing up Volume 9!

What's with the random snake on the cover? There weren't even any snakes in this volu- wait.

Mithrun, that's rude.

And coming from someone like Kabru, that's saying something.

There's a really fun extra where Mithrun complains that Kabru cut out all the bits leading to the punchline. While it's partially true that Kabru simplified it so people would understand, I like to think Kabru cut out Mithrun's deeper motivations and desires to maintain his privacy. People don't need to know that. Even if Mithrun doesn't care, Kabru still treats him with basic respect.

It's rather heartwarming how much these two come to respect each other. I'm not sure if either of them has ever had anyone treat them as an equal.

See? He's laughing cause that very much isn't what was really going on. No need to air out Mithrun's struggles with superiority.

You say that, but... that look in his eyes doesn't look very happy to me.

Good for him. What? What are you readers giving me that look for?

I hate the demon. I really really hate it. It acts nice, and may do nice things, but at the end of the day, it's a groomer. And a r*pist. Seriously, it is really that awful.

Ah, I see the demon is also a gacha gamer. The most evil of hobbies.

Maybe I don't get how desires work, but I feel like you wouldn't want to turn into a mushroom, because it would prevent you from getting revenge? I dunno, the rules seem pretty fuzzy.

First, why were you sitting on the other side of the portal? Second, how malnourished was Mithrun that a single week of questionable food has him looking healthier? Third, please let Fleki sleep.

On the one hand, this is probably because Laios is a direct lead to finding the demon. On the other hand, it's because he and Kabru are friends now! :D

Also, I think I figured out why this volume is only six chapters. I haven't done page counts or anything, but chapter 62 feels twice as long as a typical chapter. So I guess that leaves the anime with 1 episode worth of wiggle room.

Plausible deniability at its finest.

I don't know how, but I really hope this makes it into the anime. It's a really important bit of Chilchuck characterization.

And that's it for volume 9! Hope you enjoyed, because next time we're headed right for the heart of the dungeon. With plenty of dramatic irony! We may want to rip the lion a new one, but our hapless heroes have no idea the danger they're in! See you!

i love how mithrun's reaction to laios threatening to expose classified military information that could forever alter humanity's understanding of the structure of the universe is to continue eating his kebab

Canon labru interaction

GET DOWN

thistle portrait keychain ft. thistle beer

plus the various other thistle ideas,,

Lmao my roommate just sent me this from the hotel he's staying at

Why is Chilchuk there? Why is he just standing by the pallets?

I want to make a compilation of Chilchuck making ‘paint me like one of your French girls’-esque poses throughout the manga cuz he seems to do it a lot

If anyone has any they could share I’ll be grateful but otherwise I’ll probably get round to doing it myself when I get the time

Every week now I see this and I go 😭😭😭.

Reupload cause i wanted to fix some things

the scans are a little weird bc a friend(who read the raws) said that thistle talks posh but starts talking like a little brat when he’s excited. the fan translation made him posh all the way, so the eng reader crowd was robbed of thistle gap moe (translation in alt text)