English Dub Review: Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon “Rebuilding”

Overview

The expedition returns to find the village has been attacked, but fortunately, the damage is limited. Boxxo and Lammis discover they both have plenty of ways to help during the recovery effort.

Our Take

The party returns to the village, only to find it has been destroyed by a monster. Used to such things, the citizens kill the monster and begin rebuilding. Kerioyl asks Lammis and Boxxo to join his party, but Lammis refuses. Acowi, from the Merchants Exchange, reveals the village is running out of silver coins which are inside Boxxo. To get them back into circulation, she proposes buying them back with gold. Unfortunately, Boxxo cannot perform exchanges, though Lammis realizes by buying items with gold Boxxo can return silver as a change, which satisfies Acowi.

Boxxo later adds a gambling function that unintentionally gets elderly men in trouble with their wives. Director Bear asks Boxxo to help Shirley, a brothel owner, where diseases are becoming a problem, so Boxxo sells her condoms. A rich girl named Suori begins vandalizing Boxxo, but he forgives her as she misses her absent father. Boxxo also begins selling soap at the public baths. Director Bear asks Boxxo to use his camouflage skill to catch criminals in the act. While disguised, Boxxo overhears Suori trying to buy him from Lammis, who refuses. Boxxo is overwhelmed with emotion by this.

Overall, this was a passable episode, even if there was very little action compared to the “previous one”. We also get a lot more focus on Boxxo doing vending machine things, I’ll tho that I wasn’t expecting him to sell some specific products I won’t say out loud… Lammis at the very least has made impressive progress in understanding Boxxo on a deeper level beyond the stock vocal phrases that are pre-programmed, which is quite amusing. Despite her newfound skills, she remains a genuinely nice person, and I’m happy that Boxxo has her as his partner. The real question is, what will happen next?